Posted by Loulou on Jul 12, 2024 | 17 comments

Here I am as a dog….guess what I’m doing, haha! I did this first one: 1. It would be nice to be __a doggy__ for a day. To see how the other half lives…No leash, please! Then mama took over: 2. The older I get, the more I appreciate __friends and family and simplifying life. 3. I like to decorate __the house with __lots of flowers! 4....

Posted by Loulou on Jul 11, 2024 | 24 comments

Leaping for joy! Well, today we are very grateful that…make that “I”…am grateful for 16 years with mama and papa before, well, you know. Great years and I know they were grateful for me, for sure and now for sweet memories. Mama and papa are glad that their grandkids are all well and one graduating from high school and off to...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 10, 2024 | 14 comments

Hey, do YOU talk when you’re...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 9, 2024 | 16 comments

Oh, mama, that ice cream used to drive me bonkers… Well, I guess the treats I’m talking about are mama’s latest curry that she did for some neighbors, one of whom brings her a spice from Goa called Xacuti, and 3-minute ice cream that literally takes about 3 minutes. Serves 4: Cut up into slices some lovely summer fruits like 2 large...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 8, 2024 | 12 comments

But at least here’s our spark! What could be more uplifting than a tour of kitties? And mama thinks Macron call for elections was planned to get the left to oust Marie Le Poison Pen and keep France true to its motto: Liberty Equality Fraternity! Smart cookie that Macron. Happy cool-ish week for those suffering fron heat. California is simmering!...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 6, 2024 | 18 comments

Well, here I am.  Er….sitting…uh….somewhere, and loving every minute of being with you this weekend, wherever you are! Love from a special space… By the way, Peejay’s mama is doing a blog so I will stop publishing his (ADORABLE) photos but had to put this one in, lying on his mama’s lap while she works....

Posted by Loulou on Jul 5, 2024 | 16 comments

Happy Friday from my blue cloud…. 1. My favorite beverage to drink when it is hot out is __cold running mountain water from snow runoff…haha, just kidding, but water, water, water is my favorite__. (Mama says, too, that our rain has sand from the Sahara in it and makes our outdoor table BROWN so I pass on the rain water.) Mama: 2. My favorite...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 4, 2024 | 21 comments

Ooops, mama published my Thursday blog on Wednesday. Jeez, Louise, so hard to get assistants around here. So here is another Thursday thanks for our friend, Cathy’s, newest addition to their family. Peejay. Mama and I can just hear the ‘awwwwwwwws’…… Happy Fourth and nummy barbeques for...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 3, 2024 | 16 comments

A simple blog today. Thank you all for just being. You bring joy to us daily. Your kitties and doggies and ducks and geese and horses and donkeys and rabbits and hamsters and turtles and all the other sweet pets you have bring us joy, too. And thank you for putting up with mama’s forays into politics, haha. Back to basics…....

Posted by Loulou on Jul 3, 2024 | 6 comments

Just havin’a little ‘whooshing’ Wednesday in my glorious state….whoosh,...

Posted by Loulou on Jul 2, 2024 | 16 comments

From Heather Cox Richardson article: Today the United States Supreme Court overthrew the central premise of American democracy: that no one is above the law.  Today’s decision destroyed the principle on which this nation was founded, that all people in the United States of America should be equal before the law. The name of the case is “Donald J. Trump v....

Posted by Loulou on Jul 1, 2024 | 20 comments

Just hanging out here, invisible to all, no bother to anyone, haha.  Donc, today’s sparks are from the Roosevelts…Eleanor suggested that you do one thing a day that scares you and Franklin came up with the only thing to fear is fear itself, which we felt went fairly well together! As did the two of them.. But I particularly like this one from Oscar Wilde:...