THANK YOU for NOT stopping the gift opening, I worried that this joyful event would be ruined for those of us who enjoy it. The LOVE and JOY and BEAUTIFUL gifts is so wonderful, among your many and varied talents is diplomacy - Thank Goodness. Love you all - ALOHA from Hawaii.
@@Siansonea Hi Siansonea - Happy you agree. I follow another channel that closed their post office box because the gifts from viewers got out of control. The gifts were appreciated but the volume coming in was huge. It made me sad but I could understand. Maybe Nic has concerns as the channel grows it may become unmanageable. Hope Not. Cheers!
@@7ofthem Hi Duncan - It's nice that you are not poor. I've purposefully chosen a minimalist lifestyle that many would think of as poor. If I find something distasteful - I don't watch. The objections of a few may ruin the joy of many. Would you consider editing your viewing and not the channel content?
Siansonea Orande Very good point 👍And may I suggest that @Duncan Turner finds another channel to watch, because I might send few small presents to the Chateau as well 😉
Another classic from Mummy, "I can go back further! Adam & Eve." 🤣🤣 I'm glad Marie realised the bag was for her knitting. I chose the sheep pattern to remind her of the funny antics you all got up to during lockdown. Also, if you look inside Nic's mug it says "Please shut the gate" because during one failed attempt to move the sheep someone forgot to close the gate and they all ran back to the starting point 🙈🤣 I try to make sure the gifts match the receivers likes or interests so it was a wee challenge selecting Mr. Elusive's gift. I am delighted to hear that he liked the Single Malt Chocolates and got a giggle from the sheep mug. Phew!! 😁 Loved Antoine's ensemble with the peacock apron and matching clutch bag. He is a great character and a wee gentleman.
@@willowdowns6782 The aprons from Margot are beautiful. She's obviously a very talented lady to be able to make such lovely aprons and amazing soaps. If she sells online it would be great for her business if she posted her link in the comments section
❤️❤️❤️ Marie is such a charming and beautiful woman. She comes across as quiet, perhaps because the videos are in English, but I feel as though there is an amazing sense of humour lying under that calm and sweetness. ❤️❤️❤️
Marie is a delightful lady. Antoine is a sweetheart. Nic is probably an attractive man and does not want some women to get obsessed with him. He'd rather walk around with a paper bag on his head...
I've been following this TH-cam channel for a while and ever since I've watched the diaries from the beginning and all I get is positive vibe. Stephanie is indeed like sunshine since all she gave is positivity and happiness. She teaches me on how to see stuff in positive way. thanks a lot 💙
I didn't say anything about them being together!! I said, I can't believe they have only known each other for about 2yrs. They seem like they have been friends all their lives.
Yes, @SMG, it has never occurred to me that they could be or should a couple. They just have a beautiful connection and I really enjoy watching when they're together. Like you, I get super cringey when viewers keep trying to make romantic love connections or the latest, implying Stephanie should try to have a child. Yikes 🙄
I am so traumatized by the brutal goings on in the US and in Zimbabwe at the moment that your vlogs help me escape to a wonderful bubble that is LaLande. I can now go to sleep and dream I am there pottering around your wonderful garden! Thank you!
Sarah Hudleston I know, as if the world hasn’t got enough going on already. We should be coming together and supporting one another not all this anger.😢
I found your mother so sweet when she didn't want you to depart for Michael's. Very nice how Michael received you at his castle and... of course... your tiara was flamboyant, as you often are!!!
Your Mother sounds very French, you sound very English..I don't understand?? May I ask why? "Nicki Positano" recommended your channel. She's a Brit living on the Amalfi coast..
Oh Isabel you melted my heart & brought tears to my eyes. A mother’s love is sooo wonderful. No matter where ones child goes a mother always frets. Reminds me of when my daughters visit. I just about cry every time when they leave,. Good to see you & Michael reunited. ❤️
Stephanie makes me want to have more fun. I bought a new bedspread and looking at dishes and even purchased a dress from the thrift shop. Stephanie can also be Miss Peacock from Clue for Halloween with that 👛. Love it!
David, I am ready to run away to where I don't know I am extremely exhausted....Sigh... but it is sunny today and my favorite escape is on the horizon 🌞🕊❤⛲
@Ruth Bernstein. No problem I am safe and well. I love watching The Chateau Diaries, I was very lucky to have stay there last year and was supposed have stay again at the end of April but that got cancelled so it will have to be another time. I also met Stephanie, Isabelle, Percy and Gerry and they are just the same as you see them in the vlogs. I live in the UK so it is very easy for me to travel there. Take care Ruth and stay safe.
I LOVE when you open the gifts! Mummy it’s so awesome! I lost my mom 11 years ago this month (I was 24) so watching your relationship with mummy warms my heart so much! ❤️
I love you two and I'm so happy to hear you laugh and make plans. Mummy is adorable and such an inspiration to me as she is only a few years older than me. I think she can run circles around me. Marie is such a beautiful woman with a gorgeous smile and Antoine is surely going to be missed when the family eventually leaves for home. I'm excited to hear that Selmar is staying on for awhile, as he has become a part of the Chateau.
