Springing Forward With Trixie: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo, hallo, hallo again, Effurrybody!

It must really be Spring now, because they stole an hour of sleep from Us over the weekend! Don't you just HATE it when they do that?!

Still, there is other evidence that the Winter is over at last. It's been a furry hot weekend, and, according to the Weather Prophets, this coming week is going to be even hotter, with tempurratures up to 29 degrees C.

And if you want still more proof - the geraniums and petunias in Mummy's window-boxes are starting to bloom.

Before We get down to the business of blog hopping, We want to take a few moments to pay tribute to a dear Furriend who received her Angel Wings last week at the furry venerable age of 18 and a half - the beautiful and much loved Joanie of the 15 and Meowing blog. We send hugs and purrs of condolence to her HuMom, Ellen, her fursibs - and her beloved toy, Gremmie. Fly free, sweet Joanie, safe in the Loving Paw of the Great Cat in the Sky.

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Now ... it is time to join the weekend blog hops!
That's right - 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.

Mummy and I chose three photos of Me, and artified each of them with different filters and effects from LunaPic. The pawtriotic frames are also courtesy of LunaPic.

Furst of all, a photo showing Me in a slightly annoyed mood, due to having been woken up for the Purr-pose of Posing:

I do think Mummy might have waited a bit and let me compose Myself. I don't want to appear to My Fans as a Grumpy Cat!

Still, it didn't look so bad once We artified it using the Homer effect at 90%, with an overlay of Tiedye at 21%. We don't think We have used Homer before, or if We have, at least not for a long time:

Our next effort shows Me all curled up in a round, furry ball. Mummy LOVES this kind of picture. What do you think?

This was given an artsy-fartsy touch with the Dark filter at 50%, overlaid with Nouveau at 17%:

I am furry pleased with the combined effect.

And now for the third selfie:

The artification here uses Beauty at 62% with an overlay of Smoke at 11%.

We remembered, at the furry last minute, that today is Easter Sunday. As it isn't something We celebrate ourselves, Our usual Clue is that Pessach (Passover) is almost upon Us. But Pessach is rather late this year, due to it being a Leap Year according to the Mewish calendar, so Easter kind of surprised Us. However, We do want to wish Happy Easter to all of you who do celebrate it, so here is one more artification, this time, using PhotoFunia's Easter collection:

And here are the blog hop badges:

        

Have a wonderful Easter. May you find gazillions of Easter eggs and may the Easter Bunny bring you lots and lots of treats!

Till next week then - Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

It's Pur(r)im Once Again! - Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!


Today is Purim - well, except in Jerusalem, where We celebrate it a day later in what is known as Shushan Purim (explanation in the link). So, naturally, We will be having a pawty this evening up in the Enchanted Forest. It will be an all-night pawty, so you will all be able to come, despite the time diffurrences. We will start at 6 pm Israel Time this evening - Sunday March 24th. (We have not yet put the clocks forward). The co-ordinates have been sent to your Transportation Devices, as usual. If you have neffur been to one of Our Pawties, or are new to this blog, drop Us a line in the Comments Section and We will send details directly to whichever of your Teleport Devices you choose!

Since it is Purim, all three of Us have contributed Selfies and Caturday Art for 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.  And Mummy helped Us make beautiful frames, in honour of the festival.

Furrst of all - Queen Trixie.

Trixie always goes as Queen Esther, so here she is, wearing her crown, in a furry colourful artification. We started with LunaPic's Flowers filter at 60%. Then, on top of that, We added the Surreal effect at 80%:

Next up is Caspurr, the King of the Tigger-Tabbies:

 

If you are thinking to yourselves that one of his Fangs seems to be missing - you would be right! He had a loose tooth a few months ago, and the v-e-t didn't want to remove it under anaesthetic because of Caspurr being - well, no longer a spring chicken - but it eventually fell out on its own. Caspurr wants to say that he is still awaiting a gift from the Tooth Fairy, but the trouble is, the Tooth Fairy expects a Tooth in exchange for her gift, and since nobody noticed when the tooth fell out, We don't know where it is!
Anyway, here is Caspurr's Purim artification. He, too, is wearing a crown. We used the Cheetah filter at 60% and then added Tuscany at 65%:

