Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 8, 1942

July 8 (Wed.) -
To Springville Country for studies of maple trees for my July picture -

A row of grand old maples extending from the Genesee Sibley Road junction southward for several miles. Sometimes on both sides of the road, but mainly along the east. What a wonderful foresight the person or persons who years ago planted these trees had!

After I had secured the studies I wished, I set out to find some wheat fields, for I felt it was more important to get these, than the maples, as wheat was ripening fast - Curiously there was no wheat at all, in this country. So east and northwards towards East Aurora. I was not until I reached the outskirts of this town that I found any wheat.
Balance of the afternoon spent in a futile search for the right kind of field, in the country between Marilla and Cowlesville.

Charles E. Burchfield, July 8, 1942