Miss S.
     Beforenoonout making studies of maples for “The Hermit” – the wind chills to the bone – Shortly afternoon wind swings to E-S. E  - and rain commences – soon a heavy downpour – the beneficience of spring rain – from the Buffalo Harbor comes the sound of the fog horn, like some mythological or prehistoric beast – roofs, boards all flat surfaces are soon reflecting the sky in glistening light –
     Planted six maple seedlings which Goekle gave me.
     A pleasant afternoon in the studio – letters to the Roots and Miss Sherwood – studying “The Hermit” drawing and finally at late afternoon playing Negro Spirituals and Beethoven’s Quartet in F Minor, Opus 95 – Its beauty poured in on me anew – it is most strange, original music written after a law that was Beethoven’s own.  It tears the emotions in opposite directions.
                                                                     Tues. Apr. 26, 1932–
     Started work on “The Hermit”, an event that I had both dreaded and longed for.[1]
     Rained part of the day – P.M. fresher, rain stops.
     Evening play records (Pinafore, Hammerklavin Sonata) while Bertha darns stockings.
                                                                   Wednesday, Apr. 27, 1932
      A brisk cold day with vast elemental sweeping skies, miniature blizzards sweeping in grand processions to the north and south of us – most of them missed us tho we had occasional wild flurries all day long.
     A.M. to Lehde to buy bushes (vines, berries, and lilacs) – a fine walk – from bridge I see that the higher fields to south and southeast of us are white with snow –
     P.M. to Herbeins –
     P.M. toBuffaloand to B’s – discuss frames.  Mr. Nussbaumer recalls Sides.  B & I to Albright Gallery to look at frames – Meet Mr. Washburn, the new director.  Home at5:00after buying stockings for M.A. To studio – I think that my original outlook on nature is slowly becoming dulled – the intimate tree-studies I used to do get out 1919 paintings of sulphur stream –
     At late twilight great long orange openings in the northern sky -