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...today is, in reality VE day (the terms signed at 2:41 a.m.)

A heavy thick haze on the air; the horizon is lost & objects are flat – Sun becomes a dim white glow – a wind out of southwest...

O, RV, + Ind red dirt on green grass – Tulips vivid colors faces against green – or O + lt red

I felt sick at my stomach, a whole world seemed trembling about me.

To Orchard Park by bus, & thence southwards afoot to Chestnut Ridge Park. Down in ravine to make studies of rapids under bridge. The dry weather had shrunk them & made them much more interesting – work there till noon —

Cold windy blue + white day – Brill emerald grass at noon windblown 

A cold day – High wind out of SW – blue bottomed ochre clouds before sunrise – dandelion greens –This chilly thunder that looms over the emerald wind-whipped turf – The bitterly cold wind whirls dust to obscure bases –At late dusk in woods the tops of mayflower leaves appear as white dots

A fine concert – the first piece, regardless of what it is, always thrills, because it is so good to see actual players and instruments again.

East to swampy woods this side of Bowen Rd. to work on “Shed in Swamp – or Hermitage” – A fine mild day with just enough coolness to give the air an invigorating elasticity – A.M. work on little pool.

All day on “Cherry Blossom Snow”  -  Painting on Cherry Tree. The results  at the end of the day were good.