September 16, 1913
commercially made, lined paper notebook
8 3/8 x 6 15/16 inches
Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
And it does more than that. It brings with it a certain charm borne perhaps from southern lands.
Morning was grey but rainless. The sun seemed ever on the point of shining. Noon however brought an increase of clouds and with them came rain and wind. The combination of wind rushing thru trees and the clatter of rain beating against streaking winds is one of the fine things about Autumn weather.
Darkness came at five-thirty, and the rain increased. The cold wind coming from the fast darkening sky wan melancholy as it blew fitfully thru the rain-dampened trees.
What a sense of coziness the roar of wind with the rattle of a window inspires in one who is indoors!
Events -
Joe’s last day at Atchison’s.
Joe and I visit Kirst’s to ascertain if