Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 21, 1963

August 21 – Wednesday –

B + I for a drive Southwestward (to Ellington, Randolph, then Northward on 242 – through Little Valley –

We ate our lunch on a hill south of Little Valley – a magnificent view –

From Little Valley we took the back road up to East Otto – at a turn in the road a large “stand” of thoroughwort and tall yellow cone-flower attracted us and we stopped. While I made studies of the cone-flowers, Bertha wandered down the road, and came back with a striking bouquet of the following – thoroughwort, goldenrod, coneflowers, Queen Anne’s lace, Oswego tea, asters and agrimony.

About 6:00 E.L. [Edna Lindemann], dropped in to have me sign some papers relative to my engagement as consultant in art at the college –

Shortly afterward a call from the Bruckers who had been on a vacation trip through the East and wanted to stop by and see us.

Ferdie, their 8 year old son, an unusually nice boy, handsome, healthy looking, bright, and seemingly unspoiled, which seems remarkable considering the ages of his parents (they met and fell in love at my art session at Athens [Ohio University, where Burchfield taught a summer session] in 1953) – She an “old-maid” school teacher past 40 – He well into his 60’s – That he was produced at all was sort of a modern-miracle. It might be supposed that they would be over-indulgent in their handling of him.

Charles Burchfield, Journals, August 21, 1963