Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, October 29, 1920

At late afternoon a big blue bank of cloud spreads over the western sky; there is a cold yellow light above it from the vanishing sun; a high cold wind following the [year’s] first snow-fall. Houses have a strange bizarre appearance, with black shadows under the eaves – The trees half-bare, arise like spotted-[specters]; people going home have a morose appearance; and the homes have a sinister look to them.

Charles E. Burchfield, October 29,1920