Posted by Loulou on Jan 11, 2025 | 6 comments

Mama took over today. I’m on holiday…and this guy took over, too. ARGGGGH….mam forgot to post this, argggggh…..I have to do everything. 1. I will keep my old __hubby (!) over a new one any day!!!!!!! 2. My theme song for the year is __Imagine by John Lennon.  (Sorry, I know I already did a focus word, but I needed more motivation)....

Posted by Loulou on Jan 9, 2025 | 26 comments

Well, we have been meaning to put this in for…uh…a while…..we are so thankful for this organization and all it does. But today is thank you, birdies, for all the happiness you give us and for your songs and warbles and tweets and for being able to get along with and share with bigger birdies! OOPS…this sneaked in there and they are...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 8, 2025 | 22 comments

So sweet these kitties. I make sure they are protected...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 7, 2025 | 22 comments

Well, mama will put in her recipe for banana bread in her cookbook soon, but meanwhile, I’ll just give this little devil a workout, haha. Well, mama just wanted me to tell you that she started her third cookbook on Substack recently, and all the recipes and chapters are FREE and she is glad to help anyone with any of the dishes that catch...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 6, 2025 | 22 comments

Mama remembers this from an old blues love song but it’s a good spark, in that it also means to mama that we should cherish the sweet and good things that are big parts of our lives and not waste them by ignoring or forgetting them. You don’t miss your water ’til your well runs dry… Ain’t that the truth? May your wells never...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 5, 2025 | 20 comments

  Well, I wangled a photo here but it was NOT easy because mama was insistent on (yet another) pic of the little new member of our granddaughter’s family!  No, I am NOT giving him the evil eye, and besides, he’s snoozing!   Okay, okay, mama, Enoki is cute but really, there has to be a limit to this cutesy-pootsy stuff, non? I will...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 4, 2025 | 14 comments

  I’m getting in shape for the New Year. Aren’t we all- mentallly OR physically, haha.  I think we’ll need the mental part more than ever… Apart from doing my leg lfts, I did observe that mama thought she heard BIRDIES early this morn, and they are not supposed to cheep for seversl weeks! Even though the days are longer, they...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 3, 2025 | 14 comments

1. My guide word for 2025 is __listen. 2. I am counting the days to__ SPRING. 3. 2025 is the year that I will __try to get mama to keep her resolutions, haha. 4. I need to better organize __THEIR lives, so that they can operate more efficiently and have some r and r time. Too much admin this year! Whatever that is… And here is the latest pic of...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 2, 2025 | 20 comments

Well today I have another story: This sweetie appeared in the garden as mama pruned roses this afternoon. Yes, she stared at mama while she worked and rubbed her jaws on anything she could find! Especially mama, who unlocked the garden gate and deposited her OUTSIDE. She belongs to our neighbor up the street who lets her out all the time and she eats with...

Posted by Loulou on Jan 1, 2025 | 24 comments

This is Enoki, mama’s granddaughter’s new Tuxie. I wanted you to meet him so I took the day off for r and r….he is a winner! A friend sent mama and papa the most beautiful song for the New Year…it is in French but mama wants to put it here anyway because the music is so haunting. It wishes many good things for all of us,...