Iimage of the Saints Maurus and Placid surrounded by angels in lower left corner.
To look at it today, with its placid sheen, surrounding evergreens, and apparent lack of pollution or development, Thirlmere hardly looks like the site of a revolution.
It is a placid town surrounded by unruliness.
It was a statue of Shiva, the Hindu god, and behind him lay a large placid lake surrounded with temples.
When they show up, a restaurant takes on the vibe of the Peanuts character Pig-Pen: a placid interior surrounded by a cloud of chaos.
The protracted legal and political battles over the outcome are now in the hands of Judge John E. Bridges of Superior Court in Chelan County, in this normally placid town surrounded by apple orchards and mountain vistas.
Where to Stay Lake Placid and the surrounding villages of Keene, Keene Valley, and Saranac Lake are resort destinations offering a wide range of accommodations.
We drove to a closed road that leads to the summit and walked first up to Gilder Pond, placid, untroubled and surrounded by hemlocks.
Thirty years ago the place was empty: a long coarse sand beach protecting a placid lagoon and surrounded by wooded mountains.
By contrast, the capital of the United States "has been plumped down in a placid agricultural community, surrounded by the remnants of a Southern aristocracy... which boasts no industry other than the Bureau of Printing and Engraving plus a few riverboats which chug sleepily up the Potomac, bringing oysters, Norfolk honeymooners and split pine logs".
Why don't we buy a second home or a little farm or a ranch?' " On the banks of the placid Guadalupe River and surrounded by grassy hills dotted with cypress and live oaks, Kerrville can feel like a Florida suburb — without the palm trees, blistering heat and beach access.
