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Abra Cat
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Posted 10-24-02 01:22 PM
We were at the Michaelmas Festival at the Biltmore Estate this past weekend, to see the flower display and to see a performance of St. George and the Dragon. While we were wandering around the gardens, I saw some jugglers performing for a group of kids, so I sent my five year old over to watch them. It turned out we were interrupting a publicity photo shoot, but then the photographer wanted to get some pictures of Grace with the rest of the kids. After they were done, the photographer asked me if Grace would mind staying to have her picture taken by herself, surrounded by flowers. Grace, of course, loved the idea of having her picture taken, and she posed for a bunch of shots. So now her picture will be in Biltmore's advertising for Michaelmas next year!
After the photographer was done with Grace, we went over to the tent to see St. George and the Dragon. When it came time for the performers to choose a "fair maiden" for St. George to rescue, they chose Grace. She got to wear a cape and sit on a throne. It was really cute and she had a great time.
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fantayzya
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Posted 10-24-02 01:35 PM
How fun!!! I'm jealous! I love spending time surrounded by flowers, especially if there isn't weeding involved.
Let us know if there's a way for us to view the pictures at some point-as in a website or something. I'd love to see them.
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Francine
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Posted 10-24-02 02:30 PM
What a sweet story! Thanks for sharing it with us. It is just so cool when things like that happen, absolutely magical.
Francine, who believes in magic!
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Ahnalira
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Posted 10-24-02 02:33 PM
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Abra Cat wrote:
We were at the Michaelmas Festival at the Biltmore Estate this past weekend, to see the flower display and to see a performance of St. George and the Dragon. While we were wandering around the gardens, I saw some jugglers performing for a group of kids, so I sent my five year old over to watch them. It turned out we were interrupting a publicity photo shoot, but then the photographer wanted to get some pictures of Grace with the rest of the kids. After they were done, the photographer asked me if Grace would mind staying to have her picture taken by herself, surrounded by flowers. Grace, of course, loved the idea of having her picture taken, and she posed for a bunch of shots. So now her picture will be in Biltmore's advertising for Michaelmas next year!
After the photographer was done with Grace, we went over to the tent to see St. George and the Dragon. When it came time for the performers to choose a "fair maiden" for St. George to rescue, they chose Grace. She got to wear a cape and sit on a throne. It was really cute and she had a great time.
Oh, Abra Cat, how precious!!! Me thinks you have birthed
a beauty and a "shining star"
Ahnalira
Grace finds beauty everywhere. Grace is my best friend.
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Tink *~*~*
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Posted 10-24-02 07:31 PM
quote:
Abra Cat wrote:
We were at the Michaelmas Festival at the Biltmore Estate this past weekend,
Great story! Right place, right time, right face!
But weren't they like almost a month late for Michaelmas? I thought that was September 29th (feast of St. Michael the Archangel)????
I have Michaelmas daisies growing in a big tub on my patio. They start blooming at the end of August and are in full swing by end of September.
Tink *~*~*
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TrpltJanie
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Posted 10-24-02 09:28 PM
AWESOME! Your little Grace is a beautiful child! Thank you fro sharing.
Janie
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julie
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Registered: Sep 2002
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Posted 10-24-02 09:29 PM
What
a wonderful story, your daughter must have felt so
special. I bet the flowers were beautiful. Thank you
for sharing
"Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others
cannot keep it from themselves"
~ James M. Barrie
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Peggo
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Posted 10-25-02 08:04 AM
Wow. A Star is born!!!
...Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...life is but a dream
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Abra Cat
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Posted 10-25-02 09:32 AM
The photographer said she would send me slides that I can have developed (does that sound right? I'm photography deficient), so I'm sure my husband will be posting them on our website. I'll post a link when they're up.
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fantayzya wrote:
How fun!!! I'm jealous! I love spending time surrounded by flowers, especially if there isn't weeding involved.
Let us know if there's a way for us to view the pictures at some point-as in a website or something. I'd love to see them.
"A crib is a bed with bars on the side of it. It's kind of like a cage at the zoo. Except with a crib, you can put your hand through the bars. And the baby won't pull you in and kill you."- Junie B. Jones
"There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that factually that's true."- Sunnydale Mayor Richard Wilkins, III
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."- Charlotte Bronte, 1847
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Abra Cat
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Posted 10-25-02 09:34 AM
Well she (and we) certainly think we did... ;o)
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Ahnalira wrote:
Oh, Abra Cat, how precious!!! Me thinks you have
birthed a beauty and a "shining star"
Ahnalira
"A crib is a bed with bars on the side of it. It's kind of like a cage at the zoo. Except with a crib, you can put your hand through the bars. And the baby won't pull you in and kill you."- Junie B. Jones
"There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that factually that's true."- Sunnydale Mayor Richard Wilkins, III
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."- Charlotte Bronte, 1847
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Abra Cat
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Posted 10-25-02 09:35 AM
They start the festival at the end of September and it runs through the end of October. Got to bring in those tourist dollars!
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Tink *~*~* wrote:
Great story! Right place, right time, right face!
But weren't they like almost a month late for Michaelmas? I thought that was September 29th (feast of St. Michael the Archangel)????
I have Michaelmas daisies growing in a big tub on my patio. They start blooming at the end of August and are in full swing by end of September.
"A crib is a bed with bars on the side of it. It's kind of like a cage at the zoo. Except with a crib, you can put your hand through the bars. And the baby won't pull you in and kill you."- Junie B. Jones
"There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that factually that's true."- Sunnydale Mayor Richard Wilkins, III
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last."- Charlotte Bronte, 1847
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