Setting The Mood For Merry
BEFORE (sort of lonely, right?) AFTER (Okay, okay, it’s a bit stuffed but mama loves her birdies–me, too) Now, moving right along, a friend in France sent a lovely...
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I am EXHAUSTED!!! Well, today was PACKED. Papa’s daughter was here for only four days so mama and he had lunch with her, then their little grandkid had a soccer match, and...
Corna-musicals
No sleighbells yet? How long do I have to wait for this guy? Maybe I’ll just listen to the street musicians until then. Rome’s bagpipers from the Abruzzo, minus...
A Lulu of a Lulu
Do you think you can go there and ask for a tummy rubber? Translation: Lulu On My Street — handymen, housecleaners, a helping hand, and good humor to go with it. Well,...
Brush Off
Now, see, this is a rare picture of an artist actually WORKING. Thanks to me. I meow and meow and meow until she opens the door to her studio and WE go in to WORK. This,...
A Model Kitty
Here’s something to get your teeth into. Well, not exactly your teeth but your paws. Is this cute or WHAT? Mya’s mama sent it and I think we kitties should ALL be...
Plum Good!
Guess what? It’s that time again. PLUM PUDDING TIME. Papa’s favourite, and because none of the Italian family really wants plum pudding, mama has made them as a...
Well Well Well
Well, as you can see. I did my job. Mama’s feeling much, much better. Of course that beef broth I made for her didn’t hurt either, with a little leftover chicken...
Inner-View
Sometimes we need a new perspective. Maybe some of you out there know the lovely website http://wwwallaboutcats.com/ created by Doron Wolffberg, but if you don’t, please go...
Makeover
No, not mine! I’m still the same old Loulou, but wait ’til you see this little darling and his aspirations to greatness. Now, these guys (and a gal),...
Slip Up
Distraught Kitty Well, I had to say it. And I really do not like to bring politics into my kitty life, but mama, papa and I are more than worried, for ourselves and for you,...
AHHHH Choo!
Mama, run…I’m about to sneeze. Mama said, “Don’t be silly, Loulou”, kitties don’t often sneeze and besides that, it was I who just sneezed,...
Writer’s Block
Yes, I am taking it easy on the bed. Because NO ONE has arrived to OPEN my IPAD so that I can WORK! Pu-leeze get in here and help, mama. Well, that didn’t work. UH, OH. It...
Santa Claws?
Well, here I am doing my airplane impersonation. Haha, just kidding. I’m actually listening for sleigh bells (whatever they are), which, I am told, should be arriving in...
Duck And Cover
Haha, mama is making a funny pun again. But that’s because THIS is happening in our kitchen: Uh, oh, we do not wish to offend vegetarians or pet owners but these are duck...
Tree’s a Crowd
A Christmas angel…stepgrandkid posing with wings. Well, here’s mama’s decorating (above). Not much room underneath for MY presents, right? But it does save...
Decking the Halls
OH, NO. I haven’t even made a shopping list for Christmas!!! Oh, well, I hope THEY have… Well, boy, that Jeanie is getting famous. The comments on her deco were...
Raucous Rescuers
I’m giggling, but I also had kitty tears over some of the video. Well, dear readers, here it is. The video of a couple of lovely people who rescue animals (found on the...
ART-Deco-Ration
WOW–are WE going to do that, mama? No, Loulou, WE are not! Well decorations, that is. Mama happens to have an aunt who happens to have a daughter who makes Martha Stewart...
Roll-ing Along
I’m pretending this comforter is a fresh-out-of-the-oven kolache! Num, num. Well, mama say I have to put in the recipe for sweet roll dough, from which the kolaches are...
Czech Point
Oh, to have a kolache in my paws! Kolache photo from Foodways mag–thank you. Well, Czech this out! Mama, who is a Czech descendant, has a darling niece who sent her this...
Lounge Lizard
Well, not exactly a real lizard, but it was alliterative and I liked that. See what cheap shots I take with our language. But what would you call a kitty who sort of lounges...
Odds And Ends
Thomas, by Mama Well, today mama is asking me to link to the most wonderful kitty art sent to her by Mya’s mama. What amazing creativity these artists have and what...
ROMEWALKS
Oh, no, here goes PAPA, this time, petting and oohing and ahhhing over DOGGIES outside our supermarket. Oh, boy, you gotta watch ’em both every minute in this burg. A...
Nip Dip
I am sorry this will be a brief blog because I am sacked out because MAMA (it’s her fault) filled one of papa’s old socks with HOMEGROWN you know what and I found it...
Just Desserts
Now what are they going to give me for the end of the dinner? Nope, don’t want this one. Lemon sorbet and booze. Not my gig. How about a tart? First, the kindest cuts of...
Turkey Trot
OKAY, GUYS–And a one, and a two, and a three: HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU, HAPPY THANKGIVING TO YOU, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, DEAR READERS, HAPPY THANKSIVING TO YOU! (And...
Gobble, Gobble
Well, you can bet I am going to be ON MY TOES this Thursday when mama comes in the door from her Thanksgiving dinner with friends. If she does not have a DRUMSTICK or THIGH...
Hind Sight
I’m sure lots of us will be having this over the next months. A widely read magazine in Italy published the front pages of newspapers all over the world–Germany,...
Links Off The Cuff
This has nothing to do with today’s blog, but I forgot to put in my Yoda impression the other day… Well, today I thought I would give some interesting links...