The thing about finding The Chateau Diaries and binge-watching all of them, you reach a point of disillusionment and panic because then there is nothing but silence in your life until...until that glorious moment you finally see the word, “Premieres”, on your screen and for 15-30 min all is right in your world again! 😂
Sorry Nick, we absolutely LOVE to see Stephanie open gifts...given with love and appreciation to a person who inspires the desire to shower appreciation and affirmation on everyone she encounters.
You’ve created a lovely extended family without fertility enhancement. Antoine has an amazing opportunity to learn from so many and to share laughs with them. Everyone needs a tiara and an apron. I appreciate your vlogs during a tough time in NYC and many cities in the US right now. Watching you sitting in a bucolic setting drinking champagne makes me happy. I was talking to a friend today and she was walking around a fairly deserted area of Central Park yesterday and came upon a large group of nudist napping in the sun (would the term be a flock or a brace of nudist?). Watching you vlogs is a bit like her discovery since we never know what we are going to see - and sometimes it’s quite wonderful and fun.
That is one hell of a brilliantly unexpected juxtaposition Izzy. 🤣🤣 Comparing TCD vlogs to discovering sunbathing nudest is not something I could ever have dreamt up but I'm so glad you did. That gave me a great and much needed laugh, thank you. "A flock or a brace of nudists?" I'd go with the same collective term for a group of tigers and say it is a "streak" of nudists 😉 😄
Bring on the gifts!!! I love to see what people send all of you! Thanks for picking a special day so I will for sure never miss it! I just love all of you, even my husband and son are starting to watch or ask how all of you are going or what new at the chateau!! it's like you guys are our neighbors!❤
I just love everyone in Stephanie’s life. Antoine is such a sweet young boy and I love when he is there helping open up the all the gifts, his mom Marie is a beautiful woman with a sweet nature. I am so glad that The château has a gardener and Selmer who is so so talented and all that he’s able to do and a joy to listen to. Mummy is a kick and lots of spunk and I will be happy when Percy is back and Scotsman too. Stephanie bring sunshine into everybody’s life that watches this vlog . I so enjoy every episode.🥰
Lovely to see Michael and you back together again, let the fun begin. 🥰 The aprons are just so pretty, I’ll have to try and track them down, or at least the fabric, it’ll make a change from sewing masks. It will be so nice to see the area around the fountain planted with a beautiful design as the entrance to the Chateau. Hello to everyone at the Chateau, it’s so nice to see you all enjoying the garden and the sunshine.🙋🏼
You inspired me to roll up my sleeves to sand and re-stain my deck. I pimped it out with an indoor/outdoor rug, planters of sage, rosemary and chives and from this idyll I watch your channel.
I have been wanting and waiting for you to fix up that entry fountain garden! What an impact it will make when it’s complete! It will be beautiful and I know you will feel so good about it when it’s done! This chateau definitely is worthy of a a beautiful, welcoming exterior entry and you will enjoy it so much as well xo I can’t wait to see it completed!
You’ve quickly become my favorite TH-camr. Before you I’d never even registered on Patreon, much less subscribed to anyone there, but you’ve sure become the first!
Just want to say - this was SUCH a joy to watch today! It's been a very scary and hard day in the US today. My nerves are fried, watching the news....until I watched this. As always thank you!!
How wonderful! Your mom can use her apron when working in the garden. Has nice pockets to keep her eyeglasses, gloves & what-nots in lol. And beautiful flowers for when working in the flower beds.
You have literally just described the Tibetan terrier personality to a T. I own one and all of them that I have meet just follow their owners and cheer people up. My pup even smiles at strangers.
@@ladykokob9149 aww the Pekingese are lovely little dogs too. I have had many different dog breeds growing up but my TT is so well tempered and just the sweetest companion. I see a lot of similar traits in diesel.
I've been rewatching some of your travel vlogs Stephanie, the ones in South Africa. It is a stunning place , it's just so lovely travelling remotely through this channel for the time being . Even when we can travel again I'll still be looking at the older vlogs. Venice too was amazing.
Stephanie,, now that you and Michael, are together. You two should show us how to do a proper afternoon tea. After all what is more British than having afternoon tea in in France. 😉
How fun to see Antoine showing his sense of humor and confidence on screen! Loved hearing Nick's laughter as he realized what his presents were! Great shot of the aprons being modelled! Beautiful peacock purse and apron. Loved your mums response to going back the farthest on ancestors! LOL! So glad to see your happy reunion and the French countryside on the way. All the best!
I love the present openings! Thanks for sharing it. Look forward to Tuesday’s/Wednesday here in Brisbane, Australia. Looking forward to the next vlog as always. Makes my day.
You are the luckiest people to be in such a wonderful place filled with chateaus, happy hard working people, deer, champagne, and sunshine! Lady Stephanie you will love that bejeweled peacock feather design purse. I have the exact same one that I had for my son's wedding! I often feel we are 6 degrees connected in so many ways! So happy for both you and Michael and your successful channels. You bring such joy! Cheers! a votre sante! ~k
The gift openings are something i absolutely love watching! And your chateau is big enough for all the gifts - and then some! I could watch the gift openings every day - so much fun - i get so much joy seeing the things people send and your heartfelt thanks and reactions! THANK YOU!
