Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

 of clear blue sky. The thrill it gives would lead one to think I had never seen blue sky before.How easily is the choppy foliage of the buttonwood trees picked out in the landscape. By slow degrees I am coming to realize that this is one of the most beautiful trees - with a beauty rivaling that of elm, Coming to West Pond territory I sit on a huge log to write. Here a patch of scrubby hawthorne merges into a tiny grove of beech and elm.(HT)(HT)All at once a shrill “yipe”