Dame JOANNA LUMLEY has a message for you | Manor & Maker

We're in London! We're getting the word out, with the help of actor Dame Joanna Lumley, about Conservation Without Borders new expedition & venture! And it's Steve's Birthday! And we're in London!
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Sara, an IT professional & Stephen a graphic designer and artist are world-traveling Canadians who dreamt of moving to Europe, and France in particular. In 2020 they were working from home when Stephen turned to Sara and popped the question she was longing to hear, “What would have to be true for us to buy a chateau in France?” They searched online for months viewing hundreds of properties. They narrowed their search and toured some properties when they happened upon the one that captured our hearts, Château de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A year later they made the move to France to start their new adventure in our beautiful Château. They created “Manor and Maker” to reflect the two sides of their adventure. One, to live as chateau owners with all the ups and downs and two, to pursue their passions as makers, creating art in all its forms. They will invite others to come together, united by their passions, to share in this adventure. We invite you to join us too, as we bring our dreams to life. Welcome to Manor & Maker.

[@lisaakinlabi]

Happy Birthday Steve! I love Joanna and the adventure programs she did and of course her comedy. What a lucky encounter - thanks for sharing.

[@ManorandMaker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dorislong9420]

Happy Birthday Steve!🎁🎈🎉

[@Tony-InLosAngeles]

Hey 🥳 Happy Birthday Steve! For decades ever since I can remember the California Condors were endangered through breeding centers which I traveled nearby weekly as a kid. Took 25 birds to today’s 450 across multiple locations. Their latest big threat of the past from lead poisoning, eating animals with buckshot in them, until the bill passed requires use of nonlead ammunition statewide for the taking of all wildlife. So Vultures can do all right, there’s hope! 😊

[@paivitiitta1884]

I"ve seen Joanna Lumleys spice trail adventures and was so mesmerized ! Happy birthday to Steve !

[@cathyhelmuth823]

I was in London 9 days in April and 8 days in Paris. Miss the culture, the people , the food and beverages, history, and beautiful architecture. If my family would return with me, I would go and stay!

[@srigging]

Happy Birthday 🎉 Looks like you enjoyed your special day Steve. 👏👏 What fun to meet Joanna Lumley! Thanks for taking us along on your wonderful London trip. Best to you both ❤

[@lawrencebaker2318]

Happy Birthday Steve! There are a flock of buzzards that roost about a half mile from my house (suburban Midwest USA). I love seeing them gliding around and around in endless circles. No, they are not the prettiest of birds by any means, but they are necessary and are majestic in flight with their long wing spans. It is especially cool to see a group of them flying at different heights, spread out across the sky.

[@Tony-InLosAngeles]

We have condors and they are huge over nine foot

[@ManorandMaker]

Very cool!

[@lawrencebaker2318]

@@Tony-InLosAngeles I bet the condors are truly amazing. Our buzzards aren't that big.

[@cartier0069]

Happy belated birthday Steve and many more.

[@Zillah82]

Brian and Wendy Froud are childhood heros of mine and I absolutely adore Joanna Lumley. What a cool birthday to have! Happiest birthday, Steve!

[@SetCCC]

LOVE Joanna! Happy birthday Steve!

[@lauraclaudia8159]

Happy Birthday, Steve! Desserts all the way is a wonderful idea!👍🥳🎂🥂🍾

[@maryannchaisson6742]

Happy Birthday Steve!!🇨🇦🤗🌷🇨🇦

[@patricianathan4676]

As you commented, the gold is subtle, and the olay of light in the window resess is beautiful. I am sure both of you can make it work . I think its delightful. Thank you for sharing your trip.WCL

[@veronicarunge2241]

Great way to celebrate a birthday - Happy Birthday Steve - thank you for sharing from Australia.

[@lindagage7315]

Happy birthday! Great trip to London! Love Joanna!

[@crinkle2649]

I absolutely love Joanna Lumley, she's fabulous

[@ManorandMaker]

So very fabulous…

[@lindaelliott5411]

@@ManorandMaker….absolutely!😂

[@pdq5465]

What an adventure for your birthday, Steve! Belated happy birthday 🥳🍾🎂🥂⭐️🇨🇦

[@rtatina2130]

Happy birthday Steve!🎉

[@batteredbacon]

Absolutely love the queens house look for your place....so much better for displaying art, less fighting with your current wallpaper ......happy birthday Steve 🎉

[@ManorandMaker]

Good inspiration indeed.

[@MsLinda165]

Joanna Is Absolutely Fabulous! I"ve been binge watching her series on the Nile, on India and on trains in the UK. She's a national treasure. LOVE LOVE LOVE. Happy birthday Steve, and many happy returns of the day. Can't imagine a cooler day. Vultures of course need protecting. Swans, Vultures, the Yin and Yang.