Oh My!! I somehow missed this episode and the difference from then to now is amazing! You have a great team with you ! Also, makes me want to do this one day of my own. ;) Hope you all on here had a fabulous New Years Eve!
That was a fun and giggly vlog Stephanie. I do really enjoy watching the parcel opening 🥰 All the gifts are so considerate and made with such affection. So happy to see you and Michael having some fun together again. The aprons are gorgeous!!🌷 ☀️🥂
Thank you Stephanie for the videos, I’ve lost my job and in the mean time your videos have given a lot of comfort and escapism! I had a dream the lake was restored I hope it comes true!
Love you are both reunited:):) and your mummy is so adorable about not wanting to be away from you for a night! Looking forward to watching both of your upcoming vlogs together :)
Hi, I just had to comment and say I'm 42 and my two boys are aged 2 and 4 years old and I'd still consider having another if it was right for us. And I also know women having babies naturally into their late 40s. But you have to really want it, it's very rewarding, but very hard work. Great vlog, I've been following along with yours and Michael's vlogs the last few weeks.
SMG oh I totally agree, I would have been mortified if it was me. I used to get lots of comments about settling down, that it was about time I did, that I was too fussy, that I needed a man in my life. I used to hate those comments. But I also don’t like people assuming women are too old to have a baby once they’re past 35. She didn’t say that, but lots of people do think that. And I’m the same age as the lady who sent a gift who had grown boys. But at 42 my boys are little more than babies. No assumptions here, just making a point that it’s not too late if that’s what she wants.
Stephanie, please show us when you do the neckline of your dress because I'm trying to do the same thing but I'm very lost, would love to see your idea. Thank you and love you x
Your gracious spirit when receiving a gift brings joy to all of us. Its like Christmas will be every tuesday now! Ours was one of the cities with riots and you have given us so much joy. I even had a picnic with all my pretty dishes. God bless you.
A big big hello to Stephanie from your number one fan, 6 year old Amelie from Ireland. Watching the Lalande vlogs is the highlight of her day! Keep up the amazing work :)
Greetings from New York City. I think watching your vlog has been the first time I’ve smiled all day. Thank you for the respite from our sad reality in New York right now. 💛
Looove all your gifts & so fitting.......they are so well deserved!!! You all bring such joy to us. At long last you & Michael are reunited........I see amazing vlogs ahead for us .........hourray!!!!! Je vous aime xx.
So nice to see you with Michael P again....I will so look forward to seeing the two of you and all you get into at Lalande for the next two weeks......summer has arrived in Toronto but with searing temps in the high 30’s ...oh well better than snow I guess.........ye# I love to see all the parcels and today was very special with all the aprons , how absolutely beautiful.................Donna in Toronto
Every TH-cam vlogger I've watched and followed since 2005 as I remember have opened gifts from their followers, they are lovingly sent to you and are just tokens for the inspiration and joy you bring from sharing your life at LaLande, Along with the fantastic people in the video.
If ever I were to have to choose between yours or Michael's to stay in. I honestly think I wouldn't be able to. Because they're both such stunning chateau's. And you, Michael and his family, and your family are what makes both places so unique. And like a good book that's hard to put down. It's always so exciting to open up the next chapter x
These videos truly draw one in!!! Never met any of these wonderful scamps, but one certainly feels a part of everything that’s going on❣️Love love love it!!!💕💕💕🧚🏻♀️
wow the Chateau de la Chateau de la Basmaignee is also a wonderful place....now that is a lot of grass mowing right there....they need your maman!!! I admire all the work, love and devotion that Michael's family and yours Stephanie put into reviving these beautiful properties in France....that history needs to be restored to life as so much work I am certain went into its original creation. Keep going on your goals; so good that patrons are backing you too.
I love the gift opening! Please do not stop! I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos! I am so looking forward to volunteering at the chateau when travel allows! ( I am no stranger to hard work!) sending love from Canada 🇨🇦
Hello from Ontario, Canada. I believe the gift sheep bag for Marie is for carrying your knitting project, the grommet is used to pull your yarn through if desired. It looks like a beautiful one, I am a knitter so I recognized this right away. There was an episode you had done which showed some knitting Marie was working on. Happy knitting Marie :) I have loved watching your videos Stephanie and enjoy them so much, Mummy is truly a treat. Take care everyone.
Thank you for being a source of not and hope. I am in Seattle, one of the recent sites of grief and unrest. I work in a field similar to what your mother did so it is good to have positive ways to rebalance. Best to all of you.
Love the way that there is crossover between you and Michael's channel it was really funny to see both side of the meet at the gates! Love F&M! Hope Michael enjoys the tea! The aprons were brilliant also!
Stephanie, love your site, and started watching because of Micheal’s channel. How can you sign up for becoming a volunteer? I would love to help your Mummy plant in her new raised beds. What a sweet, lovely woman your Mum is!
I think she mentioned Workaway being the site they use in some of her previous vlogs, but because they aren’t accepting volunteers right now because of Covid, Workaway wasn’t showing them at all. Check in a few weeks maybe? Good luck! 😊
Hello from Austin, TX USA. Thank you so much for posting so often, it gives much needed laughter and smiles during the hell we are in here. I appreciate your vlogs and your home, and hope to one day visit. I give you and your housemates and guests all my love and well wishes. I could watch you all for hours!
