Trixie at Leisure: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybody!

Well, here We are again, all raring to go on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Divinely 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! 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, have the honour of leading my fellow J-Cats this week - not, however, before updating you on Our News.

November is when it all starts here - new lecture courses, new field trip courses, the o-purra and concert seasons (in which Mummy is involved both actively and passively) and so on. Mummy was supposed to go on one of her field trips tomorrow, in the Negev, but She has a hurty knee and has to forgo it this time. There is no way she can even contemplate a10 km hike in such a condition. The furry thought makes her wince in pain.  No, She must rest as much as pawssible, so as to be well enough to take part in the furrst purrformance of Die Fledermaus later this week. 

Mummy said to tell you that She has now posted the second chapter of her adventures in Greece on her own bloggie, in case you missed that.

And now, dear furriends, let Us get down to business. We have no fewer than THREE new selfies for your Delectation today, all of which were artified and framed with LunaPic.

Furrst of all, here I am looking at things from a New Purrspective i.e. upside down. I do this quite a lot. I find it enables Me to see the World, which has been a furry Topsy-Turvy place of late, more clearly:

The World has not only been Topsy-Turvy, it has been quite Dark for a long time and We are not sure yet if We can see a Light at the End of the Tunnel, or whether that Tunnel is being blocked by the Terrorists who are hiding out there - which explains why We used the Dark filter for the artification, at 62%:

In this next picture, I am still in My Contemplative Pawsition, but this time, you can just catch a glimpse of My Raspy Little Pink Tongue:

The artsy-fartsy version combines the Pen effect at 29%, with the Scream filter at 51%:

  

 

Finally, here I am stretched out on Mummy's My  the Bed, waiting furry patiently for Mummy to give Me Tummy Rubs:

For the artification here, We used K2 at 100%:

I am not really satisfied with any one of these. I do not think they do Me justice at all! What do you think?

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

        

And now, Dear Furriends, it is Time to cut the Cackle and get on with the Business, as Grandpaw used to say. In other words, time to get Hopping. We'll be back here, COD-willing, next week - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be Well. Be Safe. We Love you all! 

Shimshi in November: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo there, Effurrybuddies!

Once again, it is time to join 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 those Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

This week, it is I, 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, who has the honour of leading My Fellow J-Cats on the blog hops.

Before I do so, howeffur, I want to give you a quick update on what is going on in Our Neck of the Woods. As My Big Brofur, Caspurr, told you last week, We have put back the clocks and it is now officially Autumn. Howeffur, Mother Nature does not seem to be aware of that Fact, as We are looking at tempurratures in the upper 20's Celsius all week, sometimes hitting 30 degrees. And still no sign of Rain.

We are also losing patience because the Evil Hamas Monsters in Gaza, who were supposed to return all the hostages within the furrst 72 hours of the so-called "ceasefire" taking effect, including the dead ones, so that they can receive a propurr burial, are still playing games with us three weeks later, as Mummy wrote in her own bloggie last week. Since She wrote that, they have handed over three more bodies, none of which were of any of the remaining dead hostages. 

As I said, Mummy wrote about this in her own bloggie last week, but She also wrote about her Vacation, which, We can now reveal, was to Greece. If you, too, enjoy gallivanting to Faraway Places, you are invited to join her there.

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And now, to business.

Here is My Selfie. I was kind of photo-bombed by one of My Pawcelain Dolly Sisters, Miss Dorothea, but you can hardly see her:

As We so often do, We made three different artifications. All the artwork, plus the frames, used LunaPic.  The yellow inner frame is, again, a gesture to the dead hostages still in the hands of Hamas, echoing the colour of the yellow Bring Them Home ribbon.

This fursst artification uses the Psychedelic filter at 65%, with an overlay of Dreaming, at 20%:

Next, We tried Nouveau - one of Our Favourites, as it's so colourful - at 68%, to which We added Yarn at 40%. We think that makes it look like a tapestry. Do you agree?

Finally, We achieved a furry artsy-fartsy look with this combination of Saber at 63% and Dawn at 34%:

Which one do you like best? Let Us know in the comment section below.

Now it is time to add the blog hop badges:

       

Before We get hopping, We want to remind those of you who live in the UK, to stay safe indoors on Wednesday night and try to find a quiet spot away from the horrible boomies. If you have soundproofed windows, the fireworks can be furry purrty to look at, but Oh! so noisy! 

