Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

 fall on barren soil, or if on fertile soil, to be choked out by the weeds. Storms for this reason are a boon for we may then pull out the weeds, loosened by the rain and leave the flowers to flou¬rish with less hindrance, so that at last some day, with constant rains and weed pullings, a flower may blossom.Perhaps the most prominent part of a storm, the element to attract, most attention, is the lightning. Fearsome folk measure the severity of the shower