Sentences with phrase «when climbing a tree»

Especially when you climbed the tree yourself and picked the apples and then crumble on your plate piping hot and...

The same happens when climbing a tree or wall - jumping.

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I spent endless hours climbing trees when I was a child, yet I never knew a completely welcoming tree.

And the children, when they climbed down from the trees and hurried home, were ordered by their frightened parents never to speak of what they had seen — at school, with friends, in shops, anywhere.

It's the old, instinctive deference to the Alpha - Ape that was wired into our brains back when our remotest ancestors were still climbing in trees and eating bugs off each other's hairy hides.

[69] Ernst Haeckel claimed that Negroes have stronger and more freely movable toes than any other race which is evidence that Negroes are connected to apes because when apes stop climbing in trees they hold on to the trees with their toes, Haeckel compared Negroes to «four - handed» apes.

We all used to make dares with our mates when we were younger, seeing who could climb a tree the highest or who could ride their bike the quickest.

Having a comfy floral dress or cute jumpsuit on hand in various colors can be your dress - up go - to when you want to impress yet still stay flexible for your tree - climbing explorers.

When her friend is daring her to climb a tree, and she's afraid, it will be comforting to have you say no, so that she doesn't have to admit her fears.

Back when our ancestors were climbing trees and jumping across rocks and escaping predators as hunter - gatherers, their babies and toddlers literally clung on to them for support and protection.

I related to him the time that my child ran out into the backyard when it was time to go to school and climbed a tall willow tree and vowed to stay there all day.

Making reference to the Akan proverb, Woforo dua pa a, na yepia wo, to wit, «When you climb a good tree, you are given a push», President Mahama said he was hopeful that once he was working for a good cause, the Ghanaian people would support him to complete his work by re-electing him.

Sheba will finally feel like a true queen when she climbs atop this leopard - print tree.

When they do emerge, salamanders can be spotted not only on forest floors but also up in trees and on other vegetation, oftentimes climbing as high as 8 feet up.

The following diary passage is from a day when I had climbed 30 feet into the tree to cut off the highest branches, which themselves reached another 20 feet over my head.

They inhabit dense forests, so researchers are usually able to observe the animals only by climbing tall trees or watching them when they gather at water holes.

Anthropologists have long assumed that the short stature of australopithecines like Lucy was related to treetop living: Having short legs makes it easier to climb trees and gives stability when balancing on branches.

When humans stood upright, they took a spine that had evolved to be stiff for climbing and moving in trees and rotated it 90 degrees, so it was vertical — a task Latimer compared to stacking 26 cups and saucers on top of each other (vertebrae and discs) and then, balancing a head on top.

When the team pieced the skeleton together, it revealed a very early hominid that walked upright, yet still retained an opposable toe, a trait commonly found in tree - climbing primates.

When she was 6 or so feet away, Zig approached the tree that she had been leaning against and climbed it.

One of my Nursing school friends once shared with me that when she was a little girl she would often climb to the top of a tree because she liked to look out at the horizon and imagine herself exploring whatever was beyond it.

When she's not in the kitchen baking, Sadie can be found climbing trees, singing, writing songs, running on a trail, reading a book, or playing with her dogs!

Now, this mechanism went a long way toward saving your life when staying alive meant running, fighting, climbing trees, or just plain defending yourself.

So my fellow Millennials might remember wearing overalls when we were kids; I know I had a few pairs perfect for climbing trees and jumping curbs with my 10 - speed.

A little over 8,000 supporters showed up, more than the non-festival population of Park City, so many that when the parade reached the stage to hear Chelsea Handler and Jessica Williams speak, the overflow crowd climbed up a hill covered in foot - deep snow and shivered as the trees dumped ice on their backs.

When I was a boy, I went into the woods alone to climb the tallest tree.

When Margot is goaded into climbing that tree (suspected to be rotting, the tree doctor gives it a clean bill of health), which stands as sentinel between the childhoods better remembered and the present better forgotten, and finds herself stuck there with a bug crawling into her ear, there is, stark and indelible, the feeling that we've come somewhere in our process of grief — past vengeance, into despair, no looking back.

Climbing trees when I was about 9 with my best friend.

Téchiné said about the film's emotion, «I prefer the public to be moved when Manu runs, climbs a tree or has a laugh than when he is sick.

«Like other schools whose premises include wooded areas, our policy when a child climbs a tree, is for staff to observe the situation from a distance so the child does not get distracted and fall,» Martin told the Mail.

When told it was time to come inside and resume classes, the child indicated that he did not want to go inside and climbed up a tree.

School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.

No boy in his right mind ever wanted to study multiplication tables and historical dates when he could be out hunting rabbits or climbing trees.

«The data don't provide much detail on kids» home lives, but if you have some Tom Sawyer idea that kids are climbing trees all summer and only eat when called to dinner, that doesn't square with the fact that they're gaining weight so quickly.

When not looking for ways to make the SCPSCD the most highly effective district in the country Siddhartha can be found strumming a guitar, pulling weeds in his garden, reading about Boston sports team or finding trees for his son to climb.

No one will help Nana Quimby rescue cats up a tree — not even when the total climbs to 35.

Anyone who still has some of their childhood favorites tucked away might be shocked to dust them off and see how little has changed since the days when girls played with dolls and boys climbed trees, when Mother was the nurturing homemaker and Father went off to work.

The story centers on a group of 13 and 14 year old classmates struggling with what to do when one of them, Pierre, suddenly declares that «life is meaningless,» and promptly climbs a plum tree.

So says Pierre Anthon when he decides that there is no meaning to life, leaves the classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there.

When these cats find themselves stuck high in a tree, the will be unable or too scared to climb down and end up staying there.

If your cat is climbing the furniture like a tree, offer your cat something else attractive to climb on, and praise her when she does.

Trees can topple over when curious cats try to climb them or your rambunctious pooch gets a little too close.

Not usually seen as the ideal family pet, this breed has a strong hunter instinct and is known to bark when its prey climbs a tree to escape it.

When they were in the wild cats often climbed trees to escape from predators who were unable to clamber after them.

A well - made cat tree can help her channel her urges to climb — and will give you hours of entertainment as you watch her scramble up it when she's feeling energetic.

Tricks and low - cal treats: Train your cat to run to you from across the room or climb up her cat tree when you shake a bag of yummy treats (that she'll soon get a taste of as a reward).

Make sure the scratching post and cat tree are sturdy and balanced so they don't topple over when your cat jumps or climbs on them.

I learned this the hard way, when my cat freaked out at the water flowing under him towards the drain and decided to climb me like a tree.

However, when I took her home she saw my other three cats running, climbing the bed and the cat tree.

When the clock strikes playtime, cat boarding guests are let out to climb on «cat trees» and are loved on daily by The Animal Keeper staff.