October 9-10, 1914
graphite on lined paper
5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
[inscription reads] Sunday night as C.K. & I were standing on a bridge, I heard katydids in the valley below. I see crickets now and then. / 11:00 P.M. – Soft leaf-pattered rain. Breeze-blown curtains. Moths at the light. / Oct. l0, 1914 / Sunrise awoke me. Brilliant streaks of orange. Breeze. / At 9:00, awoke with white blinding sunshine full in my face. / A windy partially cloudy day. 11:00. To Wade Park to sketch. Strong wind. Leaves in the air. / After dinner to Wade Park Pond. Storm comes up.