Caturday Art and Sunday Guest Selfie With Uncle Messi

Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!

This week, We have a furry special guest - Our Woofie Uncle, Messi. 

We have featured Uncle Messi several times before, as you will no doubt remember. His Humans just happen to be Our Grandpaw and Step-Grandma, which is how We happen to have an Uncle who is a Woofie (mol)!

We think Messi is furry handsome. 
Well, naturally, he would be - he is Our Uncle, after all!!!
Mummy thinks he must have some feline DNA, judging by the way he wants to go out into the patio-garden, then in again, then out again, then in again, then out again, then in - effurry few seconds (mol).

Messi is Our Guest Repurresentative in this weekend's bloggie 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 oh-so deliciously Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Here are the blog hop badges:

            

This week's art was created using LunaPic's Grey filter at 65%, overlaid with Quirky (which We don't believe We have used before) at 70%.

The Israel Museum is currently displaying the rough sketches for this pawtrait, which will eventually be framed and loaned to the National Gallery in London, before setting out on a world tour of the world's greatest art galleries.

Kitties, before We set out on this week's blog hops, We want to ask you to put your paws together and purray for all the furries and other anipals caught up in the fighting in the Ukraine. It is true that many of them have been saved by their Humans, who, when able to take only a few of their Most Precious Possessions with them, left effurrything else so as to leave room for their beloved pets. But many others have been abandoned. We have heard of people staying behind and refusing to run away, so as to look after kitties and woofies in shelters.  And We have also heard that many countries opening their borders to the refugees have waived the requirement for pet passports and other veterinary documentation. That is something, at least - but it is all so furry sad, for the furries and for the Humans alike... 

It almost makes one forget the Evil Mutant Ninja Coronavirus, doesn't it? And, indeed, the many countries now welcoming the Ukrainian refugees are, thankfully, not demanding proof of vaccination! 

However, those of Us living in more peaceful zones need to make sure that Our Humans continue to exercise Due Caution.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

An Even Rarer Ussie Than Before: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo there, Effurrybody!

Something has been happening lately, here in the J-Cats' Castle - something Really Good!
We are becoming more Ameownable to the idea of posing together, in an Orderly Fashion, for Our Selfies!

See what We mean?

And then there is this! Trixie even felt safe enough to curl up and turn her back on Caspurr - albeit keeping a weather eye open to make sure he couldn't surprise her and pounce on her from behind.  Of course, in these pics, each Kitty's Territory on the sofa is clearly delineated.

But this one is just the Bestest! See how close We all are to each other!

We are celebrating Our New Togetherness by sharing these Ussies in this weekend's 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 Deliciously Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

For Our Art, We used one of Our favourite filters from LunaPic - Art Nouveau at 75%:

We even made a jigsaw puzzle out of Our Art:

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And here are the blog hop badges:

          

We suppose, before starting off on the blog hops,  We should let you know what is going on here with the Evil Mutant Ninja Coronavirus. Well, Mummy wrote about it a few days ago in her Own Bloggie and there is no point in going over it all again. The numbers are continuing to fall and Mummy will no doubt keep readers of her Own Bloggie updated. For example, there are now "only" 138,824 active cases, of whom "only" 832 are seriously ill and of these, "only" 317 in critical condition. Of course, you have to take into account that, over the past seven days, 168 people have died "after contracting the virus". Still, that's a drop of 56.9% from the week before.

Alas, there isn't anything We Felines can do about the Evil Virus, except to remind Our Humans to continue taking all available precautions and not to take Unnecessary Risks.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Be My Valentine: Shimshi's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie

Hallo there, Effurrybuddies!

I, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short), aka The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard, am purroud to repurresent the J-Cats in this weekend's blog-hops, namely: the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by those Predictably Effur-Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet!

Like so many of you, my Selfie this week is a half-snoozy one. In fact, sometimes, I think this bloggie hop could easily be named "Sunday Snoozies" (mol)!

The weather today, here in Israel, is bright and sunny and warmer than it's been for many a long while - which is Excellent News for those kitties planning on attending the Valentine's Day Ball tomorrow.

Now who will be My Valentine? Ah, that is the Question!

In My Caturday Art, you can see how much thought I am giving to the subject, as I lie daydreaming about Love and Romance.

 

But who is She? Who is the Ladycat who will be my Partner at the Ball tomorrow night? 

Let me know in the comments section who you think it could/should be.

Before We start blog-hopping, here are the bloggie-hop badges:

          

Finally, before We set off on Our Blog-hopping Journey, a short update on the status of the Evil Mutant Ninja Coronavirus here in Israel. The infection rate continues to fall, although it is still worryingly high, with 18,020 new confirmed cases since yesterday and a total of more than 299,000 active cases - 1,057 of them seriously ill and 328 of the latter, in critical condition.

We don't know how it is where all Our Furriends live, but We suspect the Situation is not so different, so once again, before We sign off, We would like to remind you to take care of your Humans and make sure they continue to take all the Necessary Precautions to avoid getting sick.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Caspurr's Full Frontal Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie

Hallo there, Effurryone!

Here We are again - that is to say, here I am again, The Courageous Sir Caspurr the Caspicacious,  Furrst of My Name, the Snuggle Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces, and King of the Tigger-Tabbies!

I am afraid Mummy got carried away again and - as so often happens - has displayed a total Want of Respect for My Meowdesty (such as it is)!

On the plus side, you get two of Me in this Picture, a back and front view, as it were.

As you will no doubt have guessed, it has fallen to My Lot on this mostly grey and rainy day, to repurresent the J-Cats in the weekend 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 Deliciously Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Here are their badges:

                          

We had a lot of fun artifying my selfie this week. Furrst of all, We tried no less than three different filters from LunaPic.

Furrst, here is the Starry filter (based on Vincent Van Gogh's famous picture, Starry Night):

This is for Athena, who, last week, expressed a desire to see Our Van Gogh Art.

Next, We had a go with the Candy effect, at 80%. It's lovely and colourful, isn't it? Besides which, Mummy says I am sweeter than Candy. I would say that I agree with her, but I don't like blowing my own Trumpet.

Our final piece from LunaPic used the Grey filter, overlaid with the Floating effect at 40%:

This last one is Mummy's purrsonal favourite.

The National Pawtrait Gallery liked all three of them so much, they decided to display them all:

It gets even better, Dear Anipals. The Editor of Cosmeowpawlitan magazine was so struck by these images, she sent over a reporter to interview Me for the next edition.

It will be available at all Mewsagents' shops later this week. Make sure to reserve your copy!

And now for the Evil Mutant Ninja Coronavirus. This week, the Green Pass was mostly scrapped. We don't know why. Although the infection rate is falling, it's still high - and the number of COVID-related deaths is actually rising. Of course - Humans have neffur been known for their Logic, have they?

So it's up to you to keep your Bipeds on the Straight and Narrow and make sure they continue to take all the sensible and necessary precautions. 

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.