| 单词 | picket fence |
| 例句 | He passed the picket fence of Mrs. Cobb’s, steering as clear of it as if it were the wall of Jericho about to fall. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The boys stood outside his gray, peeling picket fence. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They were old and decrepit but there were picket fences around them with gates on which Francie longed to swing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove to my aunt Angie’s and parked in front of the white picket fence she shared with Grandma. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That little graveyard with its picket fence and its headstones and its lamb. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z This house, a large, ram bling gray stucco with a picket fence surrounding the weedy grounds, stood away from the street, perched on a ledge that dropped fifty feet down into the river below. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The perfect picket fence now had a gate over the top of it, and one of the pickets was broken, jagged. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Large tree, smaller tree, steps, garden, stone path leading to a gate with a picket fence on either side. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Angie lived next door to my grandfather, so again I parked along the white picket fence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One result of this was the white picket fence and the closet of handmade clothes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Later, Onofre Martinez’s powerful three-legged German shepherd charged off its porch like an enraged water buffalo, jumped over the picket fence, and hung on the volunteer’s heels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the small front yard there was a picket fence. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But it ain’t the country home with yellow shutters and white picket fence that I pictured. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z All this was surrounded by a white picket fence built so sturdily that the Chateau Martinez was the only place in town which had never been desecrated by Pacheco’s pig. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The same year, Papa replaced our old-fashioned white picket fence with a fancy iron one and set up the iron stag between the pittosporum bush and the elaeagnus. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z So he dawdled until he came to the picket fence, and every day Mrs. Cobb was standing at the door waiting for him, scowling and sour. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He was forever painting his house and the white picket fence in front of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was buried with her people in the cemetery behind First Congregational, straight in front of the headstone that marked the family plot, not far from her grandfather of the perfect picket fence. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When he came to it, he stopped and stood before a high, black, iron picket fence, feeling constricted inside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know my grandfather built that picket fence?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Even when we got to the first picket fence, he held on. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was afraid that his body would come loose, all his bones spilling out like a building collapsing, like a picket fence clattering apart. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture myself coming home to a wonderful house with white picket fences, but slowly my picture starts to fade. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But both Caroline and I obeyed, leaving the little scene on the dock behind, making our slow progress up the narrow oyster-shell street between the picket fences that enclosed each house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then I would grab the paling of one of the picket fences lining the street to steady myself against the wind. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The church is just across the street, a white picket fence setting it off from the rest of the town. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With his booming black motorcycle and his wide-brimmed Aussie hat, he seemed entirely out of place parking parallel to Grandma’s white picket fence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I just kept looking out the window until all at once there on my right was a white picket fence and a meadow, fresh and green as if it had just this minute been created. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about the house in my school reader, white, with a picket fence and a lawn, and window curtains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z All of ’em had to have a stoop and a picket fence and a flower garden out front and had to be exactly ten paces off the road. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The Byrd house sat on a neat lawn separated by a white picket fence from the field grass on either side of the property. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited till she went inside, then crossed the highway and opened the gate in the picket fence that was about to topple over from the weight of Carolina jasmine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In between the two are old, pretty houses that seem to shine in the sunlight like charms on a giant bracelet, linked together by the flower gardens that spill over their neat picket fences. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He walked the length of the picket fence in front of the house, seeking for a walk leading to the rear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s all white picket fences and white wooden homes with flowery yards. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She grew up in town, in a yellow house with a white picket fence lined with purple irises. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And now he noticed that the ropes that held the swing were frayed and the picket fence that had looked so bright and perky before was really flaked, peeling, even leaning to the left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the gate of a picket fence in front of one of the big houses. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mine is about two children who live in a white house with ruffled curtains, a front lawn, and a picket fence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But this takes a lot longer than I would like: we are a far cry from picket fences and white curtains, here in our lagoon of postwar mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a wooden hut like the others, but surrounded on all sides by a picket fence to give the prisoners a place outdoors to walk around in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined her as, say, Mrs. Cobb, swooping out from behind her picket fence with eyes aflame, calling down the turbine perflant upon a minister’s son who threw rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A lot of them have white picket fences. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A smiling Heath Huxley, his perfectly proportioned teeth shining like a white picket fence, stepped out of the principal’s office and stroked his sleek black mane. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They made sure the picket fences in front of everyone’s home had got a good slap of whitewash on ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Leaning against an old picket fence, he whittled casually on a small piece of wood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Riding the muddy surface were sections of picket fence, giant tree limbs, crab pots, remnants of floats and crab houses, boats, and...“What’s that?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius lumbered over to the picket fence, abandoning the hopeless cause espoused by the wagon, and viewed the oil paintings and pastels and watercolors strung there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They tore down Mr. Fenchel’s white picket fence and burned the front out of his house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I stopped at the model homes area—four houses surrounded by the same white picket fence—and pulled off my glasses to clean them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He took an immediate liking to her, saw that they both wanted the same thing—in his words, a “picket fence kind of a life.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And yes, a picket fence also ultimately derives from this verb. The etymology of 15 weird and wonderful Olympic words 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z More and more magazines, newspapers and advertisements showed women as brides; women outside houses with white picket fences; and women smiling while wearing high heels and pushing vacuum cleaners. Is Marriage a Prize? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Here, Marquette shares his secrets to making the most of a small lot.Get more curb appeal by adding a picket fence. 5 Ways to Maximize Your Outdoor Space 2011-05-24T16:20:02.403Z The near-monochrome finish requires the viewer to move their body to apprehend quiet scenes of forest floors and mundane white picket fences. A Photographer Looks Deep Into America’s Past 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Other than that everybody will just say things are great, there's a white picket fence. Tribune interview with Rahm Emanuel 2012-02-12T13:12:00Z Many veterans settled down with their families, replacing battle and dinner cooked on pocket stoves with white picket fences and afternoon cookouts with neighbors. A brief history of the American cookout 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Just beyond a picket fence is where FICO’s very real farm animals live. A Bologna theme park devoted to Italian food 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z But in postwar America, where the goal had become a two-car garage and the white picket fence, “surprise pregnancies were an obstacle to a better life,” one that “needed to ‘go away,’” Glaser writes. Adoption Used to Be Hush-Hush. This Book Amplifies the Human Toll. 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z I indulged in the meal in front of the restaurant, where Stable set out 24 seats protected from the traffic by a picket fence. Review | Four ways to bring self-care to your holiday dining 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z But you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do. Ask Amy: Mother’s daily check-ins bother fiancee When I've asked why, they've implied that their interest in beauty, shopping, a fairy tale wedding or white picket fence was antithetical to the women's movement. How feminists are catching up to Barbie: She's everything – and has always been subversive 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z “He told me, ‘You look like a mule looking over a picket fence,’” Childers, 32, said last month, having returned from playing a festival, powered on nicotine and caffeine. Tyler Childers Puts His Own Spin on Heartfelt Rural Anthems 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z There are no fast-food concessions or tour buses here, just a lonely hilltop cemetery where descendants of the victims have tied feathers and ribbons as tributes on a white picket fence around the stone memorial. On a Native American tour through the badlands 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z In an attempt to make the place feel more homey, someone has decorated the entry to the manager’s office with a white picket fence. Architecture: Newark Project With Schools and Housing for Teachers 2010-05-03T22:57:00Z Part of the white picket fence version of the American dream includes a workshop to fix or augment items, to work on cars or restore furniture. "Making It" and the bittersweet economics of crafting culture 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z For their Noah’s Ark, Bob and Sheryl chose an old farmhouse with a white picket fence in a small New Jersey town. Reckoning with an Upbringing in a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of a Family, With ‘Two of Every Race’ 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z As I moved the cursor down the street, I noticed all sorts of newly constructed picket fences that I’d never seen before. The Ghosts in Our Machines 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z I would also describe how I managed to convince my husband, an electrical engineer in a rising company, to abandon our mailing address and our white picket fence in San Diego. I left corporate life behind to live in a camper van. I am never going back 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z There was a part of me that wanted to have a wife and children, and a happy home with a white picket fence. Experience: I was a gay-conversion therapist 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z She rejected a palace shot as being too much like something the Sex Pistols did and nixed a nature scene with a picket fence. