Caspurr's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies for Sukkot

Greetings, Effurryone!

It is I, Sir Caspurr the Courageous, the Caspicatious, Furrst of My Name, the Snuggle-Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces and King of the Tigger-Tabbies, here to lead 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.

As is Our Custom, We have chosen a lovely picture of Me napping (Well? Well? I am a Cat, after all!!!), which Mummy framed with the help of LunaPic and which We artified with effects from BeFunky. These, too, were framed by LunaPic.

So, let's leap straight in with the original Pawtrait:

 

 

 

Artification no. #1 used the Impressionist Soft GFX+ effect:

For no. #2, We chose the Orton Painting effect:

And finally, something completely different - Ink Brush GFX+:

Do you have a favourite? We'd love to hear from you about that in the Comments section below.

And now, We have something special for you, because all this week, We are celebrating the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, which started on Friday evening. Knowing Us, it will be no surprise to you to learn that you are all invited to celebrate with Us throughout the week, in Our Sukkah, which is situated in the plaza in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. Just drop by whenever you feel like it, We will be there the whole week. And it will give you an oppurrtunity to see the Holy Sites in and around the Old City of Jerusalem!

See what a beautiful Sukkah We have built!

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

     

Whether you make it to Our Sukkah or not, We hope to see you all again next week, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. 

Chag Sameach (חג שמח - Happy Holiday) to each and effurry one of you!

Be safe. Be well. We love you all.

Yom Kippurr: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Queen Trixie

Greetings, Effurrybody!

Queen Trixie here, repurresenting 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.

Do you like the frame, which Mummy designed herself, with a little help from LunaPic?  Besides the Magen David, the references to the Israeli flag and the shofar, or ram's horn, symbolising the High Holy Days, we also have the Scales of Justice, because tonight is the start of Yom Kippurr (the Day of Atonement), when the whole world stands before the Heavenly Throne, awaiting Judgement.

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

Furrst of all, here I am with the Realist GFX effect:

Next, We used the delicate and elegant Sunlit Gouache GFX effect, at 65%:

And finally, the somewhat playful Crayon GFX effect:

Do you have a favourite? Let Us know in the Comments section below.

Next, here are the blog hop badges:

        

In other news, We are sure you will be relieved to hear that Mummy finished her course of radio-therapy without any side effects (that We know of), except for feeling rather tired. In a couple of weeks, She has an appointment with her oncologist, and they will decide if Mummy needs any further treatment.

Now, since tonight, as We said, is the start of the Day of Atonement, before We go, We would like to wish all of you, and your pawrents, a Good "Final Sealing", or, as We say in Hebrew - גמר חתימה טובה  (Gmar Hatima Tova).

May you all be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life.

A Rosh Hashanah Card from the J-Cats: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybody!

Well, We thought We might not have time to post this week but We have just about made it after all and so We can still take part 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.

This week, We have prepurred a Rosh Hashanah Greeting Card from all three of Us (and Mummy too, though She doesn't appear in the frame):

We also made four different artifications.  

The furrst one uses the Daisies art effect at 54%:

The next Work of Art employed the Dark effect at 60% with a light overlay of Splash at 15%:

For Our third creation this week, Mummy chose the Hunger effect at 62%. According to her, it's furry suitable as She claims Our Stomachs appear to be Bottomless Pits (mol)!

Finally, a spectacular burst of colour with Nouveau at 55%:

Effurrything was created with the help of LunaPic this week. 

Do you have a favourite? Let Us know in the Comments section below.

Here, now, are the blog hop badges:

        

It's evening here and Mummy intends to have an early night in prepurration for starting her radio-therapy treatment tomorrow. We will try to visit as many of you as pawssible before She turns off the Computer and goes to beddie. If We don't make it this evening, We will try later in the week. At all events, We hope to be here again next week (though it will be the eve of the Day of Atonement), same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Meanwhile, be safe. Be well. We love you all.

Shimshi's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies for Rosh Hashanah

Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!

I, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short), the Little Purrince, (aka The Baby Mancat), Furrst of My Name,  Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain-of-the-Guard, am here to lead My Fellow J-Cats on the last of the weekend blog hops for the year 5786, according to the Mewish calendar - 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.

