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Happy Birthday BabyBates ! Two years already ! A happy new year Anna and Bates ! And a happy new year to you all

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SECRET SANTA for @miss-ute Wishing you a merry Christmas with this little story @miss-ute : I was totally under the charm of Anna’s white dress when I saw her wearing it during the Ghillies ball ( S3 CS). First of all because it was the first time she was wearing a real feminine garment, light and pleasant. But above all, my thought was she may have bought it earlier for a special occasion and not only for the journey to the Highlands. Why this opportunity would not have been a kind of wedding party given at the cottage after Bates’ release? They intented to do it, if I refer in the script book from season two. S2 E3 After the Redlion lion scene in Kirkbymoorside, Anna is leaving ( section cut from the original script) p 173 : "Bates and Anna are waiting by the bus stop ANNA : Come back to Downton. They'd love to see you and the new valet’s an odd cove. I doubt he’ll stay. BATES : His lordship won’t have me back. We parted on bad terms. And I dont’t want to see the others until it’s all resolved. Then we can greet them with an invitation to our wedding. He kisses her hand as a pledge, and helps her abroad the bus." S2 E 5, And of course, we all remember the famous church scene : ( section partially cut) scriptbook p 258 : "BATES : You should’ve had a church wedding ANNA : Don’t be silly BATES : No I mean it. You in a white dress, me looking like a fool, and little girls with flowers in their hair. You ought to have had that. ANNA : I’d rather have the right man, than the right wedding…." Well, neither of their projects were able to take place as they wished but after Bates' release, why not celebrating it ? And if it is not true, at least let me dream of it ! ( I hope this idea was not already written in one of the fanfictions, I haven’t read everything I think. If it was please forgive me)

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A garden fantasy at the cottage. Happy summer Baby Bates !

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A trip to London : Well, Brendanbyfanny and me are not really able to write long stories in English, so we decided to celebrate APA challenge with two pictures trying to illustrate one of Anna’s and John’s lives. Then today, I begin. Let’s imagine John leaving to London for one of Robert’s obligations. He packed up the suitcases, he booked the rooms at the club, and now it is time to leave... "Goodbye John" "Goodbye my darling". A last kiss before to go… And soon …

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Easter eggs hunt at the cottage.

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Hairdressing lesson for Daisy. Mr Bates acting as a model and Baby Bates as a poor guinea pig.

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Joanne Froggatt filming scenes in Kent for Liar. From Kentlive.news November 16, 2016. I don't remember having already seen these pics. Sorry if they were already posted by someone.

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Hands of love and trust. A tribute to Mr Bates, Anna and Louise Bourgeois : Welcoming hands.