In the shade of a palm tree in front of the squalid dwelling I saw four figures in a semi-circle on the ground.

Every morning early, in the summer, we searched the trunks of the trees as high as we could reach for the locust shells, carefully detached their hooked claws from the bark where they hung, and stabled them, a weird faery herd, in an angle between the high roots of the tulip tree, where no grass grew in the dense shade.

Then Rector, attired in his best blue serge suit, sat in a chair out on the lawn, in the shade of a tree, smoking a cigarette and waiting.

He then beseeches God to kill him, a request which is denied when God causes a tree to grow over him, giving him shade.

They are in the sequence of the 1st Thirthankara to the 24th are: bull, elephant, horse, monkey, redgoose, lotus flower, swastika, crescent of moon, crocodile, shade providing tree, rhinoceros, buffalo, pig, porcupine, vajra ( a kind of weapon ), deer, goat, fish, jar, tortoise, lilly flower, conch, snake and lion.

According to Pliny the Elder a vine, a fig and an olive tree grew in the middle of the Roman Forum, the latter was planted to provide shade ( the garden plot was recreated in the 20th century ).

Rainforest species are shade tolerant and able to regenerate below an undisturbed canopy or in small gaps created when a tree falls.

Here, joined by people who died as soldiers or as sacrificial victims, by women who died in childbirth and by members of the priesthood, they enjoyed a delectable existence rewarded with delicious food and drink and resting under the shade of a pleasant tree, Yaxche, free from all want.

It may refer to blocking of sunlight by a roof, a tree, an umbrella, a window shade or blind, curtains, or other objects.

In tropical countries trees such as the African tulip tree, Hopea odorata and some Erythrina species are often planted as a shade trees.

Things to look for when choosing a shade tree include deciduousness, coverage, longevity, and the ability of the roots to damage foundations.

This tree is not considered a particularly good patio shade tree because its droppings are prolific and a considerable nuisance.

Large numbers of epiphytes can also cause tree limbs to break or shade the host plant and reduce its rate of photosynthesis.

The white oak makes an outstanding shade tree, with an exceptionally wide spread and almost never dropping limbs.

In years past, the American elm was used widely as a shade tree and as a street tree, because of its graceful, arching, vase-like growth form, and its tolerance of most stress factors These trees ' rapid growth and longevity, leading to great size within decades, also favor its horticultural use.

Instead, it is an angiosperm in the family Bromeliaceae ( the bromeliads ) that grows hanging from tree branches in full sun or partial shade.

Thisbe returns, eager to tell Pyramus what had happened to her, but she finds Pyramus ' dead body under the shade of the mulberry tree.

* In the present day Rabelais can be found basking under the shade of a hackberry tree.

My connection with the world is like that of a traveler resting for a while underneath the shade of a tree and then moving on.

The street that is full now of traffic and parked cars then and for many years drowsed on an August afternoon in the shade of the curbside trees, and silence was a weight, almost palpable, in the air.

While white is the coolest summer shade, there are lots of pastel hues along with tintable fabrics that will blend with any wardrobe color.

Best solution is to find an area that is predominantly sunlight or shade.

Although a straight drum shade would be adequate and sufficiently neutral that the puppets could be changed without disharmony, it is far more fun to create shades in the gay spirit of a child's playtime.

If the voice is just a shade less glorious than it used to be, it is still a beautiful instrument, controlled and flexible.

`` The white colonnaded, cedar-roofed Southern mansion is directly traceable via the grey and buff stone of grey-skied England to the golden stucco of one particular part of the blue South, the Palladian orbit stretching out from Vicenza: the old mind of Andrea Palladio still smiles from behind many an old rocking chair on a Southern porch, the deep friezes of his architectonic music rise firm above the shallower freeze in the kitchen, his feeling for light and shade brings a glitter from a tall mint julep, his sense of columns framing the warm velvet night has brought together a million couple of mating lips ''.

Her hair was the color of those blooms which in seed catalogues are referred to as `` black '', but since no flower is actually without color contain always a hint of grape or purple or blue -- he wanted to draw the broad patina of hair through his fingers, searching it slowly for a trace of veining which might reveal its true shade beneath the darkness.

In the old part of the city, there is a traditional main square called the Zócalo with shade trees and lined with cafes and shops.

