July noon – (10^th)
     Tall trees standing motionless with flat green shadows -, there is a film over the sun, and the air takes on a hazy brassy appearance –
    The call of a woodpecker – a fly buzzes –
    It is eternity – the old romantic power of primitive sunlight - , there are endless valleys of sun-topped trees – scent of milkweed.[i]
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    The afternoon – The air becomes more stagnant – the ground hot – the sky turns to a sultry violet; hasty clouds – the day dies endlessly –