Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, Vol. 37, June 23, 1929

Note: Son Charles Arthur Burchfield was born June 1, 1929.

I sit here by the window of my little attic almost too full of happiness to write about it – …I think of my new son — my first boy – only three weeks old – it seems incredible he is a boy – it is just a baby – …when he, a couple minutes old, was placed in a basket just below me, he opened his eyes — and I was full of idiotic pride and exaltation because he was a boy —

Then later – when Bertha & he were brought home – and the little girls stood about in awed delight —

The dense clover back of my studio fills the air with rich odor — life is incredible.

Charles E. Burchfield, June 23, 1929