A sultry March day – The robins sang this morning – their calls are on all sides – I hear a song sparrow! Walk to Mullins – killdeer call from sky – I see one skimming the sun-flooded sky...
– eternity exists in the sound of brooks around old mines –
A snow from the east yesterday afternoon that turned to rain at night and formed ice on everything. There is a dark mystery about an eastern snow and ice-storm – a dense milky blue haze – the sky hangs low, and the horizon is lit up with a brilliant white electric like light.
Rainy sky; wet earth blue film vibrating over greening turf – roofs reflect sky
Stop a moment at of hill above Potterville - A bright sunshiny day, with enough chill in the air to suggest maple sap running. A bluebird flies back and forth, singing on the. I broke a small twig on a maple tree (1/8 inch thick) to see how soon the sap would come. It came immediately, and kept dropping regularly (I timed it at one drop every 15 seconds.)...
March 19— Thursday / Besides the usual visitors (including the thrush and the Redwings) saw pair of mourning doves under the willow tree. / March 24— Tuesday — / Started work on a new painting with pussy willows and a spring twilight —
A.M. walk out Union, over French & Clinton – a bitterly cold morning (14º at 8:00). A pale remote sun in a half cloudy misty sky...
P.M. To Pinehollow – Booming gray scud clouds – terrific wind – weird glitter of light over the ground – distance a rich blue violet – Brilliance to air – mighty trees rock back and forth –
A.M. – to Dr. Gurney for check on sugar count — crocus blooming at the south side of the Med. Building.
To lodge for lunch—
P.M. – Charles Penney and Miss Stumps