The Three Musketeers

[Chrisdoc]

Lisa, I would definitely recommend as it´s a fabulous show and I love it. You do have to start from the beginning and get to know the characters. Series 1 was great, series 2 was a bit slower but series 3 has been terrific. I knew that it had started in the states just after the series ended in the UK. You will get so hooked, I´m telling you.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Just had to post this photo that I took earlier. I love how Bandy lays out and Snowy cuddles up. The difference in size looks a lot. They just love cuddling up to each other. His feet look so dirty, must cut his fur down and he has straw on his back end. I was going to take it off but didn´t want to disturb them as they looked so peaceful

I went to my friend´s yesterday and yes, it was a bbq although we sat inside as it was really windy although still 19ºC. Here are the girls with their glass of bubbly, a lovely day had by all and the birthday girl is looking girl is looking good. My friend Vicky was wearing her flamenco apron, I wouldn´t let her take it off before taking the photo.

 

[HolyHandGrenade]

I love Bandy's buttfluff!

 

[whitelop]

I love Bandy's buttfluff too! He's so stretched out and happy looking! Look at Houdini cleaning himself in his enclosure. His ears are really dark!

What a beautiful view your friend has! Wow. The weather looks so wonderful and clear. I want to come to Spain SO bad. I hope you ladies had fun at the bbq!

As much as I love British tv, I've never watched Downtown Abbey! I can't believe it. I'm ashamed of myself, because I love British tv. I've talked about how much I love it before, because I've been re-watching Skins, its a teen show on the E4 network and they let A LOT of stuff pass that American shows wouldn't let through. I love other British shows too. I think I have a few episodes of Downtown Abbey on netflix. Hopefully I can find them and start to watch them and then hopefully they'll put series two and three on there. hahaha.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh my goodness, Chris I've said before, I think its so great the cuddling yours do. Mine, although bonded, aren't nearly as snuggly as your boys. The butt fluff is to die for!!! And am I right to say I see Houdini over there cleaning himself again like nothing bothers him???? He is just too cool for school hehehehe

Your BBQ looks like fun and wow the view is spectacular! Your friends look great but darn it....I bet you were taking the picture? but I wish we could have seen you in the photo too...(hint, hint )

So guess what I did this morning? I watched the first episode of season 1 Downton Abbey. LOVED it!!!! My son and hubby were still in bed so I streamed it on iPad. I'm Already addicted and I'm gonna watch them all. Now, when I'll have the time to do so I have no idea,,,hahahah. I'm reading a great book now ( The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry) so between that and my son and hubby and that show...who knows. But I will watch it! Omg, the costumes and the house itself had me from the get go. And Maggie Smith and also Lord and Lady Crawley (sp? Not sure if Im Saying their title or name right) I recognize from the movie Notting Hill and She's Having a Baby! You probably forget the very first episode but I was shocked at the end of the first one!! Anyway...I'm hooked

 

[Chrisdoc]

I love Bandy's buttfluff too! He's so stretched out and happy looking! Look at Houdini cleaning himself in his enclosure. His ears are really dark!

What a beautiful view your friend has! Wow. The weather looks so wonderful and clear. I want to come to Spain SO bad. I hope you ladies had fun at the bbq!

As much as I love British tv, I've never watched Downtown Abbey! I can't believe it. I'm ashamed of myself, because I love British tv. I've talked about how much I love it before, because I've been re-watching Skins, its a teen show on the E4 network and they let A LOT of stuff pass that American shows wouldn't let through. I love other British shows too. I think I have a few episodes of Downtown Abbey on netflix. Hopefully I can find them and start to watch them and then hopefully they'll put series two and three on there. hahaha.

Yes, Bandy´s fur is just awesome but his feet look so dirty. They spend loads of time cuddled together although they do like their own space, Bandy loves it in the wooden house and so does Snowy so they take turns lol. I love Houdini´s colour as well, his ears are all dark and his face only has the white line down the middle. He´s such an unusual mixture.

Morgan, you must watch Downtown, as you can see, Lisa´s got hooked already, it´s such a great series to get hooked on, you´ll finish one episode and will be dying to see the next to see what´s happened. I´m dying to see series 4 after the special at Christmas.

it was a lovely day Saturday but really windy so we had to eat in but she lives in the countryside so the views are spectacular and I came home with a massive cabbage, the leaves are twice the size of the bunnies, some dandelion and some lemons.

Lisa, they are such good boys and yes, Houdini is cleaning himself, he´s just so laid back sometimes and happy to do his own thing.

I am in the photo, my friend´s husband too it. I´m the one in the middle, I just am not photogenic and my hair needs colouring which I´ll probably do this week.

