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Thank you to all of you for making this happen! I contacted John Deere today, and Mummy is currently deciding which mower she wants. She’s wildly excited and can’t quite believe it’s true! You’ve all made her incredibly happy. I can’t wait to set her on it!

As many of you have asked for portrait photos to use for phone screensavers, I took these photos for you today. I was hunting for Thor, but he was being particularly shy, so I hope that Mummy, Selmar and the cockerels will make up for it! I’ll try to add more photos soon. If I’m honest, hitting this target took me by surprise, we were in the early $7000s only the day before yesterday! Next stop $9000, and that target will be an automatic watering system in the garden. My mother spends absolutely all of her summer evenings, every single summer, watering the garden, so it will be wonderful to take that chore away from her! Selmar is already planning the new system, as we’re amazingly close to reaching that goal!!! Thank you all SO MUCH!

I look forward to chatting to you all (albeit remotely and in a very one-sided way!) on my Wednesday Patreon video 😊


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Anonymous

Congratulations Stephanie and mummy. This is fantastic news! Thank you for the lovely photos.

Anonymous

Wow amazing news!!! So happy it was raised so quickly 😊

Anonymous

Yayyy!!! That was so fast! So happy for mummy’s fancy new mower.

Anonymous

Would love Selmar as my screensaver, not sure my hubby would approve 🤣🤣

Anonymous

This is such fantastic news. I am so happy to hear it :-) congrats :-)

Anonymous

Wonderful news~ I am so happy for Mummy💕

Andrew G. Hughes

Yay! Congratulations!!! this is exciting. I remember looking Friday and thinking it’s going to happen.

Anonymous

That’s brilliant mummy gets a new mower x

Janese Carstens

I’m grateful to be part of an amazing community that not only met the $8,000 but FLEW past it so quickly. Congratulations and well done Lalande lovers!! Thank you for the photos!

Anonymous

I'm thrilled and so happy to be a part of this, even in a very small way!

Anonymous

Wow! So happy! 😍 I really love our community! So full of love and kindness 🙏💚😘

Anonymous

Congrats. You deserve it.

Anonymous

Wow this is incredible. Im so happy mummy will get her mower. ❤

Anonymous

Fantastic! Thank you for the photos. Stephanie you are such a joy! I look forward to every post and video!

Anonymous

Hurrah and congrats boy does Isabella deserve that , today my card photo arrived so Thankyou Stephanie , I love it, the postman virtually doffed his cap at me after reading Countess ! I have a new inspired step up the ladder in this village ! Thankyou Josie x

Anonymous

Excellent! Just watched you and Michael in Venezia, my favourite city, and feel particularly fond of you today...you seem to like exactly what I like. I have watched so much of you and Michael recently, that I actually had a dream about you two last night. Shall spare you the details. Have a wonderful week! Love from Norway

Anonymous

Fabulous news ! Thrilled for mummy .. ( especially being so far away from Percy ) xx

Anonymous

Wow! Fantastic! ✨💖✨

Anonymous

Oh Stephanie I am so pleased. It’s such a worry of your mind knowing that isobelle doesn’t have to work as hard as she does. I am so honoured to be a Patreon , you all deserve the very best. On another note my letter arrived today. It still has the wonderful scent of perfume. I am totally thrilled Thankyou

Anonymous

Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you both especially your mum I can’t wait to see her doing the gardens on her new mower 🥰🌈

Anonymous

Hooray! Cheers for Mummy sipping refreshing drinks at sunset, feet up, watching the sprinklers effortlessly water the garden... content big beautiful smile on her face.

Anonymous

Congratulations!! I am so excited for "Mummy" to get a new mower! AND!! a new drip/automatic watering system!! very exciting!! How wonderful for all of you!! I can hardly wait to see all of this start when lock down is lifted!😊

Anonymous

btw - the chickens are EVERYTHING❤❤

Anonymous

Wonderful news! And it is very exciting to hear that Mummy will have irrigation next!

Anonymous

Waouh... C'est incroyable et fantastique 😁 Merci pour les photos. Et merci pour toutes vos vidéos. Et merci pour votre bonne humeur et joie de vivre. Vous êtes fabuleuse. C'est que du bonheur de vous suivre 😊

Anonymous

Congratulations! So well deserved for your lovely mother. Thank you so much for the videos. They are a joy to watch and I look forward to each and every one. I think the mower needs to be christened/launched with a bottle of champagne! Cheers!

Anonymous

Excited for Mummy too. She deserves the best most wonderful mower. What a great job she has done with the garden beds. She is a blessing for sure and can now move on to management.

