Backyard Escapist Gifts

No man is an island ??" it just looks that way.

'My guess is, you might be running the jets too high...'

'Just how much time do you intend spending in this new tool shed of yours?'

"Ahhh... close enough."

'I love our hideaway. I only wish we could find it.'

Woman dreaming about being on vacation.

"It only goes forwards and backwards. So, you won't need a GPS."

Ice fisher.

'Relax, it's just like riding a rollercoaster.'

A tourist watches a television on the back of a donkey

Crowded Ice Fishing

"This never happened."

'Sometimes, I wonder if Master realizes we are dogs: He always says 'good boy, good boy'...'

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

'This is the BEST well we've dug!!'

Fish swimming by fishermen's feet - 'This looks like a safe place.'

"I don't think you can call two ants a 'bug safari'."

Woman watering garden with watering can. Bug with umbrella up.

Skier and his dog.

'I fought the lawn and the lawn won.'

"We should have done more to bring all the things we were trying to get away from."

'The birdseed's okay. But I just like driving 'em crazy.'

'I told you that rock wall climbing would be useful. I'll get our ball back with no trouble at all.'

Man fishing while aliens invade.

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

'I've decided I'm going to be a fireman when I grow up.'

'Do you ever just feel like getting away from it all?'

"The pH level seems a little off."

'You said you were going to put gas in the RV, and then come right back. You've been gone for a year. Care to explain?'

Blowing up the camping mattress.

'Come to think of it son, there's not a single spot in this backyard I've not dug out sometime...'

Leaves drop from trees and bounce off a trampoline.

'Times sure have changed. When I was your age, I made them from scratch.'

'Now don't forget, polar bears can be sneaky buggers.'

'God knows what he gets up to in there all day.'