However, the problem is being addressed by community organizations and city government: Trees Atlanta, a non-profit organization founded in 1985, has planted and distributed over 75, 000 shade trees in the city, while Atlanta ’ s government has awarded $ 130, 000 in grants to neighborhood groups to plant trees.

Barium is a soft, silvery-white metal, with a slight golden shade when ultrapure.

One hundred and fifty more occur with the prefix ge-( reckoning a few found only in the past-participle ), but of these one hundred occur also as simple verbs, and the prefix is employed to render a shade of meaning which was perfectly known and thoroughly familiar except in the latest Anglo-Saxon period.

The square A is exactly the same shade of gray as square B.

It will grow in full sun ; however, it prefers growing in partial shade and well drained soil, and is able to tolerate average soils and dry soil conditions.

The new concept is described by a number of terms, each of which has its own specific shade of meaning, such as crisis management, emergency management, emergency preparedness, contingency planning, emergency services, and civil protection.

The nickname " The Big Green ," originating in the 1860s, is based on students ' adoption of a shade of forest green (" Dartmouth Green ") as the school's official color in 1866.

Shading is the technique of varying the tonal values on the paper to represent the shade of the material as well as the placement of the shadows.

The shade of blue used for Lions uniforms and logos is officially known as " Honolulu blue ," which is supposedly inspired by the color of the waves off the coast of Hawaii.

Harry's cypher is similar to his brother's, but displays an H in a shade of blue similar to that used by his mother.

Denim is a tone of indigo Crayola which resembles the shade of indigo used in Denim.

The exact shade which is used is a matter of artistic freedom and will vary from one fabric mill to another as well as in dye lot to another within the same mill.

During the hottest part of the day, of course, the sun comes straight down and there isn't any shade ''.

According to a very different account by an ancient grammarian, Herodotus refused to begin reading his work at the festival of Olympia until some clouds offered him a bit of shade, by which time however the assembly had dispersed-thus the proverbial expression " Herodotus and his shade " to describe any man who misses his opportunity through delay.

If any opaque object is found in between the surface and the light, the surface is in shadow and so the light does not contribute to its shade.

The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color.

Before the final color of the pixel can be decided, a lighting calculation must be performed to shade the pixels based on any lights which may be present in the scene.

The fastest algorithms simply shade all pixels on any given triangle with a single lighting value, also known as flat shading.

A disadvantage is that in cool climates, an abundance of shade trees may lead to a dank environment in any nearby buildings or gardens.

" Feathers and turquoise ( or any sort of blue shade ) are worn during the ceremony to symbolize wind and rain respectively.

The shade of gray for any particular skill ( or lack thereof ) depends on the occupation.

After appearing in another Sellers film in 1962 — Waltz of the Toreadors — he again appeared alongside him again in the 1963 comedy, The Wrong Arm of the Law ; Powell again reviewed the pair's film, commenting that " I thought I knew by now every shade in the acting of John Le Mesurier ( not that I could ever get tired of any of them ); but there seems a new shade here ".

The name is also something of a misnomer ; all gums flower, many are red, Corymbia ficifolia is not really a " gum " but a bloodwood, and its flowers can be any shade between pale cream, through pink, to red, orange or deep crimson.

Other species hide in sandy patches in the shade of trees in semi-desert such as the Kalahari, and emerge to feed as soon as any large animal settles down in the shade during the heat of the day.

The ground-colour is any shade of blue-green, and is blotched, speckled and streaked with dull reddish-brown, pale sepia, grey and neutral tint.

Even apart from the worship, it is one of the most sheltering trees in the heat of the land, with a large and deep shade, and is thus extremely useful for travellers of the old sort-on foot, bicycles or oxcarts, or horse riders-travelling for hours or days ; traditionally it was found almost ubiquitously on roads and in village centres, the latter very useful for any formal or informal gathering to be conducted in a cool place or even for any poor person or a traveller to sleep under.

To capitalize on this craze, Hughes ' team organized a series of " Platinum Blonde " clubs across the nation, with a prize of $ 10, 000 to any beautician who could match Harlow's shade.

As Mabel Lang notes, one of the problems with uncovering historical veracity in Herodotus ' account is " that the failure of the revolt not only gave prominence to every aspect and event which would explain, justify or anticipate the disastrous results but also cast into the shade any intentions which deserved a better fate and any temporary successes during the course of the war.

Cogitosus himself prefaced his Life of Brigid with a claim that he was ' publishing a few of the many things which have been handed down without any shade of ambiguity by well-informed elders '.