We look forward to each and every video ... our hope each day as we check our notifications is for another to be up and ready. We have become addicted indeed. And I am so looking forward to seeing the gravel and plantings installed in the courtyard. That will truly be a WOW WOW WOW moment.
Hi Stephanie...love your series and I have been watching from afar or a long time. I recently asked for Selmar's recipe but after listening and replaying Selmar's recipe, I think I got it all down and will let you know once I bake if it turned out as Selmar's did...can't wait to bake it. I wanted to pass on a tip to you regarding your Buxus hedging and while you wait for the forthcoming garden plan/work etc. We moved farms in 2014 and I had a lot of 7-year-old Buxus I had purchased as 6-year-old plants and had already planted them when our farm sold. I was determined to bring them with me to our new farm which I did and repotted them all into large pots with some new soil under them, they not only survived but thrived, so thought to pass this on as you have a wonderful garden where you could place them all and water them daily and help the plants that need reviving to do so as they can be reused when the landscaping happens :)
I recently found you and Michael’s channel as well and I binged watched all your videos in one week. I wish I can be a patron, one day I will be when things get better. But I wanted to say you are such an inspiration you are literally living my dream, I love history and all things old and vintage bc they always have a story. My dream is to buy a old home and renovate it. But the most touching thing about your videos is Mommy! I lost both of my grandmothers last year, your mommy reminds me so much of my maternal grandmother who raised me I wish I can give you mommy a big hug she is the sweetest please cherish her every minute of every day! If you can do me the biggest favor in the whole wide world? Please give mommy the biggest hug from me. Thank you with all my Love, Vanessa💙
I think your intention to help is much appreciated here. We all understand that not everyone is able to contribute in the same way. But we all contribute by watching and letting stephanie know how much we enjoy them.
THANK YOU for NOT stopping the gift opening, I worried that this joyful event would be ruined for those of us who enjoy it.
The LOVE and JOY and BEAUTIFUL gifts is so wonderful, among your many and varied talents is diplomacy - Thank Goodness.
Love you all - ALOHA from Hawaii.
@@Siansonea Hi Siansonea - Happy you agree. I follow another channel that closed their post office box because the gifts from viewers got out of control. The gifts were appreciated but the volume coming in was huge. It made me sad but I could understand. Maybe Nic has concerns as the channel grows it may become unmanageable. Hope Not. Cheers!
@@7ofthem Hi Duncan - It's nice that you are not poor. I've purposefully chosen a minimalist lifestyle that many would think of as poor. If I find something distasteful - I don't watch. The objections of a few may ruin the joy of many. Would you consider editing your viewing and not the channel content?
Siansonea Orande Very good point 👍And may I suggest that @Duncan Turner finds another channel to watch, because I might send few small presents to the Chateau as well 😉
@@7ofthem Don't watch
Another classic from Mummy, "I can go back further! Adam & Eve." 🤣🤣 I'm glad Marie realised the bag was for her knitting. I chose the sheep pattern to remind her of the funny antics you all got up to during lockdown. Also, if you look inside Nic's mug it says "Please shut the gate" because during one failed attempt to move the sheep someone forgot to close the gate and they all ran back to the starting point 🙈🤣 I try to make sure the gifts match the receivers likes or interests so it was a wee challenge selecting Mr. Elusive's gift. I am delighted to hear that he liked the Single Malt Chocolates and got a giggle from the sheep mug. Phew!! 😁
Loved Antoine's ensemble with the peacock apron and matching clutch bag. He is a great character and a wee gentleman.
Wonderful choices💕
Your gifts were so thoughtful and delightful. Aprons were beautiful. I loved watching everyone’s delight.
Your gifts were perfectly matched and will certainly remind them of some good times. Lovely
@@willowdowns6782 The aprons from Margot are beautiful. She's obviously a very talented lady to be able to make such lovely aprons and amazing soaps. If she sells online it would be great for her business if she posted her link in the comments section
The sheep going round-and-round were hysterical! I think the sheep are what really got us hooked! Aloysius for-the-win! 🐑 🤣
❤️❤️❤️ Marie is such a charming and beautiful woman. She comes across as quiet, perhaps because the videos are in English, but I feel as though there is an amazing sense of humour lying under that calm and sweetness. ❤️❤️❤️
I too love her demeanor, and the fact that she and Nic have raised such a charming young man. Im glad she got a gift!
Marie is a delightful lady. Antoine is a sweetheart. Nic is probably an attractive man and does not want some women to get obsessed with him. He'd rather walk around with a paper bag on his head...
@@kathrynschumann5254 Oh, I agree with you. Their son is so cute.
@@sweetvictory5643 LOL... I think it's great fun to have an allusive Nic in the vlogs.
@@ruthhovsepian yes, so fun.
I've been following this TH-cam channel for a while and ever since I've watched the diaries from the beginning and all I get is positive vibe. Stephanie is indeed like sunshine since all she gave is positivity and happiness. She teaches me on how to see stuff in positive way.
thanks a lot 💙
chivas luna Agreed! ♥️
I can’t believe you two have only been friends for just a short time, you seem like childhood friends. I love it. Michael is so adorable.
