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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.
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.
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Date: 2007-06-23 11:21 pm (UTC)There are 3 other McGann brothers, you know, all actors too...
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Date: 2007-06-24 09:10 am (UTC)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!
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Date: 2007-06-24 11:37 am (UTC)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!!!)