A Journey Through the Appalachians by J. Aubrey and S. Maturin

[nid_dabeille]

Jack and Stephen (and Sarah and I) just got back from a lovely trip.  The highlights were the big huge historic Biltmore House and estate, and hiking to lots of waterfalls (lots being 3 or 4 or 7 or something.)  The boys had never had a vacation before, and they were SO excited!  They got rather dirty and bruised, and Jack lost a little gold braid, but ehh, that's inevitable.  And it made me glad that I'd never gotten around to making Stephen a proper waistcoat.  Proper clothes just don't suit his naturalist habits.


So here they are, Jack and Stephen at Biltmore:


Stephen marvels at the grapevines in the garden.  Jack is bored.


The boys enjoy a refreshing pot of tea and some marvelous snapdragons (or slapdragons as I prefer to call them now.  Who is it whose son calls them that?  I forget.  And that's actually just the creamer.)


A sublime view of Hooker Falls:


Worrisome views of tadpoles at Triple Falls:








More worrisome still!!!  (But it's only a northern water snake, Nerodia sipedon)


Jack is unimpressed by Nerodia sipedon.


Catching a ride with their minders.  Sarah:


And me:


Farewell, beautiful falls!


The end.

Comments

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Haha! I wouldn't have thought to start someone out on Withnail, especially a female, especially my mother!!! She'd be shocked, I'm sure, with all the language and drugs, etc. :P

There are 3 other McGann brothers, you know, all actors too...

[luisadeza.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course I know!
I saw you're a big fan of Mark... I must admit that the only film I saw the other McGanns in, was Catherine the Great.

Witnail was the only film I had taken home though and she does like this kind of film, plus we already had consumed two bottles of red wine at that point. ;)
She maybe wouldn't have liked all the swearing, but she didn't understand much of it... maybe it's time to get the German DVD next time I go home. Because last year, after what? 20 years? they finally got around to release one!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

20 years! Unbelievable. So strange...!

Ooh, so you haven't seen The Hanging Gale then, with all 4 McGanns??? You must find it! You'll love it! It's sooooo wonderful. (And yes, I'm a big fan of Mark Mark Mark!!!)