We will be back here next week, COD willing - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Pawtraits of a Tabby King: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with Caspurr

Greetings, Effurryone!

Mummy has been back for almost two weeks now and things are starting to get back to normal. Last night, they put the clocks back from wherever they had taken them, so We were forced to wait an extra hour for Breakfast this morning. But We put the time to good use by snuggling with Mummy. Not that it was cold or anything, but Snuggling is always Good.

In fact, although Summer is officially over, you wouldn't think so from the weather here. There is, it's true, a slight nip in the air at night, but daytime tempurratures are still hovering in the mid to upper 20s Celsius and there is, as yet, no sign of Rain, which is Not Good. Last year was furry dry and We really, really need that Rain to make the crops grow and to raise the level of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).

Mummy is wondering whether the Ceasefire is going to hold. She wrote about it in her own bloggie. She actually meant to write about her Foreign Jaunt, but had to let off steam about the so-called "ceasefire" (meaning We cease and the Hamas Monsters continue to fire). She will try to write about her Vacation later this week, once She has sorted out the 600 or so photos She took!
By the Way - has anybody guessed yet where Mummy went?

Now, it is time for Us to join 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.

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 repurresenting the J-Cats this week on those blog hops, so let's jump right in with My New Official Pawtrait:

All the artifications this week came from LunaPic. Here is the furrst, which uses the Courtisane effect at 57%:

Next, We tried the furry colourful Nouveau filter. In fact, it was so colourful, We toned it down to just 43%:

Finally, We made a more sober version, using Ceremony, at 58%. One needs to be dignified for ceremonies, after all (mol)!

But it doesn't end there. Oh,no, indeed!   These three pawtraits have gone on display at the PhotoFunia Pawtrait Gallery, for all to see and admire:

And that is still not the end. Mummy got a bit confused, due to not being one to celebrate Howl O'Ween, which is not really "a thing" here in Israel, and forgot, until having a look at some of the other entries in the blog hops, that this will be Our Last Post before Spooky Night. So She hastily concocted this Howl O'Ween card for your Delectation, using the Devilish art filter (which seemed to her the Most Suitable, all things considered) at 34%:

Next, here are the blog hop badges:

        

That's it for now, then, dear Furriends. We'll be back again, COD willing, next week - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Home At Last: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with Queen Trixie

Greetings, Effurrybody!

We are furry happy kitties! Not only is Mummy home again from her Gallivanting, but the last 20 living hostages being held by the Evil Monsters in Gaza have been restored to their families! In fact, both those Wonderful Things happened on the same day last week! 

Mummy will no doubt write about all of that in her Own Bloggie later this week. In the meantime, to celebrate, here are no fewer than FOUR mewtiful pictures of My Impurrial Majesty, to take part 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.

All the art this week is by BeFunky, and the frames are from LunaPic.

Furrst up, here is a rare picture of Me, all wide-awake and raring to go (I know not where - MOL):

We used the Graphic Novel filter to artify this one:

Next, here I am reclining on the chaise-longue, enjoying Mummy's Company again, as We watch TeeVee:

The artification for this one was created using the Watercolour filter:

For Our Third Masterpiece, We have another Depiction of Myself, at Leisure, on the Beddie, enjoying a lovely Sunpuddle. See how the light plays on My Floofy Tail:

And here is the jazzed-up version, using the Oil Painting filter. I think it enhances the play of sunlight on My Tail even more, don't you?

Finally, here I am in glorious close-up:

That came out just a tad blurry, but you won't notice that after We added the Polyart filter:

Which one is your favourite, and why? Let Us know in the comments section below!

Now, here are the blog hop badges:

        

We look forward to catching up with all of your News during the coming week and, as We said, We will let Mummy fill you in on Ours. In the meantime - why not try to guess where Mummy gallivanted to this time (mol)?

Now that things are more or less back to Normal (sort of - nothing is effur really Normal here), We hope to see you all again next week, COD willing - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then - be well. Be safe. We love you all!

Yom Kippurr with the J-Cats

Greetings, Effurrybody!

We hope you (and your pawrents/staff) are all well. 

Since, later this week, We will be celebrating the Holiest Day in the Mewish Calendar, the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippurr (which starts at sunset on Wednesday October 1st and ends the following evening), and since We will be away for the next two weeks, because Mummy is going on vacation, We have chosen an Ussie featuring all three of Us for 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.

It's a bit hard to see Shimshi in this one, as he is curled up on the coffee table (top centre) furthest away from the camera, so We suggest you biggify the picture.

