Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads] " of fire - Thru (sic) hollow wherein front the stream was partly covered with a thin layer of ice, free from water woven with curious frost designs or smooth flowing lines - in places the tinkle of the stream and the wind sawing thru (sic) a leafy maple; where tree branches dipped balls of sparkling ice up and down in the black water; where nut-hatches amazingly busy with odd cries crept up and down the sunlit trees; where nearby a pair of cardinals pleased the eye; "