Yes, there's definitely a warm harmony that comes across when they're together and it's so pleasing to watch.
I didn't say anything about them being together!! I said, I can't believe they have only known each other for about 2yrs. They seem like they have been friends all their lives.
Yes, @SMG, it has never occurred to me that they could be or should a couple. They just have a beautiful connection and I really enjoy watching when they're together. Like you, I get super cringey when viewers keep trying to make romantic love connections or the latest, implying Stephanie should try to have a child. Yikes 🙄
@@Sgirl that was super awkward!! Yikes
I am so traumatized by the brutal goings on in the US and in Zimbabwe at the moment that your vlogs help me escape to a wonderful bubble that is LaLande. I can now go to sleep and dream I am there pottering around your wonderful garden! Thank you!
Sarah Hudleston I know, as if the world hasn’t got enough going on already. We should be coming together and supporting one another not all this anger.😢
I’d go help Mummy in the Garden for free-one month!
Just to stay there. I’ll pay to do it!
Hey Sarah, I hear you. Lalande is a lovely place to escape to. Sending you a big hug from Canada.
@@badapple65 I know isn't she the sweetest!
South Africa is going through the same, apartheid never seemed to stop.
love and laughter great video The Chateau Diaries TH-cam, Chateau de LaLande, and Chateau Unwrapped
The aprons are stunning! Sending gifts is a wonderful gesture and I really enjoy watching you open them 👍👍👍
I found your mother so sweet when she didn't want you to depart for Michael's. Very nice how Michael received you at his castle and... of course... your tiara was flamboyant, as you often are!!!
Your Mother sounds very French, you sound very English..I don't understand?? May I ask why? "Nicki Positano" recommended your channel. She's a Brit living on the Amalfi coast..
@@aleta5873 if I may answer.... Isabelle married an English man and lived with him and their daughter Stephanie in England.
Now, I can't imagine my life without Stephanie, Michael, mommy, Antoine...
Me too! 😊
Same here!
I know. I was gardening earlier and just randomly thought if mommy. This is crazy lol
Me too😁😁
Yes!!
Oh Isabel you melted my heart & brought tears to my eyes. A mother’s love is sooo wonderful. No matter where ones child goes a mother always frets. Reminds me of when my daughters visit. I just about cry every time when they leave,.
Good to see you & Michael reunited.
❤️
Stephanie makes me want to have more fun. I bought a new bedspread and looking at dishes and even purchased a dress from the thrift shop. Stephanie can also be Miss Peacock from Clue for Halloween with that 👛. Love it!
Hello from NYC. I hope everyone is staying safe and after a long few days, I love escaping to the chateau.
David, I am ready to run away to where I don't know I am extremely exhausted....Sigh... but it is sunny today and my favorite escape is on the horizon 🌞🕊❤⛲
Hello namesake 😁👍🏻!!!
Sarah Burton Hello back. 😃
David LaLande hope you and your wife are safe. The news doesn’t look great about at the moment. Take care.
@Ruth Bernstein. No problem I am safe and well. I love watching The Chateau Diaries, I was very lucky to have stay there last year and was supposed have stay again at the end of April but that got cancelled so it will have to be another time. I also met Stephanie, Isabelle, Percy and Gerry and they are just the same as you see them in the vlogs. I live in the UK so it is very easy for me to travel there. Take care Ruth and stay safe.
I LOVE when you open the gifts! Mummy it’s so awesome! I lost my mom 11 years ago this month (I was 24) so watching your relationship with mummy warms my heart so much! ❤️
I love you two and I'm so happy to hear you laugh and make plans. Mummy is adorable and such an inspiration to me as she is only a few years older than me. I think she can run circles around me. Marie is such a beautiful woman with a gorgeous smile and Antoine is surely going to be missed when the family eventually leaves for home. I'm excited to hear that Selmar is staying on for awhile, as he has become a part of the Chateau.
I love seeing two wonderful friends together again! You and Michael are both like brilliant sunshine! Thank you for sharing your light with us.
Yes, Michael's solo vlog is enjoyable, Stephanie's vlog is as well, but when the two of them are together something magic happens 😍
The thing about finding The Chateau Diaries and binge-watching all of them, you reach a point of disillusionment and panic because then there is nothing but silence in your life until...until that glorious moment you finally see the word, “Premieres”, on your screen and for 15-30 min all is right in your world again! 😂
Yesssssssss!!!! Same, I'm rewatching them all in random order this time (I don't know why)
Shewana Ahmed 🙌🏻😂 I’m not alone! 😁
I too have been bingwatching old episodes😄
TCD is so joyful, it really lights up a day!
Totally agree my friend. 👍❤️
Love your parcel opening parties, and lovely gifts💗
Literally caught myself smiling throughout that whole video!!! So lovely to see you guys back together again 🥰🥂
Sorry Nick, we absolutely LOVE to see Stephanie open gifts...given with love and appreciation to a person who inspires the desire to shower appreciation and affirmation on everyone she encounters.
