Summer is Just Around the Corner: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with Shimshi

Hallo, Effurrybuddies!

 

Guess whose turn it is this week to lead the 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 Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet!

Yes, you have guessed aright! It is I, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short), Furrst of My Name, the Little Purrince a.k.a. The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard!

We will kick off right away with My Official Pawtrait, which Mummy has adorned with a beautiful summery frame She created with the help of LunaPic:

Of course, Summer doesn't officially start till next week, but We probably won't be posting then, as that is the week of Mummy's opurration, and She has a great deal to do. So, since the weather here in Israel is definitely Summer weather, We will celebrate it right now :-)

All of this week's art is also from from LunaPic, as are the elegant frames. 

For starters, We used the bright and cheerful Delaunay effect at 68% - colourful as a summer garden:

Artification no.2 used the more sober tints of Colour Sketch at 85% - quieter and less flashy, but excellent for bringing out detail:

And finally, Bridge Art at full power:

And there you have it - three furry different manifestations of My Magnificent Self (mol). Did I say three? Nay, Four - let Us not forget the Original Me! Do you have a favourite? Do let Us know in the Comments section below.

And here are the blog hop badges:

        

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This Thursday, Uncle D. should be arriving. Yay!

As We mentioned above, Mummy has her surgery next week, so We don't expect to be posting next Sunday, when She is supposed to be spending most of the day at the hospital for something called a "Pre-Op Evaluation". They told her to bring something to drink and some sandwiches, as well as some light reading, as it could take several hours. Her opurration is scheduled for next Thursday and the plan is for her to spend one night at the hospital. If all goes well - and We purray, naturally, that it will -  We will be back here in two weeks time, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. 

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

Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with Caspurr the Snuggle-Bug

Hallo again, Effurryone! 

Here I am once more! Once again, I, 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, will be leading 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 Snoozies Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet!

And without further ado, here is this week's Meowsterpiece. It's got it all - tummy, paws, head upside down, cute Meowna Lisa "smile"...What more could the Pawpawrazzi ask of Me (MOL)?

And now for the artsy-fartsy part - all created with LunaPic, as were the frames.

Furrst of all, an elegant drawing using Sketch2:

We do love colour, it's true, but all the greatest artists used to make black-and-white sketches before applying paint to canvas. Signor Leonardo da Vinci, for example ...

Our next artification used the Edtaonisi effect at 58%:

We think this one shows up My Tiggerish Tabbiness to great advantage!

And finally, We used one of Mummy's favourite filters - Frida, at 84%:

Let Us know in the Comments section below, which is your favourite, and why.

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Mummy had a furry successful Gala evening last week with her Caterwauling friends and will no doubt write about it soon in her own bloggie, hopefully later this week. Their upcoming concert isn't till the end of July, but next week is still going to be a furry busy one for Mummy, with a nature hike, a couple of lectures/concerts and finally, an opurra. And, of course, Uncle D. will be arriving.

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What have We forgotten? Oh, yes - the blog hop badges!

Here they are!

        

We think that just about wraps it up for this week. We will be here again next week, COD-willing - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be safe. Be well. We love you all.