Sunday, August 4, 2024

Shimshi the Gold Medallist: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo, hallo there, Effurrybuddies!


Have you been watching the Cat-O-Lympics? Did you see Me and My Brofur Caspurr take Gold in the Synchronised Snoozing contest?

If you missed it, here, as compensation, is a picture of Me -  the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short), Furrst of My Name, a.k.a The Little Purrince,  a.k.a The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain-of-the-Guard, wearing My Medal.













As you may have surmised, it is My 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 Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.  The latter are celebrating 10 years of hosting the Sunday Selfies blog hop. That is certainly something worth celebrating!

We artified this pawtrait with the help of LunaPic, using the Dreaming effect at 26%:












Trixie has also won her furrst competition in the current Cat-O-Lympics, easily taking the Gold in the Slinky Glamour Walk. And all three of Us have additional events later this week.

Now, here are a couple more pictures of Me, which We artified (courtesy of LunaPic). Furrst up, here I am awaiting an impawtant phone call. I can't remember from whom, but it must have been impawtant, as I don't use The Phone for Idle Chit-Chat (mol):












For this one, We used Saber at 45%, for a furry artsy-fartsy effect:













Finally, here is a picture of Me showing a Dangly Paw. We all love Dangly Paw pictures, don't We? So I put My Best Paw forward and - voilĂ !












For the artification here, We used not one, but two LunaPic filters - Cartoon at 50%, overlaid with Fairy at 37%:












I am finding it furry hard indeed to choose a Favourite. How about you?


Now, as to anniversaries, Mummy also had something to celebrate last week - the 50th anniversary of her move to Israel. That was a gazillion years before We were born, of course, so We don't really know all that much about it. But if you would like to read a bit about Ye Olden Days, you can take a look at Mummy's own blog. Did you know She has been blogging for 18 years?!


Right, now it is time to start hopping. Before We set out, here are the blog hop badges:


        


That's all for now, but We'll be back again next week - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.


Till then - be well. Be safe. We love you all.






    

24 comments:

Lynn and Precious said...

Sir Shimshi you definitely deserve the Gold Medal fur cat poses. You have out done yerself. And of course, a respectful win fur Queen Trixie. The J-Cats have taken home the prizes agin. Precious

Brian's Home Blog said...

Your selfie is fabulous and so is your wonderful art! You look good wearing the gold, congratulations on your medal! Be safe over there, it could get nasty again.

Erin the Cat Princess said...

Huge congrats to the staff on fifty years plus the eighteen years. Why thats sixty eight years!or maybe thats thirty two years? Anyways, figures dont count, it's what we do with the time. And just look at that medal to prove it. Practice, lots and heaps of practice all pay off. The paw over the edge reminds me of Mrs H demonstrating to the kids how to do the crawl.MOL
Anyways, I do hope when that call came it was an offer to be vice president to Kamala?
Start at VP then maybe work up in a month or two to be president, MOL
All your picture art is fab this week, the chair dangling paw tied with your medal.
ERin

Gidget Blue Sky said...

oh shimmy, yoo r so berry hansum and cuddley looking

Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder said...

Shimshi, you look so regal wearing your gold medal!
Congrats on winning the Synchronised Snoozing contest with Caspurr.
Hugs,
Mariette + Kitties

Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty said...

Great art and photos as always. Mum says if we had cat-olympics she'd watch it on TV all day!

Leah said...

Shimshi, you are a top form snoozing champion indeed! I think the first photo and art might be my fave, but I don't know, the dangly paw tends to get me every time!

da tabbies o trout towne said...

guyz !!! eye DID see ya take de GOLD !!! how pawsum awesum
it waz two...eye hoorayed and hollered and hoorayed sum mor ...eye now can say eye noe fame uz catz :) ♥♥♥ be safe and happee N healthee and heerz two a grate week a head !! ♥♥

Mollie Hunt said...

Congratulations to winners and losers alike!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Congratulations on your gold medal. All of the art is lovely.

Katie Isabella said...

Shimshi! I will take a look at your mommy's old blogs. I remember them. XXOO

Kea said...

Shimshi, concatulations to you and Trixie, you would have run circles (so to speak) around the competition!

Your selfies and art are fabulous as always!

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

Congratulations on the wins!!! And superb Selfies.

Happy Sunday.

Woos - Misty and Timber

M Dawson said...

Honestly? Your dangly paw had me in fits of giggles. Yes, they are the cutest ever!!

The Island Cats said...

Shimshi! Congratulations on your gold medal! You sure deserved it!

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Taz, and Binq) said...

TBT: You certainly deserved a Gold!

I remember when some blogger used to hold Cat-Olympics That was fun.

Melissa, Mudpie and Angel Truffles (Mochas, Mysteries and Meows) said...

You're all so talented and beautiful!

pilch92 said...

You definitely deserve the gold for being so darn cute. Very nice art. Congrats to your mom on 50 years in Israel. XO

meowmeowmans said...

Shimshi, we are so proud of you! Congratulations on your gold medal!

And congratulations to your mum on her moving to Israel anniversary. 50 years -- that is so amazing!

messymimi said...

Congratulations to the gold medal winners in your family! Your selfies are a delight.

Congratulations to your Mama on her anniversary.

I am praying for the peace of Jerusalem.

midorilinea said...

Your cat is soooo cute, and looks really relaxed after winning her Cat-O-Lympics Gold! Way to Go Trixie! Hope you and Trixie have an amazing rest of the summer!

xoxo, MidoriLinea

https://www.midorilinea.com/blogs/midori-linea/panda-village-koala-world

Linda said...

You look great! I especially like the LunaPic Dreaming effect.

Congrats to your mummy for 18 years of blogging. I only know of a few people other than myself who have been blogging that long.

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