[@123uschie]

Happy Birthday Steve!

[@evakinney3152]

Sarah, many years ago I visited Parlange Plantation in Louisiana. In true southern hospitality, Lucy Parlange greeted me from the upper veranda, “Darlin, do you play the harp?” I replied no, but I have always wanted to. Lucy invited me in, gave me a tour of their 1750 home, served refreshments and we visited while I learned the history of house and the famous Sargent painting Madame X aka Amélie Avegno Gautreau. Amélie’s grandparents I believe were the founders of the plantation and she lived there a while. I saw a similar painting while I was there but the right strap was hanging off her shoulder. Miss Lucy said the painting was shared by the family and a museum in France I believe and would travel back and forth. I know Sargent painted over the original and moved the strap up onto her shoulder to calm the scandal it caused. The house has a history of hosting both Union and Confederate generals during the US Civil War where the owners hid their silver to keep it safe. Miss Lucy invited me to stay when I returned and gifted me a cookbook from the region. I treasure it to today.

[@ManorandMaker]

Wow that’s a great story! And you’re quite right about the scandalous strap!

[@kimsytsma8493]

Happy Birthday!

[@cherylmcgrath9081]

"Happy BIRTHDAY Steve" Hope YOU had the BEST Day EVER! WOW! what a GREAT trip...LOVED everything, thanks for sharing London...LOVE from Chicago

[@toddmurphy523]

The music during the "Queen's House" sounded so much like Downton Abbey's theme music....👍

[@trishwinstead28]

Happy Birthday, Steve. Looking forward to Tuesday so we can join the joy! Congratulations

[@angelagalloway5486]

Aww great vlog and mrs Lumley is fantastic 😊

[@toddmurphy523]

Joanna Lumley is absolutely fabulous....😉

[@susanhayirli8474]

Your home would look so light, bright and stylish with white plus a hint of blue for the grand entrance too

[@grantmaguire9256]

We live in deep south western ontario canada. Kingsville, and are right on the migration path of our Turkey Vultures. Every fall they soar and glide effortlessly as they make there way south. Always enjoyable watching these essential birds flying in our skies

[@maureenkachor4874]

We have turkey vultures around our acreage in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. They are incredible majestic creatures and we feel so lucky when they fly over.

[@sandradrees5499]

Happy birthday Steve 🎂🍾🥂🥳 I adore Joanna Lumley. She is my inspiration to not get old! Love the conservation work. Well done xx

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Glad you had a great birthday. THank you for introducing me to the Queen's House.

[@edwardulrich1515]

🎈🥂🍾 Happy Birthday, Steve 🎁 🎭 🪅!!! Perhaps unwittingly, you made a subliminal shout-out to CHÂTEAU LOVE by focusing on the sign "fromage de semaine." If you know, you know.

[@ManorandMaker]

Good eye. That was an Easter egg.

[@marthaizaguirre6363]

Steve, hope your birthday was "absolutely fabulous"! 😄

[@trinahayden747]

Happy birthday Steve ..Hope you had a splendid time in London ..

[@RonRobertson-lafrance]

What an Absolutely Fabulous Birthday! Happy Birthday! Beautiful visit! I've never seen the Queen's House, I love what they did with the gold on the walls, the blue stair rail, and of course that amazing marble floor.

[@hannayoung9657]

Did you know in the bible every where it says eagle, the original script said vultures?

[@ManorandMaker]

I did not know that! What an interesting cultural shift…

[@cathyellingsworth8300]

Happy Birthday Steve! What a fabulous event! Love the works by the Froud's!

[@blakehahn-atlantaga8510]

Happy birthday! Wonderful trip! Thank you for sharing!

[@rhondathomas7952]

Happy Birthday Steve! Loved the queens house. Especially the blue stair railing against the lighter walls.

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Lovlies, oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎂🥳 my partner is also May 28 🎊🍾🍻 wow how exciting meeting Joanna Lumley! I’ve enjoyed her as an actress throughout the years. Truly giving back to nature and all its creatures. Safe Travels Luv Southern Ontario Canada. 🇨🇦🐝

[@maryjanekolesar8325]

Happiest of CAKE DAYS!!! I LOVE birds of pray but then I keep a parŕot. Turkey Vultures here are so odd looking that they're beautiful.

