Before the weed began growing, they say, there were clearer vistas along the river and more frequent sightings of animals like egrets, great blue herring and wood ducks.
Looking north, there's a clear vista of the skyscrapers in Midtown.
Such moments have charm, as does Patty's recounting of her other, non-linguistic, later-in-life romance — with George, a man she meets on Match.com in the first few pages and who, halfway through the book, gives her, as a belated Christmas gift, a newly cleared vista, seen from the top of a hill on their property.
Everyone wants the big 'ah-ha,' but it's the small victories that bring us into a clear vista with a longer view.
I made sure there were clear vistas across the apartment and straight lines always in view.
Both works celebrate mannered extremes of articulation, be they the extravagant filigrees of High Gothic architecture; the deep, impossibly clear vistas; or the comedic quirks of the human personality.
Marguerite, a 20-minute ferry ride from the port of Cannes, a remarkably unspoiled island with bougainvillea-lined walking paths leading to clear vistas overlooking the sea, and also headed into the village of Mandelieu, between Cannes and St. Raphael, which had two small beaches in rocky coves on either side of Chateau de la Napoule, a 14th-century castle.
Bush is oddly offended by clean air and clear vistas in our nation's protected forests.
Today, the absence of sooty urban air and the presence of clear vistas are the visible hallmarks of successful air pollution policies.
But we're into the desert now, under clearer skies, more open vistas.