You’ve created a lovely extended family without fertility enhancement. Antoine has an amazing opportunity to learn from so many and to share laughs with them. Everyone needs a tiara and an apron. I appreciate your vlogs during a tough time in NYC and many cities in the US right now. Watching you sitting in a bucolic setting drinking champagne makes me happy. I was talking to a friend today and she was walking around a fairly deserted area of Central Park yesterday and came upon a large group of nudist napping in the sun (would the term be a flock or a brace of nudist?). Watching you vlogs is a bit like her discovery since we never know what we are going to see - and sometimes it’s quite wonderful and fun.
That is one hell of a brilliantly unexpected juxtaposition Izzy. 🤣🤣 Comparing TCD vlogs to discovering sunbathing nudest is not something I could ever have dreamt up but I'm so glad you did. That gave me a great and much needed laugh, thank you.
"A flock or a brace of nudists?"
I'd go with the same collective term for a group of tigers and say it is a "streak" of nudists 😉 😄
Hahaha I second a “ streak” of nudists
Bring on the gifts!!! I love to see what people send all of you! Thanks for picking a special day so I will for sure never miss it! I just love all of you, even my husband and son are starting to watch or ask how all of you are going or what new at the chateau!! it's like you guys are our neighbors!❤
I just love everyone in Stephanie’s life. Antoine is such a sweet young boy and I love when he is there helping open up the all the gifts, his mom Marie is a beautiful woman with a sweet nature. I am so glad that The château has a gardener and Selmer who is so so talented and all that he’s able to do and a joy to listen to. Mummy is a kick and lots of spunk and I will be happy when Percy is back and Scotsman too.
Stephanie bring sunshine into everybody’s life that watches this vlog . I so enjoy every episode.🥰
Lovely to see Michael and you back together again, let the fun begin. 🥰 The aprons are just so pretty, I’ll have to try and track them down, or at least the fabric, it’ll make a change from sewing masks. It will be so nice to see the area around the fountain planted with a beautiful design as the entrance to the Chateau. Hello to everyone at the Chateau, it’s so nice to see you all enjoying the garden and the sunshine.🙋🏼
“Wasteland Chic” 🤣 I enjoyed that
I’ve been watching the spring/summer vlogs lately because I can’t wait for spring ! It is feeling me with joy.
You inspired me to roll up my sleeves to sand and re-stain my deck. I pimped it out with an indoor/outdoor rug, planters of sage, rosemary and chives and from this idyll I watch your channel.
Linda Penner cute!!!!!!! i love this comment
Hoping I will be able to visit this extraordinary chateau one day! You radiate warmth, Stephanie. Your channel erases the stress from lockdown.
This was a joyful video to watch. I'm always smiling and lighter after watching your vlogs
I have been wanting and waiting for you to fix up that entry fountain garden! What an impact it will make when it’s complete! It will be beautiful and I know you will feel so good about it when it’s done! This chateau definitely is worthy of a a beautiful, welcoming exterior entry and you will enjoy it so much as well xo I can’t wait to see it completed!
You’ve quickly become my favorite TH-camr. Before you I’d never even registered on Patreon, much less subscribed to anyone there, but you’ve sure become the first!
Just want to say - this was SUCH a joy to watch today! It's been a very scary and hard day in the US today. My nerves are fried, watching the news....until I watched this. As always thank you!!
After a horrid weekend and start to the week here in the USA I soooooooooooooo needed this. Thank You!
How wonderful! Your mom can use her apron when working in the garden. Has nice pockets to keep her eyeglasses, gloves & what-nots in lol. And beautiful flowers for when working in the flower beds.
I just adore Diesel - he tags along and makes everyone happy.
You have literally just described the Tibetan terrier personality to a T. I own one and all of them that I have meet just follow their owners and cheer people up. My pup even smiles at strangers.
@@BroadwayBound009 I have a pekingese and he tags along with me but he adores my husband . Love the Tibies .... never had one but so tempted ! lol
@@ladykokob9149 aww the Pekingese are lovely little dogs too. I have had many different dog breeds growing up but my TT is so well tempered and just the sweetest companion. I see a lot of similar traits in diesel.
Hello from Chicago. You two are super adorable together. You make my day whenever I catch an episode. Can't wait.
Hey I am in Chicago too :)
Me three💛
Absolutely love you 2 your all so adorable ❤ thank you for lifting our spirits in a memorable way
I love the two of you together! Very fun chateau life!
Thank you for the video. Loving the unboxings!
I share these with my husband at dinner every night! I'm getting him excited too about signing up to volunteer. I can't wait.
The stunning emerald green vintage-style evening bag/purse is just divine! Love it!
Hello from Connecticut, USA!💖 I'm so happy to see the pair of you reunited! Looking forward to your upcoming videos and newest venture!
I've been rewatching some of your travel vlogs Stephanie, the ones in South Africa. It is a stunning place , it's just so lovely travelling remotely through this channel for the time being . Even when we can travel again I'll still be looking at the older vlogs. Venice too was amazing.
