Sentences with phrase «many sylvan»

Five hundred years ago this Advent, a Dominican friar named Antonio de Montesino delivered a sermon haranguing an assembly of Spaniards in Santo Domingo» a tiny, ragged, and lonely outpost on a sylvan Caribbean isle.

The Lord will provide...», and ended with a pun to prove it, saying he was replying to the «Dialogue of Sylvester, which is exactly like a wild sylvan jungle».

Plans to upgrade and develop Lake Ellyn «s Depression - era boathouse have been put off at least until the end of the summer because of protests from Glen Ellyn residents who believe the modernization will ruin the character of the sylvan area around the 10 - acre lake.

We will gather at Mount Madonna Center, just outside of Watsonville, CA, in a sylvan setting based around spiritual practice.

Animal spirits enact rituals of love and death in this pair of sylvan fables by the director and the subject of this month's new Meet the Filmmakers episode, Connor Jessup and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Woods and forests were given a fresh impetus as a psychic terrain for the cinema by Lothlórien, Fangorn, and the other sylvan spaces so ethereally or threateningly rendered in The Lord of the Rings films and, to a lesser extent, by the Mirkwood of...

If future generations are to appreciate the fragility of our ecosystem, the therapeutic effects of fresh air, clear water, and pristine vistas, and the sylvan symphony of lilting birdcalls, flowing streams, rustling leaves, and more, it is imperative that they be exposed to nature in an organized manner in which they can truly enjoy the experience.

A magnificent saga... Powers's sylvan tour de force is alive with gorgeous descriptions; continually surprising, often heartbreaking characters; complex suspense; unflinching scrutiny of pain; celebration of creativity and connection; and informed and expressive awe over the planet's life force and its countless and miraculous manifestations... profound and symphonic.»

Barkskins is nothing less than a sylvan Moby - Dick replete with ardently exacting details about tree cutting from Canada and Maine to Michigan, California, and New Zealand, with dramatic cross-cultural relationships and with the peculiar madness catalyzed by nature's glory.

Wrongly assuming that sylvan rabies was spreading — instead of finally being noticed — wildlife management resorted to trapping - poisoning shooting.

Her dream, the Animal Shelter and Wildlife Society, will not only house man's best friend, but birds and other animals in quiet, sylvan surroundings.

Of course there were also areas like this — edges and corners left to the subtropics, wild and sylvan.

A century ago, the Blue Mountains were a sylvan hideaway where Sydney's smart set escaped the heat of the city in elegant houses with shady verandas and... Read More

This sylvan uplift, which the padres knew as the «Mission Ridge», has for the past 65 years been known as «the Riviera», due to the similarities of the slopes along the Mediterranean coasts of France and Italy!

A century ago, the Blue Mountains were a sylvan hideaway where Sydney's smart set escaped the heat of the city in elegant houses with shady verandas and lush, cool - climate gardens.

Located in the second floor, one of the spacious terraces has view over the ocean and the swimming pools, while the other, situated on the rooftop allow its guests to enjoy an exclusive over view of the sylvan landscape.

Intricate carvings, sylvan décor, and furniture inspired by Mysore and Hoysala architecture are suffused in history narrating eternal tales.

Inside, the luminous living room offers ocean views through two large windows, while the wooden beams and sloping bamboo ceiling echo the villa's sylvan surroundings.

Designed by Olga Polizzi, the suites are imbued with a floral, sylvan theme from the verdant, leafy wallpaper.

Elegant sylvan décor, palette of soft hues and graceful ambience of the interiors radiate an unparalleled élan.

La Jolla Cove, with its mysterious cave and secret tunnel entrance, its gentle but rugged cliffs and abundant marine life, its posh shopping and dining district, the stunningly quaint and sequestered shores nestled and hidden in the sylvan tumbles of verdant cliffs, plus all of the little - known beaches that scream yesteryear.

Zig - zag your way through this sylvan wonderland back uphill to your car.

A perfect blend of refined comforts and aesthetic furnishings, these rooms are studded with features like sylvan floorings, platforms beds, soft and silky cushions and draperies and various state of the art amenities to make your stay comfortable and memorable.

Factors like wall to wall carpeting, draperies, sylvan furnishing, silk and velvet bedspreads, etc., reveal the overall luxury.

Since rocketing to the top, the group has brought its strobe - filled concert experience all over the world, making appearances at all the top festivals, from Coachella to South by Southwest and to the Eaux Claires festival in the fittingly sylvan Wisconsin where it all began.

series interjects two young women into what appears to be an old house in some kind of sylvan environment surrounded by a hazy, low light.

Julian Schnabel, the enfant terrible of 1980s art, and also that decade's Icarus, now has a survey not at MOCA Los Angeles, as his buddy - fan Jeffrey Deitch had originally planned it, but at the sylvan estate of his buddy - collector Peter Brant.

Entering the New York sculptor's spare but strong installation, the smell hits you first — the sylvan aroma of the cedar planks that line the back wall.

Painting, sculpture, music, craft, dance, poetry and design were all developed at Black Mountain, and the exhibition seeks to recreate the mood of the sylvan campus, where music played all the time.

Another Bushwick institution, now decamped further along the J - train to the sylvan neighborhood of Cypress Hills, is the non-profit Norte Maar.

In «Walking With Wonder,» the head and shoulders of an apparently nude woman are framed by a sylvan path, and her thick black hair resembles a tree's leafy crown.

From treehouses to micro-houses, we're well aware of the simple pleasures of living on a smaller ecological footprint — especially out in beautiful sylvan surroundings like Le Vent des Forêts in the Meuse region of France.

Despite major gains in some areas, the world's sylvan balance sheet still bleeds trees, owing to widespread deforestation in the tropics.

From a Brazilian research tower high above it, a fuzzy grey sylvan view emerges from the thinning gloom, vastly undulating, more granular than a cloud.

I grew up in a household struggling with wood - fired cooking and heating and it was neither sylvan nor idyllic.

And even our friendly sylvan pedestrian, sticking to mauling statistics, would never wait for 95 percent confidence before adjusting his bear risk assessment.

Bewitching, bizarre, and crazy beautiful, these enchanted sylvan escapes are the stuff of dreams.

His suggestion had been that he and I should change positions for a fortnight, giving him exposure to the realities of the northern reaches of Toronto, while I would enjoy a similar change of environment in the more sylvan environs of Niagara Region.

The jug of maple branches is a nod to the cottage's sylvan surroundings.

Once you're fully fuelled, go for a hike along one of Bracebridge's many sylvan trails.

Peek outside at any sylvan scene and you'll spot your palette: shades of green, white and grey accented with weathered wooden elements.