Anonymous

Ooooh what wonderful news! Congratulations! I can’t wait to see what she chooses. The photos are beautiful - thank you! 😍

Anonymous

What great recognition of all your hard work & Isabelle's too.. Karma sent you Selmar - then Dan & now help for Isabelle. Even in this dark time - the sun shines again.👍🌈🎇🌠🌞

Anonymous

Stephanie, thank you for your wonderful photos, comments, creative vlogs. Your positive attitude is terrific. Thanks for sharing your family, friends and life.

Anonymous

I’m excited too!🌳🌲🌱🌾🌿🚜🦔🐇🦚🐓🐓🐈🐏🐑 Can’t wait to see Mummy on the mower!

Anonymous

Stephanie, I fear I have fallen off your roster as I no longer see my name in your list at the end of the videos. It had been very exciting to see my name scroll by as a Countess. Your patron numbers have increased so quickly that I know it must be hard to keep track! (How wonderful!) But now that I know my card would be addressed "Countess"....well, I must be added back in! I have been a patron since early February, but think I may have fallen off when a new patron, also named Hughes, went on the list. Please don't forget me.... Amy

Anonymous

FANTASTIC!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I'm soo happy for you and mummy Isabelle xx

Anonymous

Ps, I absolutely love the beautiful photo of mummy Isabelle xx

thechateaudiaries

Dear Amy, I'm so very sorry! You're absolutely right, I thought that Andrew was you, but that he'd simply filled in his full name! I've just corrected the credits so you'll definitely be back on them on tomorrow;'s

Anonymous

Congratulations! Very excited to see Mummy’s reaction when the new mower gets delivered!

Anonymous

Goodness! What superb news. I am delighted for you and so very happy that you are able to move forward with the garden plans so swiftly. Onwards to new targets! Much love from Switzerland x

Anonymous

What great news. I am so pleased for you. Great choice too! John Deere is by far my favourite

Anonymous

So excited for your Mom and all of you. John Deere is a staple here in the Midwest, so happy

Anonymous

Also thank you for the lovely pictures. Your roses are my new lock screen 🌹

Anonymous

An artist need tools and gardening is an art form ! Bravo to all who have contributed. What marvelous vistas Isabelle shall “paint” for us! Cheers to you all from my modest garden in Portugal.

Anonymous

What wonderful news and what beautiful photos. Can't wait to see Isabelle on a John Deere. Garden will be fantastic.

Anonymous

Accidentally hit send! To finish my thought, happy that it will be a work horse for the garden and make mowing easier and an enjoyable chore.

Anonymous

Onward and upward at the chateau! What a bounty of veggies and flowers you will have all summer long! It will be lovely to have Marie W. back to create some beautiful arrangements to grace the chateau once again. Hopefully, Chef Marie will be able to make some divine dishes from the homegrown produce. And as always, it will be presided over by the fantastic Stephanie!

Anonymous

Fabulous news! It must feel quite surreal to have such goals being achieved so swiftly. You ought to feel very proud - you have created a community of like minded people who genuinely care about Lalande, your friends, family and you. Your vision for your beautiful chateau is now shared with people all around the world and it really is such a pleasure to feel like we are working together to bring that vision to life. Congratulations!

Anonymous

I'm sure my $5 put you over the edge to make it happen. Ha ha! So wonderful for you and your Mom!

Anonymous

Bravo Isabelle! Le tracteur et l'arrosage! Il va rester le désherbage.... :(

Anonymous

Love the pictures! I think Selmar will be busy on the watering plan soon...as you are very close to 9K! Congratulations this is very exciting!!

Anonymous

I love all the pictures but.....those roses. I hope they are heavenly scented also!

Anonymous

Fabulous news & fabulous photos xx

Anonymous

Fantastic news :)

Anonymous

It’s like a magical dream come true for you, it must be so hard to take in, I can’t even imagine what it must be like for you to receive such a massive increase in income. And you all are sooo wonderful, honestly such fabulous characters like a book in real life! I love you all, even though I have never met you (just like falling in love with a magical book) please do tell Marie, that I admire her immensely, she has such a beautiful aura about her if you know what I mean, and mummy... well she’s just wonderful and you Stephanie seem to just lift everyone up, and selmar !! Oh for a selmar in my life ... lol. And nic and antoine, lovely boy he is - Antoine not nic, ha! I could go on but I’ll stop at that. So, well done fairy queen. And thank you for all the joy you’ve bought into my lockdown life, and addressing me as lady Julie!! X

Anonymous

Soooo exciting Stephanie!!! So happy for you guys!! 🥰

Anonymous

Hi Stephanie and mummy, we are delighted that you have hit your target for a new mower, we ourselves have john Deere tractors and a mower and are delighted with them. Enjoy cutting the grass now as it will be trouble free ! We look forward to hearing how it goes, Gina x

Anonymous

Yippee!!! So wish I could help Isabelle with her mower shopping as I kind of have a fetish for farm equipment...at my boyfriend's horse farm in Virginia, it is the best of days when he says it is time to run the manure spreader...I love to hop on his JD tractor beside him and watch the poop confetti fly out the back...Mummy is so wonderful on her mower and I know she will pick just the perfect model!

