Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

A2000.001.017.009

[inscription reads] " that these glorious flowers had a divine color equally or exceeding that of the sky. Morning-glories are truly poetical flowers – a delicate waft of beauty in the morning soon to whither, the whole vine hanging limp as tho (sic) exhausted from their supreme effort, yet making the same effort day after day. / The rasping z – sound of the katydids first noticed today changes the aspect of things. The old belief is that the first frost will come within six weeks after the first katydid song. This of course a foolish sign "