April 14, 1936 - July 2, 1938
Handmade volume with cardboard covers, unlined paper
9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
after lunch, I planted them in the yard, two under the pines trees, the rest with the bleeding hearts. A strong cool wind was blowing out of the Southeast, a few drops of rain falling, and all at once everything was full of mystery and romance, and goodness.
May 15, 1938-
A pleasantly cool day with sunshine.
PM. weeded some in the side gardens, and played ball with the children.
May 16, 1938-
Working on the elevators picture and in the garden, has transformed our home and yard, and the country around Gardenville for me. Such rare beauty I see in certain places, as to make me feel that there is no other spot in the world for me.
Could there be any pleasanter prospect than looking out across the truck gardens at the west end of the village in the early morning sunlight. The newly worked fields so incredibly level and smooth, of a dark purplish ochre color dotted with green in some patches, beyond the new yellow-green trees of infinite variation, and above that the mild blue sky of May with a few white clouds. It arouses feelings of hope, and renewed belief in the goodness of life, and the worth of humanity.
Coming along Union Road, down near Ottinger’s, the view out over the fields to the southeast, with the tract of nondescript sapling thickets lying in the sunshine, is full of interest, it seems like much wilder country.