Posted by Loulou on Feb 10, 2025 | 12 comments

  HEY, mama didn’t fuhgeddabout US, haha.  Well, we didn’t intend to but we DID. FORGET SUNDAY SELFIES! It think mama was busy saying goodbte to a neighbor’s guest, going to the outdoor Sunday market to see The Chicken Man and in general, forgetting even that there was a soccer match of the Roma vs Venice!!! Things are getting pretty...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 8, 2025 | 16 comments

Well, here’s a doozy called Night that we found on Lunapic! WOW, is it ever! And it IS sort of what it looks like up here in my cloud, haha. Have a sweet Saturday and a special Saturday night😻! Or a Saturday Night Special — pizza for us! Or try mama’s Coq au vin, a great dish for cold weather and easy to put together. ***** Thank heaven...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 7, 2025 | 16 comments

THOSE WEEDS ARE MULTIPLYING!!! This is my first answer: 1. My February plans include __mama and papa’s anniversary and _getting these $#@!ˆ%& WEEDS out of MY our garden_. Now mama: 2. I should get rid of __SO MANY THINGS because I never use them. 3. All new saucepans__ are the most useful purchase I’ve made recently. Now for some new SAUCES,...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 6, 2025 | 18 comments

MAMA…I can’t snooze with all these WEEDS covering my warm stones! 😻😻😻 Merci, Canada, for standing up to a “leader” who wants to annex that sovereign country as the 51st state for the USA. All Canadians have joined together to protest this absurd move to make Canada part of the USA. Absurd. Canadians are protesting all over that...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 5, 2025 | 12 comments

Haha, wordless Wednesday. WOO HOO! Aren’t you glad mama is not on her soapbox, haha? Here is how mama is coping with all of this (an old photo from a party, definitely not what’s happening today). Mama can barely hold a small glass of vino nowadays, haha. Below is a lovely image of a groundhog from our friend, Cathy Salter....

Posted by Loulou on Feb 4, 2025 | 16 comments

Hello…mama has a message. At the risk of losing readers mama has decided that she has to speak out at times about the inequalities, fake medical and political news, prejudice against the gay community, Roe vs Wade destroyers, and more that are now actions present in YOUR government for the next four years unless the head honcho really screws up and...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 3, 2025 | 18 comments

  WOW, those kitties are ORGANIZING…for their kibble! Well, mama snapped a quick shot of the feral furries running up the street to her as she approached their feeding area. They really are so cute and lively, and from MY point of view (which is a lot better than most…haha), those kiees are about as feral as a pet turtle! They frolic and...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 2, 2025 | 27 comments

WHERE IS THAT GUY ANYWAY? I should be able to spot him from here, for sure. Oh, boy, what a day. Groundhogs going in and out all over the place and in France, the making of crêpes is an activity in every city. Candelmas is Feb 2 and you can read up on it here. I know we spoke about it last year and probably will every year, if only because mama LOVES...

Posted by Loulou on Feb 1, 2025 | 10 comments

A wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom…   Well, today we’re having a scat Sat, just for fun, with Ella and Mel… Mama says this will date her, not as in have a date, haha, but make her look OLD. Still. we’re trying to find some fun things to blog about that lift our spirits and Ella Fitzgerard certainly lifted a LOT of those. Have a...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 31, 2025 | 16 comments

MAMA, I’m LISTENING, I’m LISTENING….I think when I listen! Well, mama took this fill-in for SURE: 1. LISTENING BETTER___is a habit I want to develop. ALOT!!! I am taking over now: 2. I can’t seem to break my habit of ___cloud-hopping! And now mama again: 3. I just recently ___realized that I am over 60, haha, for the first time ever....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 30, 2025 | 19 comments

  Well, we are thankful today for humor and feel like passing on a few tickles to tint your day ticklesome! Things like, Don’t ever buy anything with Velcro – it’s a total ripoff! Okay that’s about the worst.  There are many more corny jokes that actually made mama and papa giggle. And what’s not to like about giggles? We...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 29, 2025 | 23 comments

  Thank you for watching our Tuxie Trip Out. A demain (until...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 28, 2025 | 18 comments

I’m outta here! Just saw a new little cloud to float upon that I’ve not seen before. It is just too, too great to miss! Well, we are just too, too happy for Toosday. Are you happy for something that’s just too wonderful? We hope so. For me, floating around like an astronaut is too, too, thrilling, and mama is too, too, happy to finally...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 27, 2025 | 22 comments

An old photo, of course, but I was always tending my garden…I could not do much for anthro failures.  A possibly helpful spark for today from papa who passed it on to mama and it is from Candide, by Voltaire “The metaphor of cultivating your own garden has been used in various ways throughout history, but it is most famously associated with the...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 26, 2025 | 22 comments

Well, we are using a past photo for our Selfie Paws, haha. Just having a bit of fun. Did mama do this one last week? Can’t remember, no record of it so what the heck. Have a sweet warm Sunday and try to relax. Stay warm, make a soup. It’s mushroom this time: A little olive oil, a chopped sweet onion and 4 garlic cloves, a splash of wine or...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 25, 2025 | 14 comments

  If you want to win, GRIN! Oh, happy day! The sun is out and a bouquet of birdies is at the feeder, cheep, cheep, cheeping away like crazy, and all’s (sort of) right with the world…sort of. Our sisinlaw and her partner in Sonoma sent this photo of what they have in their garden every morning, and when they perch in the tree nearby, it...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 24, 2025 | 15 comments

You’re keeping me, right? (My first photo 15 years ago,..about 6 months old) 1. Being found in a woodpile shelter by mama__was the highlight of my __lonely abandoned life on the streets. Mama’s turn: 2. A new book ( or movie or tv show) that I highly recommend is __ Orbital, the Booker Prize Winner. Takes a minute to get into but fascinating....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 23, 2025 | 16 comments

Well, mama is thankful that she is at the point that news may become obsolete in the morning. The Optimist lives up to its name often, but there are some stories that are hard to read even with happy endings...c’est la vie. We will just keep loving your blogs and laughting with you about all the antics of your kitties and doggies and horses and geese...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 22, 2025 | 16 comments

  THEY ARE OUT OF PRISON? IS HE OUT OF HIS MIND? Well, I think wordless is just about where we are right now. There are NO words for what Trump is doing to our country and yes, we are going to speak out because we MUST. The Proud Boys are pardoned and out of prison and organizing, That’s enough to make me...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 20, 2025 | 23 comments

We are thinking a lot today about Martin Luther King, a hero who fought for equality and fought like no other. Heather Cox Richardson said today that some heroes, like Reverand King, stand for truth, equality and freedom, and some sit down, like Rosa Parks. Our spark today is this: Whatever you can do against the oppression of freedom and...