Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, May 5-6, 1916

May 5 1916 –

I remembered little of yesterday except that at dusk there was a rich blue haze which deepened at night –

May 6, 1916 –

...yellow bird singing; falling cherry bloom – yellow dandelion

At noon the haze is thick   All gone – sky cloudy whispy distance vaguely blue - 

Sparrows on lawn are RV -

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

A rainy dusk; neut blue haze – pale yellow afterglow beneath storm clouds – thunder and rain at night –

A windy dusk bloew a rainstorm thru the leaf-spotted May trees – half of trees still bare – at the climax of the storm the cloud part to reveal the moon behind some cherry trees on a hill + a shower of petals come down

The other evening at dusk – metallic grey blue light from the sky was reflected in the shiny surface of young poplar leaves – producing a great greenish violet color.

Charles E. Burchfield