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z The woman is depicted in front of a window, and outside sits a little house with a pink door surrounded by a white picket fence. Perspective | Kerry James Marshall paints a masterful image of history and hope on the cover of Vogue 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Sunflowers started to appear, then white picket fences. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z The winner was announced in mid-March: The local artist Alexander Laner turned the plinth into a micro apartment complete with a picket fence and roof terrace. In Transit Blog: In Munich, Public Art Designed to Get People Talking 2013-06-13T15:43:15Z Even when I was younger, I never saw myself with kids, living in a house with a white picket fence. I Quit Dating Entirely 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Closer, a white picket fence and hopscotch diagram chalked on a sidewalk indicate a residential neighborhood. Art Review: Henry Taylor?s Portraits and Other Paintings at MoMA PS1 2012-02-02T23:19:39Z It’s a lush ballad, an ode to the very earth these good old boys grew up on — the kind of place you want to “build a 10 percent down, white picket fence house on.” Toeing the Florida Georgia Line at the state fair | Concert preview 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z This is, after all, Ms. Portman’s own thin body on display, her jutting chest bones as sharply defined as a picket fence. Natalie Portman vs Sarah Lane: Why "Black Swan" performance wasn't about dancing 2011-03-28T17:20:00Z America hid behind its white picket fence from anything extraordinary or disruptive. Last exit to romance: The strange alchemy of LGBTQ romance and the books that give us hope 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The “white flight” costume somehow incorporated Mr. Potato Head, long strips of paper 3-D glasses and bumblebees affixed to a picket fence. The Gaudy, Glittery, Gorgeously Subversive World of Taylor Mac 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The notion of steamy desire festering away behind white picket fences has been a staple of American film and fiction since “Peyton Place” scorched the best-seller lists in the in the 1950s. Theater Review: Thomas Bradshaw’s ‘Intimacy’ Makes Sex Neighborly 2014-01-30T03:00:17Z She looked over at the new picket fence we'd installed along the road between the grand maples. The frittata that bought us a house 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z After dinner I walked along the Clark Fork River and across a bridge to Maclean’s boyhood home, a modest Craftsman with a wide front porch and white picket fence. Fly-Fishing in Montana, Where a River Still Runs Through It 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “We had the perfect picket fence life,” she said. These single-mom friends joked about buying a house together. On a whim, they did it. 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z He lives alone in a Utah town in nice house with a white picket fence that he’s flattened, doubtless after a hard night. Review: In ‘Small Town Crime,’ Trouble Is His Business (Natch) 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The entire scene is framed by miles of neat white picket fence. Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank And His Underdog Horse Farm 2012-09-07T13:00:00Z The earliest of the proto-minimalist forms looks to be a piece of white picket fence, but could just as easily be the pale silhouette of three distended buildings with peaked roofs. Review | An artist who stood apart from D.C. intrigue and the New York whirl 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z We spot yellow school buses easing to a stop in front of the white picket fences of corn-belt farmhouses. An Intimate View of America, From Above 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The 1950s-style cabins are perched right on the side of the mountain with nothing between you and the great Pacific but a few sea gulls and a picket fence. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Shadows of a picket fence ring the floor of the stage. Review: In ‘Southern Comfort,’ a Family Not Bound by Blood 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z It looks like a Hollywood set, with its sprawling green yards, gravel streets, wooden sidewalks and picture-perfect white picket fences. Commemorating Lincoln’s death in the city where he spent most of his life 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z I like to walk around my Los Angeles neighborhood and wonder what drama lurks behind the pretty facades and lawns, the occasional picket fence. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Bob Dylan to Greta Thunberg 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z They erupted as a huge pile from a clay lawn, or next to the driveway and the picket fence. If the garden is due for a rock revival, gravel would be the way to go 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Plus, in the suburbs, there’s the stereotypical side, with the lawns and the picket fence and everything is nice. Artist Ed Templeton on capturing the weirdness of Huntington Beach 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Gated, walled, bestowed with abundant renewable energy and picket fences on generous 1-acre lots, Alexandria is the safest safe haven the group has come across yet. Walking Dead Recap: OMG This Show! 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z I recently sat down to watch the film again on DVD, intending merely to watch the opening "picket fence" sequence – and, of course, wound up watching the whole thing. David Lynch's Blue Velvet: why I still can't take my eyes off it 2012-02-10T12:49:31Z “At first, there’s this house with a white picket fence, this perfect world,” Mr. Ryman said of the film. Pushing Petals Up and Down Park Ave. 2011-01-16T03:00:04Z Quirky characters wander about in a landscape of picket fences and healthy storefronts. Andy Griffith evoked, stylized small-town America 2012-07-04T10:01:04Z In Twin Peaks, as in Blue Velvet, the concepts of good and evil and innocence and guilt are contrasted as sharply as those red roses against a white picket fence, where the distinction really pops. Twin Peaks at 30: the weird and wonderful show that changed television 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Last May, Ms. Sidibe bought a house in this city, a three-bedroom painted inside with bold colors and accessorized by African prints, surrounded by a white picket fence and climbing roses. Gabourey Sidibe Doesn’t Want to Talk About Her Body 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z He takes care of the only church on the island, which is right across a white picket fence from his house. On a Remote Siberian Island Asking, Was It Just a Dream? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The Millstone Valley Scenic Byway skirts both sides of the Millstone River, passing through small towns like Rocky Hill and Kingston that are adorned by well-kept frame houses with big front porches and picket fences. Are We There Yet? Who Cares! Enjoy the View 2011-08-04T21:49:57Z “We had a chain-link fence, though, not a white picket fence.” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Behind a white picket fence in the front are two sculptures of sheep, which tourists bicycling by sometimes stop to photograph. Nantucket Benefits From a Google Long-Distance Marriage 2012-08-29T20:34:37Z Dark red roses cascade over the old white picket fences, and sidewalks are littered with soft petals just like a wedding aisle. Small-Town Chesapeake Charm 2011-03-17T13:50:15.137Z But if this is Shelly’s idea of a house with a white picket fence, so be it. My heroin addict friend: thrown in jail, a rebound in rehab – now Shelly has hope 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Behind the house were cottages and a picket fence. Joshua Tree National Park: Into the wild, hours from L.A. 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Also memorialized is the artist’s struggle to refinance his house during the 2008 mortgage meltdown, symbolized by a white picket fence papered with shredded financial documents. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z South from Kajaani, the train rolls past farmsteads and cottages with picket fences. 10 of Europe’s best rural train journeys 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Some see an era of single-income families, picket fences and unlocked doors. Perspective | The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity. 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z When he returns to Lucious’ home, he lashes out at his parents and blames them for his ordeal: “We in here pretending that we’re some white picket fence family.” Empire: season two, episode five – A High Hope for a Low Heaven 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z To me, hitching the gate shut on my front picket fence is a joy. With Travel Plans in Flux, Readers Share Their ‘Staycation’ Ideas 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Somewhere in the northern stretches of the Colorado Springs suburbs, enveloped by trees, is a tony neo-Victorian house, painted sky blue with a white wraparound patio and a picket fence enclosing an expansive green yard. Inside the Colorado Mansion where the kittens of BDSM run wild 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z “I know who you are,” Mr. Hilfiger said to Victoria Hagan, the interior designer, as if from across a picket fence. AmfAR Heads to Billionaires Row in Palm Beach 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Strip away the frilly ideals about giggling babies after and white picket fences, and maintaining a successful long-term relationship boils down to nonglamorous operating concepts like teamwork, sacrifice and compromise. The latest "You" makes a killing in the 'burbs, fulfilling the dark fantasies we'd rather ignore 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The video ends with the dad painting his white picket fence the colors of the rainbow. "I do not like gay cookies": Conservatives vow to boycott Oreo over new ad 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Keeping a gun and slippers by his bed, he stands his ground and shoots at the intruder, who crashes through his white picket fence. Nic Cage's "Grand Isle" falls short of the Southern Gothic crazy it promises 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z If Disney made adults feel like kids again, maybe Disney Town could recapture that feeling of safety, of other people looking out for you — no danger allowed behind these picket fences. Never say die: The fantasy that "Succesion's" Roys and Disney's Celebration sells isn't princesses 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The 1853 town was built in the same Maine style as the company town’s sawmill founders and workers had grown up with — steepled churches, clapboard homes with bright white trim and picket fences. A road trip to Washington’s New England: Port Gamble | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In his films, the world of polite society — of suburban picket fences and parochial worldviews — was ripe for skewering. John Waters gets celebrated in a fancy museum? Stranger things have happened 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z "The tipping point ... was when we started seeing average Joe Blow, white guy with the two kids and the picket fence and the PTA wife, in his Timberlands," said fashion expert and author Constance White. Brazen, original, poetic: hip-hop's mark on fashion continues 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z “You get more land for your money here. Having that white picket fence dream is possible in California. Definitely different from L.A. and S.F. and even Sacramento.” Five years after the Camp fire, Paradise survivors see a hard future for Maui 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z In America, the mythos of the “white picket fence” is often part of the way people describe success. Millennial Money: 4 takeaways from Netflix’s money shows 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z This is not your white picket fence, green lawn and two-car garage housing. Restore proposed mixed-use housing near Seattle stadiums | Op-Ed 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Tempers got even hotter when police tried to yank the youth down by his leg from a tall iron picket fence he had climbed to escape, according to Hunter and witnesses’ cellphone videos. Viral arrest sparks outrage and questions about community policing at Nickerson Gardens 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Its gray-shingled houses and white picket fences sit surrounded on three sides by water and miles of steep and sprawling sand dunes, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. In Provincetown, Mass., a Matchmaker Helps the Desperate Find Housing 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “People who might have grown up with America’s promise of a white picket fence,” Rabbi Yolen said, are having to learn that “that was the exception. Not the hate that we are experiencing now.” With Watchful Eyes, a Nationwide Network Tracks Antisemitic Threats 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Russia’s measures might amount to a picket fence compared to China’s Great Firewall, but the Kremlin online crackdown has gained momentum. The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z A man emerged from a house and exchanged a few pleasantries with Mr. Bush before accepting the order over a picket fence. $388 in Sushi. Just a $20 Tip: The Brutal Math of UberEats and DoorDash 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Think detached houses with yards, driveways and picket fences. More homes per lot? Debate swirls in Edmonds, Kirkland and Burien 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Blowe said in his video that success doesn’t mean a house in suburbia with a white picket fence. Advocate who testified about D.C. crime bill fatally shot, police say 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Songs about how love is a “great war,” and how a “picket fence is sharp as knives,” and how “every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness.” Review | On ‘Midnights,’ Taylor Swift sounds wide awake 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z A picket fence in front and a yard out back for the kids and dog to play. With interest rates surging, what does a starter home look like in Southern California? