Keeping Our Heads Above Water: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Trixie

Hallo once more, Effurrybody!

It is I, Queen Trixie, here to lead my Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie,  and the Sunday Snoozies Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful, Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Despite the steadily increasing tensions on Israel's northern border, We ourselves don't have anything special to report. Mummy is getting more and more upset at the lack of progress in freeing the Israeli hostages being held by the Evil Humans in Gaza, and does not understand why the whole world is putting pressure on Israel, rather than on the Evil Ones who kidnapped and murdered Our People and started this war. But We are keeping Our heads above water and trying to get by from day to day. 

We had a furry nice seder last week. Tonight, Mummy and Uncle D. are dining with Auntie N., to celebrate the seventh and last day of Pessach (Passover). We hope they remember to bring Us a kitty bag!

Now, to business!
We artified My Pawtrait (above) with LunaPic's Frida art effect, which is high on Our list of favourites, although We haven't used it for quite a while. We set the filter at 80%. Isn't it purrty?

In honour of Pessach, We are giving you 2 more of My Selfies, with artifications by LunaPic. Furrst, here is one which Mummy snapped while I was sleeping (furry rude of Her to do that, I think. Don't you agree?)

This was artified with the Smoke effect, at 44%:

The third picture came out just a tad blurred, but since it shows my tummy and tongue, Mummy thought you would forgive Us just this once. You do, don't you?

And in the artsy-fartsy version, which uses Sadness at 50% and Picasso at 45%, you don't notice the blurring at all!

Now We shall add the blog hop badges:

        

That's all for the time being. We will see you next week (Great Cat in the Sky  willing). Till then - Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Purrs for Pessach: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybody!


We are so excited! Tomorrow evening  (April 22nd) is the seder night  - the start of Pessach (Passover). And Uncle D. is here for a whole month. Well - he isn't exactly HERE with Us for the whole time, but here in Israel. He is staying with Us for a fortnight and then he will go to Auntie N, Mummy's and Uncle D.'s sister, for the rest of his stay. Meanwhile, of course, that means that, once again, We are barred from the Guest Room - but, since We are quite successfully training him to be a Cat Purrson, We have decided to acquiesce gracefully. You can't turn a Human into a Cat Purrson in just one day, and since he is not here all the time, pawtial relapses are only to be expected. 

Now, getting back to the seder - for the furrst time in about a gazillion years, Mummy will be hosting it here, in her Our own Home. Meanwhile, We furries shall be having a com-mew-nal seder  for all Our Furriends up in the Enchanted Forest at 8 pm Israel time tomorrow evening. We hope to see all of you there. Precise co-ordinates have, as usual, been sent directly to your transportation devices. If you have not received them, let Us know.

Okay, now down to the Immediate Business of 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 Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Since tomorrow evening is Pessach and We all wanted to wish you Chag Sameach, all three of Us posed for selfies this week, and Mummy helped Us artify them all, with the help of those clever cats over at LunaPic.

Furrst up - Trixie, the Queen of Hearts. You cannot escape her Melting Gaze, can you?

This was artified using the Flowers filter, at 48%:

We think this was a furry suitable choice, considering that Pessach is a Spring festival.

Next, We have Caspurr, the Snuggle-Bug, all pink tongue and tummy.

For Caspurr's artification, We used the Sunshine effect at 73%, overlaid with Grey at 27%:

Finally, Shimshi, the Master-of-the-Queen's Mischiefs, in a pose which shows off his toesies and his pink and grey pawpads to purrfection.

Shimshi was in a really artsy-fartsy mood and chose the Pen effect at 42%:

Here, now, are the blog hop badges:

        

Oh, and if you want to read in more detail about the scary night We had last weekend, Mummy wrote about it in Her Own Bloggie.

Now, it is time to wrap things up and start blog hopping. To those who celebrate Pessach, We wish you חג שמח (Chag Sameach - Happy Holiday). We look forward to seeing all of you, even those who don't celebrate Pessach, at Our Com-mew-nal Seder (which, apart from the Ceremonial bits, includes a bang-up Feast - featuring, amongst other things, plenty of gefillte fish and plenty of other Goodies).

To all of you, We say - Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

White Night: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Shimshi

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!


Boy, oh boy! What a fur-raising night We had!

Evil humans in Purr-sia (Iran) tried to kill Us last night. They shot hundreds of missiles and sent drones to attack Us. We knew they were coming but on the radio, they said the drones would arrive between 2 - 4 am. Mummy went to bed, thinking that if and when they arrived in Jerusalem, She would be woken by the sirens. But She couldn't fall asleep and at about 1:40 am, She thought She heard loud boomies overhead. She sat up, not sure if that was what She had really heard and THEN, the sirens started (NB: the app in her phone that was supposed to warn her of an impending attack did NOT go off!!!). There was no time even to think about running down to the shelter. Mummy grabbed her phone and a bottle of water and a pillow and rushed into the inner corridor which is the safest place in the apawtment (no outer walls or windows) where She lay down on the floor. It's a good thing Uncle D. had suggested the pillow earlier in the evening. The floor is hard and cold.  Civil Defence instructions were to wait 10 whole minutes in the "Safe Space", but Mummy waited half an hour, all the while texting family and neighbours, because there were quite a lot more boomies. As far as We know, only the neighbours on the ground floor went to the shelter.

