Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

. having heard it in May.

I noticed a peculiarity about the flight of a dragon-fly and that was its regular dipping quality. Expressing in lines it would appear thus.

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     I looked about me and took notice of the various flowering plants. Raspberries are in bud, Strawberries are blooming as also are sweet myrrh wild geranium, bedstraw, false solomon’s seal and dogwood.

     I heard a thrasher sing once. Burroughs speaks of it as imitating other birds in its song. I think this must be in a figurative fashion for he is not customarily willing to attribute such human attributes to birds. However the catbird seems to imi­tate others, its song is a delight to the ear by reason of its copiusness and proximity.

     To the east the beauty of a field of wind blown wheat attracts the eye, and beyond it lies the blue hill of the Dutchman’s.

(In later handwriting, again, a page is taken out and edited, taped back in with cellophane tape.)