New Year’s Eve, that is…Hey, I know you’re out there! Have a safe,healthy, tasty, quiet or not quiet, loving, joyful, hopeful Eve with friends and family, or not, and make resolutions you can keep, haha. I know that mama is still working on last year’s resolve, but maybe it will spill over into 2025 and be even stronger as it...
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Resting up on my cloud before all those bangs go off! Mondat words from the brilliant Leonard Cohen that seemed so perfect to us for the New Year; Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Mama also read this in Louise Penny’s second book, A Fatal Grace. Many of her...
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A pot of good luck and fortune and friendship. Well, our black-eyed peas are simmering for Tuesday eve and New Year’s Day and even I liked a little lick of the liquid. Not much but a tiny lick. I’d better go watch over the pot…mama’s up the street with our neighbors having an in-the-street party. I took a few pics…it was a...
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Well, I came down from the clouds to have a Christmas roll in the garden. That was my present to myself but I know mama and papa felt it, too. Mama’s fill-ins: 1. Just being with my honey and a nice little fire and opening a few little prezzies__was the highlight of my Christmas ( or Hanukkah). 2. I ate too much __Joel Robuchon mashed potatoes (!) on...
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OMC, not enough room for thanks, yet again! But here’s one for sure. We are so thankful for a very quiet Christmas. Often we are with our family in Italy, which is always a treat, but we heard from papa’s ex, mama’s good friend, that she asked for a ride home around 3 in the morning!!!! Gadzooks. I think they start around 6:30 and play...
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Merry merry Christmas and a little smile for all. And we love all of your cards and Christmas trees and decoration for this holiday season. Thanks for sharing your lives with...
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Joyeux nöel, everyone. Here is was one Christmas and I put this in because I like thinking about that time…....
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I think today’s spark is pretty simple: Keep your eye on your own ball and keep it bouncing where to want it to go. We are sure you will run into other ball-holders with whom you may wish to bounce! We love to bounce with YOU, dear bloggers, and together we will have some pretty good action going, non? The wind here is HOWWWLING…it just started...
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Well, we’ve stretched before but today we are stretching out to wish you a lovely tomorrow before The Eve of Christmas and hope that all presents are wrapped and all ornaments hung and many cookies are ready with milk for a late-night snack for You Know Who. And then we hope you have some REST and RELAXATION after all this activity....
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When THEY were out of town I borrowed mama’s computer to write my rap and here goes, Keep the beat So here we all are and it’s Christmas and cold unless you’re on a warm beach and the sunset is gold but we’re all in this together and the trees are all lit up so whatever is the weather we shall pour ourselves a cup and toast with...
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These are cool fill-ins, Ms Ellen and Lorraine! Mama: 1. Doing end of year admin__at Christmastime is such a pain to me. 2. I can’t wait to see __my honey____ open his gift from me. Me, Loulou: 3. I __watch mama and papa opening prezzies on Christmas morning and wish I were there….sigh… 4. I __pass out on my cloud and in their beddy bye so do...
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Well, I’m just up here in my blue cloud making sure this message gets into my blog; THANK YOU, dear friends, for too many wonderful things you do for us to write down in this tiny space. Countdown —- 5 days, WHEW, we are NOT ready….well, I speak for mama, haha. Mama was out of town for one night and I had to try to get things...
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(With thanks to Ann Adamus for our card) 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 Wishing you Happy Happy Holidays from ME, too, watching over all of your celebrations from my birds-eye view! Ms Adamus did this card for me a few Christmases ago, but this year I’ll remind mama that Santa really wants me to put out the Single Malt instead, haha! ...
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This is NOT our mood, dear friends, it’s just a photo of me that I liked, haha. But if I really searched my soul, I just might come up with a teensy, weensy, very-short-lived feeling of…uh..bah, humbug, haha. Doesn’t happen very often but our cold, cold weather doesn’t help with the ho ho ho very much. What’s a humbug anyway?...
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Just here Just now Just this Raise your right paw if this makes sense to you. Mama can’t remember where she got these three sentences, but we use them every time we get hi-jacked into worry about the future or little voices from the past try to get our attention, and it works like a CHARM. Just here, right on this blog with YOU. Just now, NOW...
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Well, we just had to put this photo in the blog right away. Our dear friend in Sonoma, Dan, took it and we LOVED those crazy birdies headed, it looks like, to have a massage! Maybe getting tenderized, haha…. As for me, I’m putting in my favorite selfie since it’s a little difficult to get a more recent one lately…he understands who...
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Well, I’m just hanging out here in my cloud waiting for sunny Sunday. I think it’s going to happen because we had a spectacular sunset a few nights ago and I think another one is headed this way… Meanwhile, have a sizzinng, stupendous, satisfying and sweet Saturday,...
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Our little village with trees and ribbons everywhere. Mama did these but I helped because I loved Christmas eve by our fireplace and a little tuna treat. Now it’s Christmas every day, ho ho ho, 1. My favorite Christmas movie ( or book) is __Little Women. 2. My favorite Christmas song is _Good King Wenceslas.. 3. Keeping a smile ready for everyone_ is...
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We salute you, beautiful singers! You made mama’s and papa’s day. Well, mama happened to see this on YouTube and then called papa to watch and they both got all teary, mama because she felt immediate thanks to women and men like these for preserving our country’s freedom and papa because he was amazed at the discipline and order that...
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