11. On the rocky slope north of the house, there are more hemlocks, and elegant, smooth-barked beeches. 12. On the opposite bank was a steep rocky slope dotted with trees. 13. Over the years, they dug dozens of caves and high mountain outposts, turning the rocky slopes into a fortified base of operations. 14. The color is subtle, a sort of smoky lavender, but it paints a dramatic purple glow along rocky slopes and desert washes. 15. The car was fully loaded and was smashed to bits when it fell on a rocky slope below. 16. The fritillarias are natives of the region around Israel, Jordan and southern Turkey, and grow wild along rocky slopes. 17. They are stunted and, some would say, ugly trees, clinging to the rocky slope with bare roots like talons. 18. To the right of the forbidding cliffs, a rocky slope tumbled past ice-clogged clefts to a harsh gravel shoreline. 19. Unlike the open deciduous woods around the nest, this rocky slope offered plenty of cover. 20. With painstaking purpose, Chandor set out to fashion his dream garden on the rocky slope. |