[@lenystipene60]

Steve, I'd definitely go easy on the desserts. After your recent fall with having high blood pressure, I'd be easing up on all the desserts & looking at my diet. That, I'm doing exactly that. Happy Birthday Steve. ❤🙏

[@maryannchaisson6742]

Really enjoyed this video. Excellent and the short tour in London. Hope you had a wonderful birthday. I thought the way the walls were painted in the Queens house was amazing, not sure if it would be as great in the Chateau. You both have very exquisite taste - so sure it will be beautiful no matter what you do. ps. I loved that green w/ leaves paper you created - it’s all so beautiful, tastefully done. As an older senior, I’ll likely never see it all in person, but so enjoy your adventures. Congratulations on your wedding also. All my very good wishes & love from Canada . 🇨🇦👏👏💐🇨🇦

[@lavonnemountain6133]

Happy Birthday Steve, glad you treated yourself well. I saw the Sargent exhibition in Boston last year it was exciting! Great vlog, fun day.

[@MK-Farm-Michigan]

We have many vultures around our farm in Michigan. As well as crows and turkey buzzards.

[@TheCrowsNest1950]

Hi Sara & Stephen, Watching the presentation today it brought to mind a visit to downtown Miami with friends. They pointed out to me that there is always a flock of vultures flying and circling the sky above the courthouse in Miami. The locals think appropriately amusing, as do I. Mark & Scott

[@gaiayoyo]

Happy Birthday Steve! And the gold on the white walls is amazing.

[@peterwhite9261]

That was beautiful. You got to talk to Dame Brumbly, too. How cool. All for very good cause. Great vlog. ❤

[@almawebber]

years ago ( and it may still be happening ) when I lived in Charlottesville VA there was a victorian house ( maybe 100+ yrs old) and a LOT of vultures sat on top of the house so bizarre

[@gabygaedecke2411]

Yes, turkey vultures are quite common in SW Ontario, and always a sign of a healthy ecosystem ... when they start disappearing, you know the local wildlife is in danger. We love seeing their distinctive pinions as they fly - the look like graceful fingers.

[@niser54]

I love the painting technique in the Queen’s Home - subtle, stylish, fresh

[@jenniferogg886]

Wow what a wonderful visit to London, thanks for showing us around! Happy Birthday Steve too 🎂

[@CatherineB-cx4lv]

That was a wonderful vlog, thank you so much for sharing! Especially liked the last part, so we’ll edited and gave me inspiration to return to London

[@chrisbrun6085]

Happy belated birthday! Excellent decision to have the deserts multiple times a day!👍😀

[@karenniehues4786]

I think adding some gold detail would be awesome! Might want to use some of the symbols found in LaLande’s chapel!

[@JonathanRobinson-x4x]

great vlog! I love that you caught the better bits of London, and some of the less touristy parts too. Tate Britain is fantastic, and of course the French Deli.

[@trishwinstead28]

I love ❤️ vultures. I live in a high mountain dessert and I see the vultures flying so high. Gorgeous

[@moxielouise]

years ago i decided if i come back as anyone it would be Joanna Lumley. so much love, respect and adoration for her

[@UnicornPurple-ut8wf]

Yes…I remember when India attempted to rid a city of vultures and the decay and diseases came right in.

[@Ambers_Team]

Yes I love the mezzanine texture idea Sarah sounds beautiful 🤩

[@donnadodman8865]

Happy Birthday Steve from Alberta ❤

[@crinkle2649]

This is so weird because there were 4 black vultures in our backyard yesterday. There is a power line back there that birds keep touching and then hit the ground. I didn't even know we had vultures in Kentucky, but we have 2 kinds, black vultures and turkey vultures. I took several pictures of them.

[@ManorandMaker]

Get the word out! Make those important birds matter!

[@kevinjewell233]

So is Patsy Stone now a member of your cast since Edina Monsoon won't do any more Ab FaB?????

[@realmms]

Fergus Ontario ??? I am from down the road in Waterloo Ontario :)

[@maryannaarnold3817]

The cobalt Blue ornate hand railing against the white walls is stunningingly beautiful.

[@mattaaronwalker88]

When I tell you I love Joanna her docs on japan and ab fab of course my cats named saffy after edwinas daughter 😂

[@xaxmac1948]

The gold on white would look stunning in your massive hallway!

[@TeresaBell-ou1cz]

Happy birthday from Niagara 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@Heritagebrowser-JethroMortier]

Happy Birthday! and sonice to see one of my favourite actresses in conversation on this channel

[@dba750]

Steve sets off everyone's gaydar ( gay radar!)!!!!!!

[@Sophia-zk3tw]

Happy birthday Steve your so very talented 👏🏼

[@amyschneidhorst1384]

I am really drawn to the violet blue wrought staircase.

[@samanthaholland5172]

I liked the staircase in the Queen 's place. But only because it goes with the white walls

[@lrlasvegas6427]

The idea of the gold wall-detailing would be exciting in your chateau!

[@vfl5211]

Great episode but I found the sound very hard to hear - maybe just me?!

[@Motherhubbard170]

Sarah can sure hold her own against these glamourous ladies, Sarah's hair and skin is stunning

[@janetvorenkamp3655]

blue railing so interesting. I liked it . maybe needs a little more black in it.

