Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

water reflections - what a world is opened up for the imagination in the reflection of the sky and clouds in the water. Blue Ver­vain was the predominating flower here, tho they might have been rivaled by wild sunflowers had not the cattle taken a liking to them. We often came across great patches of unsightly topless stalks. But the beauty of the Vervains made up for the loss of the sunflowers in great measure and the beauty of the compound spikes of smaller spikes of delicate purple flowers was especially enhanced when a yellow cabbage butterfly, their complement in color, alighted gracefully on them, searching for honey.

     August would not be complete without the small meadow frittilaries.  They were not in abundance here. I always assoc­iate them with fields in which great quantities of smart weeds grow. I saw one silver-studded blue. I deftly caught him with a swoop of my hand and then let him go. Theirs is an aimless flight characteristic of the cabbage butterfly family. Grasshoppers abounded