Posted by Loulou on Jan 21, 2026 | 18 comments

  Will this water ever get turned off? Here’s the parking area in our little village that definitely has no cars parked there...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 20, 2026 | 0 comments

POLITICS! ****** Well, this may give cooks a giggle. Look for Kibbitzing in the Kitchen. Mama would love to know if you have ever had this happen while you were preparing a meal. Merci for info… Still pouring, pouring. Maybe soup time again, with Sriracha sprinkling in to warm us up…  ...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 19, 2026 | 14 comments

Well, mama you knew what you had with me, that’s for SURE!😻 ********* Our today spark: Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. “Big Yellow Taxi” Joni Mitchell And ain’t that the truth, or rather, isn’t that the truth? And we are losing so many “what we’ve gots” as Trump takes them...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 18, 2026 | 24 comments

POURING RAIN!!! Three days of water and it’s even a bit damp up here, too! But…the rosies will love it and the lemons really love it, so can’t complain. I turned my selfie upside down for fun…Maybe catch some drops and have a nice little rain bath. Mama used to rinse her hair in rainwater. Nowadays, who knows what’s in that...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 18, 2026 | 4 comments

WOW, methinks we has a few citrons! Well, it’s pouring again but even so… “This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” Maya Angelou Just thought we slip that in here since Mr Winter has decided to stay awhile longer and do a bit of laundry. Still, these heavy rainfalls have laden our lemon tree with treasures and we...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 17, 2026 | 20 comments

I love the dream effect from Lunapic and was inspired by Ms Ellen. WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS NOT THE DREAMING EFFECT! Oh, well…. These are fun and apply to you know who perfectly. William Shakespeare was a very funny guy! Have a laugh on Saturday…which is not easy to do…....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 16, 2026 | 10 comments

This cloud went berserk on me during the wind storm yesterday! ****** 1. I used to think __our country was a beacon of safety for immigants and persecuted people from other countries, but I was wrong. 2. Every time I plan to __clean off my desk and make it more orderly, I __fail. LOULOU: 3. I’m already looking forward to the month of __February because __...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 15, 2026 | 12 comments

Ha ha Which is what papa taught his grandkids as a lesson in funny fractured French…now stuck in the family language that all families seem to develop at one time or another. Do you have silly phrases or words in your family? Do share! Mercy buckup for friends like you, dear followers, and for holding fast to your belief that our world will return to...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 14, 2026 | 22 comments

Zzzzzzzzz………plus I can sleep...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 13, 2026 | 18 comments

HA HA HA….those are funny, mama, and I’m not kitten! ***** Just a couple of tickles to brighten your day: “I’m not an adventurous person. I’ve only ever used one side of a cheese grater.” — James Acaste “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, which is just long enough to be president of...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 12, 2026 | 18 comments

I received this patterned cloud for Christmas. It suits me, non? **** Sparks for the week: Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been. David Bowie Haha, mama loved this. If only we had known in our ‘yout’….. Still, everyone is aging from the moment he/she/it is born, right? And we are...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 10, 2026 | 12 comments

Well, today this is our selfie plus this: PLEASE READ THIS, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A MILITARY MAN OR WOMAN. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9- This says it all. When the USA was a saner country.  ...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 9, 2026 | 12 comments

1. I recommend everyone __do anything and everything possible to get rid of this fascist government in our once-free USA__this year. 2. My __feeling is that  we should shut down the country, not go to work, not buy anything, not use social media, and more,  for one day___and I __will not buy anything or use my cell or my computer, I will simply shut down...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 9, 2026 | 0 comments

For you and you and you, all of you who keep mama’s spirits up and running on positive instead negative. Thanks to every brave indivdual in the USA who is working day and night to get our country back from robber barons and demented leaders. A grand merci. Thanks to my roses for being so brave as to accept their radical pruning, for which mama is a...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 7, 2026 | 20 comments

MAMA FORGOT AGAIIN?? What’s with her? I didn’t have a cloud pic so had to use this, but it’s the same me, just up here. ***** Okay, maybe it’s the cold weather or maybe it is all the things mama is involved in that need to be examined and the list made shorter! BUT WE FORGOT TUESDAY…ticklesome Tuesday…how could we?...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 5, 2026 | 22 comments

He did WHAT????? Mama is horrified, by what is happening to our country through the insanity of one human. Outrageous. Pleonexia, sometimes called pleonexy, originating from the Greek πλεονεξία, is a philosophical concept which roughly corresponds to greed, covetousness, or avarice, and is strictly defined as “the insatiable desire to have what...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 4, 2026 | 0 comments

Well, we figured this was about as selfie as one could get. I have my eye on you! Have a lovely new week after this FOUR-day New Year’s!...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 3, 2026 | 20 comments

Mama I sat really still for this photo, you remember?  And wow, that wonderful Loonypics did THIS? Wow, I do look like a dream…maybe a psychedelic one? Well, we hope your Saturday is stupendous! Mama is working on a frittata in the kitchen. Maybe she’ll put the recipe in tomorrow…it makes a great easy Sunday night...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 2, 2026 | 16 comments

WOW, that was some New Year’s….zzzzz… 🤸‍♂️🎶🎉 Well, mama did these because, as you can see, I had other plans. 1.  Trying to stay up until midnight, haha__ is a New Year’s tradition for me. Also taking down the tree, at least it was tradtional in our house. 2. Wishing you could, maybe,__ is not the same as ___just DOING it. Haha, housework...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 1, 2026 | 16 comments

TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN!!!! The music last night in our little village was deafening, even up here!!! You couldn’t hear lyrics or ANYTHING and frankly, I don’t know how anyone has ears left today!  ***** But more important, every one of you who has read our blogs or commented has made our year rich and full of joy. Friends forever. In case you...