Posted by Loulou on Dec 24, 2024 | 2 comments

  Joyeux nöel, everyone. Here is was one Christmas and I put this in because I like thinking about that time…....

Posted by Loulou on Dec 23, 2024 | 10 comments

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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 22, 2024 | 14 comments

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....

Posted by Loulou on Dec 21, 2024 | 14 comments

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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 20, 2024 | 16 comments

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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 19, 2024 | 14 comments

  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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 18, 2024 | 20 comments

(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!    ...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 17, 2024 | 18 comments

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?...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 16, 2024 | 14 comments

  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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 15, 2024 | 22 comments

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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 14, 2024 | 14 comments

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,...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 13, 2024 | 20 comments

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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 12, 2024 | 14 comments

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...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 11, 2024 | 12 comments

Human Rights Day Lest we forget. A cardinal effort to remember and maintain in these very strange times. (Photo from Dan McCormick) We are publishing these words today after having heard that the Los Angeles Times owner is moving ever more closely to the world of Donard Trump. Mama is aware that politics are often not welcome in sweet blogs from the...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 10, 2024 | 18 comments

  My triple-quad-axel-lutz-salchow move in clouding…wait a minute! That salchow is a doggy move, non? Well, in the spirit of holidays and all of us needing a good swift uplifting moment, I decided to invite you to see this MARVEL! This young man is the champion of the world, and possibly the world’s best skater EVER! He has accomplished a...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 9, 2024 | 14 comments

Back in my comfy cloud again but that golden one ROCKED! Well, mama’s cousin sent these and so many seemed to be pretty funny sparks that mama advised me to just put them all in and let everyone choose one! We like the toes on the knees one,,,,what’s your favorite? The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 8, 2024 | 24 comments

Guess whose selfie this is, haha. One guess only! 😻 Sweet Sunday to...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 7, 2024 | 14 comments

Well, I’m doing a little cloud-diving today, a great pasttime around here, and sometimes we dive through rainbows…! Lunapic helped mama out on this with Groovy...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 6, 2024 | 16 comments

Bien, I’m letting mama take care of these although I do love the smell of evergreen trees and black-eyed peas, haha. I told mama I would write out her Christmas list, but it’s awfully short… 1. Cleaning out drawers_, cleaning out closets_ and _cleaning up my brain are on my to-do list this month. 2. If I hear _that word beginning with T...

Posted by Loulou on Dec 5, 2024 | 18 comments

    Snoozing on my golden holiday cloud…they really snazz it up around here… So thankful for sun in a cold winter, even though the wind is wild. Thankful always for Hops and sweet blogs talking about the things that go on in friends’ lives so far away. Thankful for vets who can help sick animals and take them back to health....