Hi everybody-

Today's image was shot at the edge of the french village that was set up as the backdrop for several mock battles.

This cook was preparing breakfast for the troops and it smelled really good.

When I approached him to take his photograph he readily agreed with the on condition that I give him a second to remove items that were not period.

I agreed that would be great and he quickly removed the Styrofoam egg container and plastic jug of milk. Then he looked around to make sure he got all the items and satisfied he did he went right back to work.

One of the very cool things about the reenactment is that everyone was always in character carrying on as if we were not there. They would only leave character if we engaged them in conversation. Then they were very gracious and answered all our questions.