bougainvillaea

On the right-hand side were small bungalows with tiled roofs and gardens in front, each one planted with bougainvillaea.

The Empty Family

On the right-hand side were small bungalows with tiled roofs and gardens in front, each one planted with bougainvillaea.

The Empty Family

With the artist as a guide, Henry also learned to savor the infinity of violets in the clouds above the luminous sea which was “butterfly blue,” according to La Farge, the purplish-rose of bougainvillaea blossoms, the brilliance of the lemons, and the “fiercely green” acacia.

The Five of Hearts

With the artist as a guide, Henry also learned to savor the infinity of violets in the clouds above the luminous sea which was “butterfly blue,” according to La Farge, the purplish-rose of bougainvillaea blossoms, the brilliance of the lemons, and the “fiercely green” acacia.

The Five of Hearts

The seven boys who beat him are in jail, but their benefactors, the two sarpanch brothers Niranjan Singh Sidhu and Jaswant Singh live barely half a kilometre away in a faux haveli, with bougainvillaea spilling out of their walls.

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Palm trees did not sway, nor did bougainvillaea flower in the botanically anonymous uninterrupted scrub.

Sulfur Island

It had arches and balconies entwined with bougainvillaea, and wide patios with tubs of vivid red geraniums.

At The Spaniard's Convenience

And there, behind the flowering bougainvillaea, was a sprawling villa: two storeys high, with white shutters, many of them hanging loose.

Above Suspicion

And there, behind the flowering bougainvillaea, was a sprawling villa: two storeys high, with white shutters, many of them hanging loose.

Above Suspicion

We were happy together, sitting on this balcony shaded by bougainvillaea visited by bees, but now it is the war; the war has returned, and Pelagia knits her brow and frowns.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin