Charles Burchfield, Journals, July 2. 1949

Cards from Sally, that they have found an apartment in Waterville.

Wounded wax wing.

Working on frames–very hot, but dry. All day the robins on all sides singing madly. Is there truth in the old saying that when they do this they are calling for rain?

Evening– B&I sat in backyard almost 10 o’clock.

Something has been eating my petunia plants; unable to find anything in the daytime I concluded they were night–feeders. True enough, Friday night I found five large olive green worms & tonight two more. They eat all the tender new shoots.

Charles E. Burchfield, July 2, 1949