Long ago, in a far-away land ...

Miss 8 and I have been gadding about lately ... ignoring the fact that we have had no weather that resembles summer weather and just getting on with the summer holiday thing.

Sunday was a big day.  I was off on a 24 hour, more or less, documentary-style family photo-shoot.  She was coming as my assistant, although she was soon distracted by her new best friend, as per the picture below.

The family were located in a big old house way out in the Belgian countryside.  It rained so hard, on Sunday, and the temperature dropped so low that ... the fire was lit.  Now tell me, is there any sweeter smell than a wood-burning fire?

No, I don't think so either.

There I was, out in the middle of nowhere, taking a gazillion photographs of a most beautiful family, absolutely delighting in all those delicious scents and events that reminded me of long ago, in a far-away land ...