Charles Burchfield, Journals, April 20, 1916

Big morning – shower in night – great romantic sky – big rounded thunder heads rich pale OY in sun – fore-glow; Sun lights up clouds masses shortly after a heavy driving white shower – queer saffron east, overhanging dk BV clouds – Dk houses + trees silhouettes against yellow – rain spray on roofs + pavement –
Clears – Romantic silvery thunderheads – A hazy warm day – Birds – hazy streaked sky – violet in air -
A wild thunderstorm at late afternoon – yellow sky, dk queer BV + white rhythms, overhead – fierce gusts of wind as in a snow storm – white sheets of driving rain – sky become grey green – ground white + hazy with rain spray – rain-rhythms in air, huge blinding snakes of lightning + roaring of thunder increase in fury –
Lasts longs + clears slowly + gradually – sky richly blending BG + orange, a wonderful blue haze in air – a green film on willows + apple trees – other trees startling white buds – Poplars dense with enlarging bloom – wonderful blue + green reflections in Pond – sun a hazy white glow appears – rich RV earth –
Away from sun – brill R RO poplar bloom up against grey blue storm sky –
At a flash of lightning in a rain storm have trees dkr at this point.

Charles E. Burchfield, April 20, 1916