A Plethora of Bad News: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with the Mighty Shimshi

Hallo again, Effurrybuddies! 

It's Me again, the Mighty Shimshi, with greetings from Jerusalem, Israel.

As many of you will already know, there is no Sunday Selfies Blog Hop today, because Sawyer of the Kitties Blue, who host the Sunday Selfies blog hop, together with their HuMom, Janet,  has gone missing and his HuMom is much too worried to be hosting a blog hop.  We're furry afraid Sawyer might have had another seizure when there was no-one around to look after him. Please, effurryone, put your paws together and purray for his well-being and safe return to his family.

And that's not the end of the Bad News. This meowning, We were absolutely GUTTED to read that Our Dear Furriend, Timmy Tomcat, flew away to the Rainbow Bridge on Furriday, leaving his family heartbroken - as are we all.
Fly free, Angel Timmy. We will meet again one day.

Grandpaw is back home (after a second spell in the hospital) but not healing as fast as he should after his surgery, due to Unexpected Complications. So please purray for him too.

And then there is the Evil Coronavirus, which We all thought hoped We had seen the last of, but it's back, so it seems, in a new form - the Indian Variant, aka the Delta Variant. So now, once more, We have to wear face-masks in closed public spaces and on public transport - and Mummy is hoping and praying it won't affect her Caterwauling Club's concert next week. Step-Grandma (My Godmother) is furry suspicious about the timing of this new outbreak, coming, as it does, when we are left with a million vaccine doses on our hands, whose expiry date is a month away, and wonders how we suddenly jumped from less than 10 new cases a day, to more than 200! This couldn't all be due to a few hours last week when there were problems in the testing of incoming travellers at Ben Gurion Airport.

All of a sudden, they are urging parents to vaccinate children aged from 12 to 15.

Mummy doesn't know whom to believe any more. 

This week, We are taking part in one blog hop only - the Caturday Art Blog Hop hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie.  Here is their badge:

We artified My Sunday Selfies photo with three different filters from LunaPic. Furrst of all, We used Picasso at 55%. We overlaid that with Paper Folding at 60% and topped it all off with Edtaonisi at 30%. We framed the final result with one of LunaPic's elegant frames and voilà!

BTW - if you look carefully, you can see in the background, in the top left corner, the washing machine, which has been on its last legs for a couple of weeks and today, all but expired. So now Mummy will have to buy a new one. More bad news. It never rains but it paws...

Since the Evil Coronavirus is back, We cannot stress too strongly the impawtance of observing all the rules Some of Us thought were no longer necessary. Wear face-masks, purractice Social Distancing and above all - KEEP WASHING THOSE PAWS!

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

And now, let's blog hop!

Me and Mummy: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurryone!

Caspurr here - the Undisputed King of the Tigger-Tabbies!

I know, I know. You are going to tell Me that my grammar is wrong. That the title ought to be "Mummy and I", not Me and Mummy. But it's Me I who is am is the Star of this week's Blog Hops, not Mummy! It is I, Caspurr, Furrst of My Name, etc. etc. in this picture. Yes, it is Mummy's arm which has Me in a Suffocating Loving Grip Embrace, but it is MY handsome face you see, and Mine alone!

This is the Face That Launched a Thousand Cans of Fancy Feast! And it is Our Entry in the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop hosted by the  Charmingly Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

But Mummy did something furry clever and a little bit different this week, when it came to Our entry in the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie.

She took the original, uncropped picture and created an emeowji of herself, using an app on her meowbile phone. We then popped over to LunaPic, where Mummy artified the picture with  the Edtaonisi art effect at 40%, and further overlaid that with the Paper-folding effect at 30%.

And this is the result:

What do you think of that, My Furriends?

As for the mewsical notes - well, they are a tribute to My Wonderful Voice and a Hint to Mummy that maybe She should invite Me to accompany her to her Caterwauling Club next time She goes to rehearsal.

Now, I am sure you are anxiously awaiting an update about Grandpaw, aren't you?

Well, Grandpaw came home from the hospital a week ago and has been slowly recovering. Tomorrow, he has to go back for some more tests and might pawsibly have to stay overnight. We hope that he will be home again to celebrate his 94th birthday by the Mewish calendar, this Wednesday.

Now it is time to join the Blog Hops. Furrst of all, here are the Blog Hop Badges:

                 

Last - but by no means least - before We go, We would remind those of you living in regions still affected by the Evil Coronavirus, to carry on complying with whatever restrictions are in place for your safety and that of your Humans - Social Distancing, Face-masks and (most impawtant of all), the regular Washing Of Paws.

Be safe. Be well. We love you all!

XOXOX

Trixie is Sunk - Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurrybody!

Once again, this is going to be a furry short post, just to keep you all  - well, posted (mol).

Grandpaw should be coming home from hospital today, but We don't yet know when, exactly. His recovery is taking longer than expected so please, effurrybody, keep on purring for him.

We didn't want to miss out on Our regular blog hops, however - the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by the Wonderfully Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

So, without further ado, here is a Selfie of Moi, Queen Trixie, Furrst of My Name etc. etc. etc., in which I was well and truly sunk. Get it? (mol, mol, mol).

I bet some of you are thinking I couldn't get My Tail to fit in the bathroom sink, aren't you?

Mummy also had her doubts, but I showed her She was wrong!

It fitted furry nicely. 
It fits? I sits!

I had been hoping Mummy would turn the tap on so I could have a shower, play with the running water, but She refused to co-opurrate. I think that was rather mean, after I posed so beautifully for My Selfie, don't you?

We chose the picture displaying my Magnificent Floofy Tailio as Our Entry in the Caturday Art Blog Hop. We used two filters from LunaPic - Night at 75%, overlaid with Beauty at 40%, and We finished up with one of their elegant frames.

Next, here are the Blog Hop Badges:

                       

Now, before We go, a few more words about the Evil Coronvirus.

We don't know how many of you are still in partial  Lockdown, but for those who are, remember that the rules are there for your Purrtection, so make sure your Humans continue to observe them - whether it be face-masks, Social Distancing or whatever.

And ALL of you, wherever you are, Humans and Anipals alike - KEEP WASHING THOSE PAWS!!!

Be safe. Be well. We love you all.

XOXOX.

Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With The Little Purrince

Hallo there, Effurrybuddies!

In case you were in any doubt, this is Me - The Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) aka The Little Purrince, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard.

It is My Turn to repurresent the J-Cats on the Weekly Blog Hops - the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by the Splendiferously Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Before We forget, here are the Blog Hop Badges:

                                   

In My Selfie, as you can see, I am yawning roaring singing. What was I singing? I can't remember. Maybe the Song of My People? No, I don't think so. I think I was singing a Soothing Song to Mummy, who is furry worried (as We all are) about Grandpaw. Grandpaw is in hospital after having an opurration and, of course, at his age (a bazillion Cat years, at least), even what should be a fairly simple Purrcedure has Complications.

Mummy artified My Pawtrait with the Watercolour Art Effect from LunaPic, at 35%, and She added one of their simple, but elegant, frames.

BTW - it is called a Pawtrait because of the way my Paws are displayed so purrominently (mol).

We are going to keep today's Post short and sweet, as Mummy needs to get loads of things done before going back to the Hospital this evening.

Before We go, We will, as usual, remind those of you who live in places where restrictions are still in place to prevent the spread of the Evil Coronavirus, that they are there for your Own Purrtection, so don't treat them with disdain or brush them off. In some places, you still have to Socially Distance. In many, your Humans need to wear face-masks in public gatherings. 
And always - always - wherever you are: REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR PAWS.

Be safe. Be well. We love you all.

XOXOX