Greetings, Effurryone!
This week, 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 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 HuMum, Janet.
To this end, I have chosen 3 pawtaits of Myself, in all of which I am snoozing - or at least, trying to snooze, despite the bothersome intrusions of the Pawpawrazzi! I had to try out several napping spots before I found the best one. Furrst of all, I tried the Obvious Place - the bed:
But I couldn't get any peace and quiet there, so, after artifying the photo with two LunaPic filters (Landscape at 83% and Scribble at 22%) -
I moved on to the big couch in the living-room:
But there, too, I was not allowed to snooze uninterrupted. Mummy kept badgering Me to help choose some appropriate filters to artify the photo. As you can see, I chose Shattered at 62% (which fairly described the way I was feeling at being continually disturbed), with an overlay of Sunshine at 25%:
I then moved on to the Guest Kitty room and settled myself on the sofa:
Thankfully, I was allowed to remain here unmolested (mol) and Mummy went away to choose the artsy-fartsy effects herself. She used Watercolour at 45%, washed over with Sketch4 at 25%:
All in all, I don't think She did too badly, do you?
And, before I, She, We fur-get, here are the blog hop badges:
Sometimes, the smaller choirs take part in special projects with other choirs. For example, a few weeks ago, the JOCC sang Poulenc's Gloria, as well as a specially commissioned setting of Psalm 33 (in Hebrew, of course) by the composer Irena Svetova. And the year before last, they sang Orff's Carmina Burana with four other choirs plus the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Over the years, Mummy and her Caterwauling Club have purr-formed such major classical works as Handel's Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Haydn's Creation and Nelson Mass, Mozart's Requiem and C-Minor Mass, Purr-golesi's Stabat Mater, Bach's Magnifi-Cat, Vivaldi's Gloria, the Fauré Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elias, as well as modern works for choir such as Noam Sheriff's Spanish Passion, John Rutter's Magnifi-Cat and Requiem, Bloch's Avodat Hakodesh, Missa Criolla by Ramirez, Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man and many, many others.
In addition, the smaller choirs each have their own repertoire, consisting of many different kinds of music, classical and modern, arrangements of popular Israeli and foreign music, African-American spirituals, folksongs etc. etc. If you visit Mummy's blog, she has written many times about their concerts. Just type Jerusalem Oratorio Choir or Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir in the Search Box.
Before We sign off, We would like to say We are purring with all Our Might for all those affected by the terrible fires in California. If only it would snow and rain there, to help put the fires out!
See you next week then. Till then - be well. Be safe. We LOVE you all!
11 comments:
Sir Caspurr, you're very handsome self portraits have made precious so sleepy she has crawled under the bed. Therefore I cannot get any pictures of her. We are so glad to hear what kind of beautiful songs that your mummy does with all those other people. Here where we live we keep getting a few inches of snow over and over. That California is definitely a mess. Thanks for your prayers.
Caspurr, you are such a handsome Stripey boy! Those artified versions of the pictures really bring out your stripes! Wow, that is a lot of caterwauling and I'm betting that your Mummy really enjoys it!
Those photos and art are all lovely. I am glad you eventually got some peace.
Your mum's caterwauling sounds very interesting.
Wow, those are major musical works your mom has performed. Our mom cannot sing a note much to her dismay. We are happy you. finally got your nap. Our humans can be such pests. All the art turned out beautifully. Mom thinks she likes the last one best. Thanks for taking the time to hop. XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
That's all lovely art. The choir sounds wonderful!
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You're a true professional when it comes to napping, Caspurr. And we love how your artwork turned out!
Thank you for sharing about Mummy's caterwauling club. We enjoyed learning about the type of music they perform (it sounds amazing!).
Sir Caspurr, it's tough when you're so handsome, with so many wanting to see photos of you all the time. It's your burden to bear, constantly being interrupted while trying to nap! You and your mummy did a fabulous job with your selfies and art!
Your mummy must have an incredible voice. What a true gift!
Caspurr I love when your Mommy posts some videos of her Caterwauling Club's music engagements!! I am over due getting to your Mom's blog. I'll get there in either the remainder of the day or tomorrow. XX
I'm sorry your sleep was so disturbed, but it's good to know you finally were able to get some rest. It's not easy sometimes when you are so loved and famous, right?
All of your selfies turned out well, including the one your Mom did by herself. You have all 3 trained her well.
Thank you for the information about your Mom's singing/caterwauling. Music is such a blessing.
I am praying over all the disasters around the world, and continuing to always pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Kitties never run out of places to nap!
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