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z For later generations, Adams’ phrase came to be defined by an image — a house with a white picket fence — as presidents, companies and popular culture pushed homeownership. How a storied phrase became a partisan battleground 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z For later generations, Mr. Adams’ phrase came to be defined by an image — a house with a white picket fence — as presidents, companies and popular culture pushed homeownership. How a Storied Phrase Became a Partisan Battleground 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Her husband still likes the idea of a traditional lawn and picket fence, but Ms Toby is considering replacing the lawn altogether. Is it the end for the lush lawns of Los Angeles? 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Even though Robles knew she was bi when she started dating the man she later married, she pushed her bisexuality “in the closet, to kind of escalate that whole dream of the white picket fence.” After coming out during the pandemic, many LGBTQ+ folks look to 2022’s Pride with a mix of emotions 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z But it requires I let go of motherhood in the way I’d envisioned it — a nuclear family with a husband, 2.5 biological kids, a house with a white picket fence — and expand my definition. Perspective | My desire to be a mother took root while taking care of my grandmother 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z At the British Cemetery, a white picket fence surrounded the graves of the only four soldiers recovered from the HMT Bedfordshire, which a torpedo fired by a German U-boat sank off the coast in 1942. Exploring Ocracoke, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Which brings them into conflict with conservatism’s reflexive terror of anything that does not fit inside the white picket fence of its imagination. Conservatives are about to lose the 21st century 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The house was surrounded by a petite white picket fence. Always on the edge, an unflinching memoirist leaps off into fiction 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z White picket fences lined equestrian trails snaking through the Orange County city, whose motto is the “Land of Gracious Living.” Amid housing crunch, officials want Orange County to stay the way it is 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Closer to home, you may find them happily taking up residence on your wooden garden bench or picket fence, stone walls or other rock surfaces, or on the trunks and branches of trees and shrubs. Your garden isn’t winding down: It’s still lichen season 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “I think many people believe the purpose of a suburb is to provide one house on one lot with a picket fence and privacy.” Single-family zoning preserves century-old segregation, planners say. A proposal to add density is dividing neighborhoods. 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z White picket fences and picture-perfect bungalows make it a popular filming location, but of the 28 single-family homes currently on the market, roughly half are listed for more than $1 million. What L.A. County’s median home price — $795,000 — buys in six areas 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “For such a large public figure and important monument, they had a small, white picket fence, and you are not more than a few feet from the gravesite. That is totally amazing.” Vacation vicariously with a ‘Now & Then’ photographic re-creation of a dozen trips 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Fading white picket fences enclose the front yards. Where the Suburbs End 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z A picket fence of “crepuscular rays” or light beams that shoot through gaps in the clouds and form shadows, generating alternating spokes of light and darkness. How Tuesday’s sunrise cast a fiery crown over Washington’s sky 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z There was a white picket fence around one yard, and across the street the bay glimmered in the early summer light. The Long, Slow Drowning of the New Jersey Shore 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The character then laments another marketed version of America that doesn’t really exist — one with “white picket fences.” Marvel celebrates July 4 weekend by having Captain America say American dream ‘isn’t real’ 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The phalanges fall into line like a picket fence with boards of varying lengths, the knuckles unknobby. Hands the key to keeping a grip in Olympic climbing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z "It's hard to believe that on television this place looked like a war zone," I suggest, gazing out of the window from the passenger seat at little white picket fences and manicured lawns. George Floyd death: How US police are trying to win back trust 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z It happened on Beacon Hill Drive, a quiet suburban street lined with yew trees and white picket fences, as the officer was working on a traffic detail alongside a utility crew. New York police officer OK after 'unprovoked' stabbing attack in Dobbs Ferry, chief says 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z “There were no white picket fences or endless shopping sprees in Malinek’s America,” Assistant U.S. ‘No white picket fences’: Migrants chasing the American Dream forced into a horrific nightmare 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Delisle said that without that sense of a built-in community, the new house — with its gourmet kitchen and white picket fence — felt lacking. A village becomes the Villages in the fast-growing area of Urbana, Md. 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z It was the house where a working class, Japanese American family lived in a predominantly white suburb lined with white picket fences. Kyoko Takenaka recorded racist things men said in bars. For many, it hit home 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The Trojans’ zone defense all but forms a picket fence around the basket. Gonzaga Awaits U.C.L.A. in the Final Four After Bruins Stun Michigan 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z A white picket fence surrounds the turf frontyard, and a bright yellow front door breaks up the blue-gray exterior. Warriors star Stephen Curry opts to sell one of his Bay Area homes 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z However unlikely it seems, Dr. Jefferson said, objects — puffer vests, picket fences, beagles, suburbia — have racial associations: “It’s the same thing as a pumpkin spice latte.” How Alvin the Beagle Helped Usher In a Democratic Senate 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Kind of a Tom Sawyer white picket fence situation if you think about it. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Norma said her daughter was a caring, loving girl, who dreamt of having a white picket fence in her future. Mom of SC woman who died after overdose recalls her life 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z The white picket fence, that’s kind of like my own little Easter egg — that the white picket fence isn’t the safety net you think it is. New photo project names police officers who shot Amadou Diallo 19 times in 1999 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The words that appear on the sign are painted on a white wood pallet, one that is set upright and looks like a picket fence. US election: The women who hold the key to Trump's survival 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z “We don’t have any trouble with racism,” said a twice-widowed woman, also white, with a meticulously-kept yard and a white picket fence. AP Road Trip: Racial tensions in America’s ‘sundown towns’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Outside, he shed his muddy clothes, changed into the ones he had packed, and then ran and jumped a 7-foot picket fence near the warden’s residence, landing in Eager Street. Maryland inmate dug his way to freedom in 1951 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Homeowners erected picket fences around their tiny trailers, and this time the move stuck. For Japanese-Americans, Housing Injustices Outlived Internment 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z You have these white picket fences and a Pleasantville kind of theme, and you have these candles representing that somebody who lived in this town horrifically killed somebody. New photo project names police officers who shot Amadou Diallo 19 times in 1999 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z She and other suburban women say when Trump talks about the suburbs, he evokes an image of a street with 1950s-style homes, the kind with white picket fences. US election: The women who hold the key to Trump's survival 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The same colors are vertical on the home’s picket fence. Illinois family won’t have to repaint rainbow-striped house 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z A white picket fence encloses a grassy hillside to the rear. Hot Property: Sale ends on a low note for 'American Idol' alum 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Jones was married and had children, but no other family members lie within the small plot surrounded by a weathered picket fence. Group looks to expand trails on tract where pirate partied 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Over a swaggering beat brightened with wind instruments redolent of an outdoor march, Beyoncé boasts of looking “pandemic fly on the runway” and of having “made a picket sign off your picket fence.” What is the song of summer? Music insiders spin the soundtrack for a once-in-a-lifetime season 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The film consists of a single panning shot, showing a picket fence framed by the sky and summer grass. Bruce Baillie, avant-garde filmmaker who turned a picket fence into art, dies at 88 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z He had a wife and the proverbial white, picket fence around his home. Helping the homeless in Bradenton could worsen outbreak 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Schools, swimming pools and athletic fields are strategically placed among streets lined with flowering trees and color-coordinated homes, many of which have front porches and white picket fences. A Loudoun County enclave keeps the community engaged and families happy 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z On Tuesday morning, the family set up a table for books near the white picket fence around their Sunset Park home in Fort Myers. How neighborhoods are making life bearable amid COVID-19 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Should you be feeling nostalgic for the mythical 1950s white picket fences perceptively dissected in the trailer for Pleasantville, Trump's new budget will point you in that sentimental direction. Trump wanders to "Happy Go Magic Land" 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z He said he spent three days admiring the summer light in Casper, on the northern California coast, before deciding to film a picket fence there for “All My Life.” Bruce Baillie, avant-garde filmmaker who turned a picket fence into art, dies at 88 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Surrounded by a white picket fence beneath a canopy of palms and banana plants, actress Maya Lynne Robinson’s front porch is a sacred space reserved for time alone. For actress Maya Lynne Robinson, living comes front and center 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z “She was to make sure that Kurt Meyer understood in a profound way that the Elizabeth Warren team wants him to get off that picket fence he sits on somewhat uncomfortably and join Team Warren.” 