Shimshi's Snoozy Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!

Yes, I'm back - the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short), aka The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain-of-the-Guard!

Furrst of all, Mummy wishes to apawlogise for the fact that She hasn't yet written in her own bloggie about her Caterwauling Club's concert the week before last. She was waiting for her sister to send her some video-clips from the concert, to make it more interesting for you. These have now arrived and She hopes to be able to do the write-up later on in the week - maybe even tomorrow.

It's still furry, furry hot! We did have a slightly cooler day yesterday ("only" 30 degrees C!) but now, the tempurratures are creeping up again and it's supposed to reach 36 degrees C towards Furriday!

Anyway, all that can't be helped and We have more impawtant matters to deal with, such as choosing which of the many, many, simply spiffing pawtraits of Me are most worthy of repurresenting the J-Cats in this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the always 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!

Once again, We picked out three, which Mummy helped Me to artify, using the huge selection of filters available from LunaPic.

Furrst of all (since We have already mentioned the heat), here is one of Me trying to keep cool by lying on the floor-tiles. They look like stone, don't they - but they are really ceramic tiles! Still, they're much cooler than lying on a carpet would be.

We obtained a furry nice artsy-fartsy effect for this one, using a combination of Daisies (43%) and Dark (16%):

Sometimes, when Mummy is too absorbed in whateffur She is watching on the Big Flat Screen, I have to do something to gain her attention - like sit on her Feet. But this time, Caspurr got there before Me and I had to make do with her Sandals. I looked so cute that She immediately sat up and reached for her Flashy Box phone - and this is the result:

When it came to artifying it, Mummy was just thinking about having a Coffee Break (as She often does) and that's how We came to be using the Coffee filter (no pun intended) at 65%, with a gentle overlay of Floating at 27%.

Finally, here is a close-up of Me:

The artification for this one uses the Fairy effect at 57%, washed over with Ceremony (28%).

I think - in fact, I am almost sure - that this is My Purrsonal Favourite. What do you think?

And here are the blog hop badges:

        

Dear Furriends, I must tell you - I think Mummy has been furry mean to Me this week. Furrst of all, I heard her telling Step-Grandma that I was Fat! That was a furry hurtful thing to say. I am not Fat! At the most, I might be just a tad Portly Rotund. She threatened to put Me on a Diet! She said I don't need more than two meals a day! I begged and pleaded, and My Brofur Caspurr backed Me up (Trixie, as usual, remained aloof). So she gave in and said okay, I can still have three meals a day (plus snacks, of course - or I'll know the reason why!) but that they would be smaller meals. 
I tried to explain to her - really I did - that I only look fat portly rotund because I have such a thick fur coat. So She said, no problem, We can deal with that - and then She tried to Furminate Me!!!
I am at my wits' end, Kitties! What am I to do?


While I await your advice on this Most Purressing Matter, I and My Fellow J-Cats will get started on the Blog Hops.

See you next week - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel.
Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.