en livingwithloulou http://www.livingwithloulou.com <![CDATA[Living with LouLou]]> https://static.feedpress.com/logo/livingwithloulou.png Living with LouLou http://www.livingwithloulou.com A French Kitty's Opinions on Just About Everything Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sagacious Sunday https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sagacious-sunday/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sagacious-sunday/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:30:09 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36726 Sightseeing with THEN is so tiring… Alora, at least once a year we devote some time to the smart-a-tude of doggies. This is for Dalton’s gotcha day, haha. Doggies Doggies II The second one is fascinating but it’s the Wash Post and they don’t let readers read who are not subscribers. Grrrrr. But the first […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-fillers-5/feed/ 18 Thank-you, grazie… https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thank-you-grazie/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thank-you-grazie/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:39:02 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36720 HEY, they are out of town…just took a little quick sunbath in my ex-garden…who’s to know, haha? 🍕🍕🍕 Well, grazie for following mama and papa all over the place while they toodle around Rome and see family and discover new wonderful things even after 40 years of toodling! I used to be with them and […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/thank-you-grazie/feed/ 14 Shhhh, Wednesday https://www.livingwithloulou.com/shhhh-wednesday/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/shhhh-wednesday/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:57:04 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36701 Ciao, tutti!!!(I have to practice my Italian to get anything done around here.) Not my best photo but…uh…toothy…Soon I’ll visit the kitty shelter nearby that you have seen before but this time maybe there will be KITTIES! They roam loose in the ruins and so are probably in shady places, but I’ll find them! ***** […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/shhhh-wednesday/feed/ 12 Tuesday Tastes https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-tastes/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-tastes/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:23:39 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36693 WOW, that tasted GOOD, mama! Poi,(now),let’s start with pizza…mama and papa finally discovered that a place they used to eat pizza near their apartment has come back from being sold and has the best pizza ever, because when it was sold the food took a dive. And they don’t have to walk far to have […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-tastes/feed/ 18 Monday Magic https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-magic-2/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-magic-2/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:08:00 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36686 WOW, this city is pretty magical! Piazza Navona fountair and the little marble foot that most tourists wonder about, thinking it should be much bigger like the one on the postcard where a kitty is sitting! Allora, it is magically bello here and warm and sunny and chores begin and a med visit for a problem […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-magic-2/feed/ 12 Shining on Sunday https://www.livingwithloulou.com/shining-on-sunday/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/shining-on-sunday/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:54:26 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36682 Lit up to be lazy… ***** Well, mama and especially papa need a rest after that long drive…3 days of freeway but yes, a couple of pit stops in nice place. Still, sitting for hours in a car is not mama’s idea of excitement…mama reads nws of the world to the driver and can’t wait […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/shining-on-sunday/feed/ 14 MERCIS https://www.livingwithloulou.com/mercis-2/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/mercis-2/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:50:59 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36678 An old pic of me taking a break, which is what I am doing now on this little trip with mama and papa…. *********** Thank you all for good travel wishes. It’s only for a couple of days but good wishes are always welcome and helpful. Lovely weather, lovely air, summer is still with us, […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/mercis-2/feed/ 10 A little hiatus… https://www.livingwithloulou.com/a-little-hiatus/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/a-little-hiatus/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:10:13 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36673 I’m taking a little vacation myself… ***** Bonjour, we’ll be traveling a couple of days and may not get to our hellos to you, but maybe mama will have time to send some pics along the way. Sitting in a car for so long is pretty hard on the knees,mama says, haha. But here are […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/a-little-hiatus/feed/ 18 Sunday Sizzle https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-sizzle/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-sizzle/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:00:52 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36657 Think I’ll check out that fluffy over there…. Yep, this’ll be FUN… ***** Garden news. Sage that doubled during the heat! Oh, boy, it’s hot again, just when we thought cool weather was for good, but mama is thrilled and wants a little more summer in our lives. At least we have sage, San Marzano […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-sizzle/feed/ 