Stephanie,, now that you and Michael, are together. You two should show us how to do a proper afternoon tea. After all what is more British than having afternoon tea in in France. 😉
"the path of greatest resistance.." Stephanie - 2020. Made me chuckle :D
Hi Stephanie. It's so good to see Michael and you together again. Be safe
How fun to see Antoine showing his sense of humor and confidence on screen! Loved hearing Nick's laughter as he realized what his presents were! Great shot of the aprons being modelled! Beautiful peacock purse and apron. Loved your mums response to going back the farthest on ancestors! LOL! So glad to see your happy reunion and the French countryside on the way. All the best!
I love the present openings! Thanks for sharing it. Look forward to Tuesday’s/Wednesday here in Brisbane, Australia. Looking forward to the next vlog as always. Makes my day.
You are the luckiest people to be in such a wonderful place filled with chateaus, happy hard working people, deer, champagne, and sunshine! Lady Stephanie you will love that bejeweled peacock feather design purse. I have the exact same one that I had for my son's wedding! I often feel we are 6 degrees connected in so many ways! So happy for both you and Michael and your successful channels. You bring such joy! Cheers! a votre sante! ~k
The gift openings are something i absolutely love watching! And your chateau is big enough for all the gifts - and then some! I could watch the gift openings every day - so much fun - i get so much joy seeing the things people send and your heartfelt thanks and reactions! THANK YOU!
Oh My!! I somehow missed this episode and the difference from then to now is amazing! You have a great team with you ! Also, makes me want to do this one day of my own. ;) Hope you all on here had a fabulous New Years Eve!
That was a fun and giggly vlog Stephanie. I do really enjoy watching the parcel opening 🥰 All the gifts are so considerate and made with such affection. So happy to see you and Michael having some fun together again. The aprons are gorgeous!!🌷 ☀️🥂
thank you Charly too great gifts.
Thank you Stephanie for the videos, I’ve lost my job and in the mean time your videos have given a lot of comfort and escapism! I had a dream the lake was restored I hope it comes true!
this video just absolutely warmed my heart! since i’ve not been able to see friends myself, watching you two reunite was such a joy
Your little mommy is so precious. Really enjoyed this.
Love you are both reunited:):) and your mummy is so adorable about not wanting to be away from you for a night! Looking forward to watching both of your upcoming vlogs together :)
Hi, I just had to comment and say I'm 42 and my two boys are aged 2 and 4 years old and I'd still consider having another if it was right for us. And I also know women having babies naturally into their late 40s. But you have to really want it, it's very rewarding, but very hard work.
Great vlog, I've been following along with yours and Michael's vlogs the last few weeks.
SMG oh I totally agree, I would have been mortified if it was me. I used to get lots of comments about settling down, that it was about time I did, that I was too fussy, that I needed a man in my life. I used to hate those comments. But I also don’t like people assuming women are too old to have a baby once they’re past 35. She didn’t say that, but lots of people do think that. And I’m the same age as the lady who sent a gift who had grown boys. But at 42 my boys are little more than babies. No assumptions here, just making a point that it’s not too late if that’s what she wants.
I have never wanted to escape to France as much as I do right now. Thank you for being a bright spot in a very scary time.
So much fun. So great you two are reunited.
Can’t wait, a two for one vlog! Love it!!!
Fiona Hobday Me Too!
Marie looks stunning with this dress!!! Thank you for all the joy you all give for the world!
Stephanie, please show us when you do the neckline of your dress because I'm trying to do the same thing but I'm very lost, would love to see your idea. Thank you and love you x
Yes Stephanie please share this with us if you can. Lots of love from down under in Australia.
Yes yes yes - would love to see how to do that !
I love seeing the gifts you receive from all over the world, so exciting to see things. What a lovely thing to see.
So glad you got my little gift . I was wandering if you had gotten it. Your videos are such a joy.
Great blog. Love seeing you and Michael together.
Your gracious spirit when receiving a gift brings joy to all of us. Its like Christmas will be every tuesday now! Ours was one of the cities with riots and you have given us so much joy. I even had a picnic with all my pretty dishes. God bless you.
Just WONDERFUL HAPPY KIND BEAUTIFUL people!!! Blessings
A big big hello to Stephanie from your number one fan, 6 year old Amelie from Ireland. Watching the Lalande vlogs is the highlight of her day! Keep up the amazing work :)
Greetings from New York City. I think watching your vlog has been the first time I’ve smiled all day. Thank you for the respite from our sad reality in New York right now. 💛
Looove all your gifts & so fitting.......they are so well deserved!!! You all bring such joy to us. At long last you & Michael are reunited........I see amazing vlogs ahead for us .........hourray!!!!! Je vous aime xx.
So nice to see you with Michael P again....I will so look forward to seeing the two of you and all you get into at Lalande for the next two weeks......summer has arrived in Toronto but with searing temps in the high 30’s ...oh well better than snow I guess.........ye# I love to see all the parcels and today was very special with all the aprons , how absolutely beautiful.................Donna in Toronto
Every TH-cam vlogger I've watched and followed since 2005 as I remember have opened gifts from their followers, they are lovingly sent to you and are just tokens for the inspiration and joy you bring from sharing your life at LaLande,
Along with the fantastic people in the video.
You are right. It is an accepted part of youtube culture and most of them seem to do separate vlogs for it.
