This Then is Upland Pastures / Being some out-door essays dealing with the beautiful things that the spring and summer bring

A collection of outdoor essays celebrates spring and summer through close, lyrical observation of meadows, canyons, and woodlands. The author describes wildflowers and their companions, traces plant forms and adaptations, and reflects on seasonal renewal as a source of consolation and moral clarity. Nature's patient cycles and small remedies for human carelessness appear alongside gentle criticism of anthropocentric habits. Practical pleasures such as taking rain showers replace tidy, hurried attitudes, while botanical details and folkloric names illustrate how the landscape invites readers to slow down, notice growth, and recover a feeling of gratitude.