14 Deft Chefs https://www.livingwithloulou.com/deft-chefs/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/deft-chefs/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:37:03 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36649   🐟🐟🐟👀 Well, our friends visiting from Satt Spring Island made an amazing dinner last night and oh, boy, I wish I had been there for the salmon with chili crisp and little sautéed new potatoes and perfect zucchini bites and a little first course salad of chick peas and wild arugula and tiny raisins […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/deft-chefs/feed/ 12 Friday Features https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-features-2/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-features-2/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:09:23 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36644 Wow…those were very interesting fill-ins! Exhausting for me, so I let mama do them. Merci, mama. ***** 1. I tend to scrimp on __praise for our government and the crooks who run it. Into the ground…. 2. I tend to save on __so much, because we have a garden and our neghbor gives us so […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/friday-features-2/feed/ 10 Mercy Buckup for YOU! https://www.livingwithloulou.com/mercy-buckup-for-you/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/mercy-buckup-for-you/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:14:21 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36637 You all out there are so wonderful. Just an interesting photo….Tourists still here….even with colder weather! FYI Had to do it. And mama says that if she could, she would pay everyone $10,000 NOT TO VOTE FOR HIM!!!! What a turkey. And if human beings can be bought for $$$$$ that is illegal and that […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/mercy-buckup-for-you/feed/ 10 Wordless https://www.livingwithloulou.com/wordless-4/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/wordless-4/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:36:10 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36633 (I can’t think of anything to say anyway.) ***** Not hard to be today because mama is without words for this AWFUL WEATHER –COLD AND RAINY AND GUESTS COMING AND JUST HORRIBLE IN GENERAL. But, seriously folks, have a sweet wordless day of relaxation and meditatioin and enjoyment of life. No need to speak…to anyone! […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/wordless-4/feed/ 10 Laborious Day https://www.livingwithloulou.com/laborious-day/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/laborious-day/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:10:50 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36614 Comfy on my cloud…no labor today! ***** Non, we do not celebrate Labor Day in France, but we are sure that many of you are doing just that–barbeques, gatherings with friends, and in gerneral taking a day off to celebrate workers. It’s also Monday musing day for sparks so let’s use this one. “Keep your […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sunday-market/feed/ 22 SAT PAT https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sat-pat/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sat-pat/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:39:38 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36591 Our clouds are temperatue-controlled… ***** Donc, we are staying pat today instead of running about in this heat!! Yes, it’s back. Mama is looking for prescription goggles so that she can swim and not see double. Yes she sees double, it’s call horizontal binocular diplopia and if anyone out there has it, mama would be […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/sat-pat/feed/ 14 UH OH…Thursday is the new FRIDAY! https://www.livingwithloulou.com/uh-oh-thursday-is-the-new-friday/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/uh-oh-thursday-is-the-new-friday/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:08:06 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36583 Mama, you are going to have to LISTEN to me more often! 😻😻😻 Hello, dear friends and readers and bloggers. A million thanks for your patience and kind comments. Another million that you exist at all, good hearts in a very bad-hearted atmosphere of politics! Merci, gracias, danke, grazie to all. This recent fast lane […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/uh-oh-thursday-is-the-new-friday/feed/ 10 Tuesday Is The New Wednesday! A Proust Boost… https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-is-the-new-wednesday-a-proust-boost/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-is-the-new-wednesday-a-proust-boost/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:47:40 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36578 I TOLD MAMA IT WAS TUESDAY!!SHE JUST DOESN’T LISTEN TO ME SOMTIMES! ***** Donc….mama goofed again. But what the heck, it’s the last of summer, kids going back to school, breezes blowing in with a smoky smell of autumn, and mama trying to get ready for guests who come next week and then seeing family […]

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]]> https://www.livingwithloulou.com/tuesday-is-the-new-wednesday-a-proust-boost/feed/ 14 MONDAY MORN https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-morn/ https://www.livingwithloulou.com/monday-morn/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:55:30 +0000 https://www.livingwithloulou.com/?p=36573 The paws that refresh…. ***** Except mama is helping me in the afternoon, not the morn, and we tried for the morning, really we did, but things got in the way as they often do. Still, here is our positive thought for the week: The Temporary Nature of Executive Orders: While President Trump has aggressively […]

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