2.any of several Eurasian plants of the genusAjuga, espA. reptans, having small blue or white flowers: familyLamiaceae(labiates) bugle 3 a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes for decoration Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 ...
(mountain ash), a genus of deciduous trees or shrubs of the family Rosaceae. The alternate leaves are oddly pinnate, lobate, or entire. The flowers are in corymbiform inflorescences, and the fruits are pomes with two to five locules. ...
They live, immersed in their smells, in their instincts, in contradictions and pains, immersed in the shade of palm trees, protected by the coral reef, among a thousand types of mango, fragrant, sweet to the point of redeeming at least in part the echo of the ancient colonialism. The ...
“Three Little Drummers from the George Washington Show” by The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (Free Music Archive) “Piano concerto no. 2 in Dm, Op. 23” composed by Edward MacDowell https://musopen.org/music/31138-piano-concerto-no-2-in-dm-op-23/ (Royalty free ...
To the aspen trees,And its earnest wooing bringsTremblings strange and flutteringsTo the listening trees. Twinkle, twinkle o’er the grassIs it shade ? is it light ?Or do both together passAcross the sward to- night ?Twinkle, twinkle dark and sheen,Mantle fold and feet between,Glancing ...
Its fossil trees provide an insight into the world of 330 million years ago. Foxfield Steam Railway Experience the nostalgia of this unique Heritage Steam Railway for a five and a half mile round journey, winding gently through some of North Staffordshire's most picturesque countryside. ...
It would appear to be a fool's errand. But almost anyone who has crossed the madman's web of frontiers and borders that stretches over the Balkans, from Istanbul to the Italian border, is likely to agree with Economopoulos's premise — and to recognize, in his work, the contradictions ...
Sloths spend so much time in the trees, their bodies have evolved to suit their arboreal lifestyle ©by Jonathan Fife/Getty Images They can see behind their backs Thanks to an extra vertebrae in their spine, sloths can turn their heads up to 270 degrees in either direction. Biologists ar...
I was at home in the lanes, skirting the fields and farms, tracing the route of past pilgrims heading for Canterbury (though never venturing that far during lockdown myself). Solitary oak trees became friendly souls who paused for a moment to bask in the sun, faces turned south towards ...
A particularly colorful celebration is held in Valencia, where the orange trees are in bloom at this time of year.The city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife hosts what many consider the most Brazilesque Carnival celebration in Spain. Parades and musical and dance contests fill the days leading up to...