Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

sunshine occasionally was obscured by black rain clouds from which came dashing showers showing already that colder weather was coming. At night,I went up to Edith’s, the sky was pitchy black, and the breeze was already cooling.

The next morning the earth was covered with a thin film of snow, and the wind was blowing a gale, straight out of the west. All day Tuesday and yesterday occasional flurries of snow came down, beautiful sights indeed, accompanied by such a fresh and bracing air that was heartily welcome to me. But the moment the sun came forth, most of the snow would melt, only to be replaced by a second flurry.

It is odd how the days lengthen, unnoticed for a long time, until,all at once, we see how much earlier it is getting light and how late it remains light. I just realized it the other day. Now it is comparatively light at six o’clock.