[@bobolpatrick3789]

j'adore cette actrice, elle est très connue aussi en France ,je l'ai toujours appelée Purdey

[@neilhartley2526]

Meeting Joanna Lumley must be like having all your birthdays come at once. A good place to observe and learn about vultures down here in SW France is at La Maison des Vautours in the gorge de la Jonte. I'd be happy to accompany Dame Joanna on a visit there😍

[@ManorandMaker]

Hi Neil! That sounds like a great idea!

[@carolynyoung3615]

Happy Birthday Steve! Love the dessert day!

[@johncarolrenner6788]

~Happy Birthday Steve~ 🎂🍧🎈🎁🎈🎉🎈🎈🎊🎉🎉So Loved the Fashion Exhibit especially the green dress with the burgundy cape ( in the case )

[@ManorandMaker]

We really enjoyed it. Worth it if you’re in the area.

[@jeanettebeevor-reid5866]

Happy birthday Steve fabulous video today. Love Joanna Lumley such a wonderfully interesting and interested person. Loved the decor of the Queens house, I can see this in your Chateau it would definitely work with your art exhibitions too. Happy Wedding dress sewing too❤ x

[@ManorandMaker]

Thank you.

[@jeanninef2110]

Happy Birthday Steve...abit late!!

[@patriciasmith9712]

What a marvelous video - music was perfect and subject was inspiring....rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous - what a life ❤❤❤

[@ManorandMaker]

We’re still asking ourselves how this all happened!

[@nlstevens1]

Steve Happy Birthday. Steve I watched the video vlog from Stephanie & Phillip . Saw that you had passed out. They checked you & cleared you yahoo. Wondering did they do an echocardiogram? Reason I am asking also was passing out (twice) they found I had a leaky heart value. Please make sure they check this.

[@ManorandMaker]

They did do an ECG - all is well.

[@cwatson3495]

The Kings red portrait is so…..so…… red.

[@zeddez1005]

Here's one for you regarding vultures. Everywhere in the OT and NT the word vulture was replaced with the eagle in the English language.

[@ManorandMaker]

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

[@vrpedulla3093]

Happy Birthday Steve, what a great way to spend your Birthday in London and meeting some celebs. I am not sure I would come back to help with all the ideas of painting all those gold motives on the walls !!!. Loved the Queen's House. Looking forward to Diana Bishops visit tomorrow. Cheers !

[@ManorandMaker]

Lol ... we'd need scaffolding for sure... I still think it would be easier than that wallpaper...

[@joanchaffinbawcom5722]

Happy birthday Steve. Many happy returns of the day! Vultures and buzzards are pretty scary looking, but they are the earth's clean up crew. Plus, they are dinosaurs, which is really cool.

[@ManorandMaker]

Agreed.

[@mariagillinson8527]

Ohhh fudge. You must miss Canada.

[@SB-kz7bq]

Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir❤

[@onedandylion]

Oh I absolutely love the blue filigree bannisters against the contrasting background... what a statement! This was a fascinating and informative video - thank you for sharing.

[@ManorandMaker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@katherinecormack5727]

Haven't been a faithful follower of late (as a Cdn, must say sorry about that!), but this episode brought together so many elements of your life/lives together, that it really feels like your move to France is accomplishing what you set out to do. Really excited for you both that things are coming together so beautifully and that you are both able to express your creative, supportive sides so eloquently. Happy Birthday, Steve (what better gifts than dessert and time spent with Joanna Lumley!)! Cheers!!

[@ManorandMaker]

Thank you for the kind words. We have no regrets.

[@lynnetracey8828]

I like all the light walls for your chateau too.

[@SuperAbcdabcdabcdabc]

Hello from PEI. How is the head?

[@sandrakicklighter2735]

Thank you for sharing the event. I admit vultures are not a species I know much about or have thought of, which I now see as a mistake. As a huge fantasy fan, I am thrilled to learn of new-to-me writers. So glad I watched this video. Finally about the paint design ideas. If you are doing something structurally permanent then keeping, as much as possible, with the period is important. But paint is easily changeable. It's important to be happy in the environment you are living in. If you want to try something with paint that might not be exactly period but will bring a smile to your face seeing it, go for it. It can be painted over if you change your mind later.

[@ManorandMaker]

Well said!

[@suebecker2893]

Beautiful wall decor and blue Stairway. I think it could be great at your Chateau. Paint is not permanent destruction of antiquities. Some modern design is delightful!

[@ManorandMaker]

Very true!

[@lisawalton4234]

Happy Birthday Steve! Ill celebrate your birthday whilst celebrating mine as they are close in date. Sending you a birthday toast for a happy and prosperous year! 🎉🎉

[@ManorandMaker]

Cheers to you on your day!