Downton is so good, I´m glad you´re enjoying it. They are the Crawleys but it´s the Earl of Grantham and his mother is the Dowager Countess, that´s Maggie Smith. I just love her in the role, she is sometimes so funny and her expressions are just awesome. The good thing is there are only 8 episodes per serie plus one special which is normally shown in the UK at Christmas. So you´ve got 3 series to watch. Yes, Hugh Boneville plays the Earl and Elizabeth McGovern plays his wife. In series 3, Shirley MacLaine plays her mother. But I love the costumes as well and that house is so beautiful. Let me know what you think as you go along.

 

[JBun]

That is the cutest picture ever! Snowy looks so tiny snuggled up with Bandy, and Bandy is soo fluffy. I just love it when they kick they're feet out like that.

I'm so glad someone has finally said they like Downton on here. I've been watching it from the start and and haven't had anyone to chat with about it. I guess I won't talk to you about series 3 yet, which is showing here in the states right now, cause I don't want to spoil any surprises for Lisa or Morgan. Lets' just say I was bawling after last weeks show, so you know what I'm talking about Chris. Oh, and I just love Maggie Smith. She totally makes the show a lot of what it is. You just can't get any better than her. So Lisa and Morgan, you girls have to get caught up to series 3 so we can chat together about it

It was fun to see the picture of you with your friends. It looks like you had a fun time together. Your pictures of Spain always look so wonderful. It has me longing for warm weather and sunshine

 

[Chrisdoc]

I think that they both look so comfy and happy together and yes, Snowy looks really tiny in comparison. They absolutely love that cushion they´re lying on. My friend´s sister bought if for them at Christmas and it´s been a real hit. They have a had a bit of a bite at it, i was sewing up some tears in it earlier while they´re out.

Jenny, ánother Downtown fan, I absolutely love it. Yes, I know exactly where you´ve got to...OMG when I saw it, I couldn´t believe it. I love talking about these things so it will be great when Lisa and Morgan have caught up. I´ve seen all of it so you´ve got lots more excitement still to come.

It´s still lovely and sunny here. Quite cool in the mornings but once it hits midday, it´s just so lovely to sit out in the warmth. We had a great time as I don´t see her too often as she lives on the other side of Malaga so it´s always nice when I get up there. I do love it though as I always bring goodies back for the boys.

I´m really happy today as I got two big bunches of dill for a couple of euros and they absolutely love it. I also got three big fennel bulbs for me although I think the buns can have it as well but it had all the greens on as well, they´ve never had those but it looks a bit like the dill so I´m hoping they like them. I also got some carrot tops for free so I´m well pleased.

Getting really annoyed this afternoon as trying to ring the electricity company to get some information. I´ve called twice already and they had me holding the first time for nearly 15 minutes and the second for nearly 10. They don´t actually tell you how long you may be waiting to get connected and they play the same darn music over and over. I´ve hung up now twice and will try again a bit later. Customer services here is pretty awful. Good job these calls are free or I´d be even more annoyed.

 

[Chrisdoc]

It´s one of those series that gets you really involved with all the characters, upstairs and downstairs. I think it´s really well written and the costumes and scenery are fabulous. It´s really funny for me though cos although the house in the series is in Newbury in the south of England, the series is set in Yorkshire in the north of England which is where I´m from so some of the places and towns they talk about are places I´ve visited or been to. There is a website with info on the house and you can actually visit it too.
http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/ and it has a section on Downton Abbey as well which is so interesting.

I do love discussing what happening on my favourite series with others so I´m so excited about this.

Yes, that´s me in the middle, I look a bit strange but my hair looks really flat. I´m off to put the colour on it in about quarter of an hour so I´ll look ten years younger after that lol.

 

[JBun]

I just love all those period shows. LOVE Pride and Prejudice, North and South(BBC one), Lark Rise to Candleford. I'm a big mystery buff too so I go for all those period mysteries as well, like Poirot, Foyle's War, and Sherlock Holmes. The new Sherlock series is pretty good too. Have you seen the new Upstairs Downstairs series? I really liked series 1, Jean Marsh was great, but didn't like what they did with it in series 2.

I love seeing the English countryside in those shows. When I was over there, I HAD to visit the hall they used in Pride and Prejudice. I couldn't be in the UK and not see Pemberley, and this was during the whole foot and mouth thing back then. I was basically backpacking around the country so I was walking everywhere when I wasn't taking the bus or train. Well, I walked over to Lyme Hall(Pemberley) from the train station, but because of the foot and mouth they weren't letting anyone enter the grounds on foot. People had to be driving in. I had to see it, so I stood at the entrance pretty much begging everyone driving in to give me a lift. Finally this nice guy gave me a lift in. I'm so glad that I got to see it. I just loved the old architecture and history of everything over there. That's one thing we don't have as much of over here in the states. I mean, we do have some older architecture, like only a few hundred years old, but it's nothing to compare with what you have in Europe.

