The Flower In My Garden: Caturday Art and Sunday Guest Selfie With Uncle Messi

Greetings, Effurryone!

It is time for the J-Cats to join 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 Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMum, Janet.

This week, We have something Special for you. Since Friday was Step-Grandma's Birthday (she is also Shimshi's Godmother), Mummy and the rest of the family went round there for supper. Our woofie Uncle Messi was also there, of course - but he was a bit alarmed by all the people who were there and he sort of disappeared. Effurryone was searching for him all over the place, but there was no sign of him and Step-Grandma began to worry maybe he had slipped out of the house when the door was open so Auntie Y. could bring in all the food from the car. 

They looked on the patio, but still couldn't see Messi anywhere - until somebody caught a glimpse of him hiding amongst the plants in Step-Grandma's herbaceous border!

It took a lot of coaxing - plus a few Treats - but eventually, Messi was purr-suaded to come inside.  He looks a little bit sad, doesn't he - but don't be fooled. Step-Grandma said this is his usual "I see all the food you've got on the table there. I am a poor, starving doggie. Please feed Me" expression!  He's no fool, is Messi (mol). 

Mummy realised immediately that Messi had been chosen by Fate to star as a Guest  in the weekend blog hops. So, furrst of all, She prepurred  beautiful pawtriotic frames for the pictures. And then, She artified them, with the help of LunaPic.

This furrst one used the Dark artsy effect, at 45%:

                                                                                                                                   

For the second, She chose the Scribble effect, at 40%:

And in case you were wondering, the big, sad eyes worked like a charm and Messi got plenty of tidbits (unlike Us. Mummy brought home lots of food, but We haven't received ANY. Maybe She is saving it for Lag b'Omer).

Now for the blog hop badges:

 

Speaking of Lag b'Omer - of course We will be celebrating, as usual, with a bonfire and barbecue up in the Enchanted Forest, on Saturday night, from 8.30 pm - and We hope to see you all there. Pawty Season is well and truly underway!

And now, it's time to start hopping. We hope We manage to visit you all before Mummy turns off the computer and goes to lie down and rest. She has a FURRY, FURRY, busy week ahead. This evening, it is the General Rehearsal for her Caterwauling Club's Gala Concert, which takes place on Tuesday. It's a longer-than-usual rehearsal, and when She gets home from that, She has to prepurr effurrything She needs for her archaeology field trip tomorrow. And then, of course, on Tuesday is The Concert.  Mummy is going to be Totally Exhausticated!

Still, We will do the best We can to visit as many of you as pawssible.

Till next week then.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.