Bruce Shanks (1908-1980)

[inscription reads] " Aster-sparkled dusty roads. Yellow catalpa against the sky. / A heavy blue haze on the air. Autumnal colors are coming over the trees. An apple tree part yellow. A red tree blooms forth from green Post’s. / Faint warble of robins. See two unfamiliar birds. Jay birds. Crows. Nuthatches. Flickers. / Cucumber trees dropping orange seeds from its pink pulpy burrs. / The robin takes me back to spring more than anything. "