My new delightful obsession

This week is a funny and different type of blessing; a tv show. I fell down the rabbit hole of watching Downton Abbey. Timidly at first, because so many tv shows today are nothing but crap, sexual content, and no decent substance. I'm so out of the loop with tv shows.

I realize that so many of my friends are avid fans of this show, and are up to date with the latest season. I will not let myself research it online, because of spoilers. I'm enjoying the story unfold so much, and the character development.

I began watching the first season, and realized that this is no ordinary show. I had a heck of a time going to sleep the first night I began watching it, staying up till 1am. Curses! Didn't function so well the next day. The following night, I capped it at 10pm, and did much better.

Here's what I love about this show:

• The immense beauty and attention paid to details in every room a scene is in; the vase of flowers on a table, the plush arm chairs and lavish paintings on the wall, the candles, the cakes and desserts shown in the kitchen, the extreme etiquette in serving and eating a meal, and the proper speaking and politeness spoken. It's a completely different world. 
• The genuine acts of kindness that the characters show to each other. 
• The stories that each character has to tell, where they've been, and what they have learned. 
• The gorgeous cinematography. The lush hillside shots, trees, and the immense castle.
•  The elegant dresses, exquisite hats, and the long, arm length gloves. It makes me wish I could go around my days in a long dress and gloves, but alas, I'm in a t-shirts and jeans world. 
• The great little words of wisdom spoken here and there that make the whole show worth it. Oh, I love those parts. "Life isn't worth living if you don't let it change you." "Everyone has parts to play. We must let them play their parts.", and tons more. Ah, love it. 
• I've learned that any time someone carefully opens an envelope and has a note to read, it pretty much means a bomb is going to go off with some big news. Envelopes and cards. Life before text messages.

I just love it. I'm on season 2, and I sure hope this show goes for awhile. It is so refreshing to have something beautiful and thought provoking to watch in the sea of media filth we live in.