Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

75.                May 3, 1935 -

Heavy rain all day, driven by cold gusty winds from the east; last on into the night, with the temperature about 36, all the time. –

     Working all day on the Elevators picture. There is something about them that makes me think of the Ark – I liked to imagine that today we were in the midst of the 40 day rain.

May 4, 1935-

The rain subsides; morning cold & dark with ragged skies. To Elevators to get impressions – work till after twelve.

     P.M. Rather aimless – weeded flower garden under pines. It felt just right- and afterwards, I sprinkled rotten woods on it.

     I came out of the studio at twilight – the shy to the west was a clean watery blue, colored at the horizon by the afterglow; low down were some cool gray bars of clouds, all that remained to of the Eastern storm – Rather high up hung, almost inverted, the first narrow sliver of the moon and higher yet, Venus. The sense of complete elysian