'Orange County, Iowa': Irvine Rep. Katie Porter is using her rural bona fides to sell Elizabeth Warren 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z A miniature white picket fence lines the entryway into the homeless encampment of 37MLK in Oakland, where tents sit in neat rows, fairy lights glow overhead and chickens cluck around the grounds. The Oakland women who took over a vacant lot to house the homeless 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z East of the city centre, manicured lawns and picket fences adorn the predominantly white neighbourhood. Extremist cops: how US law enforcement is failing to police itself 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Beneath the plywood sign, jackets wait to be claimed, draped over the tan picket fence in the morning light. Flagstaff home has given thousands of sack lunches to needy 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z “We didn’t have parents with nine-to-five jobs, or a white picket fence.” Beck Is Home 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z He thinks Tagovailoa views space more keenly than other quarterbacks: “I think people see barriers. They see the picket fence. And these guys see the open spaces between the fence.” Tua Tagovailoa’s ankle surgery has an origin story — and it starts across the Atlantic 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z There’s a charming English garden behind a white picket fence, and the almost always unoccupied benches offer an ideal place to pause. D.C. has places to see and be seen. These are 14 spots where you can escape. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z RIVERSIDE: A white picket fence and shade trees surround this charming cottage with vintage floor vents and a Saltillo tile sun room. What $400,000 buys right now in three Riverside County cities 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z White picket fences surround gardens and a brick patio in the backyard. Diane Keaton’s former coastal retreat lists in Laguna Beach 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z One fan nearly fell over the white picket fence stretching for a souvenir. With a swing in need of a bit more practice, Tiger Woods braves Wednesday's rain at Portrush - Golf Digest 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Maybe a classic Cape Cod with a white picket fence. They begged Frank Lloyd Wright to build them a house they couldn’t afford 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z She had discussed the B.I.A.’s decision with an American family that lived in a house next door with a white picket fence, and they were appalled. A Victim of Terrorism Faces Deportation for Helping Terrorists 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z And he put a picket fence against the front of his house to cover up a gap left when waters washed out part of the stone foundation. Cost of buying out flood-prone homes: $5B and rising 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z He passed by old neighborhoods with picket fences, and newer subdivisions of sprawling yards, and everywhere he went he could point out houses where black families lived next to whites. The keeper of the secret 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The “picket fence” — the term for the green tendrils that sometimes, for unknown reasons, dangle off Steve — moved “slowly across the sky and pulsed quickly upward from bottom to top as they moved.” Meet Steve: Streaking, pulsing northern lights in the spring equinox sky 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Behind a white picket fence in Highland Park, Clementine Creevy is waking up. On Cherry Glazerr's new album, Clementine Creevy puts her personal problems on a public stage 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Located 40 miles from Washington, Leesburg has old-fashioned streetlamps, brick sidewalks and picket fences, evoking authentic Americana, and seems far from global conflict. The churchgoing patriot who spied for China 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “Do I need a house with a white picket fence? Maybe not.” You’ll share this apartment with a stranger — but don’t dare call it a dorm 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The tree is wrapped in nearly 40,000 classic white lights and circled by a white picket fence; its charm is in its simplicity. Old Town, National Harbor and other spots around Washington to see beautiful Christmas trees 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Soon, they found the rubble of yet another home that until the fire swept through was adorned with a white picket fence, a gazebo, folding chairs and a barbecue. 'It’s gone. Paradise is gone.' Fire destroys a town, taking so many lives with it - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z GEDmatch headquarters, in Lake Worth, is a small yellow house with turquoise shutters, a white picket fence and a palm tree in the yard. How an unlikely family history website transformed cold-case investigations 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z GEDmatch headquarters, in Lake Worth, Fla., is a small yellow house with turquoise shutters, a white picket fence and a palm tree in the yard. How an Unlikely Family History Website Transformed Cold Case Investigations 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z White picket fences surrounded residents’ homes, and colonial-era architecture lined the main thoroughfares. An Indonesian city’s destruction reverberates across Sulawesi 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Features: The 1971 house with a white picket fence is on Glebe Creek, a tributary of the South River. Looking to buy a home for $1.2 million? Here’s what you can expect to find. 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “And you can see in places like New Brunswick where the agencies were like a picket fence, right around the highest concentration of immigrant workers.” Low wages and no stability: How Amazon’s use of perma-temps is hurting workers 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z As if on cue, a white picket fence near the 18th green broke under the weight of fans pressing for autographs, sending several sprawling to the ground - nobody was seriously hurt. Bellerive eager to produce memorable PGA Championship 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z An admissions officer who reviewed his application to Harvard called him “the proverbial picket fence,” the embodiment of the American dream, saying, “Someone we’ll fight over w/ Princeton, I’d guess.” ‘Lopping,’ ‘tips’ and the ‘Z-list’: Bias lawsuit explores Harvard’s admissions secrets 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z At first they considered an English garden — lots of flowers, a picket fence. A patchy lawn in Tustin is reborn as a year-round, native garden 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Titled “Fun House,” the interactive installation in the National Building Museum’s Great Hall showcases a monochromatic house, with a front yard and a back yard enclosed by a picket fence. National Building Museum’s Fun House entertains thousands of District visitors 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z It sits on the grounds of a Montessori school, replete with a white picket fence, and abuts Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. By Land or by Sea, U.S. Open Golfers Got Creative About Their Lodging 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Next to me was the white picket fence, peeling, leaning over the neighbor’s compost file, the air thick and fermented around us as I spoke to Mercury. On the Unsettling Allure of ‘Watership Down’ 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z A large pine tree was felled in Los Angeles, landing across a residential street into a picket fence. Forecasters: Worst still to come from California storm 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Not among the palm trees and picket fences. A school shooting comes to 'paradise' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Her schoolmates couldn't understand her odd upbringing and she lashed out, still describing their "proverbial white picket fence" backgrounds as equally dangerous, "a different kind of cult." In 'Brave,' Rose McGowan finally tells her whole story 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Dani now lives in a group home, in a town 40 minutes southeast of Nashville, a modest rancher with a white picket fence. The Girl in the Window, 10 years later 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Although surrounded by bucolic winding roads and stunning vistas of the wooded foothills of the Catskill mountains, there are few stand-alone houses with big back gardens or picket fences. Hasidic Jews in upstate New York 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Notices attached to a white picket fence surrounding the lawn area in front of City Hall alert people to the tree’s condition. Laguna Beach may clone beloved, 135-year tree to save it 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z It’s fair to ask if I, while sitting in a sterile airport hall, might harbor a secret wish for white picket fences and a litter of little children. Childless in a Houseful of Children 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z But no one with a white collar stood on the other side of the picket fence, in his experience. Meet Pennsylvania’s unlikely ‘Pastor for Pot’ 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The 13 residences include older single-family homes with front porches and hidden gardens, renovated homes fronted by picket fences and permeable pavements, and a house that contains four separate apartments. For decades, these residents could park on the street outside their homes. That changed Thursday. 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The community still presents a vision of suburban quaintness, with streets like Restful Lane dotted with picket fences and pinwheel garden ornaments. In Boy Scouts Speech, Trump Hails and Puts Down Creator of Levittown 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The white picket fence lining the southeast corner of Harmony and Taft Hill roads may offer the best crystal-ball view into Fort Collins’ housing future. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The cells didn’t linger long enough to perform one of their chief functions: slathering a fatty molecule called myelin onto neurons like Tom Sawyer whitewashing a picket fence. Mice Show Signs of Mental Disorder After Injections of Cells from Schizophrenia Patient 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Small houses with white picket fences boasted big flower gardens. Under siege by liberals: the town where everyone owns a gun 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z With their neoclassical mansions, manicured lawns and white picket fences, compounds such as this are a rarity in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and this one is as grand as it gets. Teddy Afro, Ethiopia's biggest pop star: 'Because of our government, our country is divided' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Gray-shingled houses with roses climbing picket fences are what make the village picturesque, but those who prefer newer construction and more yard space will find it, particularly outside the village, in North Haven and Noyac. Sag Harbor, N.Y.: Celebrities and Small-Town Aura 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Sixty steps from the sculpture of the patron saint of autographs, a cadre of professional signature seekers huddled by the white picket fence bordering the putting green. Signs of the Times - Golf Digest 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z And there are stories of dirt tracks across New England, including at the Keene fairgrounds, where one photo shows fans crowded behind a picket fence as cars race past. NASCAR car racing museum 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z When he is dozing in the shade, the old shower trees outside the picket fence that surrounds the yard rain their pink and yellow petals down on him. A Pet Tortoise Who Will Outlive Us All 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Today, it’s a city park ringed with a picket fence. Rosebank, Staten Island: A Little Italy, Trying Not to Shrink 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z “There was her picture in front of a white picket fence with roses, and that’s always been my sign from the guy upstairs,” Gini said. Dubuque teen looks to help others after 18 surgeries 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z A new fence runs along the front of the property, with horizontal lines and deep ebony color that are the opposite of the original white picket fence. A modern, sophisticated garden was inspired by ‘the feeling of Japan’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The scenery, however, suddenly changes at El Amarillo, a town of perfect picket fences, exquisitely designed bridges and hand-lettered wooden signs offering help on camping and