Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

     Monday April l0, 1911

To-day has been an ideal spring day altho, early in the morning a heavy frost covered everything. When the warm sun came in the clear sky, the frost vanished and the breezes became warmer. Not a breath of air has stirred all day, and the sun has shone in a cloudless sky and has been absorbing moisture from the ground until in places it is quite dry. Towards evening the air became chilly again, but that very chill in itself is a mark of early spring days. The sun went down a golden sphere among some yellow mists that had gathered, and the robins fairly seemed to burst with their joyous song, and seemed to be telling the sun to come back bright and early to-morrow!

All day to-day I was nervously waiting for Mr. Lease to announce the averages, but we were disappointed. I expected to hear them this morning in the fifteen minute period, but nothing happened. This noon when I came home Louise came running out to hear the results, but was mad at Mr. Lease when I told her he hadn’t announced the averages. At supper when I came home from work, Mother and the girls all thought Mr. Lease was mean for keeping us in suspense. Frances said that Vida