Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

in the north, spreading out rapidly, during the sunset. The air cooled perceptibly. ; When I reached Eldred the sun was gone – the air chilly – it suddenly seemed like Fall. I stopped here to buy some fruit. For the first time I noticed the great number and variety of fresh fruits in the area.; By the time I reached Olean, the first drops of rain fell, and soon I was in the midst of a drowning rain.; Parked at the hill north of Ischua for supper. The sky cleared vaguely – the west was a misty rose color – fog fragments in the valley.; As I drove on, the clouds closed in again, but even as the rain comes – the west is subtly tinged with a rosy warmth in the gray violet.; It was not completely dark until just below Holland. From then on the drive was irritable and monotonous. ; ; Sept 10 – 26 –; Days of work & confusion – unrest due to the war, and my usual September job of frames.; ; Sept. 27 (Wednesday) –; A dark rainy day – Finished work in the “In a Mountain Pass” - all are finished and framed now except three (the Emporium Street Scene - the Little House, and the one of the Two Bridges.; Letter from Penna. Acad. – informing me that the W.C. jury meets on the 4th & 5th – and I realize I