trekking. Chile’s new ‘route of parks’ aims to save the wild beauty of Patagonia 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z And maybe the two of them have a baby and a picket fence and all that jazz. “Crazy They Call Me” 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z "Are we crazy? / Living our lives through a lens / Trapped in our white picket fence / Like ornaments / So comfortable, we're living in a bubble, bubble / So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble". We break down Katy Perry's video for Chained To The Rhythm - BBC News 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z “Are we crazy? / Living our lives through a lens,” she sings, “Trapped in our white picket fence / Like ornaments.” Katy Perry gets political: Listen to her new song 'Chained to the Rhythm' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z He has the clusters of hives fenced off by small picket fences, but curious onlookers can get close enough to a hive to see the frenetic activity and hear the constant buzz. 2016 Environmental Leaders in Golf - Golf Digest 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z A green lawn, a white picket fence, a shining sun. Opinion | Trump’s dark promise to return to a mythical past 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s about anything that changes the look of a house in Woodstock’s design review district - including picket fences, window air conditioners, kitchen vents and, more recently heat pumps. Town in Budweiser Clydesdale ad fights to save its charm 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z “There is a shift to this type of living; I’m not sure everybody wants a backyard and a picket fence anymore,” he said. The New Suburbia: More Urban 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z With a streetscape that resembles Pleasantville right down to white picket fences and green lawns perfect for children’s games, Clarksburg Village in Montgomery County was named one of “America’s Top Boom Towns” by Realtor.com in April. One of Montgomery County’s hottest-selling communities has a hometown feel 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Dungar recalled going to the Wernecke house a few times to give Dale pickets that vandals had knocked out of the picket fence that surrounded the house. ‘Pink Palace’ offers jaw-dropping window in time 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Both exist in a kind of Norman Rockwell painting – one of diners, old-fashioned fire trucks and aforementioned picket fences. Blue Velvet's enduring look: light and shade – plus the odd gas mask 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z As recently as last year, Breitbart published an op-ed article urging that “every tree, every rooftop, every picket fence, every telegraph pole in the South should be festooned with the Confederate battle flag.” Alt-Right Exults in Donald Trump’s Election With a Salute: ‘Heil Victory’ 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z “Every tree, every rooftop, every picket fence, every telegraph pole in the South should be festooned with the Confederate battle flag,” the author, Gerald Warner, wrote. As Trump Rises, So Do Some Hands Waving Confederate Battle Flags 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Homes the color of orange sherbet and buttercream frosting were graced with picket fences and Southern-style porches, intended to create an old-fashioned sense of community. Leaks and Mold Are Ruining the Disney Magic in Celebration, Florida 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The result is sometimes more penitentiary than pastoral, with six- to eight-foot barriers looming over picket fences and low-rise hedges. As Deer Chew Up Suburbs, Some Say a Good Fence Is the Best Defense 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The L-shaped expanse, its entrance between two houses on Little Plains Road, is bordered by tall hedges on three sides and a white picket fence on the fourth. On a Long Island Burial Ground: 47 Gravestones, 1,700 Graves 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z There were three customers and three employees in the restaurant, a small white house with a white picket fence in the 4700 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW, on the border between Friendship Heights and Tenleytown. Armed robbers again hit all-night diner in D.C., threaten employees 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “If the western vistas of Manifest Destiny were made possible by genocide,” he laments, “the picket fences of the Affluent Society were made possible by segregation.” Is diversity for white people? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The American dream is always associated with the idea of a suburban home with a white picket fence. A student view of Boston's gentrification: ‘We are ruining the lives of city residents’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z A white picket fence runs along the outside, and the floors creak once inside through a weighty wooden door. Light fantastic: minimalism thrives in New York's Hamptons 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z More than 40 houses hung the flags on picket fences, garages, doorways and decks. Dozens of homes hang rainbow flags after gay couple targeted 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Aging wooden picket fences, weathered to a somber gray, surround some of the graves. Agreement allows for local control of historic cemetery 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Nigel the beagle has come along as well, but Lucy, the German Shepherd, has hung back by the white picket fence in front of the house, waiting to see what the fuss is all about. Iris Lady: Local woman shares love of gardening, flowers 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “It is much like seeing a landscape through a picket fence,” the researchers wrote. I have found a new way to watch TV, and it changes everything 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The property where the police officer was killed is in a pretty street of relatively modern and uniformly off-white tiled roof houses and bungalows, opposite a playing field with a white picket fence. French police officer and partner murdered in 'odious terrorist attack' 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z But Americans liked the picket fences and puppy dogs. Is the U.S. Ready for Post-Middle-Class Politics? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In the mid-1800s, a rail-style wood fence was installed, and an iron picket fence was put in place in the early 1900s, officials said. ‘Tougher, taller and stronger’ fence proposed for White House 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z She married her high school sweetheart, Greg Butler, and believed they would give their lives to God and forgo what was expected: the minivan, the two children, the house with the white picket fence. Pastor strengthened as ALS keeps her from leading church 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z A white picket fence and trellis mark the entrance to this bright and airy two-bedroom mobile home. Beach bargain: Mobile homes in Malibu for under $900,000 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The dream of two kids and a picket fence seemed like either the implausible vestige of another time or the realities of those who found themselves in the wealthy 1 percent. Looking for America: Longing for something lost 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Owned by the film executive for more than two decades, the 5,378-square-foot house sits behind a white picket fence on half an acre. Westside home of Al Martino sells in all-cash deal 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Most people walking by the pre-Revolutionary War cottage with the white picket fence would assume a family of Lilliputians lived there. Little red cottage is a cozy secret tucked away in Georgetown 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z It is the phrase that fans mutter in the blistering heat during training camp, 20 yards away from the players, separated only by a white picket fence that is mostly for show, not for security. Keep pounding: how the Panthers' faithful fans forged a unique identity 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Such high jinks were an omen: the Democrats were exploring their lefty side in an America that was scared of the counterculture appearing beyond the white picket fences. The 10 best curveball US presidential candidates 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The SUV stopped next to a white picket fence in the right lane of the road. For a veteran police officer, a heart-stopping moment in San Bernardino 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z "We try to create that picket fence going down one side or the other. "Kurt just made a great cutback and was able to put it in the end zone. Romo hurt as Panthers beat Cowboys 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z At Duke, it was about going to class and white picket fences. Duke's Krzyzewski and Kentucky's Calipari now two sides of the same coin 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z At its most basic, a wall, border or even a basic picket fence psychologically makes people feel safer—whether or not it does in fact. This Is Why Anti-Refugee Fences Don't Work 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z But instead of there being the quintessential white picket fence to line her front yard, 18-foot steel pillars cut across the levee facing Taylor’s house. This is where the country's most infamous fence ends 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z It used to be a white picket fence and a lawn and so many cars in the suburbs. Millennials’ top competition for condos might be their parents 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z "How can you make roses, a blue sky and a picket fence so sinister? I'm still mystified by that," he recalls of the opening scene. 'I don't get excited about clothes': Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge brings a realistic, bleak edge to his work 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Traditionally, the American dream involved a house in the suburbs with a white picket fence and a golden retriever. Whites Are Moving Back to Detroit, New Orleans 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z This season's set was a wood-frame school house, bathed in pastel light, surrounded by the happy trappings of suburbia — picket fence, garden hedge and all. A moment of Zen at Phillip Lim, foreboding at Thom Browne and more at Fashion Week 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Tidy new town homes with picket fences stood untouched next to a charred lot where three walls and a fireplace were all that was left. Fire in Northern California continues to grow, killing 1 and displacing 13,000 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z His father, Darwish, sat by a picket fence in the back yard, smoking a cigarette. Israel’s Favorite Palestinian Calls It Quits 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z He rocketed the shot over the white picket fence and ended up pin high, just off the green. Jones conquers hospitality tent, but struggles after that 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Despite all of this, Americans keep on dreaming about that white picket fence. Number of US homeowners reaches 20-year low 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z But five months later, I found myself making the trek to a small house surrounded by a white picket fence with a heart-shaped wreath on the front gate. Committing to a Dog After Cancer 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The man who committed drag queen Divine doing unspeakable acts to film certainly didn’t want the normal existence of the white picket fence, even if the Subaru in the garage had a rainbow flag. In Defense of Being Boring and Gay 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z “There’s times I’ve thought of living a normal life with the traditional picket fence,” he said, “but I’m not sure I could. The atmosphere now is all smiles and Dolly’s spirit is here.” Welcome to Dollywood: a weekend among Dolly Parton's most hardcore fans 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z To some, then, the "Red wall" looks more like a flimsy picket fence. Can Clinton pull off a hat-trick of Democrat wins? - BBC News 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z While those residents can see dilapidated buildings from their front porches, they live amid white picket fences, red wooden decks and clean vinyl siding. Why couldn’t $130 million transform one of Baltimore’s poorest places? 