And I agree. The costuming is magnificent in Downton. I took a few costuming classes in college, so I really pay attention to the costumes in shows and love to see them done well. That is one thing about the British, they do the period clothing in these kind of shows really well.

 

[agnesthelion]

Jenny I looooooove Pride and Prejudice! I'm fascinated with Jane Austen writing a book so ahead of it's time with Elizabeth Bennet being so determined (for "back then") and Mr Darcy is just so..... addicting and charming......haha...I dunno. It's just crazy to me that she wrote this, like, 1800 something? and here it is 2013 and the story is still so alive in remakes and movies and such. I'm a fan. I've read it twice and it's one of those books I will always keep and just reread as time goes on.....

 

[Chrisdoc]

Jenny, I love all those series you´ve mentioned and yes, did see the first series of Upstairs Downstairs and have some of the episodes from the second series but it didn´t get such good reviews so haven´t watched them yet. I loved Poirot and the original Upstairs Downstairs which they repeat on UK tv. Funnily enough, they just started the series of Sherlock last night on Spanish tv, I missed it but they´ll probably repeat it at the weekend so will catch up then, I´ve heard it´s really good.

I´ve loved loads of the adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, there have been so many. Can´t believe you begged a ride to see the house, where else in the UK did you visit, I´m originally from Leeds in Yorkshire. There is some beautiful countryside and some great old houses. I am so excited cos they´re starting the Tour de France cycle race from Leeds this year, I really wish I was there to see it but there´s no way I can get back in the middle of the summer. It´s also travelling round the Yorkshire countryside to do some of the mountain trials and then lastly down to London but it is so exciting.

They actually do some decent costume dramas here in Spain as well and they do have some great history. They´re showing Juana la Loca (Jane the Mad) on Saturday so think I will watch it again.

 

[Katielovesleo3]

Love the buttfluff haha. Buster has what I call a buttskirt. I also teased him and called it a tutu ha!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Yes, I love his furry bottom. I know what you mean, he almost looks as though he´s now got a skirt but it is so cute. A heck of a job to keep looking nice but I just love it. A bunny tutu, that is so funny :laugh:

 

[whitelop]

I watched the first episode of the first series of Downtown Abbey. Or Downtin Abbey as they say. ahha. I liked it. I may have to rewatch it though, my brain was in another place so I don't really remember all of it.
I love the way they dressed. It was so great. I love that they dress differently for every meal and every thing they do. AND that is a lot of servants and maids and footmen and valets! Wow. Its amazing how much it took to keep an estate like that running smoothly. I also love how they had just gotten electricity and Maggie Smith was like blinded by the electric chandelier. haha. She is such a great actor, I love Maggie Smith. She's one of my most favorite people ever.
Like I said though, I need to re-watch to remember it better. Maybe I'll make my husband watch it, he should love a good period drama...NOT! haha.

 

[JBun]

Lisa, I'm totally in love with Mr. Darcy, haha. Might be why I'm not married yet. Who can measure up to Mr. Darcy I had seen the Colin Firth P&P so many times but never read the book, then when I was backpacking through the UK, I thought it would be a fitting place to start reading it. Jane Austen was brilliant, and you're so right about her being ahead of her time. I'm sure Elizabeth Bennet's character probably seemed odd to a lot of people at the time, since that kind of independent personality wasn't exactly socially acceptable. And reading the book almost felt like I was reading a movie script. The dialog was so well written by her that it almost tranferred perfectly to film.

Chris, I was mostly doing some family history stuff for my mom there, so I was mostly in Scotland and N. Ireland since that is where some of my ancestry comes from. But I did see a few places in England. I spent a few days in London, but I'm not much of a city gal, so I felt much better getting out into the counryside. I saw Windsor Castle, of course Jane Austen's house. I love the movie Princess Bride, so I had to see Haddon Hall. I stayed in Buxton when I went to see Lyme Hall. I really loved Buxton. It was so pretty and peaceful there. Those were the few things that I saw while there, so not a lot. If I ever go back, I think I will want to spend more time seeing things in England.

