Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 11, 1917

Cold still day –

Pale misty yellow grey sky –

Houses various tones of steely grey – startle white windows of frost –

The snow creaks –

The sun a flat white disc rolls along the South; the southern horizon is yellow –

Sleigh bells represent the human side of winter; the accidental clinking creak of wagons over the snow the abstract side.

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 11, 1917