Table of Contents:
  • Restoring a Connection with Nature
  • Among Nature's Gifts
  • Leaves
  • Mindfulness
  • Wind and Clouds
  • From the Big Bend to the Big Thicket
  • Flowing Water
  • Preparing for Your Visit
  • Quiet Spaces
  • In the Field, through the Seasons
  • Spring
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands
  • East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society
  • Big Thicket National Preserve
  • Summer
  • The Nature Conservancy's Clymer Meadow Preserve
  • Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands
  • Big Bend National Park
  • Autumn
  • Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
  • Pedernales Falls State Park
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands
  • Winter
  • Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
  • Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
  • Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
  • Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge and Sea Rim State Park
  • Epilogue: The Trout Lilies
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Places to Visit in Texas.