THE CHATEAU DIARIES: Reunited at Last!!!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- It's finally happened - after two months of lockdown I left the chateau on an awfully big adventure and went to collect Michael Petherick at the Chateau de la Basmaignee. It's so amazing to be reunited! We have lots to celebrate, as we haven't seen each other for months and in that time he's launched his incredibly successful CZcams channel @DoingItOurselvesOfficial
Before jumping into the car to get Michael, I have updates from Dan the Gardener and Ian the Builder re progress in the chateau and gardens, and Antoine and I open lots of lovely, thoughtful parcels! From now on, parcel opening will always be in the Tuesday vlogs :)
The Chateau Diaries Episode 129 ✨🏰✨
Escape to the chateau with ’The Chateau Diaries’ 🏰
This channel follows the adventures of chatelaine Stephanie in her French 16th century home, the Chateau de Lalande, in the heart of rural France ❤️
We show you what life is like in an ancient chateau in the heart of the French lockdown, and the creative crafts and activities that we’re turning to, to make the most of this period of enforced relaxation.
A very special thank you to all of you who have become Patrons of the Chateau de Lalande. As you can imagine, your help means more to me now than ever. Because of you, I'll be able to keep living at Lalande and making videos even without our chambres d'hotes income during lockdown! I’ve been overwhelmed by your kindness and generosity. On behalf of this beautiful chateau that will continue to survive and flourish because of you, thank you!!!
If you're interested in become a Patron of The Chateau Diaries, click here: / thechateaudiaries
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! 🐑 🤣
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
❤️❤️❤️ 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 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
The aprons are stunning! Sending gifts is a wonderful gesture and I really enjoy watching you open them 👍👍👍
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.
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.
❤️
I've been following this CZcams 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! ♥️
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. 👍❤️
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!!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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 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.🥰
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 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 😍
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!❤
Literally caught myself smiling throughout that whole video!!! So lovely to see you guys back together again 🥰🥂
Love your parcel opening parties, and lovely gifts💗
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.
"the path of greatest resistance.." Stephanie - 2020. Made me chuckle :D
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.🙋🏼
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. 😉
love and laughter great video The Chateau Diaries CZcams, Chateau de LaLande, and Chateau Unwrapped
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.
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!
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
This was a joyful video to watch. I'm always smiling and lighter after watching your vlogs
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!!
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 CZcamsr. Before you I’d never even registered on Patreon, much less subscribed to anyone there, but you’ve sure become the first!
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💛
Hoping I will be able to visit this extraordinary chateau one day! You radiate warmth, Stephanie. Your channel erases the stress from lockdown.
I’ve been watching the spring/summer vlogs lately because I can’t wait for spring ! It is feeling me with joy.
After a horrid weekend and start to the week here in the USA I soooooooooooooo needed this. Thank You!
“Wasteland Chic” 🤣 I enjoyed that
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 share these with my husband at dinner every night! I'm getting him excited too about signing up to volunteer. I can't wait.
Absolutely love you 2 your all so adorable ❤ thank you for lifting our spirits in a memorable way
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 !
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.
Stephanie, I had my first child at age 45 completely naturally. I can’t see you enjoying motherhood that much even though I think you would be an incredible mom. Keep doing what you love. You are perfect as you are.
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 :)
Michael: Champagne for Everyone!
My mind: CHAMPAGNE, CHAMPAGNE FOR EVERYONE! (In Bubbles Deveres Voice) 😂 😂 😂
How can anyone not enjoy any kind of gift openings????? with madness going around the world, we need something nice and lighthearted to see.
Can’t wait, a two for one vlog! Love it!!!
Fiona Hobday Me Too!
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.
"There are so many kilometers between now and tomorrow." I teared up. A mother's love!!
I love the two of you together! Very fun chateau life!
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.
Oh wow that is actually a very presumptuous thing to say to a stranger 😂
Hi Stephanie. It's so good to see Michael and you together again. Be safe
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.
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!!🌷 ☀️🥂
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
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!
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 :)
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
Greetings, from the heart of Southern Indiana ❤🕊⛲🌞
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!
Thank you for the video. Loving the unboxings!
thank you Charly too great gifts.
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.
The stunning emerald green vintage-style evening bag/purse is just divine! Love it!
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!
Looking forward to seeing this. Stay safe everyone❤
So glad you got my little gift . I was wandering if you had gotten it. Your videos are such a joy.
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
Every CZcams 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.
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 🇨🇦
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! 😊
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. 💛
Your little mommy is so precious. Really enjoyed this.
I can’t wait to see Gerald’s rooms. He deserves a perfect place! Love the unboxing videos. Hello to all!
Your vlogs make us so happy! Love Lalande!
Another fantastic vlog, so glad to see you and micheal p together again. Best wishes from 🇦🇺
1:18 “Waist Land Sheek” that is a hilarious description😂
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!!!💕💕💕🧚🏻♀️
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
Antoine is so funny and sweet, he reminds me of my son...I imagine they would get along so well!
I am so happy that both of you are having dreams come true! ♥️
So much fun. So great you two are reunited.
Antoine, you looked fabulous with your new apron and Stephanie's matching purse :)
I love seeing the gifts you receive from all over the world, so exciting to see things. What a lovely thing to see.
I felt so sad for your mummy when you were departing but I was glad when you and Michael returned! So good to see Marie and Selmar!
Love this collaboration 👍🏻💕🌹
i'm so happy that you have the blessing of a mother, in the autumn of her life. she has so much knowledge to impart to you and to those she happens to pass in this life. the sweet things she says, her independence, and her obvious values she has instilled in you. i know you are thankful. love her, and always bring her honor. i would give anything to see and speak w/ my dear mother just one more time. i love you mother---know that! i love the views f field, sheep, and the lovely trees at michael's chateau. so beautiful.
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.
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.
New subscriber for around three weeks, and I love it!!!! You have the MOST glorious laugh and I have fallen in love with Mummy ✨✨ Much love from Australia xx 🇦🇺
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!
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!
Marie looks stunning with this dress!!! Thank you for all the joy you all give for the world!
My 2 favorite CZcamsrs, always brighten my day❤️🤗🌈
Lovely, all of it!
The apron Mummy chose has the same blue ribbon on it that she wears so often! 😍
And I love the package opening. 😘
I started watching after Selmar had arrived so I was sad to hear he is a work a way because his kind ways and ease with wood ...I hope he stays a nice while! and I will feel the same when mummy leaves for her love...fingers crossed Percy come to the Chateau...you vlogs have really helped me thru this crazy times we find ourselves in! if I were younger Id be signed up to be NEXT!!