Countryside Contemplations : Reflections on Our Wild Wonders

'In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.' - Margaret Atwood.   Through evocative passages and quotes inspired by the countryside, this stunningly packaged book offers a rare opportunity to slow down, step back and receive the natural restorative power of nature.The contemplative words will transport you to a space of quiet reflection as you simply sit... and be. 'Soon will the high Midsummer prompts come inSoon will the musk carnations break and swellSoon shall we have gold-dusted snapdragonSweet-William with his homely cottage-smellAnd stocks in fragrant blowRoses that down the alleys shine afarAnd open, jasmine-muffled lattices' ... Mathew Arnold, Thyrisis: A Monody to Commemorate the Author's Friend, Arthur Hugh Clough