Posted by Loulou on Dec 31, 2022 | 13 comments

New Year’s Eve? End of year? Fin d’année? What on earth is everyone TALKING about? Zzzzzzzzz…….. Oh, THAT! Zzzzzzzzzzzz….....

Posted by Loulou on Dec 30, 2022 | 10 comments

Before our fill-ins, we want to pay tribute to the great Edson Arantes do Nascimento known always as Pelé. Muito obrigado, Pelé! You will be missed by the world. Thank you for all you have given us. GOOOOAAAL! ⚽️⚽️⚽️ Now to fill-ins.  Mama took over today but I do have my opinions….  1. Thoughtfulness (Vitamin B12 and Cosequin and Mirataz for...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 29, 2022 | 18 comments

Well, we are thankful for so much that it may not fit. Thankful for longer days and a lovely new moon. Thankful for a year of sweet friends through blogging. Thankful for so many countries giving aid to Ukraine. Thankful for so many positive actions by Biden to strengthen and heal our USA from events of January 6th. Thankful for those who adopt shelter...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 28, 2022 | 18 comments

LOULOU, IT’S WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! STOP YAKKING!!!! Oh, okay, mama, but I wanted to send good health to Ms Ellen and hubby…..mama‘s the word. Uh…mum....

Posted by Loulou on Dec 27, 2022 | 16 comments

This walking stuff leaves me POOPED. WOW, today I actually WALKED upstairs to my nice little warm bed!!! Slowly, slowly, but I walked without my ‘elevator’ (read: papa). Once again, we must thank Ms Ellen P for suggesting this vitamin B12 for kitties that has worked to repair the nerve endings in our back legs weakened by diabetes. Crossed...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 26, 2022 | 18 comments

Well, that was pretty dumb, mama. And I’m not sure you have any tocks pics of me ANYWHERE! This is the only one I could FIND and it’s not very good. Maybe this one, the tocks are on the left… Oh, well. Still, it’s really spark day and here is ours. May all shelters be empty one day and homes filled with sweet animals to brighten...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 25, 2022 | 26 comments

Are you tellin’ me that that guy with the beard and red suit has been and GONE? Whoa…two weeks of hard labor for THIS? Well, all I can say is, it was WORTH it! Hearing from so many friends and family was our best present. Have a lovely day and guess what tomorrow is? BOXING DAY. I’ll bet there are lots of kitties out there getting ready...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 24, 2022 | 22 comments

Just had my Christmas Eve wet chucks of chicken laced with duck fat!! No complaints. No Saturday art because mama WAS going to help me and she’s basting what looks like a bird that will produce REALLY good leftovers for you know who. Or you know whom, whatever. May Santa visit you all and then eat all of his cookies and may your tomorrow be merry and...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 23, 2022 | 28 comments

1. My favorite holiday tradition is ___having Christmas on the 24th at night and then a nice present-opening and then on the 25th a nice lunch and when mama was a kid, playing with her new prezzies, like making her Tiny Tears wet the bed and cry, haha. 2. On Christmas (or Hanukkah) I plan to fill up on __latkes and salmon eggs, er, that is, mama will make...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 22, 2022 | 20 comments

‘Twas the night before the night before the real night before Christmas and all through the house, the only thing stirring was this $#@ˆ!! MOUSE! I am thankful, so thankful for our friends out there in the blogger world and so many spread all over the planet, and I would be thankful, too, if mama would come and make this #@$&!! RODENT go...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 21, 2022 | 16 comments

This morning was as black as the fur between my patty paws! WOW, our Central European Time will be 10:47 pm when the days will be getting BRIGHTER AND LONGER! Well, all of us around here are going to celebrate THAT, for sure! Maybe I’ll wake up a bit earlier tomorrow and check out the sunrise just to make sure these guys know what they are talking...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 20, 2022 | 12 comments

Just finished playing with Ms Ellen’s hand-knitted TOY! So cool! Well, a short post today, as good news from my lady vet. No baddies on the blood tests, glucose a bit too high so she upped the IUs to 6 and I feel fine and might not…uh…have to…uh…use my litter box quite so often. Now if it were just not so hit or miss, haha… Well, my new toy will take my...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 19, 2022 | 18 comments

I’m imagining that whoever that is in those shoes in the right-hand corner is going t give me a TUMMY RUB. Well, today our spark is this: Imagine anything and go for it! This sweet story certainly brought joy to all of us, especially mama, whose mama used to take her brother and her out to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.  And Texas had...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 18, 2022 | 14 comments

SHUT THOSE SHUTTERS, MAMA. Too much grey today! Boy, do we have the winter washout here in our little village. Talk about shades of grey! But mama has ranunculas (whatever they are) in a vase and they have opened up like little sunshines to brighten our morning. That and the tomatoes STILL hanging on the vine in 5-degree weather! We hope that everyone out...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 17, 2022 | 14 comments

Well, this was such a fun Lunapic Dream Theme that we went for it for today’s ait.  What a great site is that Loonypic place. Have a wonderful relaxing, warm, cozy Saturday. Maybe throw in a hot chocolate? A good movie? Anyone out there have suggestions for good series? Would love to hear them. Back to slumber…and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR GRANDDAUGHTER TODAY!...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 16, 2022 | 14 comments

Personally, I think Christmas is a stretch…. . This time of year, _everything is so commercial that it__puts me in a Grinch like mood. Whatever commercial is. I’m just quoting mama… 2. My favorite kind of Christmas cookie is __mama’s ginger snaps but I only get a little lick of butter, no cookie, sigh. Maybe the butter is the snap,...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 16, 2022 | 2 comments

OOPS! THURSDAY BLOG. MAMA FORGOT TO POST IT. SO TWO TODAY! WOW, Morocco (and France), thank you  for a spectacular match! We are sorry Morocco did not win because of the magnificent show of skill and power that the team exhibited. And mama hasn’t looked yet but she thought they dominated the game, with a possession of way over what is average in...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 15, 2022 | 16 comments

My nightly TV watching pose. Uh…the news was on, not that red string, haha, or Kitten on the Keys on YouTube. A very important day, December 15! Read on and see why. Ironic that so many of them are being questioned by the GOP. After all, we SHARE those rights, right? Oh, if we could only be bipartisan but sharing appears to be an outmoded word… I get along...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 14, 2022 | 14 comments

Well, we are awaiting the France and Morocco game. Morocco was once a protectorate of France and so they have a sensitive bond between them. Should be fascinating to watch! We’re too nervous to blog today, but I’ll try to keep THEM steady until tomorrow’s match…jeez, Louise, the weird chores I have around this place…...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 13, 2022 | 16 comments

Merry Holidays, dear readers. Any reindeer in the neighborhood yet? Here are a few holiday sparks to lift spirits. I guess the spark on this non-spark day is to see beauty in strange places. Rome-lit up for shoppers a few years ago for Gay Pride Well, today we are sharing a few pics of Rome during holidays. This is a doll fix-it shop and has been there...