Anonymous

Hello Lalande family! We've never met but I feel like part of your community of love and friendship! So happy for mummy getting her new mower! She will have her garden watering system in no time at all!❤

Anonymous

Fantastic news.. keep going, you are doing so well.. lots of love...

Kelly Douglas

That's wonderful news! 🥳

Anonymous

This is wonderful! So happy for you. It’s all coming together!

Anonymous

How brilliant!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Stephanie the pictures are GORGEOUS!! Thank you!! I'm sending the one of Mummy to my hubby. He just adores her! 🙏

Denise Behrends

Thank you for the gorgeous photos! Would it also be possible at some point to take photos in landscape mode of the exterior of the chateau so that we may also grace our computer screens with the lovely Lalande as our desktop wallpaper? Looking forward to the first videos of Mummy Isabelle riding on the mower!

Anonymous

now mummy will have to mow in straight lines .... 😁😁😁

Anonymous

Hope Mummy chooses one in her favorite color ..... or perhaps she really needs a bright RED one !! and a little flag to fly from the back !!

Anonymous

What a delight to be able to invest in creators that bring me such joy. You've done a beautiful job with your channel. Thank you!

Anonymous

I love our community too. So much caring and sharing and kindness which is so lacking in so many places.🙂🙂

Anonymous

Hellloooo from way down here in New Zealand to you up there at the top of the world.

Anonymous

Hi Stephanie, I’m new to Patreon. Do you mind explaining how these targets work? Is it every time an additional $1000 per month is added to the monthly total? Or is it cumulative, I.e first $8000 for the mower then plus $9000 for the watering system equals $17000 raised to cover the two goals?

Anonymous

This is fantastic. I am so pleased for you all but especially Mummy!!! Oh no!! I just had a sneak peek and we are over $9000!!!!

Anonymous

You bring such joy and happiness to us in these challenging times Stephanie. Waiting for a vlog of Lalande is something I really look forward to. I so admire your spirit and 'sunshine' personality when it is so easy to become sad about the current state of the world. In our small corner of the globe (NZ) we have largely escaped the terrible toll that has occurred in France and elsewhere. I have been sharing some of our lives on Instagram and have to say you are a huge influence (#oakvaleanddaisy). Daisy is our Labrador/Retriever who embraces life in every way. Thank you for your warmth and passion for life - it is infectious.

Anonymous

The picture of Mummy is just adorable.

Anonymous

Oh what wonderful news! I can’t wait to see mummy on her mower. It will feel like Christmas for her 🤗 The photos of mummy & Selmar are fantastic😉Your channel and the everyday life at the Chateau has been such fun to watch. I’m so happy to contribute to your dream (even though it’s in a small way). It just feels nice to help someone. I would love to volunteer someday for you & the Chateau. Life here in Florida is just too busy for us at the moment. Maybe that dream for me can come true (some day). I send warm wishes to all of you at Chateau de LaLande (to Gerry & Pearcy too). Mahlao for the screen savers too they’re gorgeous! xx ~Jennie🤙🏽🌼

Anonymous

Love all the pics! 😃 Mummy is beautiful as always 🌸 Selmar is looking very ruggedly handsome while he is working 😍

Anonymous

I have never been so excited over the purchase of a mower ☺!!! Self watering system 🤞❤ here we come !!! Thank you for the lovely pictures ❤🙏 Stephanie xx.

Anonymous

You might want to set your targets slightly further apart 😂. At this rate you might run out of ideas. This is going pretty fast 😳.

Anonymous

Wow wow! At this rate, your mum will never get back to Percy... she'll have so many lovely 'toys' at Lalande....Percy will have to live in France forever (not exactly a punishment!) Congratulations on this latest achievement!!!

Anonymous

Thanks for sharing the exciting news. A new mower and irrigation with be wonderful for your Mom.

