Charles E. Burchfield, Journals , January 18, 1917

Noon - as I walk along I am amazed how each minute marking on every object is clearly shown - tree bark is as if just created; windows in houses glare; [light] comes from below; nails & nail marks seem to be visible for a great distance - Houses have appeared [i.e. appearance] of being amazed or angry; each one is a new sight; fierce jagged icicles at roof edge; snow roofs against the sky - thus we see bare spots on roofs as strange isolated patterns; a big wind out of SW; a fine snow, it blows from roofs; at times base of building us lost; it is a day on which we see sparrows in swooping flight & hear coal being put in cellars; - sour yellows & browns come out intensely on houses, all markings on snow are grey; the sky is yellow grey; distant objects seem to huddle with a blurred edge - Cracks & grain in wood very distinct.

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, January 18, 1917