Baby, It's Cold Outside: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

Today, it is MY turn to lead the 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 Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

So here I am, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) a.k.a. The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, a.k.a. The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain-of-the-Guard.

When this picture was taken, there was still some sunshine. Now there is none. It is cold and grey and there was a lot of water falling from the sky earlier today.

I like this picture - and I know you will too - because of the way my beautiful Tailio dangles over the edge of the sofa.  

We made a couple of different artifications of this picture, with the help of the Bright Minds at LunaPic.

Furrst of all, We used the Quirky effect at 55%, tinged with Sadness at 27%. We have so many things to be sad about in this part of the world, that We don't even need to explain...

This next one uses a couple of Our recently rediscovered favourites - Ceremony at 50%, with an overlay of Connections at 21%:

Now, as I said, it is My Turn to lead the J-Cats on the weekend blog hops this time, but since Trixie had a furry traumatic expurrience last Thursday, when she was hauled off to the Stabby Place by Mummy, I thought it the Gentlemancatly Thing to Do to include her this week. And since it wouldn't be fair to leave out Caspurr, My Big Brofur, here is a Really Rare Twofur of them Together, without Trixie insisting on any Barriers between them!

The Immediate Cause of Trixie's Abduction and Tempurrary Incarceration was an overgrown toenail that had curled right round and back into her pawpad. However, once at the Stabby Place, where she had to be sedated to get the Job done, she got a complete Miaowni-PawdiCure, and a panel of blood tests as well. Mummy got the results today and was astounded to hear that Trixie has NOTHING whatsoever wrong with her kidneys - though her teefs aren't in furry good condition. All her bloodwork results were Purrfect. Moreover, she has gained some weight, which makes Mummy furry pleased. I don't understand that at all. She wants ME to LOSE weight!

Anyway, here are the artified versions of the Twofur. Furrst of all, a colourful combination of Flashgordon at 38% and Beauty at 21%:

And secondly, a more sober composition using Storytime at 60% and Lake at 31%:

Now, We mustn't forget the blog hop badges, must We?

        

Now it is time to start hopping. We'll be back here again next week - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.

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

Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with Caspurr the Snuggle Bug

Greetings, Effurryone!

This week, it really is Me, Sir Caspurr the Courageous, the Caspicatious, Furrst of My Name, the Snuggle Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces, King of the Tigger-Tabbies, here to take My Rightful Place as Repurresentative of 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 Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We have chosen a picture of Me curled up next to Mummy as She was watching the News last night (you can see her feets in their white sockies, can't you?) and looking furry serious, because of the things We were hearing on the News. You can tell I was being furry attentive. Just see how My Ears are pricked up!

Also, if you look furry carefully on the left-hand side, just below the window, you can see Trixie's - ahem - Rump. She photo-bombed me! Again!

We made some furry interesting and beautiful artifications this week, with the help of LunaPic.

Furrst of all, this one emphasises My Eyes with Jungle at 65%, and is further enhanced with Stained Glass at 55%:

Next, We used a recent discovery, Lake, at 92%. We were quite tempted to leave it at that, but eventually decided to add a light overlay of Watercolour at 17%:

And finally, We used another of Our Favourites, Dark, set to 45%, combined with Brains at 30%:

Now that We are well into November, all Mummy's "Activities" are starting up again. Last week, her Art Appreciation course on Zoom started. The following evening, She went to the furrst opurra of the Season - L'Elisir d'Amore, by Signor Donizetti. And tomorrow, She has the furrst field trip of the archaeology course She is taking this year and is going up to Tiberias in the North, to see archaeological remains of the Roman and Byzantine period. That worries Us, because of all the rockets and drones coming from Lebanon, but We suppose if the Authorities (whoever they may be) didn't think it safe, they wouldn't allow it...

Here are the blog hop badges:

        



And now it's time to start hopping.

See you all again next week, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.

A Trio of Twofurs: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurryone!

Strictly speaking, this week should have been Caspurr's turn 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 and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet. However, Mummy snapped this adorable twofur of the Brofurs which She simply had to share with you:

And it didn't seem fair for Trixie to be left out, especially when there was also a beautiful twofur of her with Shimshi, keeping an eye on Caspurr, who was exercising his claws on one of the lovely big cardboard boxes regularly supplied by Mummy's cleaning lady.

And then Mummy thought there should be one of Trixie and Caspurr, to complete the set. But that wasn't so easy, because Trixie is furry wary of Caspurr and would neffur be caught snuggling with him. But Mummy remembered some of the early shots She took of them together when they were much younger and when Caspurr was still barely more than a kitten (when Trixie was tutoring him in Birdwatching and other Necessary Feline Skills):

After that, We did some artification, with the help of LunaPic. 


For the picture of Caspurr and Shimshi, We used Lake Art at 57%, followed by Connections at 28%:

Trixie and Shimshi came out beautifully in a composition of Watercolour at 35% with an overlay of Frida at 17%:

And for that adorable flashback of Trixie and Caspurr, We combined Storytime at 52% with Dreaming at 12%:

Now let Us add the blog hop badges:

        

Oh! It looks as if it's going to rain! We enjoy watching the water falling from the sky - although We are furry glad We are not out in it. We will say Goodbye for now then and go and watch it. Maybe there will be a Rainbow later - who knows? That would be furry purrty!

See you all next week - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.

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

Queen Trixie Enthroned on the Royal Couch: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurrbody!

Well, after a few weeks break, We are once again taking it in turns 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 Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

So that means it is My Turn - I, Queen Trixie, Furrst of My Name, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Queen of Hearts, the Panfur Princess, Guardian of the Boudoir and Alpha Kitty Extraordinaire.

My Devoted Handmaiden Mummy took this picture of Me reclining on My Royal Couch, as well as several others, and by Royal Decision Popular Vote, it was Unanimously Agreed (by Me) that this would be the Best Choice for the blog hops.

We made three different artifications of this picture, as usual, with the Purrfessional Assistance of LunaPic. Do tell Us which you like best!

Furrst up, I went a bit Psychedelic, at 65%. We then added a layer of Jungle, at 27%, the better to bring out the colour of My Jewel-like Eyes:

Our next creation used Smoke at 58%, with just a hint of colour from Nouveau, at 12%:

I felt a little more colour was needed, so for the final version, We went all arts-fartsy with Frida at 70% and a Dark and mysterious overlay at 32%:

Now, before We fur-get, here are the blog hop badges:

        

In other news, Uncle D. has now gone back to London and We purrobably won't see him again before Pessach (Passover), which is nearly 6 months away. It's lucky the Humans have Zoom and Google-Meet and WhatsApp and all those other techie things!

Miaowing of London - Mummy finally starting writing up an account of her vacation there, in her Own Bloggie, though She hasn't finished yet and has not yet posted anything new. She is, instead, working furry hard on her Caterwauling as She and her Caterwauling Club friends have a furry impawtant concert with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra at the end of this month. 

Time to start blog hopping now. See you all again next weekend, We hope - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.

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