Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

August 26, 1914.(HT)A poplar tree, no matter how distant, may be discerned from all others. Saw one this morning quite aways off whose twinkle, lessened by distance, appeared as heat waves. All the coldness of the sky & wind & the freshness of the sunlight was in that tree.(HT)What a wonderful season we are in! The sky is wonderfully blue and the wind is cold. The sunlight is bright beyond all expectation. One anticipates the approach of such a season, but it always exceeds his wildest