Anonymous

Yay on 9000!!! It's going up fast. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Anonymous

That is Fantastic I can’t wait to see mummy on her new mower, it’s wonderful watching your progress and how you and Isobel are so natural in front of the Camera. Your knowledge on so many different subjects is amazing 😉

Anonymous

I am so glad you are able to make Isabelle very happy with a new mower, it will make the gardening less like hard work! John Deere mowers are top class! Thank you for the photos too.

Laura & Jack

Oh I am so happy for you. You All work so hard and bring a lot of joy to others. You deserve it!!

Anonymous

Stephanie's friend Marie Wiik - who did Mummy and Percy's flowers for the wedding needs support. She will be coming back to Lalande soon. Please check her out. https://www.patreon.com/mariewiik1

Evelyn McElroy

The photographs are fabulous! Thank you!

Anonymous

You have not only passed the 8000 mark but you have also passed the 9000 today!!!!

Anonymous

How exciting! Can not wait to see her zipping around the garden in her hat and boots:) the birds are beautiful

Anonymous

Do you get your water from a well ? I saw a well in the distance when I watched on the chateau DIY ,I never have noticed it in your videos

Anonymous

Watched your recent Vlog in which you shared the wonderful news about how the Vlog has changed life at the château. Very moving. We are so grateful that you share your life with us. Originally, I followed your vlog because I too am a château enthusiast - but now your channel is so much more, and it is wonderful to see this community building around what you are your family and friends are doing. So happy for you all.

Anonymous

When I heard that the gardener would only be there 1 day a week, then it made sense why Mummy was chastising you for 8 more beds for her to take care of. Maybe you can up it to 2-3 days a week until finally full time.

Anonymous

Phone wallpaper... SET!!! (I chose the roosters!!!) Thanks Steph and congrats Isobel- you really, really deserve it! Xx

Anonymous

I want the roosters too but i still have to work out how to do it on my phone 🤣😂 Yeah, just found out how to do it and it looks fabulous

Garrie and Cindy Garrison

So thrilled I'm upping my pledge. Your mother is just as you have said ...a tresor! Glad you are making her life easier. Hugs for all of you! Cannot wait for the view of the lake and no cables and poles!!!

Anonymous

Oh how wonderful about the mower! And once you get an automatic watering system it will make all the difference. YAY!! Thank you for the photos. They are gorgeous!

Anonymous

That's absolutely fantastic news! I'm so happy for you all. You absolutely deserve it and I'm proud to be a part of it ❤️ xx

Anonymous

Wow, so happy for Elizabeth , she certainly wants to get on with the job! that's so evident, delighted to be able to support her goal. ❤

Anonymous

Lovely to see Beautiful Blue Sky's, its grey and raining here in Glasgow. Excellent news about the mower and now the watering system! and your new Gardener Dan looks so young and fit, he'll have the vegetable patches looking symmetrical in no time :)

Anonymous

Hi Stephanie, I’m just after watching your Sunday vlog. I’m soo delighted that my 5 euro is helping. I’m restoring an large Georgian house called Laurentinum House (google us) which I inherited from my father. I’m 24 year into my restoration job and it’s far from being ended so I totally understand why you would shed a tear with the prospect of finally getting things done. There are many highs and lows with old building restoration but the highs far out weigh the lows. Anyway I absolutely ❤️ love your vlogs. I have watched you from the start and l can say every one was a joy to watch. Best wishes Eileen.

Anonymous

Would be nice to have a front picture of Thor😉

Anonymous

Wondering if this photo will help my chicken phobia!!! I will report back....

Anonymous

Beautiful picture of the cockerels

Anonymous

What lovely photos Stephanie. Thank you. Especially love the one of gorgeous Isobel. So glad she will be riding comfortably on her new mower very soon. What a new lease of life Patreon has made to your lives and ours - I just love being a part of it too.

Anonymous

So pleased that you are making your goals and many thanks that I can share in it.

Anonymous

Gorgeous photos Stephanie. Very happy that Isobel will be able to have a new mower - then maybe time for another mower race 🤔😛

Anonymous

This is wonderful news! Get the plans ready Selmar, that goal will be reached in no time. As the saying goes: Dig the ditch and the water will come.

Anonymous

Hi! Thanks for a great Vlog and congratulations to reaching a new level! My partner Mihails (he is one of your Latvian subscribers as his phone is still linked to Latvia) and I live in Stockholm, Sweden. We been watching for some time but even more so during the Days of Corona. We had also talked about doing a road trip down to France to see LaLande for our-self. If you ever visit Stockholm please let me know, I work for a Hotel/conference chain within sales department and we have 5 castles in our chain. Would love to show you when here. www.meetingselection.se

Anonymous

I am so excited for Mummy. My boyfriend and I watch you guys every week. We are really loving all the different tours you have given. Keep up all these wonderful videos. We both are wanting to see if we can make it work and come be volunteers sometime next year.

