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Lucy is going to stand for me with an apron on and a handkerchief tied over her head and I intend to paint her as just having lighted the dried Christmas greens in the snow and standing looking at them for a moment. It will give me an opportunity for a winter landscape and I think will be a good subject. 

Tuesday Jan. 12" 1875. Spent the forenoon in packing a bale of articles to send to Girard and painted in the afternoon. The weather continues cold but not so cold as yesterday. I think a storm is approaching. I begin to feel that I ought to go to New York before long. I went on the 19" last year but fear I shall hardly get off by that time this year. Began my picture of Burning Christmas Greens. Received from Tim Mapes photographs of himself and wife and his four children. 

Thursday 14" Just as the ice men got to work filling the ice houses a general strike occurred among the laborers all along the river. Am painting away on my new picture for which Lucy is standing but do not succeed very well. Was quite discouraged after working all day. 

Sunday 17. Last evening I took a walk around by the Alms House. There was a beautiful sunset tonight. The snow is glazed and reflected the sky which was full at sunset of blue grey clouds in front of rosy ones and the landscape was rich in subdued purplish tones. Received a day or two ago a letter from Will. H. McEntee from Imlay City Mich, enclosing a pencil drawing of one of my photographs and asking my advice about going into a lithographic establishment. The tone of the letter was not a little conceited and today I have answered it very plainly but kindly. Wrote to Eastman Johnson from whom I got a brief note a day or two ago, to Mrs. Winter and to Gussie. Have nearly finished my picture of the burning of the Christmas greens. I think I can improve it still. Wrote to Major Wilkinson.

Tuesday 19. Yesterday I received a very pleasant letter from Hanover Putnam in which he informs me that he has put $450. to my credit for the drawings. A very pretty girl from Port Ewen Miss McGrath came over to see Lucy about teaching Jamie. She has employed her and I spoke to her about sitting to me which she is willing to do. This will be of great advantage to me. Painted a winter twilight from an effect I saw Sunday. On my walk this morning I saw an itinerant glazier out on the commons think of digging out broken glass and manipulating putty 

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