As the blade slices, a blizzard of snow-white flakes floats onto an already headhigh mound.
The mound is a pile of rubble, 30 feet high and maybe 200 feet across.
Gradually, the mound gets larger, kills the plant, develops into a dune, and roams the desert for eternity.
Catcher Brian McCann, however, reminded Minor that there was still work to do on the mound.
Mrs Hood will preside over the week-long gathering of ministers on the Mound in Edinburgh.
"He'll be the exact same James Shields next time he steps on the mound, " Yost said.
The Yankees will send LHP CC Sabathia (4-3) to the mound Thursday in the series finale.
Near the entrance to the museum sits a black mound covered by a clear plastic dome.
The father-of-four's body was found between the 27-year-old vehicle's wheel and a mound of earth.
After an intentional walk to Matt Kemp, Collins visited the left-handed Rice on the mound.
Garland said the Rockies' hot-hitting at the plate has helped him on the mound.
He playfully banged it against the wall, knocking a mound of snow to the floor.
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He said he dreamed of wrapping it up atop the mound for another Yankee World Series.
Byrdak hopes to be throwing off a mound by the end of spring training.
There was a compact-car-size mound of drugs already piled beyond the first target berm.
Don't mound up mulch, volcano-style, around the base of the trunk, which encourages rot.
Mrs Godfrey said the mound was thought to date back to the Roman or Romano-British eras.
The crater, three miles across, has the characteristic central mound of a fresh meteorite impact.
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The bus leaves from the City Chambers, going up the Royal Mile onto the Mound.
Their family lived in Mound, Minnesota, when Patty was born on February 16, 1918.
This giant figure of tremendous historical significance was effectively standing on a mound of explosives.
Before everyone returned to their boats, they each tossed two handfuls of sand onto the narrow mound of soil.
Yacktman put a mound of cash to work and bought names like News Corp.
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Toronto manager John Gibbons stood on the mound as Happ was strapped to a backboard and immobilized.
Blevins probably has one more inning, then you might be looking at Seth Smith on the mound.
Wright comes off the mound to meet him and during the fight Valentine dislocates his left shoulder.
He has spent a lifetime in the spotlight, the solitary figure in the middle of the mound.
The site, the flattened conical mound called Herodium between Bethlehem and the Dead Sea, was always known.
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Deduno pumped his fists again as he charged off the mound and was surrounded by celebratory teammates.
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