BLUE MONDAY! - watch this when you're feeling blue

We are joined by Selmar and Michael to open a myriad of mostly blue gifts!
In 'Cadeaux at the Chateau', all of the inhabitants of the Chateau de Lalande gather together to open beautiful gifts that people have sent from all over the world. All of the monetisation from these videos will be donated to a different charity each month. KZbin earnings fluctuate wildly each month, as ad revenue changes throughout the year. Here are the charities that we've donated to so far:
July 2020:
British Heart Foundation UK (in memory of my father) €634
August 2020:
Alzheimer's Research UK (in memory of all of the residents of my parents' nursing homes) €350
September 2020:
Prostate Cancer Foundation (in memory of Selmar's father) €1255
October 2020:
Medecins sans Frontieres (chosen by my mother to support vaccinations in Africa) €942 (equivalent to 426 cholera vaccinations)
November & December 2020 & Jan & Feb 2021:
A Lalande Fashion Scholarship for a student at the Villioti Fashion Institute in South Africa €5500
March 2021:
Suffolk Artlink £1505
I used to show the gifts as part of 'The Chateau Diaries' episodes, but you're all so very generous that we have many gifts, and if we spent the episodes opening them, we wouldn't be able to show you other aspects of chateau life! So, for those of you who enjoy watching presents being opened, and as a way to thank those of you who were kind enough to send them, I've made this new channel. Every week we will film your beautiful gifts whilst enjoying afternoon tea or aperitif together.
It is very important to me that you know that we in no way expect anyone to send us gifts. I would like to go further than that and add that, if doing so will put you in any financial difficulty whatsoever, please, please do not send us anything. Knowing that you join us by watching @The Chateau Diaries gives us all an enormous boost. But for those of you who have sent these incredibly thoughtful gifts, I hope that seeing us open them gives you a fraction of the joy that you've given us, and that by monetising this channel for charity we can pass on that joy to others 💖💖💖
If you would like to see more of our life at the chateau, please go to our main 'Chateau Diaries' channel:
/ thechateaudiaries

[@jimm8682]

Always a good time when Selmar is around.

[@eileenlane787]

Nice to see Micheal and Selmar . Stephanie looks so cute in her outfit today I though .

[@HollyAnnie89]

I absolutely love Jan Brett’s books. There is a hidden hedgehog in every single book. Such beautiful illustrations.

[@janeblandford852]

Yea....Selmar back and with Michael too....Love it!!!

[@karenellisbrown8169]

Refreshing change to see Selmar and Michael again

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Selmar's shirt (that he's wearing), matches the room, the curtain and wallpaper. I love when that happens accidently.

[@nataliaharvey9556]

Always thrilled to see the LaLanders that were away return again. Welcome back Selmar and Micheal Potts!

[@linedallaire9631]

So glad to see Selmar back...we missed him :)

[@kimphilpin1062]

Selma, you look like a perfect work of art in your new shirt. Becareful not to stand to still in it, or Stephanie and Philip will have you framed. Maybe a nice gold frame. Xx

[@sharon9399]

Wonderful to see Selmar and Michael back together with all of you. Hello to Andie.

[@Gayane790]

So glad to see Selmar and Michael back! Thank you for a lovely visit!

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Selmars hearty laugh 😂.

[@hatshepsut8329]

Welcome back Michael and Selmar! Hope Michael can stay a while this time. Ruby made out like a bandit in this video! The collar will look really nice if he agrees to abandon his own “nudist” ways! And the portrait is fabulous of the Cateau at the Chateau…brilliant! 🐱

[@barbibutton9619]

Thank you, whoever thought of Ruby. So sweet he sleeps with Selmar. The portrait of Cat-o at the Chateau was excellent. All the portraits of the fur babies were well done. Loved them.

[@tildeballentin]

Thank you. I was so glad to see the reaction, when they saw the painting.

[@barbibutton9619]

@@tildeballentin oh cool. Now I know who you are. Do u sell on Etsy?

