Few years ago I found my self making images outside my normal photographic comfort zone, it was mid summer, the sun in full might and lavender in bloom. Not my usual blizzard wintery conditions of the Scottish Highlands or around the Northern Shores and Fjords of the Nordic countries. The images in this book are an attempt to interpret the sense of warmth and fragrance I felt at the time, together with pertinent verses from The Rubaiyat of Omar Al-Khayyam.