Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads] shore is thickly carpeted with leaves - small areas all over the lake are finely rippled. Water westward star sparkled. The earth & sky are almost one in the haze. Is this November - No this is a new season never before experienced were it not for the leaves & dryness one would think it was a steamy day in February. To South Pond - sketching ducks. Time speeds - Course of wind marked by spiral series of pebbled ripples over its un¬even surface - leaves flying in flocks over pond