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Dressed in a dark suit, the 62-year-old grandfather of two marched through streets lined by neatly trimmed yards and brown picket fences, only to find voters had already made up their minds. A new political order in Scotland threatens to upend the British election 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z “After nearly a decade of negotiations,” said Palko, NV Retail bulldozers will move this spring into a lot now surrounded by a white picket fence to break ground for retail and restaurants. Where We Live | Lovettsville 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z When I was managing Korrespondent, which at the time was the leading newsmagazine in Ukraine, we didn’t have a Chinese Wall or a picket fence. To Save Journalism, We Need To Kill Chinese Walls 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z He married, built a house with a picket fence, farmed the land and rarely spoke of the Sultana. The sinking of the Sultana: A disaster lost in the lingering fog of the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z When she went to prison, that picket fence future went all to hell. 'Justified' 610: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Showdown 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Over time they have become part of the fabric of this harvesting town, growing to more than 50 and settling in tiny candy-colored homes, some ringed by white picket fences. Pasco Police’s Shooting of Rock Thrower Draws Comparisons to Michael Brown Case 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z If a sentence were a picket fence, the serial commas would be posts at regular intervals. Confessions of a Comma Queen 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The concrete statue of the Great Northern Railway’s mascot, Rocky the mountain goat, is on public display within a picket fence enclosure inside The Railroad Museum of Minot. Statues bring beauty, culture to Minot 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z I quietly shelved my dreams of returning to Osaka for the white picket fence. What I Learned When I Called Off My Engagement 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z While it’s often uncomfortable to watch, Big Eyes is a compelling portrayal of the American nightmare that can live behind the white picket fence and how one woman bested it. Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes' is a Portrait of an American Dystopia In it, wearing a red dress with a big white ribbon, Esther stands against an idealized American backdrop of a colonial house, a green lawn and a white picket fence. In Ebola Outbreak in Liberia, a Family’s Strength Can Be Its Fatal Flaw 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Police are working with the father to pinpoint the source of the candy within a 10-block neighborhood known for its white picket fences and Victorian homes, she added. Meth found in child's Halloween candy in Northern California 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Only virtual reality technology company Oculus VR boasted of a truly eye-catching display: a futuristic silver trailer replete with lawn chairs, fake grass, and white picket fences. IndieCade is the most important video game conference you don't know about 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z That first drive had curved through the trees and smacked into a picket fence. Oldest PGA Tour rookie is glad he kept in the swing of things 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z It does appear to be some sort of cusp geometry device but more complicated than a picket fence. Updated: Are old secrets behind Lockheed's new fusion machine? 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Completely updated kitchen and baths, Victorian-style interior paint scheme, historic character, “gingerbread” exterior woodworking, picket fence, extensive landscaping and greenery, porch swing; 1,500 square-foot unfinished attic.”This is a very, very much loved home.” Inside the Beltway: America gets a case of Ebola blame game 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z On Sept. 19, authorities say, Omar Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, climbed over the iron picket fence that surrounds the White House, ran across the lawn and dashed through the front door. Lawmakers seek answers from Secret Service over security lapses 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Avenues are lined with white picket fences and American Foursquare homes, often with children playing out front while mom and pop look on from the porch. Getting to know Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood The American Dream is, in most incarnations, a middle-class phenomenon: House with a white picket fence. Are you really a middle-class American? 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The former Google staff site ecologist explained that rather than try to hide his presence, he placed a white picket fence and astroturf in front of his vehicle for a time. Google worker lived a year on campus 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z And homeowners want the white picket fence that defines the Chinese dream as much as the American one. Why haven't China's cities learned from America's mistakes? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It now features 150 acres of well-kept lawns and gardens ringed by a green picket fence. Liquor Of Legend: The Distillery Behind Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Blanton's--And Pappy Van Winkle 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z In Washington, some places were left with nothing but charred foundations and scorched picket fences. Northwest fires burn almost 1 million acres, dozens of homes 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z In the United States, it conjures the image of a suburban house with a white picket fence and a car in the garage. Africans Open Fuller Wallets to the Future 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z And we would look beyond the picket fence and rejoin the picket lines in protest about the ongoing oppression and anti-gay bigotry we still face, despite legislative equality. The Proud Whopper? This is not the gay liberation we fought for 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “I don’t have the house, picket fence and the kids,” he admitted. EXCHANGE: Elgin native touts Hollywood success 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z There is a model mobile home with a white picket fence. Mobile home park investors bet on a poorer US 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Today, apartments and condominiums are driving construction, instead of all-American white picket fence homes. Apartments are Driving the Housing Recovery, Not the Suburbs 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z One screen showed a star’s spectrum — a picket fence of dark and light, depending on which wavelengths of light were there. | Geoffrey W. Marcy: Finder of New Worlds 2014-05-12T21:37:37Z There may not be a white picket fence in front of his childhood home, but the store has an awning. Chat & Chow: Porto Rico, a Venerable Old-Timer in Greenwich Village 2014-03-27T20:33:15Z Durin’s watercolors bristle with a hard-shelled arsenal of horns, thorns and spikes, of teeth, claws and pincers, all complemented by a writhing picket fence of antennas, from humble nubs to ostentatious lariats. Books: The French Painter Bernard Durin’s Close Look at Insect Life 2013-12-02T22:23:58Z As Southworth puts it, people view domestic abuse as "a white picket fence, 2.2 children and a black eye, and they think, 'Why wouldn't she leave?'" she says. The Telltale Signs of Verbal Abuse 2013-10-03T20:55:00Z Mistake #6: Building a picket fence—instead of a fortress—around your ideas. Seven Sadly Common Mistakes When Forming A New Company 2013-08-29T13:08:00Z The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two or more children, and a car. Urbanized Lines: The End of the American Suburbs 2013-07-31T11:05:23Z Immigrants, too, chased the American dream of neat lawns and picket fences. Demography: Broke in the ’burbs 2013-07-18T15:04:03Z It’s surrounded by a small picket fence, at which children cluster and stare at the big boys, who wink at them. Boys of summer remind cynical fans of baseball’s charms 2013-07-12T18:30:46Z That is, to have a good job, a house with a white picket fence, a car, and 2.4 children that became a symbol of post-war America. Is 2013's Chinese Dream like the 1960s American Dream? 2013-07-07T23:07:33Z Regardless of the outcome, at least we will be able to see that charming picket fence in Crew Stadium, which, fortunately, is yet to catch on fire. MLS week eleven: Previews and reviews 2013-05-10T13:00:00Z Of course, making it above the $1.25-a-day mark doesn’t guarantee a white picket fence and a Caddy in the driveway — indeed it doesn’t even guarantee a proper meal. It’s the Economy: Is it Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty? 2013-04-30T09:00:01Z People won't settle for that white picket fence in the suburbs anymore. Detroit's precarious recovery: 'It just feels like something is happening here' 2013-04-15T17:16:36Z That in turn fuels more poverty, and takes them further away from the white picket fence.” Study: Delaying marriage hurts middle-class Americans most 2013-03-16T00:20:29Z Matt Damon ends the movie with himself walking through the white picket fence in front of Alice’s house to find her at the front door, and of course, he gets the girl. Matt Damon s Fracking Movie Depicts Gas Companies as Liars 2013-01-06T19:15:02.303Z “They don’t want a single-family home with a picket fence in the suburbs,” he said. Developers of New Housing Aim for Renters, Not Buyers 2012-12-07T03:20:33Z It’s as American as a white picket fence. The Real Reason Why Hostess Went Under 2012-11-19T10:45:00Z The unions are defending a white picket fence in front of a tsunami. Why the Chicago Teachers' Strike Will Help Education Entrepreneurs 2012-09-14T13:40:57Z When he hit the line, he looked like a bulldozer going through a picket fence. The Fifth Down: Remembering Steve Van Buren, Hall of Famer for Eagles 2012-08-25T09:15:58Z The studios are trying to prevent a dam from bursting by putting up a picket fence. How Hollywood Is Encouraging Online Piracy 2012-08-21T04:15:00.187Z It begins with the American dream, a promise of moderate prosperity: a detached house in the suburbs with a white picket fence, a stately family car in the drive. Nick Harkaway: What I'm thinking about ... the real cost of free stuff 2012-08-19T08:08:38Z It was occupied by four hundred men, while four hundred more lay behind a high picket fence, which flanked the approach to it. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Here, too, were many piles of firewood belonging to the Canadians, besides strong picket fences, enclosing orchards and gardens connected with the neighboring houses. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z But around the start of March Madness every year, I either rewatch the film – run the picket fence, fellas – or at least listen to the Oscar-nominated score, for a little mood music. Sports Music: The Hoosiers v. Rudy Goosebumps Meter 2012-03-17T23:35:16Z He had miles of picket fences enclosing his pastures. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Then they ran on as if pursued, keeping close to the high picket fence. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Evans’s Olympic hardware — the four golds and the silver — are nowhere to be found in the 1930s three-bedroom cottage with the white picket fence. Janet Evans, Olympic Champion Swimmer, Returns With a Different Focus 2012-02-21T19:18:10Z Having proceeded in this manner for half a mile, they reached a point where, close upon the right, were many barns and outhouses, with strong picket fences. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The picket fence about the front of the old Corner House property was higher than the heads of the two younger girls. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z This was the figure of a tall man slipping along the outer side of Mrs. Bobster’s picket fence. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z A moment later they had passed through the woodland gate of Clovercroft, raced along the path below the ice-house, and were squeezing through the gap in the picket fence to the seminary grounds. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z The stark sycamores along the creek-bank rose gaunt and gray, and the ragged picket fence and stile and barn were black etchings against the frosted hills. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z This proved to be the case, and having decided just where they wished to leave the sack of nuts, the boys drew in the animal and quickly dropped their burden over the picket fence. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z So, with the best intentions in the world, Tess and Dot were inclined to gravitate toward the picket fence dividing the two yards, whenever they saw the smaller Creamer girls out playing. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z KEY IMAGES: The ad is laden with Americana, down to the white picket fence, the Statue of Liberty and the American stars and stripes. Newt Gingrich launches first ad in Iowa ahead of caucuses 2011-12-05T16:53:18Z The little gate was shut and latched, but through the picket fence he could see the shining of the flowers, the sweet-peas and sunflowers and gold and purple pansies. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z The grassy front yard was surrounded by a picket fence. