Happy Hanukkah from Shimshi and the J-Cats

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

Do you know what tonight is? Yes! It's the Furrst Night of Hanukkah. Tonight, we will light the furrst candle of the holiday, and every night thereafter for 8 days - er, nights (mol). And there will be yummy Hanukkah foods like sufganiyot and potato latkes (at least, Mummy says they are yummy, but We will have to take her word for it as We have neffur been allowed to eat them, because they are - so Mummy says - furry unhealthy. So why does She eat them, We'd like to know?)

At all events, We are going to have a Hanukkah pawty on Saturday evening, the Night of the Seventh Candle, up in the Enchanted Forest, to which, of course, you are all invited. It will be at 6pm Israel Time. And We are going to have tuna and trout latkes and sufganiyot with salmon mousse and cream fillings and all sorts of other goodies. And We will play with the dreidel or sevivon and there will be prizes for the winners! In short, it's going to be a Whole Lot of Fun!!!

As today is My Turn to repurresent the J-Cats in the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Divinely 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 have chosen to submit a Hanukkah card, adorned with menorot (Hanukkah candelabra) and dreidels.

Can you see my Pawsselain Dolly sisters, Miss Dorothea and Miss Laura, in the background?

We made three different artifications and We hope you will let Us know in the Comments section which is your favourite. All the artwork this week comes from LunaPic.

Furrst of all, We tried Fairy at 63%. We liked it so much that We left it at that, without combining any other effects, as We often do.

Next up - an artification using Watercolour at 50%:

And finally, a furry artsy-fartsy combination of K3 at 55% and Clown at 33%:

And here are the blog hop badges:

        

Before We go, We would like to give you the heads up that We might not be able to blog next Sunday, because Mummy and her caterwauling friends have a big concert next Sunday evening with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and She has to be at the concert hall in the afternoon already for balance checks on stage. So We might not be able to post till next Monday. In case We don't manage to post next week at all, We will take this oppurrtunity, besides wishing you all Happy Hanukkah, also to wish you a Merry Chrissymouse. At all events, whenever Our next post happens to be, We say be well. Be safe. We love you all.

UPDATE: Since posting the above, We have learned of the wicked, murderous attack by evil anti-semitic terrorists on the Jewish community who were celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. So far, We know of 12 people murdered. We send hugs and purrs of condolence to their families and purrayers for the full recovery of all the wounded. Despite the hatred directed at the Mewish people, We will remain undaunted and unbowed. They will not defeat Us. 
When you light your Hanukkah candles tonight, pray for the souls of the victims,  for the recovery of the injured - and for swift justice and punishment of all those responsible.

Am Yisrael Chai!  עם ישראל חי