Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Parked by the “Outfield in July” scene, where I intended making studies for the reconstructed version of this picture. I ate my lunch (Ham & cheese sandwiches, green onions, navy bean soup, cookies, coffee and orange) under a tree, with a view over-looking the scene of my painting. After lunch, I made a few final studies, then, as the kind of day (misty white heat hazed sky) seemed so like the day I made the original study I determined to work directly on the painting, as the surest means of getting a good start on it.
A strong east wind was blowing, which drove the white pasty clouds in the opposite direction to which I want then n my picture, but otherwise conditions were the same. I worked until after six, when thick masses of clouds from the South & South east reduced the sun to a pale white glow in a gray violet sky.
A short walk in a dark woods to relieve my self [sic], and, then I ate lunch, at the edge of a pasture field, with a view looking down across an extensive woods. The east wind became stronger and cooler, and the evening was wholly delightful. I stayed, until the sun turning a rich salmon pink, disappeared in thickening mists.
On the way home, just outside of Java Village, I stopped to make a study of an elm overarching the road, with Venus and a crescent moon in the southwest.