After that, She turned on the TV and listened to that a bit, before returning to bed. That was when it became clear that the boomies were the result of ballistic missiles being intercepted over Jerusalem! As a result, Mummy got only about four hours sleep, so We are going to keep this post brief and let her try to catch a couple of hours more Shut-Eye before going to Caterwauling Club this evening.

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In the midst of Our Own Troubles here, We would like to take a moment to pay tribute to a Dear Furriend who departed last week for the Rainbow Bridge - a furry handsome, sweet woofie, dearest Lightning, of the Chronicle of Woos blog, who received his Angel wings last Wednesday, leaving his Humans and his fursibs, Misty and Timber, as well as his many friends here in the blogosphere, heartbroken.

Run free, sweet Lightning, now made young and healthy again, to bask in the Eternal Sunshine beyond the Rainbow Bridge.

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It is My Turn, as you have no doubt realised, to lead My Fellow J-Cats on 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 Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We picked out three photos of Me and artified each one with a different filter from LunaPic. We have also made mewtiful, pawtriotic frames for them all:

In this furrst one, I am enjoying a really nice, big sunpuddle: 

 

The artification uses the Dark filter at 62%, topped up with an overlay of Brave at 33% (because I am - I'm the Mighty Shimshon, after all). 

Next is a picture of Me trying to have My After Lunch Snooze (and not being allowed to, till I cooperated and agreed to pose for a Selfie):

The artsy-fartsy version of this one uses just one filter - Picasso, at 68%. It makes Me look much more like a tabby, doesn't it? And just look at my snaky-looking tail!

And finally, here is a close-up of Me, taken in honour of My Upcoming Birthday, this Wednesday, April 17th:

We artified this one with the Quirky filter. We liked it so much, and think it expurresses My Purr-sonality so well, that We left it at 100%.  It completely changes My Colouring and makes Me look much more like My Brofur, Caspurr.

And here are the blog hop badges:

     

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As We said, this Wednesday, April 17th, is My Birthday. I will be 10 years old! That is a furry impawtant number, isn't it? And naturally, We will be celebrating up in the Enchanted Forest, from 6 pm Israel time on that day. As always, you are all invited (and anyone who can get there a bit earlier to help set up the Bar - and the Barbecue -  will be most welcome).

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Now it is time to wrap this up and start blogging. We might not get to visit as many of you as We would like today, because We are all furry tired and need to catch up on the sleep We lost last night, so if We don't visit you today, We will continue hopping tomorrow.

One last thing - purrhaps the most impawtant of all - We would like to thank all of you who reached out to Us last night and earlier this morning, on WhatsApp, Fursbook and E-Mail, as well as via this blog, to make sure We were safe. It is most comforting to know We are not alone and that We have such good friends, both furry and human, all over the world.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Caspurr Prepurrs For Gotcha Day: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurryone!

How are you all? Are you ready to pawty? I hope so - because this coming Thursday, April 11th,  is My Gotcha Day and you know what that means, don't you? An all-night pawty, starting at 7pm, Israel Time. 

Where?

Well, in the Enchanted Forest, obviously! Where else?! Co-ordinates will be sent directly to your Transportation Devices. We are looking forward to seeing you all there. 
If it should happen to rain (unlikely, but at this of year, early Spring, anything is pawssible), We can repair to Our Castle. Mummy is going to the Opurra that evening, so She will be safely out of the way (mol).

Meowing of Mummy, tomorrow is Her Birthday and She will be spending it on another one of her field trips, once again in The North (does She think this is Game of Thrones, or something?). Which reminds Me, She finally got round to blogging about her previous field trip, last month.

Now, as I am sure you have guessed, it is My Turn to lead My Fellow J-Cats on 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 and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We chose a series of three photos of Me, shot in quick succession. In the furrst, I have just woken up and am enjoying a refreshing stretch:

In the next, I am waiting for Mummy to snorgle My Tummy and give Me some well-deserved Tummy Rubs:

And in this last one, I was already rather bored and wishing Mummy would just let Me get back to snoozing:

We used filters from LunaPic for all three artifications. For My stretchy picture, since I was still half asleep, We chose Dreaming, at 65%:

For My tummy rub picture, We used Tattoo, at 75%:

And the picture of Me yawning was artified with Dark, at 85%:

Mummy says the expression on My Face in this last artification reminds her of The Scream, by Edvard Munch, only upside down (mol)!
What do YOU think?

Now, let Us put up the blog hop badges:

        

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Oh, We almost forgot! We heard that tomorrow, the Sun is going to disappear for a few hours! This was a furry alarming piece of News, but it seems We won't be able to see this Phenomenon here in Israel. Nevertheless, We think it is Highly Significant that it is taking place on Mummy's Birthday! That must mean something Impawtant, don't you think?

Right, time to finish up here, and start blog hopping. See you next week. Till then - Be well. Be safe. We love you all.