Last, but by no means least is Shimshi, the Little Purrince:

Shimshi's artsy-fartsy Purim picture uses LunaPic's Nouveau effect, at 88%:

Here now are the blog hop badges:

        

In other news -  you will have gathered, by now, that Mummy made it safely home from her trip up north last week, to Yodfat and Magdala, without being bombed or getting shot at. She hasn't yet written it up in her own bloggie, because last Thursday, She decided to write instead about mewsic and its role in daily life here in Israel. But She hopes to rectify that later this week, so look out for it.

Well, that just about wraps things up for now. Time to sign off and start blog hopping. 

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

And for those who celebrate it - Purim Sameach (פורים שמח) - Happy Purim.

Shimshi's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie For St. Patrick's Day

Okay, okay - Full Disclosure. We do not celebrate St. Patrick's Day. However, We know that many of you do, so I, The Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) aka The Little Purrince, aka The Baby Mancat (even though I am nearly 10 years old!), Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard, decided to make a gesture to that festival as We prepurr to join 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.

My Selfie, therefore, has a Green Shamrock frame. Tasteful and not too fussy, We think.

For the Caturday Art, We used LunaPic's  Garden effect, which has a lot of green in it, at 55%, to further enhance the St. Patrick's Day theme:

We made a second artification with the Quirky effect, this time at 60%. Which do you prefurr?

We have been spending a lot of time snuggling with Mummy or curled up on her lap, and She could not resist taking photos of Us while We were doing that, so here, as a Bonus, is another Selfie of Me (you can also see a bit of Caspurr's back, because We were sharing Mummy's lap at the time):

We artified this one as well - furrst, with the Grey filter at 75%:

And secondly, with Frida - one of Our Favourites, which We haven't used for quite a while:

I don't know about you, but I think this last one makes Me look older than I am. What do you think?

And here, before We forget, are the blog hop badges:

       

Next week is Purim, and We hope to celebrate it (despite the furry subdued and un-celebratory mood in the country, because of the war and the hostages still being held in Gaza) up in the Enchanted Forest. Details in next week's post.

Meanwhile, Mummy did manage to post about last week's field trip in her own bloggie, which you and your Humans are invited to read. These trips are happening at an alarming rate (for Us, anyway, as We don't like being left alone at home all day) - and, in fact, She has another one tomorrow, up north (paws crossed that the Bad Humans over the border there don't start firing rockets and things in Mummy's direction)...

And now, it's time to start blog-hopping. See you all next week. Till then, Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you who celebrate it. 

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Caspurr the Birthday Boy: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies - and Some Sad Goodbyes

Greetings, Effurryone!

It is Me again, Caspurr the Tigger-Tabby King, here to repurrysent 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 Deliciously and Unpredictably Predictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Before We do that, however, We have a Trio of Sad Goodbyes to make. 

Last week, just after posting, We learned that dearest Dai$y, the all-powerful Matriarch of Trout Towne, had gained her Angel Wings. We send purrs of Condolence to her grieving family, Human and Furry.

Then, today, We learned that two more old furriends had received their Angel Wings. The feisty and opinionated Cathy Keisha (CK) has, after a long and eventful life, now been reunited with her loving Mom, Pattie (aka TW or "The Woman"). Purrs of Comfort to her Dad, Fred (aka Pop).

And LouLou, the lovely LouLou, the French kitty with something to say on just about anything - she too has crossed the Rainbow Bridge and left her Mama and Papa heartbroken. We send them Our heartfelt purrs of Condolence.

We are devastated at the loss of so many beloved furriends and not really in the mood for art or selfies, but We had already prepurred the pictures, so here they are.

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This is Me, relaxing after My Birthday Pawty. It was a lovely pawty and I received lots of prezzies - but it was also exhausticating. Hey, I'm a Senior Kitty now, so they tell Me. I'm entitled to take life Easy! 