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z There was but one sharp post in the picket fence, and it was higher than the rest. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z So Tess, whose heart was opened immediately to any suffering thing, ventured near the picket fence again, and at last spoke to the Creamer girl. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Reaching this, midway between the village and the waterfall, we saw before us a high and well-made picket fence in which was a gate. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z But you’d be hard-pressed to find Muslim families in the United States ferrying sheep home in the backs of their SUVs, securing them to their white picket fences and slaughtering them on their driveways. India Ink: All-American Id 2011-11-07T07:38:37Z The picket fence, the ferocious Cæsar, and the attendants made such a precaution unnecessary. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Then she suddenly realized that she had shifted the gear to the highest speed forward, and that a picket fence she passed was merely a blur along the roadside. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z The house, fronting south, was in a bare field, about one hundred yards back from the road, and separated from it by a white picket fence. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z The white house with the wraparound porch and the white picket fence will still overlook the field. ?Field of Dreams? Setting, Tourist Magnet in Iowa, Is to Be Sold 2011-10-30T04:26:34Z I traced my fingers down along a picket fence of metal staples that was lying just underneath some wisps of hair. Brain cancer at age 77 doesn?t stop writer from going on with a good life 2011-10-10T19:46:16Z Stopping within fifty yards of the high picket fence, he glanced toward the house that once had served him as a retreat and shelter against the activities of the police. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z After dinner the colonel took us to his tent, which was distinguished from the others by being larger, and having a flag flying in front, and what they called a picket fence round it. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Natalie ran for the tools and hurried after Mrs. James to the narrow flower bed that ran alongside the picket fence. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z After driving through streets that looked to them “like ‘CSI: New York,’ ” the Marines said they were amazed to see Rockaway’s picket fences and neat yards. The 9/11 Decade: Hit So Hard by 9/11, Rockaway Struggles to Let Go 2011-09-10T23:30:38Z At that moment the familiar figures of the Carling twins slipped through a break in the high picket fence from the other street. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z How you got past the picket fence, the dogs, and the watchmen is too much for me. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z In following the line of the mole’s last tunnel he had worked his way under the picket fence and had torn up two currant bushes and done some damage in the strawberry patch. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Thinking he was on the tee at 8:44, Rogers jumped a picket fence and made it to the first tee within seconds of being disqualified. Bill Rogers Is A Forgotten Champion 2011-07-13T04:00:00Z An officer ripped off the palings from the picket fence beside the building and sent a squad of his men to the rear. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The story of the garden When I was a boy, nearly every one grew gourds on his picket fence. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Reaching the gate in the picket fence that encircled the apex of the hill, she touched an electric button. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z That white picket fence in the age-old imagery of the American Dream? Americans Still Want to Own a Home, But Not As An Investment 2011-06-30T23:01:03Z There was an opening in the picket fence, and she slipped through in a moment. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z A closer view might have revealed an occasional shanty, a cabin of the first French settlers, with small gardens, the whole inclosed by high picket fences as a protection against strolling Indians. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z "I guess I'll have to leave you here," said Mr. Doggett, lifting the latch of the gate in the high picket fence that ran along the back of the James garden and orchard. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z She wondered how her companion meant to overcome the obstacles of the locked gate and the high picket fence. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z “We lie here with only a wall separating us, barking like two strange dogs on either side of a picket fence,” said the flyaway sister. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Neale tied the pony to the picket fence before the house, leaving the hitching strap long enough to allow the animal to graze. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z But for Janki the lure of picket fences and neatly manicured lawns wasn't enough to keep her in America. 'Reverse brain drain' 2011-05-30T17:17:02Z The mares ran to the white-washed picket fence and stretched their necks as far over as they could, gazing fondly on their handsome offspring, trotting gaily by, tossing their manes and tails. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z But he seemed to stand by a low picket fence beyond which a girl, with bare arms, was feeding poultry. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z And just outside the broken picket fence at the near corner of the yard there stood a huge chestnut tree with a thick body. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z If you're looking to get married and have kids and a white picket fence, get a girlfriend. A good time 2011-04-27T17:20:57.477Z I was up with Tobe to give him his fever mixture about two o'clock this morning, when down the street, alongside Mrs. Bartlett's picket fence, I saw two men coming. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z It was she who made Donna's little play yard habitable, after Grant had put up a white picket fence around a patch of ground at the end of one row of cabins. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z His walk carried him to the side of the house, and, looking across the low picket fence, he saw Mary. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z The ground under the chestnut tree and along the picket fence of the old shack had been stamped and worn bare by roving stock. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z TV shows played their part in pushing the new economic Dream, starring perfect families in houses with picket fences and two cars in the driveway. Living the dream? 2011-03-28T10:41:16Z It is hedged about by a white picket fence, which I repaint each spring. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z THE latest advice on child-rearing, baby products and prenatal yoga stretches is not being found in conversations over the picket fence but rather in Twitter messages, blog rolls and on Facebook walls. Advertising: Harnessing the Power of the Mom Blogger 2011-03-15T01:27:15Z Surrounding the garden was a tightly woven picket fence, and, even as Andy watched, a trim doe from out of the swamp nosed hopefully at the pickets. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z His home, a little, four room, frame cottage, with its tiny front porch set close against the picket fence enclosing the lot, mirrors somewhat the deterioration age has placed upon its occupant. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z They had driven fast and kept ahead of the storm, but when they drew up before the picket fence the clouds were black and the thunder was rolling behind them. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z McAuliffe's parents and other relatives were standing in the VIP grandstand area surrounded by a white picket fence, a parking lot between them and the press stands. The horror dawned slowly 1986-01-29T05:00:00Z A body of my marine “sappers and miners” were set at work to pull down a picket fence, in front of one of the dwellings, and chop it into firewood. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It was painted white with a white picket fence around it. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z The cottage with a picket fence is an iconic part of our heritage. Can Washington Tackle Its Sacred Deficit Cows? 2010-12-20T17:25:00Z The three girls let themselves through a dirty picket fence and made their way to the porch. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z While white picket fences outline most front yards, not everyone is allowed to have them. Pixie Dust Wears Off in Disney Town 2010-12-14T05:21:10Z The group crossed a picket fence and came upon a trail used only minutes before by riders on horseback. Modern Treasure Hunts for the Whole Family 2010-12-10T00:11:00Z We then rode down through Enoch, and there Mary pointed to a grave with a beautiful lilac bush at its head with a white picket fence about it. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z "The cottage with a picket fence is an iconic part of our heritage," the NAR warns. Deficit Dilemma: Will Washington Finally Tackle The Sacred Cows? 2010-12-02T08:55:00Z A house with a front lawn and a picket fence wasn't just a nice place to live or a risk-free investment; it was a way to transform a nation. The Case Against Homeownership 2010-08-26T09:10:00Z Like those before them, the sleeper spies who were deported to Russia last week in one of the biggest espionage exchanges in decades will probably miss the United States, picket fences and all. Time to Wake Up, Sleeper Spy 2010-07-10T18:49:00Z Eight pink balloons were tethered to the white picket fence in front of the single-story house and beneath them was placed a large, hand-painted sign that read: “Thank God Abby’s alive.” 16-year-old sailor rescued after ?crazy? 3 days 2010-06-12T15:46:00Z A white picket fence about the yard with a nice garden spot on the hillside. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z Eight pink balloons were tethered to the white picket fence in front of the single-story house and beneath them was placed a large, hand-painted sign that read: "Thank God Abby's alive." French fishing boat rescues stranded Calif. teen 2010-06-12T10:34:00Z In the heart of Kentucky's bluegrass country, where white picket fences and rolling pasture speak of the state's equestrian passions, the Republican Party is locked in one such race. Heating up 2010-05-15T14:36:00Z He was going to put it in the Bays’ mailbox, but it was locked, so he stuck the letter and baseball between boards in their white picket fence. | A Boy's Dream as a Slugger Moves to Town 2010-05-01T23:30:00Z Her house is vast but tasteful, a colonial with green shutters, set back from a picket fence amid a garden bristling with old-growth willows, redwoods, and blue spruces. Organized Chaos 2010-04-22T21:00:00Z A new picket fence, painted white, replaced the leaning, zigzag one around the garden. The Girl From Tim's Place From there he may have reached the hotel yard at the back, and escaped over one of the picket fences that separated the hotel from the adjoining property. True Detective Stories From the archives of the Pinkertons Two rows of white frame houses, fronted by little green patches, each enclosed by a picket fence and a swinging gate, extended away in the distance. With Edge Tools During an interview between Hamlet and his mother an old gentleman who has the honor to be Ophelia's father hides behind a picket fence, so as to overhear the conversation. Cordwood Turning in at their own cottage, Penny and her father noticed a strange car standing by the picket fence. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery An ancient picket fence, nicked and whittled by a generation or so of boys who should have known better, guards its privacy. Hempfield A Novel His last recollections of that day were a long and protracted and fruitless wrestle with the phial of wrath in his boot-leg, and an ineffectual attempt to screw the picket fence on to his back. First Fam'lies of the Sierras One side is nearly smothered in climbing vines and the picket fence has the silvery look of ancient split chestnut. A Top-Floor Idyl In some cases, rather elaborate wooden picket fences are used in the water yards. Ducks and Geese This morning the leaves fluttered gaudily, reckless, giddy from the wind's dances, over the green picket fence and the three strands of barbed wire. A Pushcart at the Curb It was like a mighty tidal wave hurtling forward with nothing but a picket fence in the way to stop it. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk There was a blurred racket, as though a giant was running a stick along a monster picket fence at jet speed. The Caves of Fear The fur posts of the sub-arctics are not imposing with picket fences in place of stockades, for no French foe was feared here. The Story of the Trapper In its surging to and from the crowd pushed over a post-rotted picket fence that had been erected in the early days of Everett. