Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)Volume XIV, Page 1
August 31, 1913
commercially made, lined paper notebook
8 3/8 x 6 15/16 inches
Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
Sunday August 31, 1913 (Continued)
the lower class, which is represented by a poor variety of blue grapes which we have. Their color is a dingey blue; the taste is practically non-existant; they ripen fast and rot quickly. Perhaps best of all is a variety of blue grape which smacks of the wild, it has just enough of aboriginal pucker to make them interesting.
At noon I noticed how far south the sun has already receded; shadows are retreating farther northward. Everything is getting to have a scrawny look.
Late in the afternoon, the air became filled with thousands of whirling + swarming tiny insects, which seemed to be advancing eastward.
A riotous day was this socially. The folks from Rochester (whose full names I will here insert-Elizabeth Zimmerman, Elma Graham, John Ambrose + John Zink) have turned out to be as “crazy” as we are. In the afternoon Bill, Bobby,