Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Wind-Blown Elder Blossoms, 1939; watercolor on paper, 17 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches; Owen, Yost Collection, Florida
A notice in Times, that Kenneth Grahame had died. - it occupies my mind at my waking moments all night – This morning thinking of his “Wind in the Willows” and the delight it gave me when I was a youth. I arose early and walked east to the dam. The early morning wind was there, but how much water has gone under the bridge since I first dreamed of misty wind thru early morning willows –
Charles E. Burchfield, July 8, 1932