My Human picked out two pictures of Me this week, and each of them was artified twice - once, with BeFunky and once with Lunapic. Lunapic also helped create the frames.

Mummy snapped this furrst picture as I was purrforming My Evening Ablutions:

 

As you know, I have asked Her repeatedly to respect My Privacy at such times, but does She listen?  No!
Still, I have to admit She created a furry nice frame, which makes refurrence to the fact that the Mewish New Year starts this coming Furriday evening, by incorporating the apple, honey and pomegranate which are amongst the traditional symbols of Rosh Hashanah.

We artified this furrst of all with Befunky's Vibrant Oil GFX+ effect set at 50%:

Then We tried a combination of LunaPic filters - Rave at 48% and Waves at 40%:

Naturally, after having My Privacy invaded in such a manner, I was rather annoyed, so I stuck out My Tongue at Her. Big Mistake. Of course, She thought that was cute - so She went and took another picture!

Honestly, a Kitty just can't win!
Anyway, this one was artified by BeFunky, using the Impressionist GFX effect at 75%:

This one, too, then received the LunaPic treatment, with a combination of Monster and Yarn at 60% and 40% respectively:

Do you have a favourite? Let Us know in the Comments section below.

Next, here are the blog hop badges:

     

Now for the rest of the News. As We mentioned before, Uncle D. is here for the High Holy Days. Speaking of the High Holy Days, We might not be able to post next week, because Sunday, when We usually post, is actually the second day of Rosh Hashanah - and the following day, Mummy starts her radio-therapy treatment, which will be effurry day for the rest of the week. Five treatments in all, to make sure effurry last Evil Cancer Cell that might pawssibly still be there, is totally destroyed! So We will take the oppurr-tunity NOW to wish you all the best for the coming year, 5787.


לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו

Leshanah Tovah Tichatevu ve'Tihatemu

May you be inscribed and sealed for a Good Year!

Caspurr - King of the High C's: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurryone! 

Sir Caspurr the Courageous here, the Caspicatious, Furrst of My Name, the Snuggle-Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces, King of the Tigger-Tabbies!

How are you all doing?

I am here to 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 Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We will start off with My Selfie. A word or two of explanation might be in order here. You see, Mummy keeps complaining that there aren't sufficient men in her Caterwauling Club, and it occurred to Me that maybe a Mancat with a Melodious Voice - such as Myself - could be of assistance. So here I am purractising. 

I am really rather good at it - a veritable King of the High C's, as My Own Human admits. One doesn't like to blow one's own trumpet (sorry about the mixed metaphors) but really, Purrvarotti wasn't a patch on Me (mol)!  

At any rate, Mummy and her Flashy Box caught Me mid-yowl here and then She decided this would be just purrfect for the Sunday Selfies. So We dropped in on LunaPic to design an appropriate Frame, and while We were about it, We made a couple of artifications. The furrst one uses one of Our Favourite filters - Nouveau, which, as has been more than once remarked, is reminiscent of a Stained Glass Window:

Our next artification was much more restrained, but still extremely elegant. We used the Fairy effect:

After that, We decided to see what BeFunky had in their arsenal, and We created this, with their Sticker Art GFX+ filter:

And finally, We returned to Watercolour Splash GFX+, which is bursting at the seams with joyful colour:

Do you have a favourite? Let Us know in the Comments section below.

At any rate, over at the PhotoFunia Art Gallery, they couldn't choose, so they are including all four artifications, plus the Original Photo, in their Purrmanent Collection:

Here, now, are the blog hop badges:

        

We have given you an Extra Helping of Art this week, because We are not sure We will be able to post next week, and especially not on Sunday, which is the day of the Memorial Service marking two years since Mummy's Sister,  Auntie Y., and Brother-in-Law, Uncle N., crossed their Rainbow Bridge after their car was smashed by a stupid, wickedly careless driver who still hasn't been sentenced for what he did. And the rest of next week is also furry busy - although mostly with good things, like the expected arrival of Uncle D. from England, who is coming here for the High Holy Days and will be here for the whole of September.

At all events, even if We have to skip a week, We'll be back the week after, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Meanwhile, be safe. Be well. We love you all.

PS. Don't forget to take a look at Mummy's own bloggie. She finally wrote about her Caterwauling Club's concert last month.

