08/29/1914
graphite pencil on lined paper
5 3/4 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
Three red heads on railfence at waterworth pastures. Find buttercup in bloom. The Brook full & muddy.Wind veers to N.W. becomes cool & strong. Clouds wintry clouds. – Out Ellsworth. Leave road for pastures. H - says that shrubby plant with yellow flowers grows in abundance near N. Buffalo where he was visiting. They call it sagebrush.(HT)In spite of the heavy rain & the miry roads, these pastures are dry. The sod must act as a sponge.(HT)Notice white waving