Few survivors of that idyllic existence now remain.

Determined not to disturb their idyllic existence, she leaves the letter alone - but then becomes increasingly concerned about her husband's changing behaviour.

However, the reality may be far from the idyllic existence painted in the marketing brochures.

He lives an idyllic existence, swimming with the river dolphins.

For them, what on the surface which can often incorrectly be characterized as an idyllic existence was in fact a way of life marred by problems caused by social upheavals.

They leave at dawn as the sun rises on a beautiful, idyllic landscape and stop to sleep beneath a tree after taking in the view.

The painting shows a male figure with garlanded head and leopard skin, seated in an idyllic landscape.

His influence on art was lasting, and he continues to be revered for paintings that feature figures in aristocratic and theatrical dress in idyllic landscapes.

He worked in both oils and watercolor, mostly showing idyllic landscapes with small figures of young people.

He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes.

It paints an idyllic picture of families pulling together for a common cause.

Scholars later doubted this idyllic picture and wondered if it was also a fantasy and pointed to official records that described a cool, overcast and rather wet day.

Mature trees and a carefully planted garden complete the idyllic picture.

It was a fairly idyllic place to grow up.

An idyllic place in which to lie back and smell the lemons.

The hotel was nothing like the idyllic place we expected.

It's an idyllic place to watch the world pass by, and share a crust with the swans.

At the turn of the 1980s it was an idyllic place to be.

A second approach was to imagine the most idyllic scene.

The caption states that this idyllic scene predates the development of a 'high-speed road network'.

It's an idyllic scene: butterflies dance over the oxeye daisies, thyme blooms at our feet and the grass swishes as we push through it.

Here's an idyllic scene: a hamlet where the sun always shines, crops always grow and your friends drop by to sweep your yard to the sound of guitar music.

Until the 18th century it remained a solely farming area, and pictures from the time show an idyllic scene of crops, sunshine and country life.

It was a near perfect day and a brief morning shower gave way to idyllic summer weather.

So was the idyllic summer of love as picture-perfect as it sounds?

It was an idyllic summer going for swims and eating lettuce and having naps.

One particularly memorable poem early on relives an almost laughably idyllic summer's day that culminates in a slow-motion jump from a bridge.

We would spend idyllic summers climbing and scaling the walls, and finding ways to avoid paying the 50p entrance to the castle.

It was the start of bewildering decline for a man who trains in an idyllic village, with splendid facilities and demonstrably relaxed horses.

It continues with preand post-race rituals in an idyllic village square.

We visited the idyllic village to ask locals why they think it has become a beacon of longevity.

A faraway soul remembers the bygone years spent in his idyllic village.

It lurches up to a height of 440m, over a 7km ride, through idyllic villages and dense undergrowth.

A misadventure sees them donated to a seemingly idyllic play centre, ruled over by a despotic cuddly bear.

When we finally learn the awful truth about the seemingly idyllic boarding school and the innocents who live there, we are well into the book.

Many people actually seem to dislike farmers now, resenting them for their seemingly idyllic rural homes.

Another unexpected challenge came with the drama's seemingly idyllic setting.

After the banquet, the calm exteriors of the sisters' lives begin to give way to more turbulent truths, which will affect their seemingly idyllic relationships.