I was so looking forward to series 2 of Upstairs Downstairs, and was so disappointed when I saw the first episode. Not only was Jean Marsh hardly in it, but the mother of the son wasn't in it! I guess the actress didn't like the writing for the second series so she didn't do it. They would have been better off rewriting the script so that she would have wanted to do it. Her and Jean Marsh were part of what made the show so good. It would be like not having Maggie Smith in Downton, it would totally ruin the show. And it did for UD. I didn't even bother to finish watching it, that's how bad it was.

Poirot is probably one of my most favorite shows. I love mysteries anyways, but David Suchet is just perfect in his part. It's almost weird seeing him in other things because he plays his part so well. He just IS Poirot. I like the first few series of it the best, with Hastings and Miss Lemon. It's more lighthearted and fun to watch. I still like the later shows, but they have a more serious tone then the beginning shows. Have you ever seen the old Poirot movies with Albert Finney? Oh my gosh, they're horrible. He was just awful as Poirot, I couldn't stop laughing when I watched it.

Oh no Morgan, not 'Downtown' Abbey, Downton Abbey. Haha, that's what my mom keeps calling it too. Downton Abbey just doesn't sound right to her Lol, could you just imagine us dressing up like that for dinner at home with our family. I'm lucky if I manage to be in more than my sweats at dinner time, haha. Could you just see telling your husband to go dress for dinner. lol. Wow, we lead such different lives now. I wouldn't mind the servants though, like a cook would be great! I hate cooking

 

[agnesthelion]

Jenny I would love to see all those places and how great you got to visit. I like Princess Bride too but just not obsessed like some of the Princess Bride fans are and yes Mr Darcy is amazing and I can totally relate to your love for him. The dialogue is amazing and what makes the book, I think. And as much ad I love the book I haven't ever seen any P&P movie all the way through. It's just nothing compare to those true characters in the book!

Ash yes, Downton, not Downtown, Abbey, I'm 3 episodes in now. Omg if I didn't have other things to tend to in my life I could curl up and watch them all day. Loving it!

I won't give any of the plot away, but I'm really starting to get to know the characters better now. I loooove Maggie Smith, and I also like Lord Grantham. I think he's got a great sense of morality and a big heart. I love how his wealth doesn't seem to cloud what he believes to be right and wrong. I also love Mr Bates. His smile is adorable and he just seems like a good guy.

I'm not a fan of Lady Grantham. Not sure why, it might be Elizabrth Mcgoverns acting?? Which, I loved her in She's Having a Baby but not digging her so far in this.

Mary (the eldest daughter) seems like a bit of an uppity snot sometimes. The other two daughters seem "nicer" for lack of a better way to say it.

I like most of the servants except for Thomas, of course, and his sidekick I forget that lady's name...

Anyway, keep in mind I'm only 3 episodes in so things could change on my opinions but that'd my thoughts so far.

Oh and I'm also liking the cousin matthew Crawley and his mom so far. The family doesn't like them, but I do so far

Love this show!!!

 

[whitelop]

Hahaha. I feel like a *******! Shows how much I was paying attention yesterday while watching. hahaa.
I really think I should re-watch. lmao. Clearly the bleach that I use to keep my hair so amazingly blonde, has effected my brain power.

 

[JBun]

Hahaha. I feel like a *******! Shows how much I was paying attention yesterday while watching. hahaa.
I really think I should re-watch. lmao. Clearly the bleach that I use to keep my hair so amazingly blonde, has effected my brain power.

:laugh: You don't really use bleach, right? My nephew when he was a teenager really thought people used bleach to bleach their hair. So of course he stuck his head in a bowl of bleach. BIG mistake!

I wasn't a big fan of the theatrical release of P&P with Keira Knightley, as it just seemed too short and incomplete to me, but I love the BBC one with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. I really love the costuming in it. It was really done well. Haha, but that's just me with my costume obsession

I really like the youngest sister in Downton. She's by far the nicest one. The other two are pretty mean to each other. Yeah, Lady Grantham doesn't have the most likable character. It doesn't seem like she's supposed to though, so I guess that would be good writing on their part if that was what they were trying to accomplish. You can't but help love Maggie Smith, she's just so witty, and I love the interaction between her and Matthew's mother. It's so entertaining to hear those twos subtle jabs at one another. I don't like Thomas and Miss O'brian at all, but they are supposed to be the designated bad guys.

 

[agnesthelion]

Miss obrien, yes that's her name. Yup, designated bad guys not supposed to like them

The girl who plays the youngest daughter, Cybil is that her name?, is beautiful!!

Oh and mr Carson, I think I like him....? Haha. It's just every once in awhile he'll say or do something that makes me wonder about him. But so far so good.....

One liners between Maggie smith and Matthews mom are hilarious! Maggie smith can dominate a scene just with her facial expressions!! Lol.