Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

August 21, 1914(HT)Rainy season continues.(HT)Big misty lowhanging clouds. Light showers all morning. When there are such clouds it seems as if the swelling earth went up to meet the clouds not the clouds dissolving and coming down.At noon the sky clears off but almost immediately a storm appears in the northwest. We are on the outskirts of it on this account we have a rare combination of sunlight and rain. The rain - straight falling big drops - comes in “regiments” - there is