Posted by Loulou on Apr 23, 2026 | 0 comments

  Wow, following mama around on her walks wears me out! Grazie— For another lovely doorway… To you and you and you whose blogs are such a treat to read. For uplifting, funny, informative, thoughtful blogs. For this beautiful city. For sane voters who will get this @#$%!! out of office. For lovely spring vegetables. For my honey’s new...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 21, 2026 | 14 comments

(I was up there and I saw it) ***** Today the sun hit the Pantheon at 1pm through the opening in the top at exactly the place that Hadrian, who built it, wished it to hit on this date when it was finished. Unfortunately, mama and papa, shopping for groceries today, missed the time it happened!!! Oh, well, at least you can see the lovely Pantheon again...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 21, 2026 | 8 comments

  Donc, we are so tickled about this lady and her doggy! Is this brilliant or what? Well, I could have helped mama with digging but I had other things to put in the hole that were…uh…important. I say let’s leave it to the doggies to help out, and I’ll watch from my amazing vantage point, maybe give them advice every now and...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 20, 2026 | 22 comments

  When I was a young kitty, papa let me know he loved me…all the time. Still does, at a distance…. ***** This is our Monday spark. Mama has fallen in love with little Punch who inspired our thought today. And it is that with love and kindness a lonely rejected soul can feel accepted and thrive on being alive. Perhaps all of us need a sweet...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 20, 2026 | 2 comments

Bonjour, I am up here just staring off into space (of which there is a LOT!) and for some reason on Sundays, I like to take a staring stop and slow down and try to get mama and papa to do the same, haha. Mama’s late again but here it is and Monday’s will follow…. I think the weather is turing warm in many places and goodness knows that...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 18, 2026 | 22 comments

So sorry, Lunapic, can’t remember which effect this is but I loved it. You’d think I would remember with my huge brain power (up here) and I’ll keep trying…. ***** Bonjour, today along with my contribution to Saturday’s blog, mama is posting her spinach balls, so good to eat and so good for you and so easy with spring’s...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 17, 2026 | 10 comments

I’m writing my memoire up here when I have the time…at least they have decent computers… Just a fun Friday photo of a neighbor’s doggy, Truffe, in his swimsuit… ***** 1. If I had to choose a fictional world to live in it would be _one with decent leaders who want everyone in his/her/their country to live in harmony with other...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 16, 2026 | 14 comments

Throwing my coin was WORK, even if I have acquired some new talents…too many tourists! They charge now but I split before they got me, haha.   Old photo of group of politicians throwing coins in the Trevi Fountain, but seemed appropriate because they might all be thinking of T’s removal, haha. Donc, mama finally got it together after the...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 15, 2026 | 20 comments

NO CAT-ARACTS! Donc, mama, you FORGOT Wednesday so thank heaven it’s wordless haha. You were putting drops in papa’s eye all day long, maybe that’s why since it was papa’s first day of “OH, WOW, I CAN SEE AND I HAVE VERY LITTLE STIGMATISM…WOW, WOW, WOW!” You get the picture, right? So to make up for it, voilä....

Posted by Loulou on Apr 14, 2026 | 20 comments

I remember papa. Bon anniversaire, papa…💕 ********** Yay yay, papa’s eyeball is DONE and he is looking all around at thingsand saying “Wow wow”…not like a doggy, just making wowing sounds at the world. Beautiful sun, too bright for papa’s eye today but he has cool shades for the glare. Mama is making him a birthday lunch...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 13, 2026 | 22 comments

I am actually IN there somewhere… Donc, yet again the internet was WEIRD, so we had to splice yesterday and today but what the heck. Our spark is/was: Be happy for this moment — it is all life is. Omar Khayyam, Islamic scholar ***** Mama is going to put in some photos of things she loves in Roma and this is a big one–the ‘fountains’...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 11, 2026 | 16 comments

Here’s my Art shot from Lunapic, but we can’t remember which one, as usual…just love Lunapic and try to tout their website somehow! ***** Well, here we are, back with internet and warm sun and really beautiful vegetables just down the street. Tomorrow mama and papa go to their grandkid’s soccer match but it’s a nice drive into...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 10, 2026 | 16 comments

When will mama be back to plant my her garden? We are very short on nip and I’d rather not travel with the stuff from here…garden variety is best! ****** Mama: 1. I never want to forget __how I met my honey and all the years after that!!! 2. I have a recurring dream about ___a large house but all the doors are unlocked and there are threats...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 9, 2026 | 18 comments

Mama, I’m taking care of the garden while you’re away…don’t worry! ***** Mince, we have had NO internet since mama and papa arrived here a few days ago and so I had the problem of getting my mama’s blog out to you all and therefore there were none! Haven’t mastered that internet thing from up here yet… Now mama is...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 2, 2026 | 20 comments

IT’S EASTER???? It was just Christmas!!! Tempus fugit! A little message from spring: Donc, mama and papa are thankful that they have finally finished packing for Italy! Mama always thinks she is so cool at packing economically and SMART and then ends up with two or three carry bags to “just throw in the car”…ha ha and then has to...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 1, 2026 | 22 comments

Will this wind ever STOP? Who nose….? Easter animals, by mama, but not photographed very well, if you ask me but no one did…. Bonjour – here is our news of the day: Mama planted some beans and a beanstalk grew and she climbed it and at the top was a golden bean that will keep wind away on any planting day she wishes and grow perfect...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 31, 2026 | 16 comments

    I’m havin’a ball up here, haha. 😻😻😻 Donc, we LOVED this article about Merlin…can you believe this little piggy? Also, enjoy this funny saying that we should have posted yesterday: Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood. Bill Murray ***** Well, that’s all, folks for this WINDY Tuesday and mama...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 30, 2026 | 10 comments

The greatest danger to our future is apathy. Jane Goodall And I am acting out apathy in my photo, not BEING apathetic! ***** And another one that we liked really a lot: Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it. Søren Kierkegaard (Ain’t that the truth sometimes. I remember getting so excited about chasing an intruder kitty...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 29, 2026 | 20 comments

Do you think I’ll pass? Just have to figure out how to lay colored eggs! Uh…it’s blowing a bit here. Maybe Noah forgot it was Easter… These bad jokes wore me out…....

Posted by Loulou on Mar 28, 2026 | 14 comments

KUDOS FOR EVERYONE IN THE STREETS OF OUR COUNTRY TODAY!👍👍🏽👍🏼 ***** Uh, could you turn that wind machine down bit. Some of us are trying to get some sleep up here! ***** Well, mama found this article amazing! And uplifting, a sensation that we all need right now, mama thinks. What an incredible species! As for winter, here in sunnny (haha) southern France,...