Charles Burchfield, Journals, July 13, 1964

July 13 – Monday – (it rained all night)

                A rained-drenched earth – the air heavy –

                I woke at 6:50 – wheezing some, head stopped up, then coughing – went downstairs, sprayed, and then by 7:30 was ready to go back to bed –

                A day of little jobs –

                Demounted “Song to Morning” and “Cicada Woods” for remounting –

                Mixed earth & peat moss and shredded bark to fill in the bed along the west side of the studio –

                From Toronto a collection of Sibelius tone poems. End of Day music – Mendelssohn’s Scotch Symphony (which I announced to Bertha as his “Canadian Club Symphony,” at which she dutifully laughed)

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, July 13, 1964