Posted by Loulou on Mar 27, 2026 | 16 comments

Well, this was a blooper in MY opinion! 1. My plans for this weekend include __planting my serpente/cucuzza squash seedling that is Sicily’s favorite and grows like a long thin bending snake and ___and picking 100 more lemons to lighten the tree. Cucuzza squash 2. I meant it when I said I __feel that other’s opinions of me are none of my...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 25, 2026 | 18 comments

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Posted by Loulou on Mar 24, 2026 | 18 comments

  Well, TOODAY is just too full of chores and unfinished business and unplanted seed and the unswept patio and the unwritten end to a Substack for mama’s blog and so many UNs that we just have to pick up our bootstraps and get started on un-doing those uns, haha. Why boot straps, mama wonders. But mama wonders at lots of sayings and their...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 23, 2026 | 14 comments

Do doggies go to school? Wow, we kitties don’t need that. We already know everything. Well, of course, doggies need school… ***** Well, mama found these African sayings and loved them all and so we are putting the website on this blog. All are such good thoughts for our Monday, and one or two just might clear out the cobwebs of what we hear on...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 22, 2026 | 16 comments

Haha I put in a Stomach Selfie! Just to shake things up every now and then…. *** How is everyone doing? He’s after all media now but we are pretty sure the lower court judges will put an end to that. Crazier and crazier, this strange creature, but we WILL overcome. You bet your boopy we will!...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 21, 2026 | 10 comments

Well, I was sitting but some high winds up here woke me. Here I am, sitting pretty! An old Lunapic and mama doesn’t remember, yet again,  the name of the effect. Mama, maybe write things down every now and then,...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 20, 2026 | 13 comments

Well, I remember being lured by tuna in a dish in a sweet garden and then after a few days’ visit becoming mama and papa’s kitty! Love that memory and it’s unforgettable… ***** 1. The longest I have been without electricity is ___uh, oh, don’t remember but I do remember moments when my oven went off in the middle of a focaccia...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 19, 2026 | 12 comments

  They call this up here “cloud cover”, haha. ***** Our Thursday could always be the same, as we thank all of you who read our sometimes weird and funny posts, even when they may not sit well with your otherwise lovely day, haha. But things are moving, protests are increasing, editorials are offering straightforward and very heavy...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 18, 2026 | 12 comments

    Well, mama has always wanted to know this, and perhaps, so have you! So that is our Wednesday Wisdom for you today! Whew! Made...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 16, 2026 | 16 comments

I rolled into a ball because it was WINDY up here too!!! Have a lovely St Patrick’s Day!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 ***** Most of the things that we worry so much about almost never happen the way we think they will….stay in the present and just be surprised with less stress. (Mama) Here is the blackbird’s song that we hear every evening at this time of...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 15, 2026 | 22 comments

I followed along up here when mama did her exercises this afternoon…I love having company, haha. ***** Well, today was the windiest day we have had this winter…110 kph…66mph!!! The open market was blowing all over the place and mama took refuge in our sweet little bistro, the Cafe Sola, with two of her Collioure friends, the three of them...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 14, 2026 | 16 comments

Well, today I urged mama to put in this link to a few very beautiful haikus, which mama and I find soothing and sweet on this Saturday of not very good news… Take a look at the haikus and feel a bit of calm in this distressing world. Or try to write your own. We have done this before, but a little brush-up never hurts. Here is our 17-syllable, 3-line...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 13, 2026 | 12 comments

Fill-ins wear me out! But they are so good for the brain! ***** Mama always fumbles around on fill-ins. They are often very challenging, especially if you are nnot correct when you predict anything, haha. 1. My favorite kind of pie is __well, key lime, but I’m not a pie person but I do LOVE pizza pie, haha.. 2. I will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 12, 2026 | 21 comments

(Mama’s drawing of me tupping…) ***** Well,  the sun is struggling through, the arugula is up (YAY), the rose bushes have leaves, the lettuce is planted with the cilantro, the wild asparagus is eaten and resting until next spring, Rasta is still visiting,mama found two new chairs at our huge thrift store to replace two that were fragile and had...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 11, 2026 | 20 comments

WHAT ARE YOU SMOKIN’, MAMA? Well, mama did it again. So here’s yesterday and today in one sweet photo of our 95-year-old neighbor when she visited a kid’s petting farm. Hope it gives you a giggle. Our Thursday thanks are numerous and mama WILL get it done, right, mama????? Is Lilly amazing or what?...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 9, 2026 | 8 comments

“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” ― John Steinbeck. ***** Images for the soul to start the week: Tetelman, the great tenor singing Nessun dorma. He sang this for Women’s Day yesterday….essentially saying “I will conquer”…. ***** Roses from last spring Rasta having a drink at the...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 7, 2026 | 20 comments

    Well, I was sitting pretty at that time but I tupped over, and now I just float anyway. So much less stress, haha. I chose this one myself because I remembered I could visit Lunapic and mama seemed too busy, but I forgot the name of the effect! So sorry, Lunapic. I’ll visit again and try to remember which one it was…jeez, mama,...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 6, 2026 | 12 comments

Well, I have patience, mama. As all kitties do, haha… anthros need A LOT of our patience… ****** 1. I don’t __have as much patience as I would like, but I appreciate those that do. 2. Lately, I can’t get enough ___COTTAGE CHEESE! Mama has to go to another village to get it from another store. Any recipes for home made are welcome. Some work and...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 4, 2026 | 18 comments

This is mama’s abstract pic of me snoozing long ago. Of course up here there is often no background so it’s hard to get a shot, but we do have a celestial photographer every now and then. Usually then more than now…. More Wordless snoozes… That’s all, folks…this snoozing takes it out of me, no matter where I...

Posted by Loulou on Mar 3, 2026 | 22 comments

Well, I told mama to post a happy picture to try and lift our spirits just a little in these days of craziness. So here is a flower story to make you giggle, we hope. ***** On another note: Our Tuesday message is from Heather Cox Richardson, who posted this today in her wonderful substack report on the illegal war started by the madman, and  the situation...