Beyond, I could see a spacious backyard impeccably landscaped with flower beds, azaleas, and fruit trees.

The house, with its spacious suburban backyard adjacent to the college's Esther Raushenbush Library, was anonymously given to the college last year.

They even made plans to erect a "summer home" for Cookie on a grassy patch of their spacious backyard.

Father and sons will ride horses and watch movies and play catch in the spacious backyard.

The 41-year-old Clemens treated Minute Maid Park like his own spacious backyard for seven scoreless innings while striking out nine and surrendering one single in a 10-1 victory.

The kitchen was bigger than expected in a bungalow and a lot cheerier than the hallway: Mexican-tile floor, knotty-pine cabinetry, a large window looking onto a spacious backyard.

The family had a spacious backyard for playing games, and Mosman Oval, the home of district cricket and baseball clubs, was across the street.

Ms. Drake did not find the request unusual until she realized the girl had confused the family's spacious, tree-lined backyard, complete with swimming pool and badminton net, with a wooded park.

"I wanted to live in the country," he said last week, sitting in his living room, which offered a broad view of the spacious backyard, where squirrels romped in the snow.

Several times, after running my semi-daily constitutional of four miles, I found myself sharing our spacious backyard with one or more of the rabbits as I walked about, trying to cool down.