Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

 In flight look like large swallows. Road becomes winding and takes southeasterly course. Find a little crippled sparrow. (HT)Crossing railroad I come to bridge. It is a small creek but for some reason has widened-out here. Foam spotted. Alive with minnows of all sizes. I amuse myself spitting down to them. See two watersnakes. A butterfly - whose shadow startles minnows. Sit down on stone slab in the shade of an elm. A redwing calls overhead. Orchard to the south full of the cries of common blackbirds.(HT)Come to third turn. Uneventful for I have proceeded but a few