Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, September 1, 1962

Very warm, but with a strong S. W. wind that tempered the heat.

Day spent mostly redding up the studio, sorting out and filing drawings and ideas that have been accumulating for weeks.

One constructive thing I managed – I got out the drawing for the bearded hills of August” to study and realized the tall “pillar of cloud or thunderhead was not in the right place, but should be moved to the right.

About 4:00 to Cal Schutz’s for their annual cook out dinner.  We first drove Peggy home –

In the North gigantic thunderstorms were slowly moving Eastward, constantly swelling upward and changing from – a breathtaking sight with such pure white tops, and never getting much darker even at the bases that a very light gray tinged with a pale salmon pink – above them the deep blue sky, much darker at the thunderheads crown.  Before we got to Main St, at Williamsville, they had mounted so high it was impossible to see their tops.

A wonderful meal, and a pleasant time.  Lillian Fisher who has been very ill. Managed with help to come.  She has to use a “walker” as well as a cane.

Comilia Braun and Cel took Lillian home while Gene showed us slides of color photos he has taken on various [trips], many of them excellent –

We left about 11:00 –

Charles E. Burchfield, September 1, 1962