Memories of Minxie: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybody!

Today, We are taking a break from Our usual Order of Purrecedence. Strictly speaking, it should be Trixie's turn to repurresent the J-Cats 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 and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

However, tomorrow, June 12th, is the Yahrzeit, or Rainbow Bridge Annifursary, of Mummy's furry furrst kitty, the Legendary Minxie, who, sadly, lost her battle with an Evil Cancer and received her Angel Wings 28 years ago, just three days short of her 15th birthday.

So today, We are honouring her memory and making her Our Repurresentative in the blog hops.

Since Minxie became an Angel long before Mummy had a blog - or even a computer - she neffur had the oppurrtunity to enjoy the Fame she undoubtedly deserved.  So We are going to remedy that in some small measure. 

Here is a picture of Minxie taken, Mummy thinks, sometime in 1993. Mummy thinks that, because it's in the same photo album as the pictures from Mummy's furrst visit to Malta in the summer of that year. It isn't all that good a picture, because it was taken on one of those Prehistoric Cameras, which had film in them and which had to be taken to a Photography Shop to be developed. But it does give you an idea of Minxie's Beauty, doesn't it?  We hope so, because We are using this for Our Sunday Selfie this week.

Mummy and Minxie had absolute, complete and utter trust in one another. Minxie used to lie full length on Mummy's chest and tummy when Mummy lay down on the sofa and watched TV. And when Mummy went to bed, Minxie would snuggle in her armpit and go to sleep with her little chinny-chin-chin resting on Mummy's shoulder.

And one of the most adorable things about her was the way she would sit at the table and have breakfast with Mummy:

We used a pawtion of this second picture as Our Caturday Art. As usual, We made three furry different artifications.

The furrst version uses LunaPic's Surreal Painting effect, overlaid with Fantasy at 50%:

Next, We tried Cartoon at 80% and then played about with the light levels:

Finally, We thought We'd go for something in black and white, so We opted for Escher - also at 80% - but then decided to add a bit of colour with a light brushing of Tiedye at 30%:

So there you have it. Of course, if Mummy had had a fancy digital camera back then, She would have been able to do better justice to Minxie's Beauty and Sweetness, but Mummy's Memory is the best camera of all and in Mummy's Memory, Minxie reigns forever, young and bright and beautiful. We LOVE hearing about her. She is Our Spiritual Ancestress. Single-pawedly, She made Mummy - who had neffur had ANY pet before - into a Cat Purrson.

Now, We shall light a Meowmorial Candle for Minxie, as is the Mewish custom:

And here are the blog hop badges:

        

Now, it is time to go and visit as many of Our Furriends as pawssible!

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.