A Birthday and a Couple of Sad Goodbyes - Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybody!

Queen Trixie here - with extremely mixed feelings this week. On Wednesday, August 12th, We celebrated My 14th Birthday with a Picnic and BBQ up in the Enchanted Forest - but how can we truly celebrate when, in the course of a single week, We have lost two such Beloved Furriends. I refurr, of course, to two of the dearest ladycats We have effur known, the beauteous and feisty Katie Isabella on August 8th, and the lovely and gentle Seal of the Brian's Home blog on August 14th.

It is furry, furry hard indeed - yet We think neither of these Amazing and Adorable Kitties would want their furriends to forego such Impawtant Traditions as 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. In fact, it is even more Impawtant to continue hopping - especially for kitties like Us, who are accustomed to blog only once a week. This is Our Way of keeping in touch - and keeping in touch, even if just to say a quick "Hallo, how are you?" can mean so much. 

So, here is this week's Selfie:

We framed it with the help of LunaPic, which is also responsible for this week's artification, using the Landscape art effect at 56%, overlaid with Dark at 34%.

In addition, a stamp - in Impurrial Purrple - was issued in honour of My Birthday:

Moreover, PhotoFunia's Empurress Winery, (a boutique label, you understand) launched a limited edition of a new champagne named Sleeping Beauty, in MY Honour.

And last, but by no means least, PhotoFunia Publications has just brought out My latest book of Poetry:

I have dedicated the book to Katie Isabella and to Seal.

And now, here are the blog hop badges:

        

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Before We start hopping, We wanted to tell you about something Really Weird! Yesterday, it rained. No, it didn't just rain. It POURED! As you may know, in Israel, it simply does not rain in August. But the weather all over the world has been completely Topsy-Turvy this summer, hasn't it? Europe has been suffering severe drought, due to massive heat waves, bringing the kind of tempurratures We would expect to see in Eilat. Meanwhile, although it's been pretty hot here in Israel (like, the upper 30s Celsius), yesterday, it seemed as if We might need to build an Ark (mol). And what's more, it's extremely cloudy again right now - although still furry hot. Kind of like monsoon weather. Maybe it will rain again this afternoon. Mummy hopes not, because we haven't yet got round to insulating the roof.

Well, I guess that's it for now. We will be back next week, COD-willing - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.

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

Shimshi the Boxer - Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

I, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) am your Host today - the Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, aka The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard.

Last week, We posted rather late in the day and this week, We are prepurring this post on Saturday evening, to be uploaded some time on Sunday, because Mummy has another busy day, with a doctor's appointment in the late meowning and her Caterwauling Club's end-of-season pawty in the evening and She doesn't know if or when She will have time to do any blogging tomorrow.

All in all, it's going to be a busy week ahead - not least because Wednesday (August 12th) is My Sisfur Trixie's 14th Birthday and We are going to have a big pawty for her  up in the Enchanted Forest, at 6pm Israel time, to which you are all invited. As usual, the coordinates will be sent directly to your Transportation Devices. 

It's going to be a Picnic and BBQ kind of pawty, but there will also be an air-conditioned marquee, for those of you not used to hot weather. The weather prophets say it will reach 34 degrees Celsius in Jerusalem on Wednesday, although by 6pm, it should have cooled down a bit.

Now, despite that, it is MY Turn to repurresent 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 Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet. Trixie will have her turn next week, when she might show some birthday pictures.

So, this weekend, I have been having a lot of fun with some of the Boxes which Mummy's Cleaning Lady, Ms. M., regularly provides for Us. That is why Mummy named me "the Boxer" (mol)!

Mummy and I made some lovely artifications, with the help of BeFunky, and framed them with LunaPic. Here, for starters, is one using the Modern Comic GFX+ filter at 75%:

We like this a lot - although it is quite dark, so our next version, with Mosaic Fresco GFX+, is in complete contrast:

Our third artification, created with Crayon GFX, is probably the most colourful of the three:

Do you have a favourite? Let Us know in the Comments section below.

Now, We mustn't forget to add the blog hop badges. Here they are:

        

And that's it for now. We are looking forward to seeing you at Trixie's Pawty on Wednesday - and, COD-willing, We'll be back here again next week, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then - be safe. Be well. We love you all.