Sunday, October 5, 2025

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE - BEGIN IN PEACE...

"...begin in peace and end in gratitude."

~Patricia Routledge~




You can find out more about this wonderful lady at this link. 

Has anyone watched "Keeping Up Appearances"? It was one of our favorite British sitcoms and we have watched many reruns on our TV. Patricia Routledge portrayed Hyacinth Bucket but insisted that her surname is pronounced "Bouquet". She was a wonderful actress and I was very familiar with her even before this popular role. 

I read her biography recently and there was one quote that stood out for me, which I have shared today below the butterfly photo. 

She had been made a Dame and her full title was Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge (2.17.29 - 10.23.25), born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, UK. Her father, Isaac Routledge, was a haberdasher and gentleman's outfitter, who married Patricia's mother, Catherine Perry, in 1924. Dame Patricia was a wonderful lady and more can be read about her life at the above link. 

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53 comments:

  1. Angie's RecipesOctober 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM

    Happy Sunday, Denise!

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  2. Ginny HartzlerOctober 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM

    YES. How we loved Keeping Up Appearances. I believe we have watched every one. It was such a wonderful show. I was sad to hear of her passing, but glad she lived to be such a great age!

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM

      I think we have too Ginny. She certainly was a wonderful actress :)

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  3. Linda's Relaxing LairOctober 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM

    Denise, Keeping Up Appearances is my absolute favourite Britcom. Hyacinth Bouquet 💐 ♥️ is hilarious. She was a fine actress and singer.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM

      That’s wonderful Linda :) she certainly was.

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  4. Margaret DOctober 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM

    Good quote.
    Yes, watched Keeping up Appearances years ago and just loved it. Always got a laugh out of it, and of reruns came along and I do believe it's still showing on the TV to this day down here. May Patricia Routledge R.I.P

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM

      So glad you enjoyed her show Margaret. I believe the reruns are still going on here too :)

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  5. BarwitzkiOctober 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM

    Thanks for the links. I haven't been able to watch the series. Today you can stream it on Amazon Video... I found out.
    I wish you a wonderful Sunday.
    Best wishes, Viola.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM

      You are very welcome Viola :) we have that streaming company here too. Thank you and I hope your weekend went well also :)

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  6. SalOctober 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM

    Oh she was absolutely superb in ‘Keeping up Appearances’! She will be greatly missed.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM

      She was a wonderful actress. Thank you Sal, totally agree :)

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  7. AnankaOctober 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM

    Yes I saw that Denise. RIP Patricia. I used to watch Keeping Up Appearances too.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM

      Thank you Ananka :) So many lovely things have been said about her.

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  8. Anne Hagman-NiilolaOctober 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM

    Happy Sunday!

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  9. RitaOctober 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM

    Loved Keeping Up Appearances and watched her in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, too. R.I. P. She was a charming actress.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM

      Thank you for mentioning her other show Rita, I hadn’t heard of it :)

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  10. AnnOctober 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM

    I haven't heard of that sitcom and I'm not familiar with that actress but may she rest in peace.

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  11. eileeninmdOctober 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM

    Happy Sunday Denise! Great quote and words to live by.
    Take care, have a great week!

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM

      And to you too Eileen :) Thank you, I wish you the same.

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  12. jabblogOctober 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM

    She was an inspirational actress.

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  13. AnvilcloudOctober 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM

    I’ve never seen it but I did recently see a mention of Bucket or Bouquet, which I now get a little more.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM

      There you go! I once had to check in some people years ago - before marriage - at a pole station. The people who turned up saw the expression I had when I looked at their name. It was spelled D-E-A-T-H! They told me there was an apostrophe after the E and that their name was pronounced ‘day-arth’.

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  14. My Mind's EyeOctober 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM

    A beautiful butter fly and verse
    Hugs cecilia

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM

      Thank you Cecilia, much appreciated! Hugs, Denise :) xo

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  15. ChristineOctober 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM

    Lovely

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  16. MadSnapper n BeauOctober 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM

    Keeping Up appearances was A Thing when I was a child and for most of my life, now we have loosened up and don't do that so much...

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM

      Thanks Sandra, makes life more complicated I think :)

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  17. JeanieOctober 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM

    I always enjoyed that series. She was such a marvelous actress. Also wonderful as the detective Hetty Wainthropp!

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM

      Thanks Jeanie, I am really going to have to check out that series :)

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  18. The Happy WhiskOctober 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM

    I can't say if I've seen it for sure or not. I'd have to take a look-see.

    Wishing you a fun fall week ahead. I'm outside reading blogs and the leaves are dancing from the sky to the ground. It. Is. So. Cool.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM

      Thanks Ivy :) I hope you have a great week too. What a lovely way to read blogs, that would be cool!

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    2. The Happy WhiskOctober 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM

      Thanks. Friday started off really, really good. And it looks like the weekend is gonna rock. We have a lot of work to do, but we're gonna have fun with it. It's nice. I love weekends.

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  19. Lowcarb team memberOctober 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM

    I always enjoyed watching "Keeping Up Appearances".
    May Patricia rest in peace.

    All the best Jan

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM

      Yes indeed Jan :) Thank you and all the best to you too.

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  20. J.P. AlexanderOctober 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM

    Linda mariposa. ten una buena semana.

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  21. New Release BooksOctober 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM

    I remember the series. Sad. May she rest in peace.

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  22. KayOctober 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM

    We watch a lot of British shows, but haven't seen those. We keep watching the detective type shows like Professor T.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM

      I like the detective shows too Kay. I will have to look for Professor T.

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  23. Billie JoOctober 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM

    Thank you for sharing this, my friend. May she rest in peace.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM

      You are very welcome Billie Jo, and thank you :) Yes, May she rest in peace.

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  24. Red Rose AlleyOctober 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM

    What a lovely photo.....and a lovely quote to go along with it. Thank you.

    ~Sheri

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM

      Thank you Sheri, I appreciate that very much :)

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  25. RoseOctober 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM

    Yes, I have watched that series and for the past few days have been watching Hetty Wainthropp Investigates...I did not realize she had passed. Going to check the site you gave now.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM

      Hi Rose, I didn’t know about Hetty Wainthropp. Thank you, I am going to check that out :)

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  26. Great-Granny GrandmaOctober 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM

    I loved that series. It always made me laugh.

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    1. DeniseinVAOctober 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM

      It was a good one that's for sure. Always made me laugh too. Thanks Sandra :)

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