[@tildeballentin]

@@barbibutton9619 sell? I've only ever made three. It was just for fun. Is it good enough to sell?

[@teresacarle294]

@@tildeballentin 💐 Yes! 😻They're so charming! ❤️Ruby was quite handsome in formal attire. ☕And, I adored the tipped tea cup. Too cute! 🤔Imagine many cat🐈 lovers💕 would enjoy having their 💕beloved 🐈‍⬛ pet immortalized in a 🖌️painted🎨 portrait. Perhaps you can start by commissioning a few for your friends. Good luck! 💚 Bridget from Cali ☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)

[@beefrench3554]

So happy to see all the lalanders today supporting cadeau. Selmar is stunning in that shirt.

[@beefrench3554]

I like the extra bit at the end of the video

[@MP-xf6gq]

YAY!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited to see Michael Potts again. Nice job getting some screen time with him.........and Selma. :-) Love Michael's sense of humor and closeness with everyone at Lalande. My favorite Vlog is when Stephanie and Michael Potts took a trip alone and visited his family and aunt's book store, etc. Loved their time alone together. Soooo funny and entertaining. PS......YES, WE NOTICED THAT MICHAEL POTTS SNUCK OUT HALF WAY THRU THIS VLOG. LOLOLOL

[@roannecampagnolo4629]

So good to see Selmar and Michael back!! And Diesel too!

[@vickycaldwell9303]

So good to see you back Selmar, and Michael, have met so many interesting people coming and going at the Chateau. Thank you all for sharing your lives with us, I love everyone at the Chateau! Especially the oldies, but goodies!

[@kemt411]

Yay!!! Selmar and Michael it's so good to see you!!!

[@donnanancekivell9430]

So good to see Selmar back where he should be........he is so missed when he is away.........Donna in Toronto

[@adriennebyrne8518]

Selmars beautiful shirt brings out his beautiful blue eyes 👀 stunning

[@diedasdais]

I watched this during my lunch break and I almost dropped my sandwich of laughter when Stephanie said “The card tells me I need to work on the terrace foundation” To me, the conversations in your videos are better than any comedy show.

[@sharon_shaw]

Lovely to see Selmar and Philip in Stephanie's favorite colors ... yellow. Michael, get with the program 😛😁🤣

[@maureenreid]

So happy for Ruby he is sleeping in the camper van with Selmar and Diesel 💙💙 well done Selmar your perseverance has paid off x

[@louisegatti9262]

Always fun to watch you open gifts. You make me feel apart of the event everytime, you all have so much fun with each other. Glad to see Selma and Michael back....can smell that bread in the oven already!!!!!!

[@monikastuckey8737]

Welcome back Selmar and Michael! Lovely gifts!

[@wendyhart8968]

So funny, thank you for the cheer and laughs. Selma looks amazing in his new shirt.

[@kerrylynnparsons9441]

So many lovely gifts! Happy Easter! Past! One day ago. How wonderful you were able to sit outside to do Cadeaux at the Chateau. I look forward to sunny days! 😊❤️🎶🐣🐰🐓🎶💐🌺🌻🌸🇨🇦

[@amyclaire100]

Welcome back Selmar and Michael! Great timing to cheer us up on this very rainy Tropical Storm Elsa day in New England, USA.

[@metropcs7560]

Glad to see Micheal and Selmar and everyone, thank you for the videos, have a great week!!!

[@annettesharrock1236]

Love to see Michael and Selma back. Loved the shirt looked really good. Loved the hedgehog napkins cute. Loved watching as usual xx

[@holleym2927]

Blue and white heaven!!! What wonderful, beautiful gifts!!! Made me smile the whole way through! Perfect title!!!

[@karenmitchell1970]

Selmar the shirt suits You Soo Well... Smashing❣️ Health To Wear. 💌

[@evahathaway4608]

Another wonderful day at Lalande...Great gifts galore !!!

