Posted by Loulou on May 11, 2026 | 14 comments

Storms make trees take deeper roots. Let us all stand our ground and deepen our roots for liberty and the elimination of a crooked leader and all his cronies and VOTE him out. Even one tiny infraction like these of a president at any other time would have had him out at once! Strange and disturbing world that allows these crimes to now be committed daily....

Posted by Loulou on May 10, 2026 | 22 comments

Mama has always said that being a mother, with the myriad jobs it takes to be one, is one of the most difficult and sometimes exhausting jobs on earth. Hallelujah to mothers everywhere.❤️ ***** And a plea for everyone to look at what one man is doing to destroy our nation. VOTE when the time comes. Which is soon… Mama says that she had to put this...

Posted by Loulou on May 9, 2026 | 18 comments

Ellen’s Penny from heaven and lovely memorial art by Ingrid, Benji and Dalton’s mama. A long battle, now over but a very sad mama and papa.…

Posted by Loulou on May 8, 2026 | 14 comments

(I pretty much have a good day EVERYDAY…so sweet up here!) ****** 1. I know I am having a good day when __wake up and DO NOT READ THE NEWS, FOR ONCE! 2. I __cook when I am __hungry and inspired and when I want to do something that makes me very, very happy. 3. The present government in the USA___ makes me feel helpless. 4. I have a lot of confidence...

Posted by Loulou on May 7, 2026 | 6 comments

Love my golden cloud… ***** I’m sure I have mentioned this before, but it’s such fun that I’ll tell the story again. Papa loves playing around with words and when the grandkids were little, he taught them “thank you” in fractured French. See title of blog, haha! So now it’s in the family language that families seem...

Posted by Loulou on May 6, 2026 | 18 comments

Hey, no words today…yay…feelin’snoozy…. …going….going… …gone zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. (Mama wishes she could do this…)...

Posted by Loulou on May 5, 2026 | 12 comments

We almost forgot: Happy Cinco de Mayo!!! 🎶🎸🌮 WOW, there are TWO of them! We have shown you the little cherubs outside our window here in Rome, but he has a companion! Mama had to lean pretty far out of the window to get a pic but I was watching… And of course, they are all over in the paintigs and sculptures here. Cherubs, cherubs, everywhere! There...

Posted by Loulou on May 4, 2026 | 16 comments

Oh, mama, you should hear those birdies from where I am. We all have a set of bird-plugs up here! ***** Eh bien, I think today that our spark must be that we must never let go of being a little crazy and silly and even childlike whenever possible keep our humor strong and accessible. And mama thinks this is a good example of that…. We listen to those...

Posted by Loulou on May 3, 2026 | 15 comments

Donc, this is sort of a stomach selfie, non? I am pretty sure that I had just been wandering in the nip area of our garden long ago, haha. ***** Mama and papa went to the Roma women’s team soccer match yesterday to watch them win the Scudetto…the Italian championship pennant of the year. Mama thinks that sometimes the Roma men’s team...

Posted by Loulou on May 2, 2026 | 14 comments

UH, OH…forgot to click on Publish….. 1. When I need to make a tough decision, I __talk with my honey and we take enough time to examine all aspects of the decision and mostly it works and rarely it doesn’t but we do talk it out. (Mama sometimes leaps in immediately with a decision if necessary and those moments have worked out so...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 29, 2026 | 16 comments

Love sunbathing up here… ***** Voilá, mama found this video of the Hokusai exhibit here in Rome and she feels it is almost like being at the expo. Enjoy!! A little vacation for our far-away friends. Mama even watched it...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 28, 2026 | 18 comments

  Well, this strange little guy used to be on the streets, making us all laugh but actually making some pretty nervous with his baby body and very un-baby face! Don’t know where he went. Now there are not many like this, mainly acrobats or musicians, some good, some not, but all the funny clowns and mimes and such have not been seen for a couple...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 27, 2026 | 17 comments

I’m pawsing to listen…maybe this will help mama get better at it… ****** We loved this statement from Mr Churchill “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” — Winston Churchill It’s the listen part that mama works on all the time…she’s getting...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 26, 2026 | 19 comments

Too much pizza…a satisfied selfie. Donc, mama and papa have just visited the Hokusai exhibit here in Rome and oh, boy, was that a treat for me…even kitties in his woodcuts and everything so precise and amazing. What an artist. But the fun part is the roon with videos of his famous ‘WAVE’, which you can enter and feel that your body...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 25, 2026 | 14 comments

Just filling in another fill-in that mama thinks we must have missed! Oh, boy… HAHA, we didn’t miss it…it just seeme different when we read another’s fill-ins. Oh, well, here goes again; 1. Have you ever noticed ___how much fun it is to make up silly songs? 2. Would you choose ___paradise or ___paving? Haha, no parking lots for us,...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 25, 2026 | 6 comments

“Oh, bella meow, bella meow, bella meow, bellow meow, meow, meow!”🎶🎶🎶   Today is liberation day in Italy, and here is the partisan song, made famous because of this day. Unfortunately the tricoloi airplanes are not performing until June 2, but here they are, in all their glory. It’s really fun to sing and papa’s ex has promised...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 24, 2026 | 16 comments

  WOW, I LOVE cloud and sunset watching up here! W 1. Have you ever noticed __how refreshed your body feels when you are off social media and looking at clouds or sunsets instead? 2. Would you choose __to live longer or __to get rid of Trump? (We would all live longer without the stress he causes…) 3. Do you think it’s possible to __get rid of...

Posted by Loulou on Apr 23, 2026 | 12 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...