Postmarked: Abiquiu

Oct. 25, 1945

Monday - Oct. 25

Two perfectly beautiful wind still - clear days
- Yesterday - Sunday I drove down among the yellow cottonwoods along
the river -- it was all yellow and silver -- soft and flaming --
I didn't work --

I only intended to -

I decided it was the sort of thing I had better only look at and
not try to do anything about it --

I look my lunch and had a fine
day --

This morning I was up with the first touch of dawn in the sky
-- a thin bright moon and very bright star very high in the sky -- I
walked till the sun was well up down in front of the house -- in the
arroyo
big / among the big trees --- very handsome color and --- oh
--- so clean feeling

still day --

--- All day I've been packing -- A warm lovely

almost like summer the dawn was very cold -

I do not like to be going but I some way feel it is time to get
back to you

Maria and Francis send greetings

-- And I a kiss through the late evening sunlight --

warm autumn sunlight ---

Postmarked: Abiquiu

Oct. 26, 1943

Alfred ---

I've seen the dawn --

and I've seen
the sun rise here for the last time this year ---

As I stood on the roof for the last
time - a very still sunny day I sent you - I
sent a kiss to you with the early morning ---

Tonight I spend at Santa Fe for the
morning train

Tuesday -- Oct. 26 --

Alfred Stieglitz

Room 1710
509 Madison Ave.
New York 22

N.Y.