Posted by Loulou on Jan 19, 2025 | 18 comments

Well, I had to use an old photo for this but hey, if it works, go for it, n’est ce pas? Haha, we did Selfie Paws just for FUN!!!! Have a lovely Sunday, keep warm, keep the faith, make a soup, mama has a new easy one on her Substack with potatoes and leeks. Warms the cockles, whatever they are… ****** And we send courage again to Los Angeles...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 18, 2025 | 24 comments

  THERMAL IRIDESCENCE from Lunapic started off our day with a BANG! Well, mama has a list of things to do in this new year and they all MATTER so she is going to start checking them  attempting/trying/making an effort to check them off, haha. And one of them is to….uh….have fun with Loonypics, see above!  Happy and safe and sane fun...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 17, 2025 | 12 comments

I borrowed this picture of our new friend, Monet, who LOVES coffee! Some of my kitty friends just love to be featured every now and then…you know how we are… Mama loves coffee, too, so this first one will have to be a guesser because she is also aware her opinion might not be polite. 1. I’ll never buy __lousy, weak, second string coffee from...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 16, 2025 | 14 comments

YOU WILL NOT TOUCH A HAIR, GET IT? BACK OFF! (see below later) ******** First thanks to the firefighters and all of those who are contributing to fighting the fires in California. Heroes, all. And thanks right away to President Biden, a very snart, sane, selfless and kind-hearted individual who has worked for you, the American people, from his first day in...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 15, 2025 | 16 comments

I can’t hear mama talking…weird! Mama has no voice.  This is a perfect blog day for her, haha!  She has her head over a pot that’s steaming….wow, wonder what that does? Not for me, that’s for sure, bream, maybe, but not STEAM, haha. Have a quiet and meditative Wednesday.😻 I think I’ll go look for mama’s voice. It...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 14, 2025 | 16 comments

This is how winter always affected ME! Well this bad bug that started in the throat has found its way to one ear and now mama’s putting  drops in to cure THAT. Darn, winter. At least there’s a lovely full moon and a clear sky over our little village, even if it is 1°! Too cool for me that’s for sure and mama is what you would call a winter wuss, haha. To...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 13, 2025 | 20 comments

  Taking a day to help mama get her voice back. With the fires in mama’and papa’s ex-city and no voice….well, lots to ponder. We will just repeat Just Here, Just Now, Just This, which seems to help a bit when one is overwhelmed…. Hugs help more than anything! Hug your sweet animals...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 12, 2025 | 28 comments

I say THIS to the terrible, devastating fires in LA! Well, mama finally is reminded that …see below, with apoogies about the curse words but hey, they are fake Olde English and poetry , right? Or at least a send up of winter, by Ezra Pound, the poet.: “Winter is icummen in, Lhude sing Goddamm, Raineth drop and staineth slop And how the wind doth...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 11, 2025 | 12 comments

I’m trying to figure out which Lunapic I’m going to use..hmmmm. Well, I chose Fantasy and featured my little pigeon friend because he is alway alone in his feed tray, just waiting for...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 11, 2025 | 6 comments

Mama took over today. I’m on holiday…and this guy took over, too. ARGGGGH….mam forgot to post this, argggggh…..I have to do everything. 1. I will keep my old __hubby (!) over a new one any day!!!!!!! 2. My theme song for the year is __Imagine by John Lennon.  (Sorry, I know I already did a focus word, but I needed more motivation)....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 9, 2025 | 26 comments

Well, we have been meaning to put this in for…uh…a while…..we are so thankful for this organization and all it does. But today is thank you, birdies, for all the happiness you give us and for your songs and warbles and tweets and for being able to get along with and share with bigger birdies! OOPS…this sneaked in there and they are...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 8, 2025 | 22 comments

So sweet these kitties. I make sure they are protected...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 7, 2025 | 22 comments

Well, mama will put in her recipe for banana bread in her cookbook soon, but meanwhile, I’ll just give this little devil a workout, haha. Well, mama just wanted me to tell you that she started her third cookbook on Substack recently, and all the recipes and chapters are FREE and she is glad to help anyone with any of the dishes that catch...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 6, 2025 | 22 comments

Mama remembers this from an old blues love song but it’s a good spark, in that it also means to mama that we should cherish the sweet and good things that are big parts of our lives and not waste them by ignoring or forgetting them. You don’t miss your water ’til your well runs dry… Ain’t that the truth? May your wells never...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 5, 2025 | 20 comments

  Well, I wangled a photo here but it was NOT easy because mama was insistent on (yet another) pic of the little new member of our granddaughter’s family!  No, I am NOT giving him the evil eye, and besides, he’s snoozing!   Okay, okay, mama, Enoki is cute but really, there has to be a limit to this cutesy-pootsy stuff, non? I will...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 4, 2025 | 14 comments

  I’m getting in shape for the New Year. Aren’t we all- mentallly OR physically, haha.  I think we’ll need the mental part more than ever… Apart from doing my leg lfts, I did observe that mama thought she heard BIRDIES early this morn, and they are not supposed to cheep for seversl weeks! Even though the days are longer, they...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 3, 2025 | 14 comments

1. My guide word for 2025 is __listen. 2. I am counting the days to__ SPRING. 3. 2025 is the year that I will __try to get mama to keep her resolutions, haha. 4. I need to better organize __THEIR lives, so that they can operate more efficiently and have some r and r time. Too much admin this year! Whatever that is… 😻 And here is the latest pic of...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 2, 2025 | 20 comments

Well today I have another story: This sweetie appeared in the garden as mama pruned roses this afternoon. Yes, she stared at mama while she worked and rubbed her jaws on anything she could find! Especially mama, who unlocked the garden gate and deposited her OUTSIDE. She belongs to our neighbor up the street who lets her out all the time and she eats with...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 1, 2025 | 24 comments

This is Enoki, mama’s granddaughter’s new Tuxie. I wanted you to meet him so I took the day off for r and r….he is a winner! A friend sent mama and papa the most beautiful song for the New Year…it is in French but mama wants to put it here anyway because the music is so haunting. It wishes many good things for all of us,...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 31, 2024 | 16 comments

  New Year’s Eve, that is…Hey, I know you’re out there! Have a safe,healthy, tasty, quiet or not quiet, loving, joyful, hopeful Eve with friends and family, or not, and make resolutions you can keep, haha. I know that mama is still working on last year’s resolve, but maybe it will spill over into 2025 and be even stronger as it...