Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, April 4, 1948

A brisk sunny day.

P.M. B & I to Hepatica Hill below Springville. This delightful spot is being ruined by the trash-dumpers and road-trimmers. The whole hill in shadow, the sun sinking in the west. In spite of all, we enjoyed ourselves, digging hepaticas and I getting a lot of black earth in baskets. The countryside was beautiful. Going down on the Hall road to Boston, the beech woods on the hills to the east, an almost incredible lavender (like lilacs) accented by clumps of dark green hemlocks. In front then the rich orange & pink of near at hand beeches & the warm stubbled earth in sunshine.

Charles E. Burchfield, April 4, 1948