Your dof is great, and thiose chestnuts really pop out at me on my screen. In my limited experience, if you ask if you can take some pics and explain why, they will more often that not say go ahead but don't get in the way. Especially if you are known as a customer. Have a lovely time with your visitors.
BTW, if you get a second to pop back to the pic of Ben and hit the fave button a bit harder, we would both be appreciate it :)) Thanks Pat. he was thrilled, in a teenage boy laid back way to be on the PP this morning.
Ooo I love the smell of roasting chestnuts...my mom tried to do that in our oven one year but didnt know to knick the nut, so when she took them out they all exploded...all over the kitchen. What a mess. Years later we were still finding bits behind the refrigerator.
Hahaa - I like it!! And I love chestnuts... @bpaquette LOL! I did that the first time but they exploded all over the oven - hard to tell the difference from normal ;0)