Posted by Loulou on Jan 11, 2021 | 11 comments

                    Sun worshiper… Well, mama is going bonkers over nasturtium pesto and we’re just about to have a frost that will wipe out her pesto plants! Darn.  But it’s so good to know that mama can forage in the garden and come up with a pasta sauce, haha.      ...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 10, 2021 | 18 comments

              Loulou, you do not have to go out today, okay? Well, it WAS a fun day, but not outside.  It is freezing outside even if that amazing hibiscus is still putting out flowers!  He must be mixed up with seasons…four more flowers about to open and I think it snowed for three minutes last night! I think he is...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 9, 2021 | 16 comments

                  Hey, probably a cousin! But yes, I’ll bet many are going a bit nuts without being able to go out and see friends and in many cities, attestations are required.  They may be asked for again here if there is an after-Christmas spike. Still, kitties need to roam and if you’re not a...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 8, 2021 | 10 comments

                  Well, that’s all I will say. He understands who understands, as the Italians say… But back to basics.  I am really, really cold and practically live in a duvet, in the sun, if possible, on a nice bed!  Mama says that what with all that’s going on, she’d like to join me...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 7, 2021 | 12 comments

            DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? Well, today I/we/and and at least, thank heaven, 60% of the USA was in shock so deep that I  for one, almost could not post my thoughts…this post could have been very dark… But then I thought, wisely, let’s corral these thoughts (for a change) and think instead about...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 6, 2021 | 16 comments

                  …when I find out whatever those are! Mama says I have to make resomewtions for the New Year. I’ll get back to...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 5, 2021 | 17 comments

                  I’m just lying in wait for the cake…too much butter batter (just kidding, I got zilch!). Well, mama is just about to bake today.  I think she gave in and is using a fava bean, hoping that she gets no dental bills from her friends who might mis-bite the gâteaux! Hey, that’s...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 4, 2021 | 21 comments

(I think I licked the butter/sugar spoon too long…) Well, it is almost January 6th, Epiphany, called la befana in Italy and  here it is the day the French go gaga over le gateau or galette des rois, or cake of kings, a round, decorated puff-pastry cake filled with frangipane (almond paste, almond flour, sugar, eggs, rum, vanilla), and inside there is...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 3, 2021 | 12 comments

            Hey, papa, that’s a good one… Well, papa thought that one up when he found little round pieces of what I was doing to our 15- year-old (!) Ikea straw chairs, and then mama said that maybe it should be rubble without a claws, haha. They are both so nutty, you have to keep on the ball around here....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 2, 2021 | 13 comments

                  Flos Dunaway, the heart-warming hamster. (Photos by Margherita Dunaway) Well, today we have a blog visitor from Rome, my sweet little friend, Flos, whose mama is mama’s step-grandchild, Margherita, and who takes lovely photos of Flos to keep us smiling during this difficult time. Mama...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 1, 2021 | 12 comments

                  Sun paws on a winter’s morn… Well, there is no snow here, but papa loves to say “abominables” for our middle/core sections that we (we, who, paleface?) exercise, and although we/they will not be able to get into shape by making a snowman, we/they will be working on...