Sami lived in an idyllic town in Ontario, Canada.

The time—which, looking back, seems so idyllic—is gone forever when individuals or relatively small groups could be completely self-sufficient.

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.

The setting was idyllic.

The picture shows an idyllic landscape dotted with sheep.

Layla dreamed about an idyllic relationship with Sami.

Yanni and Skura took idyllic vacations together.

Sami's idyllic country life came to an abrupt end.

Yanni and Skura took idyllic vacations in Algeria.

Around a mere at the end of the valley were gathered the brightly coloured wooden houses of an idyllic little town.