Sentences with phrase «blacker than the trees»

The only thing more magical than hiking through a jungle in the dark, following a path that must be made of white gravel because it glows faintly in the full moon, is hiking through a jungle in the dark past big black hills — blacker than the sky behind them, blacker than the trees that -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

More whites (81 %) and Hispanics (82 %) than blacks (65 %) say they intend to put up a tree.

In the post, he recommended A Different Mirror, Between the World and Me, The Cross the Lynching Tree, Divided by Faith, Just Mercy, Let Nobody Turn Us Around, More than Just Race, The New Jim Crow, The Warmth of Other Suns and Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria.

Ecological research already carried out in these national parks and surrounding coffee plantations has shown the presence of more than 300 species of birds, (including endemic species, threatened forest specialists and birds of prey e.g. Black Hawk - Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus), 31 mammals species (some of them are endangered species such as the ocelot, cacomistle and Mexican porcupine), 26 reptile species, and 326 tree and bush species.

Ousted Schools Chancellor Cathie Black found a Hampton's driveway tougher to navigate than the city's education system — she smashed her brand - new SUV into tree after tree following a boozy Bastille Day bash.

In their study of how forests in Central Europe might adjust to climate change, Vitali and Bauhus studied the past growth of more than 800 trees at different altitudes in the Black Forest.

Species such as birch, tulip and linden release very low levels of VOCs, but others such as black gum, poplar, oak and willow produce a lot, leading to ozone levels that can be eight times higher than those linked to the low - impact trees.

I used to live on a property with many black walnut trees but we didn't bother eating the nuts because the shells are much harder than English walnuts and you have to use a sledgehammer to crack them, which of course then smashes your nut.

Rumored to be more commercial than «Elephant,» the drama that won Van Sant the Palme d'Or and Best Director award at Cannes in 2003, «The Sea of Trees» — which boasts a Black List script by «Buried» scribe Chris Sparling — centers on a suicidal American (McConaughey), who travels to the «suicide forest» at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan with the intention to kill himself.

In Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) he pulls the kind of stunt Jerry Lewis and Peter Sellers would later make famous: he plays no less than eight hilarious roles as he essays the decaying family tree of scheming black sheep Dennis Price, who murders his way up the inheritance ladder.

A black and white WRX STI slingshots between two stands of trees, more sideways and carrying more speed than the Evolution before it, and like the earlier race car, it appears to be headed for Smith's breastbone.

Readers of this fictional ode to Cooperstown, New York will be rewarded by talented, complex writing and a multi-layered story with more than a touch of fantasy, plus a family tree littered with black sheep.

What better than the Hawaii islands for the best escape to the palm tree - lined beached with sands of all colors including the black sand.

Known for a long time to surf insiders for its perfect and consistent waves, Balian offers a lot more than that: beautiful black sand beaches, palm trees all around, little cafes and restaurants lining up the way to the beach.

One sees changing views of Notre - Dame, from two successive studios and over fourteen years — and from from Post-Impressionism to a single blue crossed by little more than a tree, a flash of sunlight on stone, and the bare arc in black of a bridge or a quai.

2008 Heralded as the new black, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK Heralded as the new black, South London Gallery, London, UK Something Vague, St Gallen Kunstverein, Switzerland, CH Something Vague, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE How I learnt to use my senses, how I learnt to think and how I learnt to feel, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, JP Championed by Rigour, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US And it came to life, Marz Galleria, Lisbon, PT Basquiat, STORE Gallery, London, UK 2007 GHOSTWRITER SUBTEXT (TOWARDS A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PLAUSIBLE INTERROBANG), Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, JP More than the weight of your shadow, DAIWA Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima, JP Passengers, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, US Short cut through the trees, MUMOK, Vienna, AT The Last Work, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL Of Any Actual Person, Living or Dead (with Aurélien Froment), STORE, London, UK 2006 Ryan Gander, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, IT Ghostwriter Subtext, Premier Container, Art Basel Premier with STORE, Miami, US Didactease, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USCinema Verso, Whitechapel East Wing, London, UK Spencer, forget about good, Art Basel Unlimited with Annet Gelink Gallery, Basel, CH The title taken from reading that book (with George Henry Longly), Elisabeth Kauffman, Zurich, CH Is This Guilt In You Too --(The study of a car in a field), MUMOK, Vienna, AT Your clumsiness is the next man's stealth, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Nine Projects for the Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau, MAMbo, GAM, Bologna, IT

Similarly, the two vividly colored paintings from the 1990s at Cheim & Read (both called «Trees» and dated 1990 - 91) as well as the churning «Cypresses» from 1975 (which, like 1964's «First Cypress,» employs chrome green and black) concentrate more on their own making than on outside indicators, as slashing brushstrokes coagulate into groupings of unstable forms while carving out deep recesses of space.

They're essentially landscapes, often featuring spindly black trees, and prettier than the «Sacrilege» works.

(iv) Sites with charcoal macrofossils beneath, in, and above the current organic horizon (corresponding to the large majority of the remaining sites of the study area) are treeless stands composed of a much scattered cover (generally < 1 %) of black spruce shrubs — i.e. sites burned probably more than twice since initial forest establishment, without successful tree regeneration and currently forming lichen - shrub tundra.

(iii) Sites with charcoal macrofossils beneath the current organic horizon (corresponding to more than 20 % of the sites of the study area) are stands composed of a relatively dense cover (generally between 10 and 40 %) of black spruce trees and shrubs — i.e. sites burned probably more than twice since initial forest establishment with successful tree regeneration because they are currently forming woodlands and krummholz.

The Sport comes with a pair of 9 - inch covered, black, graniteware cooking pots and optional reflectors for concentrating sunlight under less - than - ideal solar conditions, such as when trees or clouds partially block the sun.

Trim Color — Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish Door Color — Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish Beadboard Wallpaper — Allen and Roth from Lowe's Paint Color in Closet — Horizon by Benjamin Moore in Eggshell Bed — Overstock Black and White Dalmation Fabric — Premier Prints — Togo Lamps — HomeGoods Black and White Striped Throw — IKEA Coverlet — Have had for a long time not sure where it was originally purchased Bed Skirt and Shams — Country Curtains Nightstands — Pier 1 about 8 years ago, they still carry them but they are considerably more expensive than back when I purchased ours Basket under nightstand — Wayfair Lamps — Home Goods Roman Shades — Lowe's (they've since been discontinued) Drapery Panels — IKEA Drapery Rods — Lowe's Duvet Cover — Target about 7 years ago Rug — HomeGoods Black and White Square Pillows — Target several years ago Trunk at end of bed — an antique shop about 10 - 11 years ago Picture above bed — from a little shop in SC about 8 years ago Desk — IKEA Chair — Joss and Main Black and White Tree Image — Pottery Barn about 12 years ago Gold Scissors, Stapler and Dog Tape Dispenser — Nate Berkus at Target Notebooks — HomeGoods Miniature Scissors in wooden spool — Antique Farmhouse Vase with Hydrangeas — Target (was a candle now that's it's burned we use it as a vase) Hydrangeas — Picked from Yard Horse head — HomeGoods Little Women — From Barnes and Noble — Illustrated by Anna Bond

Loved your Creative Christmas Amy... Proving that Christmas can be colors other than the traditional ones... my favorite was the 7 ft. Tribeca tree with pink, black and white ornaments.