Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Locust Trees in Spring, 1955; watercolor on paper, 39 1/2 x 29 1/2; Private collection; Image from of the Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives
Charles Burchfield, Journals, July 8, 1932
Friday, Jul 8, 2016
A notice in times, that Kenneth Grahame had died. – it occupies my mind at my waking moments all night – This morning thinking of his “Wind in the Willows” and the delight it gave me when I was a youth. I arose early and walked east to the dam. The early morning wind was there, but how much water has gone under the bridge since I first dreamed of misty wind thru early morning willows –
Charles Burchfield, July 8, 1932