Trixie's sunpuddles: Smoky Caturday Art and Snoozy Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurrybody and Shavua Tov (a Good Week).

This past week hasn't been such a good one though, with the loss of yet another icon of the Cat Blogosphere departing for the Rainbow Bridge.
Run free, Spitty and know you are deeply mourned by your loving family and furriends.

Since Mummy has to rest before going to caterwauling purractice tonight (yes, really! Not zoomily!), this is going to be a short post. In any case, I, Queen Trixie, Furrst of My Name, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Queen of Hearts, Guardian of the Boudoir and Alpha Kitty Extraordinare, want to get back to my Royal Snoozing. I have to report that I was furry rudely awakened from a Snooze yesterday, when Mummy slipped on a rug, fell back on the sofa and almost sat on Me!!! I had a Narrow Escape from being Squished! Mummy was furry, furry contrite (and so She should be), but I see I shall have to be furry careful from now on. Of course, She didn't mean to do it, but clearly, accidents can happen!!!

I fur-gave her, of course, and (after some purrfectly understandable hesitation), came and snuggled with her under the duvet when She retired for the night. Shimshi came too and sat on top of her, to anchor her down and prevent any fur-ther such Accidents! Caspurr, therefore, had the entire sofa to himself.

Now, as you will have gathered, it is My Turn to repurresent the J-Cats in this week's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies Blog Hops, hosted (respectively) by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie and the Deliciously Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Caturday comes before Sunday, but I will start with my Selfie, as I used the same picture for my Caturday Art, and I want you to see the Original Photo furrst.

Here it is:

See the play of the late afternoon sunlight, coming through the shutters, and bathing my lovely black furs.

For my Caturday Art, Mummy suggested doing something that would emphasise the fact that I am, in fact, a Smoky Black Kitty (with white roots and furs underlying the glossy black of my overcoat). So We chose LunaPic's Smoky Art effect at 50%, together with one of their simple and elegant frames:

And here are the Blog Hop Badges:

                                    

Here in Israel, We are moving today into Stage 3 of the Opening Up of the Economeow, now that more than half of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine. That means schools can re-open at all levels, shopping malls can open, gatherings of up to 20 people are purr-mitted indoors, and up to 50 out-of-doors and many other things - some of them contingent upon people presenting a Green Pass at the entrance, showing that they have either been vaccinated with both doses, or that they have had the Evil Coronavirus and recovered. But they must still wear face-masks and keep 2 metres apart from other people.

And that is what We want to remind you, too. We aren't out of the woods yet. There are still many people who have not yet been vaccinated, people who CANNOT be vaccinated, for medical reasons, as well as people who refuse to be vaccinated or who are more scared to be vaccinated than they are of the Evil Virus. So, for the time being, it is impawtant to carry on Social Distancing, wearing face-masks, and WASHING YOUR PAWS.

And now, let's start Blog Hopping!

Keep well. Keep safe. We love you all!