[@seanmcgcostumes]

Jan Bret's books are so iconic over here in America! Everyone one is beautifully illustrated. I was lucky enough to meet here in a hole-in-the-wall mom & pop children's bookstore when she did a signing there. Her talk included bringing out a rabbit to show, right then and there, how she uses animals as drawing reference. I certainly had her sin one of my 20+ year old books from my childhood! She's a lovely woman who does amazing work with animals.

[@annquirke4008]

Thank you, for the joy & laughter you bring to our lives. We love you guys!

[@nikishazechiel6848]

Is it superficial to find so much joy in the happiness of people who don't even know you? No? Well good!!! Always happy to see you all happy and morn when you morn. Love from Texas.

[@robertgregson2183]

what's a hedge hogs favourite winter sport? Curling!

[@anneknight3875]

Ha, ha, ha

[@debrastrange6241]

I really think you need to do a coffee table picture book called "Table settings of La Lande" by Stephanie and Phillip with Michael Potts photography. Sales will go to the Pool fund! The first of many coffee table books including a La Lande cookbook by Marie and Kat!

[@debtheguest3109]

Great idea!

[@kathrynschumann5254]

What sweet gifts! Celeste's gift of the book Duchess is one of my favorite books. It is actually a dissertation and most detailed and interesting. The movie is also amazing. It is really wonderful to see you all together with your tender hearts for animals, literature, and all things soft. Love you all.

[@hectorbrown656]

( Maureen) It really makes a change to see Selmar back at the chateau ,also Micheal not forgetting Diesel .

[@Tracy_R]

STEPHANIE, you'll enjoy Louis Hay books. Can't wait to meet Celeste, hope its recorded. Great to see Michael, Selmar & Diesel. Love Selmar new shirt & Ruby collar. LOL ADORE STEPHANIE Imagination! She would have been great fun to play Barbies when she was younger. Thanks for sharing. Luv from Ohio

[@pascallecorvaisierjournali2524]

Nice to see Selmar back We need to see him more

[@hahna77]

I had a dream in which Michael Potts was present last night. I do believe my waking Chateau fantasies are now crossing over with my sleeping one's, lol. Glad to see both him and Selmar back for all the festivities. Great gifts as always.

[@lorrainel2314]

Diesel is after the biscuits 😂😂😂😂 too cute!

[@donnastevenson6700]

Selmar glad your back. Stephanie you look wonderful in jeans, but then again you look beautiful in everything.

[@hopegrable]

So many thoughtful and beautiful gifts, as always. It's also wonderful to see Michael and Selmar joining in. Hope you're all having a wonderful time together.

[@susannevk8507]

Tilda,perfect portrait of Ruby!Catty superb 🐈🐈🐈

[@tildeballentin]

Thank you

[@barbaraoshea8639]

Note: I have no problem with the sound quality. I appreciate you are not all miked up. When the sound drops a little, I turn the volume up. Simples! 🤣🎤🎙

[@susancollado5290]

🇬🇧💕Seeing you all laugh made my day, I giggled 🤭 so much which was good as I was feeling so down💕I’d love to visit La Lande as I feel you could teach me so many things💕

[@theadultpantry7219]

So lovely to see Selmar and Michael again, and those cookbooks look inspiring!

[@reneemarais431]

Andi looks fantastic in the green jumpsuit. Please tell her!

[@mparker6823]

I thought so too!!

[@kit2130]

Very pretty!

[@patdowney4984]

Lovely to see Selmar and Michael back x

[@sarahchelli3732]

ABBA came to mind when Selma wore the blue shirt 😂

[@lindavazquez589]

Laughed so much! Blue & white, yes! My favorite color. Thanks for sharing!

[@tildeballentin]

I'm so glad that you like the painting of Ruby. I was hoping that you would find a spot to hang it and maybe a frame.

[@jayjay2129]

Good to see Selmar back. Is he looking for his own chateaux to buy? And what happens to Ruby when Selmar is away weekends?! I bet she pines for him!!

