Charles Burchfield, Journals, April 17, 1916

A Brisk windy morning windy increased, windy day clouds come – flat bottoms + big rolling tops sunlit – black houses up against – Cottonwoods are suddenly massed with long catkins; wave in wind – sunlit – A streaky sky at late afternoon – misty yellow afterglow – Blinding white moon with blue around it

April Moon – brilliant – cold wind from N.W – Poplars cottonwoods Maples in full bloom –

Early Spring Picture – Foreground cool + dk snow patches – middle ground in big marshy valley with orange sunlit trees – distance a big tree covered hill in a haze –

Charles Burchfield, April 17, 1916