Bruce Shanks (1908-1980)

[inscription reads] " in fitful flight overhead. It is the leader who sings. A blue-birds warble fell out of the sky thru (sic) the sun-yellowed trees. A bluebirds notes whirled away into the warm sunshine laden breeze. / The floor of the woods here is speckled white with dandelion seed-balls. The fields are foam spotted with seeding dandelions. Sun wards looking, dandelions are bits of sunlit foam. / Glistening spider webs. Drops of sunlight gliding on spider gossamers over the field. Wind waved spider strands flipping sunlight. / Tinny pin-point cleeking (sic) "