Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 6, 1963

Charles Burchfield, Journals, August 6, 1963, pp. 211-212.

August 6 – Tuesday –

To the North Otto Grange Hall painting –

We took food for both noon and evening, as I expected to work up to 6:00 or later (the lighting was not right on the tree I wanted to paint until mid-afternoon.)

Altho it was unpleasantly sultry going down we found it pleasant in the shade of the great locusts.

Lying on the mat looking directly up to the sky – Too seldom do we allow ourselves the joy of such a view –

Finished about six –

After a pleasant meal with a cool dry breeze from the west, we went homeward –

The thoroughwort [Eupatorium serotinum] patch on Swamp Road is in full rampant bloom – Goldenrod is coming out rapidly.