Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

the park, watching a small thunderstorm over Lake Erie and the flat country to the west._____; Evening - Mr. Holdermiller & his son over to listen to music. It was a pleasure to play records for them, for they love them + listened. After all, few people do really listen to musicApril 23, 1939 – (Sunday); A clear cool day.; Miss Wright over for afternoon & evening-; Sally with Simpsons to Chestnut Ridge Park – April 24-26, 1939-; Three days of warm, sunshiny weather – Growing things, held back by the unusually late season, seem to visibly grow before our eyes.; Monday had a strong cool wind all day – I cleaned up the front yard, trimmed the hedge etc – ; Yesterday & today however, have been warmer, and with little wind – quiet drowsy days that find me unprepared as usual – all my painting ideas have dissolved into mist, my mind vegetates-; The hepaticas have all opened out wide as if by magic – and I can do nothing with their incredible beauty except to gaze