Country Escapist Gifts

'And I say, to blazes with the hallowed peace of the countryside!'

"Ahhh... close enough."

It's a Whole Field of Paisley!

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

Woman dreaming about being on vacation.

'No, I'm not stranded. This is the only place I could find that has no distractions.'

A desert island with a knotted palm tree

Ice fisher.

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

'He's holding a sign saying he's marooned with 20 cases of La Tache. A second sign: drop a corkscrew and come back in six months.'

Crowded Ice Fishing

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

A tourist watches a television on the back of a donkey

"I always forget how much louder they sound in the country."

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

"Now you can send it."

"I’ve got to take this. It’s someone who isn’t obsessed with summer fun."

'See you in two weeks!'

'...I said we've been marooned.'

Saved...life is good!

"Day 736. Still loving the fact that I can smoke all over this island..."

Skier and his dog.

Where cartoon characters go on holiday...

Man fishing while aliens invade.

"Let's go back to our cabana, get into bed and shop online."

'It's not a desert island - it's Australia.'

"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."

"We should get out to the country more often."

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

'You always wanted a larger office with a view.'

"I'm saving you with this booklet about the Kingdom of Heaven."

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

'At least they can never accuse me of 'insider trading' again.'

"He knows 'sit, stay, paw' and 'upstate.'"