Ten minutes later, we were in empty hills, the grass vibrant.
It is here, surrounded by trees, hills and grass, that I get close to Lipizzaner foals for the first time.
It was music that perfectly evoked the landscape of southeastern Australia — its vernacular architecture, beautiful stands of eucalyptus, red hills, dry grass, and sudden screaming flocks of lorikeets.
Lauren LaRoche, the store manager, said would-be sprinters will warm up by jogging to Central Park before practicing fast running on different hills, the grass and flat areas.
"The first idea was to have rolling hills with grass around, but rain would have been a problem, so they chose the plants instead," Mr. Habi said with a sigh to the small group huddled around him.
Hills Contemporary Grass, as they were once known, were a big influence on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, as well as Glastonbury headliners Metallica (who covered their song Breadfan in the late 80s).
The cows spend their lives roaming the hills, eating grass until it is time for them to be slaughtered.
No matter the weather, you will spend long days hiking up hills, shoveling grass, and putting trees in the ground.
On the more severely eroded hills, coarse grasses and ferns have taken hold.
The restless and startling Down 1-5, menumeratesenumereasonseasons to keep living – horses on the hill, cut grass on the air – with the mindful resoluteness of someone who might have contemplated the alternative.
Heading toward the Zagros range that marks the border with Iran, it is a spring landscape of green hills, wild grasses and poppies, and traditional hill resorts such as the town of Shaqlawa that are rapidly expanding to meet a growing tourist boom.
