In the light from the overhead bulb with its old glass shade, mixed with sunlight from the window on the nearby landing, I saw myself reflected clearly.
There were green picnic tables set out beneath the shade trees full with foliage, and on this sunny weekend afternoon there were waiters in braided white coats moving swiftly about, balancing trays laden with bottles and pitchers and plates, and men of every age gathered at each of the tables, smoking cigarettes and pipes and cigars and drinking deeply from tall beakers and earthenware mugs.
Recently I have been leaning toward an elephant shade and combining it with a 1950s citron yellow or pea green for a slightly Babar effect.
If it is fitted with a shade that reflects light down on to the ground instead of allowing it to escape wastefully into the sky, so much the better.
He advised people with red hair and fair skin to take particular care to avoid sunburn and to protect their skin by avoiding the sun in the middle of the day, seeking shade and covering up with a T-shirt and sunglasses and using sunscreen of at least factor 15.
Their van was battered, the blue patched up a bit with a darker shade, without tax or insurance although there was the usual evidence of both on the windscreen.
To make it work, you connect a Windows PC to the device, which consists of a pair of 960 x 540 Epson displays embedded in the transparent glasses (with a detachable shade, as shown in the prototype above), and a depth sensor attached to the top.
Sophia was jumping with excitement as the shade opened, revealing about a foot of new powder.
It's quieter and you'll have more control over the amount of light surrounding you, particularly with your own window shade.
He had taken his helmet off and had sought shade, but had food and water with him.
While the stand-off continued I watched a policeman standing in the shade of a date palm, fidgeting with his sub-machinegun.
In Zamalek, a 20-minute walk north, outdoor cafes are packed with young Egyptians sitting in the shade of the trees.
It's a lush, cinematic rock suite, with 11 songs burnished to a lustrous shade of noir.
Torchieres or floor lamps with an upward glow or more traditional shade brighten corners and reading nooks and add extra light to a dark room.
Crisp and dry, some of the best of them taste so light you might, with eyes closed, not guess their dusky shade.
If this climax feels a shade hurried, the poignant coda is written and acted with immense delicacy by Irrfan Khan and Rafe Spall.
Typical townhouses in Havana were fitted with grand colonnaded portales (porches) to provide shade and shelter from the tropical weather, and rejas, metal bars, were secured over open window panes to protect against burglaries and allow for a freer circulation of air.
With sixty sheep to one boy and all the tree shade he could want, my grandfather taught himself to read that first summer.
The courtyard itself was littered with old Soviet antiaircraft guns and rusting howitzers under several ancient shade trees.
This came to life in a resplendent empire waist gown with a dramatic hem and a chiffon cape in a gorgeous shade of coral.
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After sifting through his mail while eating a late lunch, Hull would sit under a shade tree on the front lawn of the Smith County Courthouse and talk with the checkers players.
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It may be a shade or two more refined than the 14th-century original, but with its salty bacon, creamy beans, garlicky sausages and rich confit of duck, it is decidedly true to it in taste and spirit.
It took so long for electronic ink screens to finally hit the market we feel a bit silly getting impatient for the next-generation, but the Kindle has been on the market for a year and a half now, Sony Reader models for twice that long, and still we're dealing with the same crummy 7:1 contrast ratio, 16 shade grayscale, and .74 second refresh rate.
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Others sit by the roadside in the shade of birch trees, bikes propped up next to them on verges dotted with pink and white cosmos.
The fig plants are used to provide shade in the atrium of the building, which MPs use to hold meetings with constituents and other visitors.
For Morocco, their absence was a small victory in a long campaign to take over the 12 square kilometres of Melilla and its 65, 000 people, along with its sister-city of Ceuta, which is just a shade bigger in size and population.
Though they tend to be minorities within broader political groupings, together they scooped up about a third of the vote in last month's elections to the European Parliament, with Mr Pasqua's lot unexpectedly winning 13%, a shade more than Mr Chirac's own mainstream Gaullists.
From the comfort of victory and with all the brilliant techniques of contemporary film making, it works overtime to shade a vital difference between experiencing terror and being killed, and experiencing terror and eating popcorn.
Rembrandt's "Man With Feathered Beret" is a handsome display of his mastery of light and shade, his virtuoso brushwork, his love for exotic costumes and his ability to make all human faces look thoughtful and real.
Number One Court can often produce an intense atmosphere but, on a roasting hot day in Paris, the match began with the steep-sided stands half empty as spectators went in search of shade and refreshment after the preceeding men's match.
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