Mama has always said that being a mother, with the myriad jobs it takes to be one, is one of the most difficult and sometimes exhausting jobs on earth. Hallelujah to mothers everywhere.❤️

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And a plea for everyone to look at what one man is doing to destroy our nation. VOTE when the time comes. Which is soon…

Mama says that she had to put this in.

How on earth did he get away …

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Ellen’s Penny from heaven and lovely memorial art by Ingrid, Benji and Dalton’s mama. A long battle, now over but a very sad mama and papa.…

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Love my golden cloud…

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I’m sure I have mentioned this before, but it’s such fun that I’ll tell the story again. Papa loves playing around with words and when the grandkids were little, he taught them “thank you” in fractured French. See title of blog, haha!

So now it’s in the family language that families seem to create along the way…

And we are thankful for being a bit silly in these very sober …

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…going….going…

…gone zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

(Mama wishes she could do this…)

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WOW, there are TWO of them!

We have shown you the little cherubs outside our window here in Rome, but he has a companion! Mama had to lean pretty far out of the window to get a pic but I was watching…

And of course, they are all over in the paintigs and sculptures here.

Cherubs, cherubs, everywhere! There are probably books about these little cuties.

But …

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Oh, mama, you should hear those birdies from where I am. We all have a set of bird-plugs up here!

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Eh bien, I think today that our spark must be that we must never let go of being a little crazy and silly and even childlike whenever possible keep our humor strong and accessible.

And mama thinks this is a good example of that….

We listen to those strange birdies with different ears …

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Donc, this is sort of a stomach selfie, non? I am pretty sure that I had just been wandering in the nip area of our garden long ago, haha.

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Mama and papa went to the Roma women’s team soccer match yesterday to watch them win the Scudetto…the Italian championship pennant of the year.

Mama thinks that sometimes the Roma men’s team should be learning from the women! They really are fun to watch …

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Love sunbathing up here…

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Voilá, mama found this video of the Hokusai exhibit here in Rome and she feels it is almost like being at the expo. Enjoy!! A little vacation for our far-away friends. Mama even watched it twice!!…

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Well, this strange little guy used to be on the streets, making us all laugh but actually making some pretty nervous with his baby body and very un-baby face! Don’t know where he went. Now there are not many like this, mainly acrobats or musicians, some good, some not, but all the funny clowns and mimes and such have not been seen for a couple of years.

Maybe they are in other parts of …

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I’m pawsing to listen…maybe this will help mama get better at it…

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We loved this statement from Mr Churchill

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” — Winston Churchill

It’s the listen part that mama works on all the time…she’s getting better but sometimes her activist actions get in the way!

In this case, mama should have listened to more …

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Too much pizza…a satisfied selfie.

Donc, mama and papa have just visited the Hokusai exhibit here in Rome and oh, boy, was that a treat for me…even kitties in his woodcuts and everything so precise and amazing. What an artist. But the fun part is the roon with videos of his famous ‘WAVE’, which you can enter and feel that your body is actually part of the water and sea and the giant wave!…

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Just filling in another fill-in that mama thinks we must have missed! Oh, boy…

HAHA, we didn’t miss it…it just seeme different when we read another’s fill-ins. Oh, well, here goes again;

1. Have you ever noticed ___how much fun it is to make up silly songs?

2. Would you choose ___paradise or ___paving? Haha, no parking lots for us, Joni Mitchell.

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“Oh, bella meow, bella meow, bella meow, bellow meow, meow, meow!”🎶🎶🎶

Today is liberation day in Italy, and here is the partisan song, made famous because of this day.

Unfortunately the tricoloi airplanes are not performing until June 2, but here they are, in all their glory.

It’s really fun to sing and papa’s ex has promised to sing it with mama at lunch today, much to the dismay of the restaurant, haha.

Gabriella …

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WOW, I LOVE cloud and sunset watching up here!

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1. Have you ever noticed __how refreshed your body feels when you are off social media and looking at clouds or sunsets instead?

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Wow, following mama around on her walks wears me out!

Grazie—

For another lovely doorway…

To you and you and you whose blogs are such a treat to read.

For uplifting, funny, informative, thoughtful blogs.

For this beautiful city.

For sane voters who will get this @#$%!! out of office.

For lovely spring vegetables.

For my honey’s new eye.

For little Punches sweet keepers who make him feel safe.

For our service men and …

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(I was up there and I saw it)

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Today the sun hit the Pantheon at 1pm through the opening in the top at exactly the place that Hadrian, who built it, wished it to hit on this date when it was finished.

Unfortunately, mama and papa, shopping for groceries today, missed the time it happened!!! Oh, well, at least you can see the lovely Pantheon again here, side and front.

Bonjour, mama thinks the …

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Donc, we are so tickled about this lady and her doggy! Is this brilliant or what?

Well, I could have helped mama with digging but I had other things to put in the hole that were…uh…important.

I say let’s leave it to the doggies to help out, and I’ll watch from my amazing vantage point, maybe give them advice every now and then……

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When I was a young kitty, papa let me know he loved me…all the time. Still does, at a distance….

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This is our Monday spark.

Mama has fallen in love with little Punch who inspired our thought today. And it is that with love and kindness a lonely rejected soul can feel accepted and thrive on being alive. Perhaps all of us need a sweet stuffed anything to cuddle!

Be loving and kind …

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