Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

May 8 – Sat.
All day on Two Ravines # 1 – working on “white” ravine and the black, trying to evolve a scheme of tree branches that would frame in the black “cave” – but at the end of the da it did not look well. B thought the whole upper triangle should be black – and when I tried it with a piece of paper, it proved to be so.
Torrents of rain all day from the N.E.
May 9 – Sunday –
A mild, sunny day –
P.M. all of us to Chestnut Ridge Park except Sally. The youngsters went exploring by themselves – B & I followed more slowly – stopping often to rest – I to sketch etc. Once we sat on a log by the noisy little stream; and I fell to talking about my lost 1919 sketches, describing them to B & making drawings – from there I went on to the never realized “all day sketches” of 1915 – The noon sun beating down on us – it was a golden hour.
May 10, 11, 12 –
Three full das in the “1917 Ravines” – and brought it pretty well to a finish.
Rained every day – torrents – it was warm, too, and very delightful – the combination of rain and warmth has