If ever I were to have to choose between yours or Michael's to stay in. I honestly think I wouldn't be able to. Because they're both such stunning chateau's. And you, Michael and his family, and your family are what makes both places so unique. And like a good book that's hard to put down. It's always so exciting to open up the next chapter x
such a qualified worker! amazing listening to him explaining the beam situation
"There are so many kilometers between now and tomorrow." I teared up. A mother's love!!
These videos truly draw one in!!! Never met any of these wonderful scamps, but one certainly feels a part of everything that’s going on❣️Love love love it!!!💕💕💕🧚🏻♀️
wow the Chateau de la Chateau de la Basmaignee is also a wonderful place....now that is a lot of grass mowing right there....they need your maman!!! I admire all the work, love and devotion that Michael's family and yours Stephanie put into reviving these beautiful properties in France....that history needs to be restored to life as so much work I am certain went into its original creation. Keep going on your goals; so good that patrons are backing you too.
Love this collaboration 👍🏻💕🌹
I love the gift opening! Please do not stop! I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your videos! I am so looking forward to volunteering at the chateau when travel allows! ( I am no stranger to hard work!) sending love from Canada 🇨🇦
My 2 favorite TH-camrs, always brighten my day❤️🤗🌈
Marie i knit and crochet every second i get!
Hello from Ontario, Canada. I believe the gift sheep bag for Marie is for carrying your knitting project, the grommet is used to pull your yarn through if desired. It looks like a beautiful one, I am a knitter so I recognized this right away. There was an episode you had done which showed some knitting Marie was working on. Happy knitting Marie :) I have loved watching your videos Stephanie and enjoy them so much, Mummy is truly a treat. Take care everyone.
Love watching back these episodes and seeing what you wanted to do and knowing it got done
Thank you for being a source of not and hope. I am in Seattle, one of the recent sites of grief and unrest. I work in a field similar to what your mother did so it is good to have positive ways to rebalance. Best to all of you.
I love your friendship and the creativity and love of life you both share with us.
Love the way that there is crossover between you and Michael's channel it was really funny to see both side of the meet at the gates! Love F&M! Hope Michael enjoys the tea! The aprons were brilliant also!
Stephanie, love your site, and started watching because of Micheal’s channel. How can you sign up for becoming a volunteer? I would love to help your Mummy plant in her new raised beds. What a sweet, lovely woman your Mum is!
I think she mentioned Workaway being the site they use in some of her previous vlogs, but because they aren’t accepting volunteers right now because of Covid, Workaway wasn’t showing them at all. Check in a few weeks maybe? Good luck! 😊
I just smiled soooo big.........yea MICHAEL! He has been missed.
Hello from Austin, TX USA. Thank you so much for posting so often, it gives much needed laughter and smiles during the hell we are in here. I appreciate your vlogs and your home, and hope to one day visit. I give you and your housemates and guests all my love and well wishes. I could watch you all for hours!
I am so happy that both of you are having dreams come true! ♥️
Another fantastic vlog, so glad to see you and micheal p together again. Best wishes from 🇦🇺
We look forward to each and every video ... our hope each day as we check our notifications is for another to be up and ready. We have become addicted indeed. And I am so looking forward to seeing the gravel and plantings installed in the courtyard. That will truly be a WOW WOW WOW moment.
Michael! 💗😘 You both will be always loved. Don't be worried it will end!
Your vlogs make us so happy! Love Lalande!
I can’t wait to see Gerald’s rooms. He deserves a perfect place! Love the unboxing videos. Hello to all!
Hi Stephanie...love your series and I have been watching from afar or a long time. I recently asked for Selmar's recipe but after listening and replaying Selmar's recipe, I think I got it all down and will let you know once I bake if it turned out as Selmar's did...can't wait to bake it. I wanted to pass on a tip to you regarding your Buxus hedging and while you wait for the forthcoming garden plan/work etc. We moved farms in 2014 and I had a lot of 7-year-old Buxus I had purchased as 6-year-old plants and had already planted them when our farm sold. I was determined to bring them with me to our new farm which I did and repotted them all into large pots with some new soil under them, they not only survived but thrived, so thought to pass this on as you have a wonderful garden where you could place them all and water them daily and help the plants that need reviving to do so as they can be reused when the landscaping happens :)
Greetings, from the heart of Southern Indiana ❤🕊⛲🌞
You both bring a smile to my face everything time i watch one of your vidéos great to see you reunited!
I recently found you and Michael’s channel as well and I binged watched all your videos in one week. I wish I can be a patron, one day I will be when things get better. But I wanted to say you are such an inspiration you are literally living my dream, I love history and all things old and vintage bc they always have a story. My dream is to buy a old home and renovate it. But the most touching thing about your videos is Mommy! I lost both of my grandmothers last year, your mommy reminds me so much of my maternal grandmother who raised me I wish I can give you mommy a big hug she is the sweetest please cherish her every minute of every day! If you can do me the biggest favor in the whole wide world? Please give mommy the biggest hug from me.
Thank you with all my Love,
Vanessa💙
I think your intention to help is much appreciated here. We all understand that not everyone is able to contribute in the same way. But we all contribute by watching and letting stephanie know how much we enjoy them.