Table of Contents
Introduction: Coming to my Senses 6
Spring
Sight
Spring Green 12
Not-So-Mellow Yellows 15
Spireas: Great Balls of Fire 17
True Blue 19
Smell
Earth 22
Bury Your Nose 24
Daffodils 27
Tarts of Spring 29
Lilacs 32
Sound
Jeepers Peepers 36
Such a Tweet 38
The Rhythm Section 41
Touch
Hands Down 43
Hand Sown 45
Love Hurts 47
Support Tactics 49
Entry-Level Maneuvers 50
The Untouchables 52
Taste
Asparagus 55
Lettuce Lust 57
Pecking Order 59
Summer
Sight
Social Butterflies 65
Hot Colors 68
Accidents on Purpose 70
The Sky Is the Limit 72
The Whites of Their Eyes 74
Beyond Scarborough Fair 76
Smell
A Rosy Future 79
Rue the Day 82
Sweet Peas 84
Night Moves 87
Submersion 90
Sound
The Daily Buzz 93
Tweets 96
Stormy Weather 99
A Little Night Music 102
Touch
Tug of War 104
Love Shouldn't Hurt 106
Pace Yourself 108
Sinking In 110
Taste
You Say Tomato 113
Berry Tantalizing 116
Lettuce Stand-Ins 118
Magic Beans 120
Aurumn
Sight
Blades of Grass 124
Taking Leave of Your Senses 127
The Blues 130
Gone to Seed 132
Brown Is Beautiful 134
Smell
Grape Nuts 137
Blowing in the Wind 139
Deerly Departed 141
Sound
Not Counting Crows 144
Keeping the Garden Humming 148
Crunch Time 151
Touch
Get a Grip 155
Underground Assets 157
Thorny Subjects 160
Taste
Just Peachy 163
Carrot Gold 165
Cabbages and Kings 167
The Late Show 170
Winter
Sight
Sparkle 175
Telltale Signs 177
The Shape of Things 178
Windowsill Dressing 180
Smell
Cold Hard Facts 183
Breathing In 185
Freesias 188
Hyacinths 190
Sound
The Sound of Silence 193
Things That Go Boom in the Night 195
Drip 197
Touch
Bogarting Sunbeams 200
Reach Out and Touch a Leaf 202
Taste
Citrus 205
All That Glitters 208
Dining on the Fly 209
Finale: Forcing the Issue 212
Acknowledgement 216
Index 218
