April 18, 1917
commercially bound notebook
5 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches
Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
haze over the sun – a resounding train whistle like a stagnant August drought morning with its dk BV west sky –
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The hot day developed into a terrific thunderstorm at end of day – Tremendous dusty calm
Red poplar cat kins against the black sky, white light from south; breaks suddenly a cloud burst, rain sweeps in waves down the street – sheet rhythms in the sky against clouds rhythms at even sky turns mustard; grows more