Posted by Loulou on Oct 6, 2025 | 16 comments

I’m passing on my smile from my cloud… If you see someone without a smile, give ’em yours! Dolly Parton Mama also loves this one from the Dalai Lama: If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. or this one:Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. Ain’t that the...

Posted by Loulou on Oct 5, 2025 | 26 comments

  ***** Well, I guess the squiggles thing petered out…Mama wanted to put in a really cute gif, whatever that is, of a little brown bulldog squiggling, and she uses it on whatsapp all the time but couldn’t figure out how to get it in a blog. Mama needs a lesson in techie stuff even though she can do most of it, but a bulldog? Really, mama,...

Posted by Loulou on Oct 4, 2025 | 16 comments

Well, mama you can say that again! This is about the silliest photo you have EVER taken of yours truly, merci! Hope mama dles better tomorrow. I think she and papa had a series to watch that made her….uh…. hurry things up as she took my dictation. Okay, mama go watch Unit One. I could care less. Great series, however….if you’re...

Posted by Loulou on Oct 3, 2025 | 12 comments

  WOW, those are fun fill-ins! 1. It’s impossible to __reason when you ___are talking to a Trumpite. 1.(more fun) It’s impossible to___sleep when you___are waiting for Santa Claus at 5 years old. 2. Falling in love___ is great until ___it gets even BETTER!. 3. I wish I could solve the mystery of __how the universe started and from WHAT? Was there a...

Posted by Loulou on Oct 2, 2025 | 24 comments

Well, I’m not animated but I sent a friend who is down beloow to dance for Mr Frum…. Haha, papa taught that funny “merci” to his grandkids when they were small, and now it’s part of our family language! Mama wanted to clarity it because she and so mamy, many bloggers and followers and readers of the CB want to thank Mr Terry...

Posted by Loulou on Oct 1, 2025 | 14 comments

OMC! They’re at it again! 😝😝😝😝😝 Yes, yes,, we know what day it is, but at the rist of having our sweet readers not realize what will be happening to their health care if the GOP sabotages Obamacare and Medicare, scientific research, vaccines. access to drugs and more, we are saying a few words. So many depend on health insurance as they age or need...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 30, 2025 | 16 comments

A little walk through Rome…these paws are made for walkin’…. Side of Pantheon Front of Pantheon More of Pantheon in early morning Hole in roof of Pantheon where no rain ever comes in… (Mama loves the Pantheon) Bride in piazza del Pantheon (!) The Pantheon at night (there’s a cafe where one can sit and gaze at the magnificent...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 29, 2025 | 14 comments

I’m passing this on to Rasta, too. His ship is sometimes a bit shaky…. Let us hope that our ships are strong enough to weather the storms that our government is bringing upon our once-peaceful, or fairly peaceful, democracy and way of life. I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott THE VIDEO OF TRUMP...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 28, 2025 | 21 comments

Snoozing in Roma long ago and now just observing! ***** Miracolo! This lovely weather is holding up and so perfect to walk in on a Sunday when most of the town is sleeping in and the kitties at the kitty shelter/ruin are basking. Cool word “basking”, no? The origin initially meant “to bathe oneself'”which is exactly what it feels...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 27, 2025 | 14 comments

  My weird pic above is of course from Lunapics, Groovy Color, because we were feeling very groovy after having read the very groovy quotes about aging. When mama came upon this website she loved some of the quotes. Not that she is getting older, no way, haha, but the quotes are quite helpful and so true. At least we thought so. When someone asks mama...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 26, 2025 | 16 comments

Kitties at Largo Argentina, a ruin being restored near us in Rome. And a kitty who must have been a cousin! ***** 1. I will never eat _a certain pizza that we ate the other night__ again. Hard to find good pizza in Rome, alas. Funny, no? And so easy to make at home. Easier than most recipes for all sorts of things that take so much time! Flour, water,...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 25, 2025 | 14 comments

Takin’ in a few rays while I ponder things… **** Haha, I just thought up that Thank Tank thingy and told mama to post it. Our thank tank is always so full and you, dear readers, are always at the top. We are thankful that summer is a bit extended and warm weather is still here and pullovers are still in their drawers. We are thankful that most...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 24, 2025 | 14 comments

  Well, Rasta is popping in just so you know my his kittysitter is taking care of me. And now for mama’s and papa’s walk around their neighborhood… The garden of the Doria Pamphilli palazzo which backs up on a piazza nearby. One of the many halls of paintings in the palazzo. A sweet little sleeping marble angel mama liked....

Posted by Loulou on Sep 23, 2025 | 14 comments

I love friendship stories. Well, this story of the doggy and the crow made us so, so happy. It is indeed a lesson in how we could get along if only we were not stopped at evey attempt by our fascist government. T has removed all humanitarian aid from the USA to needy areas in other countries, and as one international leader put it concerning the United...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 22, 2025 | 14 comments

HA HA HA A smart person knows what to say. A wise person knows whether or not to say it. Mama got this on Linked In and couldn’t copy and paste the nice artwork that went with it,  but it’s a great spark, non? Haha, if only mama was wiser sometimes… Still, mama’s mama did have good advice on this one, too. She was always saying that...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 21, 2025 | 14 comments

I’m having an upside-selfie-down kind of day! ***** ❤️ And today, mama is going to get your goat, haha. That is, post this darling video to bring happiness and positive hoofing into your hearts. Have a frolicking...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 20, 2025 | 10 comments

Lounge, lounge, lounge, love this cloud comfort Ahhh….this one’s cooler….perfect for floating over Rome on a hot day , sigh…. Hey, who woke me up??? Oh, they’re having lunch with la famiglia…I forgot. Off to work…. We did a color-enhanced Lunapic, mainly because mama was lazy and wanted to read the GOOD NEWS in...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 19, 2025 | 16 comments

Mama has skipped Thursday because there are too many thanks to list, above all, your continued friendship and news from wherever you live. But this is the most important news right now as we are losing our country. I told her to share this rainbow to lift our spirits. To keep sane, mama says she’ll move on to fill-ins 1. To thine own self, be true...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 15, 2025 | 16 comments

    HAH, you think I’m snoozing but my eyeballs are wide open…we can do things like that up here… **** Our spark comes from Ms Edith Wharton: True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. Now you see… it in so many places, in so many anthros, but in our government…now you DON’T! Instead of news, dear readers, haply I think on...

Posted by Loulou on Sep 14, 2025 | 11 comments

Lovely weather where we are, and I am loving all the doggies on the streets full of tourists out walking their woofers. Have you noticed that some doiggies resemble their mama or papa? Or maybe it’s the other way around, haha. Mama saw a black and white Yorkie, which she had never seen. MAMA, why didn’t you take a pic? Well, that’s about...