We made two different artifications of this picture - both of them furry artsy-fartsy indeed!

Furrst of all, this one uses LunaPic's Ink art effect at 40%, lightly washed with a Dark overlay, at 20%:

In complete contrast, this second, furry colourful artification uses the Yarn effect at 85%, topped with Paisley at 15%:

Now, here is My Official Birthday Pawtrait. Do you think I look sufficiently Dignified for a Tigger-Tabby King?

The only Problem with this one is that I was snuggled up with My (not so little) Brofur, Shimshi, so you can see his Butt (which is not inconsiderable in size) in the lower right of the picture.

However, in the gold coin struck in honour of My Birthday, as well as in the new postage stamp (yes, We still use them in Tigger-Tabby Land), that has been dealt with and all you can see is My Own Handsome Face:

For those interested in the technicalities, We created these with the help of PhotoFunia.

Here, now, are the blog hop badges:

        

Before We start on Our Visits, We wanted to answer a question some of you have asked, about the view from the window which appears in several of Our Photos. We have been asked if Our Apawtment is high up. The answer is - Yes and No. Our building is on a slope, so that from the street entrance, Mummy only has to walk up one and a half flights of stairs. But most of the rooms face in the other direction, and on that side, We are five floors up and We face out over a valley, so it looks much higher.

One final word before We set out on the blog hops. Mummy finally posted on her own bloggie, about her Caterwauling Club's concert last month and about her field trip to Masada a fortnight ago - so, if you haven't taken a look yet, do go and read it.  Besides lots of pictures, there are also video clips from the Concert.



Now it really is time to sign off. Mummy must rest before Caterwauling Purractice this evening - and before that, She needs to prepurr her knapsack and some Sandwiches for tomorrow's field trip.

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

Admiring the View with Queen Trixie: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Greetings, Effurrybody!

Queen Trixie here - as the J-Cats' Official Repurrysentative to 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.

I am sorry to have to report that, after almost a week of lovely, spring-like weather, today it is once again cold and rainy! At least, it was earlier this morning. The sun has now peeped out from behind the clouds, but more rain is expected later in the day and through the night, as well as tomorrow. Ah, well - that's spring for you. At least the almond trees are in blossom and everything is green on the hill across the road and down in the valley below the living-room window. 

 

So I decided this picture was the purrfect choice for today's Sunday Selfie. All that was left to do was to artify it, which I did with the help of LunaPic.

My furrst attempt used the Smoke Effect at 55%, with an overlay of Surreal at 90%:

I look quite sultry, don't I? That's one of the reasons I like the Smoke filter.

The next artification uses Dark, at 35%, overlaid again with Surreal, this time at only at 85%:

Last, but not least, the Scribble effect at 70% was brightened up by the brilliant, artsy-fartsy colours of Candy at 40%:

I didn't think about it at the time, but of course, the cushion with its colourful Flutterby  and Flower also adds to the feeling of Spring.

Mummy had really hot weather for her field-trip last week. She started writing about it on her own bloggie the furry next day, but as She wanted to include the concert the week before, and various other things, and as Things Happened even as She was writing (like Mew-nicipal elections on Tuesday and another terrorist attack on Thursday in which two people were murdered), it all took much longer than planned and so it isn't quite ready yet. She hopes to finish it tomorrow.
She had better - because She is going to be furry busy later this week, with a lecture concert and a doctor's appointment and an Opurra - and next week, She has yet another field-trip! There is going to be a lot to write about.

Here now are the blog hop badges:

        

We almost fur-got! This Fursday, March 7th, is My Brofur Caspurr's 11th birthday! So We shall have a celebration, up in the Enchanted Forest, this coming Saturday at 5 pm, Israel time, to which you are all invited. You know how to get there. If you are new, and/or have neffur before been to one of Our Pawties in the Enchanted Forest, give Us a meow and We will send the coordinates directly to your Transportation Device.

Now it is time for LUNCH - after which, We start blog hopping. See you all again next week.

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