[@tinacarrol6702]

Yeah!!! Cadeaux at The Chateau. Xx 💞😊

[@Leebearify]

OMG having Selmar back was so wonderful. Thank you Selmar for spending this time with all of us ! I wish I could meet you in person some time you are a joy!

[@carolinegooder7091]

The library in the winter salon will have to happen sooner than later. Lol

[@mrs.e3909]

Jan Brett books are very well known to teachers, especially the book, "The Mitten".

[@annbardue3473]

Indeed she is! I suggest Philip look her up in amazon - Im sure theres the beginning to a book collection there.

[@tamiwallace7572]

Yes! Love Jan Brett!

[@Cardelrey]

Yes!! I meet her when I was about 8-9 years old in my elementary school.. one of my teachers was so kind to buy me “The Umbrella” a signed copy of it..since the main character in the book is named Carlos. I loved her books when I was younger.

[@KrisanthiaMum]

What fun 🥰 Definitely a blue gift day 💙🤍💙🤍

[@RoscoeCH]

I love watching these videos! I hope you all enjoy making them as much as we all love watching.

[@corbruker8329]

I am glad Selma and Micheal are back missed them at the chateau. When is mummy coming back?

[@klaaskingma7435]

South Africa is experiencing a major onset of new COVID cases and international travel should be postponed if at all possible

[@melinayorke7462]

So so so nice to see all of you! I’ve been thinking about Gerry, I hope he is doing well. I hope he and Mummy and Percy will be back soon!💗

[@annboehler627]

Michael is South African, which means he would have studied Afrikaans as his end language

[@valslater3001]

Gerry has said he will be back on 15th August

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Thank you for the video.I love the tiara! The way things are going, you will soon have more tiaras than Queen Elizabeth!

[@caroltoia7865]

You guys so enjoy one another's company, so much fun and laughter. Salma you look so handsome in your outfit 😍

[@Rebekahlow]

Love the box with gifts for the "Chateau Folks"!!! It would be fun to have you all gather and have a party to open the gifts!! Love from Vermont

[@dianegriffith3006]

Nati--rust color is in -looks great on you-also suggest Selmar wear that shirt untucked in. Or with dark blue pants. Fun video today-lots of laughter!

[@teresacarle294]

🎁 Cadeau at the Chateau 🏰 might be my 🤩favorite series 📲. It gives us such a long, leisurely, & largely uninterrupted glimpse of these lovely LaLanders 💐 (as well as the generous & engaged fans around the globe 🌎) . 😿 So enjoy 👀 seeing their 💫 camaraderie, joy & fellowship. 🥳 Feels like hanging out with friends for a toast🥂 & nibble🧀. 🎲🎲 Bet the beautiful Nati looks remarkable in almost every color under the 🌈 rainbow. Although the feminine rust top & hip khaki pants suited her quite well. 🤔 Thought Selmar looked quite dashing and refreshing🍋 in the blue & white dress shirt tucked in the white jeans. (🤗 Liked his 🌿leafy botanical shirt @ the start too.) 😉 Not sure he is the slouchy, untucked type〰️but it could be equally striking that way with dark blue denim. 💚 Bridget from Cali ☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)

[@sharon9399]

The kitchen Tango would be amazing and so fun. Go for it.

[@johncunningham1098]

You are all so authentic and lovely. God bless eag o’clock you. 💕

[@CatherinesChronicles_]

Started collecting SPODE because of this channel! Found great plates this weekend ..vintage shopping in MICHIGAN , of all places !

[@VivPhotography]

I loooove the sleigh bed they are sitting on. Gorgeous!

[@marykelly9698]

Glad to see all the gorgeous people back again

[@mavep2855]

Lovely people, lovely gifts and all for a good cause. Thanks Stephanie🙏🏼❤️

[@sharon9399]

Those cards are brilliant. I love them and they are so fun.