Anonymous

Greetings from sunny and quite warm Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Stephanie, you are such a beautiful soul. You are able to share from your heart in a way that we can all feel a part of what happens at Lalande. You may feel blessed by all that is happening, but those of us that have been following you for some time also feel blessed to be included in the Lalande happenings. And we are thrilled and excited about how rapidly things are happening for you now. My husband is from Ontario, Canada and speaks French which is fun as he interprets everything spoken in French for me. Being retired and on a fixed income we may never be able to make it to Lalande ourselves, but your videos bring Lalande and your amazing family and friends to us. Thank you for sharing you home and lives with us and you are loved by many of us from all over the world.

Anonymous

I am enjoying the pictures. Thank you. I am obsessed with the picture of the cockerels.

Anonymous

I am so excited!! ok... what are the next Mark's after 9k... when can "we" re-do some out buildings and make them I to some more gites (you will have many guests you know), get the orchard re-planted, get the attics re-done as a teaching/dancing/party/yoga space - it doesnt have to be just the one thing you know🥂, the patio repaved... some lovely signs, some jams made (in the village??) the honey amd let's not forget.... you REALLy need an assistant. Volunteers can help, but you need an assistant at least part time, all the time and an accountant😳 the kinds that sighs everytime you explain the needs of the chateau to him. You have shows to do, books to write - delegate😊 I hear if you hire one of the Kardashian mothers former assistants - they are ON POINT... and very well trained 🤣🤣🤣 I will be happy to do any pre-interviewing here in lala land for you (I live in a very normal bit... Pasadena) Congratulations again and big virtual hugs to everyone there!

Anonymous

it's the old saying "many hands make for light work"! and it actually is true! because if you look at all of us with our $5 contributions - all together- we have helped a lot - so never discount any contribution❤ it all counts and just watching helps everyone be part of the magic at la lande 😊❤

Anonymous

Yay mummy!!

Anonymous

I've already printed the photo of the Chateau off and put in a frame :)

Anonymous

You should do a 'live from the garden' Stephanie! Even if the connection isnt perfect, the audio always comes through well and its so fun to see you all live.

Anonymous

Wonderful news for Mummy! Congratulations to you as well. It is because of you that this is happening. You are the bright spot during this time of isolation. Please keep doing it. We look forward to seeing all the news of the Chateau. Hope Michael will visit soon.

Anonymous

So happy for Mummy. I can't wait to see new videos of her zooming away on her new mower. LOL

Anonymous

I agree. We don't mind if you are a bit "fuzzy" if it means we get to see more of you!!🤣😂

Anonymous

Dear Stephanie, I am shifting house next week and need to let the post office know my new adddress. I have to let them know the names of the people to forward mail on. So if my card has not arrived by next week, I will also have to include "Countess".😂🤣😂🤣

Anonymous

The turret is now my phone's wallpaper! :) It's lovely, I've moved all the apps around so I can see the turret and fountain easier.

Anonymous

This is a GREAT idea. I know Stephanie has toured some chateaux around France, and plans to do more with Michael on their new vlog, but that would be really cool to see another castle tour while traveling. It also might be kind of fun to see some of the different patreons and fans moonlight in future vlogs, because as others have noted it really is a group of people in love with the vision for life at Lalande! <3

Anonymous

Thank you for these photos! I love the roosters especially. I've been looking for a perfect photo of a rooster to try my hand at watercolour. I've been wanting to make some art for my kitchen

Anonymous

Stunning photos! I adore those roses, do they have much scent? I just want to sniff them ha ha! I couldn't quite catch the name (& my French spelling is atrocious), I'd love to see if they're available in NZ & bring a little piece of Lalande to my corner of the globe :)

Anonymous

Stephanie, I received Michael Potts beautiful photograph of La Land. I put it on my desk and strangely felt at home then remembered why. I grew up in a fifties track house with mod furniture and two huge badly framed paintings of mad King Ludwig’s castles. My mom was a Texas farm girl who moved to Germany with her Texas farm boy soldier during the occupation. She fell in love the castles and brought the paintings back to Texas, but it meant my sister and grew up in a strange and surreal decor. I wish we had kept those awful paintings. They would be so good to share a laugh with you. Thanks for getting us through this strange and surreal time. LB

Anonymous

Did you use your iPhone camera for this picture?

Anonymous

Love these pics. Especially mummy and the cockrells