Next, We used BeFunky's Pixel Art GFX filter to artify the picture and then returned to LunaPic, to frame both pictures and create a Yom Kippurr greeting card to wish you גמר חתימה טובה (G'mar Chatima Tova), which literally means "A good final sealing". This refers to the belief that one's fate for the coming year is written down on Rosh Hashana, the Mewish New Year, and then sealed on Yom Kippur, thus giving a few more days to repent from one's sins before The Book is sealed.

And finally, here are the blog hop badges:

        

Before We go, We want to remind you not to worry when you don't see Us for the next two weeks. As We said, Mummy is going on vacation and We can't post without her help. While She is off gallivanting in Foreign Parts,  her Cleaning Lady, Ms. M. (the one who always brings Us lovely boxes to climb into and play with) will be taking care of Us. Of course, that is no Substitute for Mummy - who had better bring Us Lots and Lots of Treats as Atonement for Tempurrarily Abandoning Us - but We reckon at least We can easily purrsuade Ms. M. to be extra generous with said Treats (mol).

So, till Our Next Post, be well. Be safe. We love you all.

G'mar Chatima Tova!

I Fits? I Sits - Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies with Shimshi

It is a Truth universally acknowledged that an Empty Box in Possession of a Good Location must be in want of a Cat.

I, the Mighty Shimshon, (Shimshi for short), the Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, aka the Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard, will be demonstrating this Incontrovertible Truth as I 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.

As you no doubt know, the Kitties Blue lost a Beloved Member of the Furmily last Fursday, with the departure of sweet Astrid for the Rainbow Bridge. We are absolutely gutted over that, as must be effurryone who knew her. It is yet one more blow in what has been a Furry Bad Year. Let Us hope that the New Year (Rosh Hashanah - according to the Mewish Calendar) which starts tomorrow evening, will bring no more Sadness, but only Joy.

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In this last blog of the year 5785, I, Shimshi, will be showcasing My Box-Sitting Skills in a series of three Selfies, all of which were framed and then artified with LunaPic.

Furrst of all, in view of the Impawtance of this last blog of the Mewish Year, and the Honour it is to repurresent the J-Cats on this Occasion, here I am, gazing Steadfastly and Unblinkingly at My Staff (aka Mummy):

We made a really colourful, artsy-fartsy version of this, with a combination of the Psychedelic and Floating filters, at 50% and 42% respectively.

In this next one, Mummy says I have a Yearning Look.

I really don't know where She gets these ideas. I was actually wondering when She was going to finish with the Photography session and give Me some Treats! At any rate, here is the artified edition, for which We used Watercolour at 68%, followed by Gauguin - this, too, at 42%:

In this third and final shot, you can see how even My Beautiful Tail curls neatly into place:

And here is yet one more pawsome artification, using Woodsey at 52%, overlaid with Picasso4 at 20%.

We have one more Picture for you, however. In honour of the Mew Year, here is a Rosh Hashanah greeting card from Us all:

And now, here are the blog hop badges:

        

Well, that's all for now. We will see you next week Year, COD willing. Till then - be well. Be safe. We love you all.

לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו  Leshana Tova Tichatevu ve'tichatemu

May you be inscribed and sealed for a Good Year.

  

It's All About Caspurr: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurryone!

Sir Caspurr here, Cat of Many Titles - the most impawtant of which (according to Mummy) is The Snuggle-Bug.

Today, I will be repurresenting 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 Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

This week, as We so often do, We have picked out no less than three of My Best Selfies, all of which have been framed and artified with LunaPic.

Furrst of all, here I am demonstrating what Mummy calls My "Come Hither" look. I am sure I have no idea what she means, but She says any LadyCat (or Cat Lady, for that matter) will understand (mol).

Here is the artsy-fartsy version of the same picture, using the Frida effect at 87%, lightly washed with the Floating filter at 12%:

Next, one of those photos Humans love so much, for some purr-verted reason - a Kitty (namely, Me) taking a bath - with a glimpse of My Raspy Little Pink Tongue thrown in for Good Measure:

The artification in this one uses Cassatt at 79%, with a light overlay of Scribble at 14%:

And finally, here I am again, engaged in one of My Favourite Activities - Snoozing:

Here is the artified version, a combination of Seurat and Watercolour, at 47% and 22% respectively:

I mustn't fur-get the blog hop badges:

     



That's all for now then. We will be back again next week, COD willing - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.

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