Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

105.                    December 22, 1935-

P.M. Take children to church for Christmas exercise practice – then east on Jamison Rd. to the Swamp. For a tramp around the west end of the swamp and over the hill to the woods at the north – A calm, cold day - the stillness profound. The bark of a young evergreen – a soft silken texture, a beautiful ashen, or smoky lavender in color, the light from the sum reflected in a soft yellow high light –

     Coming back from the woods – the sun a soft round glow in a warm [tawny] sky, in beautiful contrast to the snow hills in front which were a sharp bluish white, extremely cold, with a pale(n.d)lemon light from the sun falling over them.