[@jobopening5085]

Thank you for including Michael and Selmar 😁

[@KathrynKauffmanPsychicMedium]

I loved that you pulled the insight cards these are very good at introspection into each person's challenges on their life path. I would be glad to explain exactly how readings work scientifically if you are interested. It's all a matter of quantum physics. Love your videos they are so relaxing for me. Double thanks 😍

[@amandalevy1227]

@Kathryn Kaufman. M would love to know more about how these cards work. Possible?

[@westernnut8407]

How fun to see you all together! "Becoming Supernatural" is one of my favorites. It's a life-changing book about our role in this quantum universe. I was compelled to share my realizations as I read it so I created the KZbin channel "My Quantum Aha." It looks like she sent you books by some of my favorite authors!

[@suellenmcgillick8177]

It’s exciting to see who comes and goes when you’re doing the opening of gifts. Hello Selmar and Michael and Andy. Hello from wet Burlington MAssachusetts. It’s rained so many days it probably feels like London.

[@lindamitman4538]

What fun! The recipe books look amazing. Especially the cocktails! Thanks for brightening my day on this hot Phoenix afternoon.

[@jennifersclubhouse6516]

Glad that Selmar is back, its nice to see all of you in one setting, i mean why not use a camera stand so that we can see all of you, not one behind the camera to zoom, Its nice that the camera is STILL.

[@klaaskingma7435]

It’s hard to fit everyone in frame and still be relatively close to the action and the camera person just checks that the focus is correct and the camera is still rolling. Many of the smaller items they need to come closer for in order to show them off too

[@jeannebernard923]

I really enjoy watching all at La lanade. It's real therapy for many of us. GBU all

[@fast800journeylifebeyond5]

Michael looks like a young boy with his new haircut, looks great, I like it when he visits he adds an aura with his lovely charm

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

That shirt would look great with Selmar's orange 'Kings day's suit! Lovely to see you all together again. x

[@susangillespie7226]

Ruby knows a good and genuine soul.

[@smills7303]

Fun fact: the pinch is the amount of honey that a bee makes in its lifetime!

[@neilchisholm797]

I don’t know whether that is the most moving thing I’ve ever read or the saddest thing. They work so hard yet all they produce is a pinch. I’m so moved!

[@smills7303]

@@neilchisholm797 it makes me appreciate the sweetness all the more…

[@lydiaschicklin5978]

As always... gorgeous and thoughtful gifts! Bisous from Alsace 😁😍😘🤗

[@catherinebyrne1796]

As allways lovely presents or surprises people are really kind love to you all💚

[@jennifercasavant-yealy900]

Nate you are a beautiful soul ~ thank you 😊 Looking forward to seeing your new place fully decorated. Special. Enjoy seeing everyone today. God bless 🙏 🙌 ❤

[@marchjescanlin7436]

Ha Michael and Thelma are back. Well some of the old faces are good to see. It just seems such a long time ago That we have seen Michael. All looking fairly good with covid ones that side of the world. Let's all hope it stays that way. Winter here and lots of rain which is unusuall here this side of Australia more then we have had for a very long time. But then so have you by watching the blogs. Maybe your lake will fill up itself. Like we are hoping our dams will fill. Take care all of you keep safe and well. Love from Australia.

[@imhappy3093]

What a fun filled Cadeaux. It was wonderful to hear all the joyous laughter!

[@stephaniewaters4931]

Lovely gifts for lovely people. 🥰

[@barbibutton9619]

Selmar is here. Yippee. Wait...is that Michael Potts? Yes!! 🙂Another good vlog. TY

[@Randy8923]

Enjoyed. I adore the painting of a dapper Ruby! Beautiful. Love to all ❤

[@afolsom685]

I do love Monday afternoons - thanks to Lalanders!😍😍😍

[@lawrencebaker2318]

Oh you guys! I laughed and laughed! Thank you, so much!

[@nataliedrysdale7238]

Selmar is back 😊

[@ankiking]

So funny, it looks like Stephanie is the one on the front of the pool float box 😆.

[@jolombardi1391]

Beautiful shirt Selmar