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry In front a picket fence divided us from the white road, the palm-fringed margin of the lagoon, and the lagoon itself, reflecting clouds by day and stars by night. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) It has but one story with a little courtyard which is surrounded by a picket fence; two or three starveling trees, a square patch of kitchen garden under the snow. Pierre and Luce Peeping around the high bushes again, they saw him leaning idly on the picket fence. Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond In this way he proceeded till he arrived at the picket fence that marked the commencement of Uncle Lot's ground. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings In a picket fence, the pales or pickets rise above the rails; in a ballustrade, or fence resembling it, the ballusters usually terminate in the rails. Noah Webster American Men of Letters It was a small house, in a yard some eighty or ninety feet square, surrounded by a picket fence of cedar. History of Morgan's Cavalry A picket fence twelve feet high was built around the grave. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women They were placed in two lines facing inward, and connected by a stout picket fence or palisade. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters And near by might be seen the garden, surrounded by a red picket fence, enclosing all sorts of magnificence. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings A picket fence with horizontal base should never have the pickets standing on the base board. Soil Culture There was a small yard about it with a picket fence, and a leafless lilac bush. Exit Betty A white man had enclosed it with a picket fence. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women Its gardens suffered, its picket fences and gate fastenings were tampered with, its orchards prematurely plucked. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 They had a big picket fence all around it. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 Inside of five years I’ll be able to put up a house with a cupola on it, and a picket fence in front, and grass in the yard, for the woman that marries me.” Claim Number One They crept down the length of the field, just inside the picket fence. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The cage stood in a corner of a field by a low picket fence. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Round it is a picket fence; below are wine cellars. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) If seventeen Frenchmen and a handful of Indian allies, behind a picket fence, could hold seven hundred warriors at bay so long, what might they expect from many such fighting behind walls of stone? Old Quebec The Fortress of New France About eight o'clock Bristles and Colon, standing in front of the picket fence that divided the Carpenter garden from the road, saw Fred coming up the street. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School He chuckled as it cleared a picket fence. Stopover Planet The water was within a few rods of her window; nothing but a narrow strip of grass and a little picket fence intervening between the house and the sandy bit of beach. Diana Farmer Burns, with an eye to profit, had already built a picket fence around his starry visitor and was charging admission. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 It was long and low, suggesting spaciousness and comfort, and enclosed about by a white picket fence. The Duke Of Chimney Butte The house was well guarded on the three sides surrounded by a neat, white picket fence. Martians Never Die As we get near the picket fence we discover something unusual. Interference and Other Football Stories But when she did turn there was a bigger, darker blot there against the leaning picket fence––a big-shouldered figure that had moved slowly forward until it stood full in front of the sagging gate. Once to Every Man He smiled with what evidently was intended to be warmth, again showing those rows of teeth like picket fences. The End of Time They had not closed up half the distance between them and the house when two horsemen rode suddenly round the corner of the L and through the wide gate in the picket fence. The Duke Of Chimney Butte Around the mound has been left a narrow plat of ground, utilized as a cornfield; and the stout picket fence which encloses it bears peremptory notice that admission is forbidden. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Mr. Tincup's home is right on our way to school, a big old-fashioned house that stands on a corner of the street, surrounded by a high picket fence. Interference and Other Football Stories Janey and me to meet you two hours before sundown at the end of the picket fence.” David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Such a darling house, with a heavenly door and scalloped white picket fence. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America The space between the house and Wisconsin Avenue had been made into a neat oblong flower garden, fenced off from the sidewalk by box shrubs and a white picket fence. Mr. Wicker's Window Until Governor Dale constructed his miles of picket fences there was nothing to keep the animals from wandering up into the highlands where the colonists did not dare to venture. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 For mercy’s sake 121 take eight pans out to the chickens or stick ’em on the picket fence. Hepsey Burke Miss Ann sat, dazed and wondering, while Billy pulled out the luggage and piled it up by the white picket fence. The Comings of Cousin Ann If you could learn that pup how to split firewood or milk a cow or repair the picket fence or something like that, you might be worth your salt, Newt Spratt. Anderson Crow, Detective The place was enclosed by a low, brick wall topped with a white picket fence, and standing near the corner was a gorgeous horse-chestnut tree. A Portrait of Old George Town Across the stream a sort of picket fence is erected by planting bamboos close together. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China I want a garden with a picket fence round it and all the simple flowers. The Pagan Madonna The last time the robin tried to be on friendly terms with her neighbor, I noticed her standing near him on the picket fence under his tree. Little Brothers of the Air But the other two, seeing the oncoming of the prisoners, ran out of the gate of the picket fence, uttering loud cries as they went. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War He was aroused by a voice, and looked up to behold the Colonel's head and shoulders above the picket fence. Where the Souls of Men are Calling I've got a chicken house back here, with a high picket fence around it, and I keep it locked, I tell you. The Jucklins A Novel Surrounding this cabin was a rough picket fence, again of untrimmed boards, with a gate opening on the brook and stepping stones across to the path. Penguin Persons & Peppermints The place was distinguished not merely by its masonry, but also by its picket fence, which had once been whitewashed. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range A white picket fence went all around the lawn, and as Grandpa stopped the horses before the gate, three people came out. Sunny Boy in the Country Separated from the street by either a white picket fence or a row of lilac bushes, grow in their seasons nasturtiums, pinks, larkspur, mignonette, sweet peas, and forget-me-nots, in neat rows. The 1926 Tatler The old man had stepped down out of the passage and had gone some distance toward a small house surrounded by a picket fence. The Jucklins A Novel There was a white-painted picket fence around the yard; and a rambler rose draped these pickets. All the Brothers Were Valiant Its outline was circular; and it was encompassed by three rows of palisades, or rather picket fences, one within the other, well secured and put together. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Outside the picket fence were the shade trees, their trunks nearly two feet in diameter. The Adventures of Bobby Orde As we got into a wide street there was an old circus ring, partly grown up with weeds, near where the division quartermaster had a large tent inside a picket fence, filled with quartermaster stores. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 "Come on, boys, let's go and play Cossack," said one of the Indians, and they went rolling over the picket fence on their stomachs, leaving Uncle Ike to go and put on some dry clothes. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 As he arrived at the long line of iron picket fence surrounding Grimsby Hill, he saw Mrs. Carter’s motor enter the gate. The Innocents A Story for Lovers On a bright summer day she brings them out of cupboard and presses, and hangs them on the picket fence to sun. Blue Ridge Country He came to a long stretch of wooden picket fence, beyond it a silver plaque of moon-splashed grass, the house all hollow-eyed and gaunt, like a thing watching. Stubble He got two narrow boards, which were once pickets belonging to a picket fence, one end of each was sharp, so that it could be driven down into the ground. Rollo's Experiments I caused a sloping picket fence, technically called a fraise, to be projected over the parapet on my side of the work, as an obstacle against an escalading party. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 We enclosed this with a white picket fence and felt confident, when we marched away, that the graves of our brave boys there resting, would always be tenderly cared for by the devoted people. The Greater Love At the corner of his fish-house he stopped and stood quite still, looking at Braithwaite and Mary Stella, who were standing by the rough picket fence of the pasture land. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 He caught sight of her, paused a moment, and then vaulted stiffly over the picket fence into the yard. Stubble He was pulling some of her cherished foxgloves through the picket fence, and eagerly devouring their flowery stalks. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Across the boggy street beyond the white picket fence the green blinds of a chamber window in an old-fashioned Southern house were thrown open, and two feminine faces peered forth, interested spectators of the scene. Waring's Peril He had not conceived the possibility of such a huge palace, set so commandingly in the centre of a block amid trees and shrubbery and iron picket fence, that it would suggest comfort and happiness. The Root of Evil O beauteous picket fence, can I not draw Instruction from thee? The Book of Humorous Verse Her clothes, too, were prone to accidents because of her habit of roosting on picket fences or tree branches. Chicken Little Jane "Not very much," Teddy retorted, opening the gate of the little picket fence for her. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion The young Doanes spent much of their time against the picket fence; sometimes young Cadaras would come out and graciously enlighten them. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story His picket fence was all torn to pieces one night. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Without further ado she hastened to a sheltered spot she knew and climbed the picket fence which separated the Heath garden from the Spafford side yard. Marcia Schuyler The rear of the house overlooked an old-fashioned garden enclosed with a white-washed picket fence. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The Methodist parsonage was a neat little white house, green-shuttered, and with a white picket fence inclosing its little front yard. Fair Harbor Guard—I suppose when you were in the army you often saw a picket fence? The New Pun Book We took down the old picket fence in front of the house and we planted trees and flowers, until at last some of the elderly folk disgustedly exclaimed, "What won't them Garland boys do next!" A Daughter of the Middle Border There was a bench outside the picket fence that surrounded Ole's house, and Ole's house was not a stone's throw from the forge shed. The Forbidden Trail The rider drew up, Cameron descended to the little white gate, and a moment later was helping the ranchman to tie his horses to the picket fence. Prairie Flowers The gate, like the picket fence, of which it was a part, needed paint and the bench needed slats in its back. Fair Harbor Sairy went over to the little picket fence and the two talked. The Long Roll In rear of Slocum's Hill is a little whitewashed cottage, surrounded by a picket fence. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 In the yard is a horse-block; to the left, a picket fence. Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm We climbed over the picket fence near the barn and dodged around past the bushes until we got up to a window where we kind of scrouched down and looked through lace curtains. Mitch Miller Beyond the picket fence was the dusty sidewalk and beyond that the dustier, rutted road. Fair Harbor |
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