The two couples race each other, Mercedes versus Jetta, from the West Coast to the East, from the condos and apartment complexes of California to the gilded estates of Westchester County — stone mansions, imperial trees, stainless-steel kitchens.
Seneca ended up spending the better part of a decade in exile, and he would have spent even longer were it not for one of those episodic mate swaps which make the imperial family tree such a thicket.
"We have to remember that it's not short-term exposure that's of concern, it's the long-term," he said.Back to top >>FridayON MY way to the office this morning, I take a walk through Ritan Park, a pleasant expanse of ancient trees and imperial relics in the middle of Beijing's main embassy district.
During the turmoil, the last Ming emperor hanged himself on a tree in the imperial garden outside the Forbidden City.
By heading back north for approximately half a mile, up the west side of Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, you will reach three imperial lakes lined with willow trees.
In Ma Yuan's "Discussing Tao Under the Pines" -- one of a set of 10 pristine album paintings with matching imperial inscriptions -- a gnarled pine tree twists like a diagonal fissure across the sky, suggesting the oddly vehement vitalism that would animate German Romantic painting.
Summer rains flood the secret underground quarters of the "imperial court", located in a palm-tree grove 50 miles from the country's decrepit capital, Bangui.
At Chidorigafuchi, nearly 400 cherry trees grace the moat surrounding the imperial palace, covering the water with its petals; Ueno-Onishi Park, with around 1,200 trees, draws picnickers during the day and is illuminated by 3,000 paper lanterns at night.
"Since it was a Saturday there were large crowds in the town who cheered the imperial motorcade as it drove up Bridge Street and tree-lined Sparken Hill - then, as now, lovely in its autumn leaf".
The Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) is a long-lived resident tree-nesting raptor endemic of the Iberian Peninsula [12].
