Summer Retreat Gifts

The Boys of Indian Summer

Wood Stain and Sun Tan Lotion

Woman pouring perfume into her bath.

Steamed Room: "Man, I feel so much lighter."

"Eventually, you'll learn to hate your body, then love it again, then hate it—and back and forth until the beach becomes very complicated."

'Are we there yet? Huh? Have we achieved Nirvana yet? Huh, have we?'

Scurile travels

"I'm going to tell them our number one way to be stress-free is taking a day off to go fishing."

Hang in there, folks...black fly season is almost over."

"I'm going on a retreat."

"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."

'Think, Billy - where did you bury Dad?'

Watching Sea Life.

"Pretty good dog, huh, Larry?"

Monk on the beach

"That's it sorted then - this year we'll spend a fortnight in the spare bedroom."

Priest

'Just bring a few hundred sausages, plenty of wine and of course your barbeque.'

"It's either enlightenment or excruciating boredom."

"Don't you go worrying your head about the lack of sea view."

"I wish there was a way to get out of the city this summer without leaving Manhattan."

'You know, if we had a bed and breakfast, we could use it ourselves!'

"The potato salad maintains its Aa rating this year, but I'm afraid the deviled eggs are downgraded to C."

"It's 40 degrees in Europe. Maybe we should take that Paris trip we always talk about, and get away from this oppressive heat."

Snowman dreaming of surfing.

'Lost in the Jungle I found this Buddhist retreat...'

"There'll be another case of deliberate nobbling if I get my hands on you lot."

Excess Baggage: Some people take getting away from it all very seriously.

'Huge waves, loose shorts and a body like a gourd. I was never going to make it through summer without a serious privacy breach.'

Business acquaintances on holiday

'Today's Presentation: God's Miracles.'

Surburban Joys - Haymaking.

"No thanks, I need time away from madness."

Busy thoughts of people at a silent retreat.

'Standing around the grill is half the fun. Getting drunk is the other.'