tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47990048665378236292024-03-18T21:37:07.027+02:00Purr-sonally SpeakingThe J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.comBlogger522125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-63213032116886927932024-03-17T13:28:00.000+02:002024-03-17T13:28:33.869+02:00Shimshi's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie For St. Patrick's Day<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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 <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/03/happy-st-patricks-day-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/remembering-our-friend-jean-selfies-week-500/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their </i>HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Selfie, therefore, has a Green Shamrock frame. Tasteful and not too fussy, We think.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvXa3UDHY75VewwZy3yOH2W6e4XkcvIEyjCJCYcI2VNtYJ4OeCYqRI90hADSCsL3kqaoGt89srM97hpe82_ra1EXQtZyjPyQz7CFDEMx6BmUAID3kVWU9dtSS67EhYpFhB5dvhpu5PbFn_UuzNRh5xOJNBTikpaEshgpW8Rv6lKTGjYEs9Lfmm3qwnj7y/s1307/Shimshi%20on%20St.%20Patrick's%20Day%20framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="1307" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvXa3UDHY75VewwZy3yOH2W6e4XkcvIEyjCJCYcI2VNtYJ4OeCYqRI90hADSCsL3kqaoGt89srM97hpe82_ra1EXQtZyjPyQz7CFDEMx6BmUAID3kVWU9dtSS67EhYpFhB5dvhpu5PbFn_UuzNRh5xOJNBTikpaEshgpW8Rv6lKTGjYEs9Lfmm3qwnj7y/w538-h395/Shimshi%20on%20St.%20Patrick's%20Day%20framed.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCE8_3i9oX6z6B5bNHaVNPWTJM6WF_PWplwtk95rj7PpZ9UIdekkpBvfSoC-XWXBAUwPyCeXj9qn4SOki9ObCxI6tlrwYo7-TRv7PEFqUy9zfi2thSenYZ_g8iLeFkuDJQd6iaMxsMjtlR0CMGC6dw39tH46pL4xaaD_cGUUysyHpmsPZkUciCBDkhHjI/s1304/Shimshi%20on%20St.%20Patrick's%20Day%20Garden%2055pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1304" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCE8_3i9oX6z6B5bNHaVNPWTJM6WF_PWplwtk95rj7PpZ9UIdekkpBvfSoC-XWXBAUwPyCeXj9qn4SOki9ObCxI6tlrwYo7-TRv7PEFqUy9zfi2thSenYZ_g8iLeFkuDJQd6iaMxsMjtlR0CMGC6dw39tH46pL4xaaD_cGUUysyHpmsPZkUciCBDkhHjI/w534-h394/Shimshi%20on%20St.%20Patrick's%20Day%20Garden%2055pc.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We made a second artification with the Quirky effect, this time at 60%. Which do you prefurr?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn3AItDZOEV3Dh0JGU2IC6X6Nt_EQsBm9jF3o8CeByEzxy9tfBhgTHsJsVbJEWs8-mCqRMfcU2xGZlAJmWhRBGhItueo_XlxHdmjNppoOHfEBwOIJBiL8DPR6n2p-fzfzI2l66sDbq1rtI86kbUSlZ-n2skONjCBZtp6Ikn80Nk7NnRcq8IAHpH85q7Ny/s1304/Shimshi%20on%20St.%20Patrick's%20Day%20Quirky%2060pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1304" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn3AItDZOEV3Dh0JGU2IC6X6Nt_EQsBm9jF3o8CeByEzxy9tfBhgTHsJsVbJEWs8-mCqRMfcU2xGZlAJmWhRBGhItueo_XlxHdmjNppoOHfEBwOIJBiL8DPR6n2p-fzfzI2l66sDbq1rtI86kbUSlZ-n2skONjCBZtp6Ikn80Nk7NnRcq8IAHpH85q7Ny/w533-h394/Shimshi%20on%20St.%20Patrick's%20Day%20Quirky%2060pc.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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):</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH6vVhPyYUb2LYGzSarnC6CsdpFXwmUbmOxzn7AQZAe4IEPwK7kmOKU3tSvheo3Q-6eFBzuBo05grcbe7ebjVTOD4IsXTWPUoQl5pqN5Lh2QjRre2hjCPOjgxkBa7lF6egDYjojkznlel0vDDD7oULAyxeCSWhwH2CBwJScc2kXXmis1hjwgKkW-OQ7gb/s950/Shimshi%20at%20lap%20time%20framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="682" height="697" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH6vVhPyYUb2LYGzSarnC6CsdpFXwmUbmOxzn7AQZAe4IEPwK7kmOKU3tSvheo3Q-6eFBzuBo05grcbe7ebjVTOD4IsXTWPUoQl5pqN5Lh2QjRre2hjCPOjgxkBa7lF6egDYjojkznlel0vDDD7oULAyxeCSWhwH2CBwJScc2kXXmis1hjwgKkW-OQ7gb/w501-h697/Shimshi%20at%20lap%20time%20framed.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We artified this one as well - furrst, with the Grey filter at 75%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5cHdcTbz2mWiTQK7V2rO-PQJhwHtP3PRo2-aIT4lWVtFKl_STEJAkeZ_Mt0U4AOlHXEVM9GaeHnXOlgLquusr6rkY5PvVuRH0sbGT5z_WN1Jp9_QkyRfWwHJuX-jp8WQfLZajcrqP4FdWuoAFkJ0KeHkbGhYTr-VmtShNKPHEYoEz9bEtLEzPswqorj5/s948/Shimshi%20at%20laptime%20Grey75pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="680" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5cHdcTbz2mWiTQK7V2rO-PQJhwHtP3PRo2-aIT4lWVtFKl_STEJAkeZ_Mt0U4AOlHXEVM9GaeHnXOlgLquusr6rkY5PvVuRH0sbGT5z_WN1Jp9_QkyRfWwHJuX-jp8WQfLZajcrqP4FdWuoAFkJ0KeHkbGhYTr-VmtShNKPHEYoEz9bEtLEzPswqorj5/w486-h676/Shimshi%20at%20laptime%20Grey75pc.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And secondly, with Frida - one of Our Favourites, which We haven't used for quite a while:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7U8W6Wt_uoCb9l4U89ta1pjBhF3a7H_qI1A23K1a2y7blaYX3zMEu4wvt58d2QRlP-m1J8M9NpfCR8qdH_OHMpP5kfkbuA-J0DxVBth8skc-UXm81tvfjwPshoCaHpQim5T_eta0sZEiAEsujXXiunaqpBgMGiC8u0JoLB_uQtAKQJqgcaJUYIpFgo1oF/s948/Shimshi%20at%20Laptime%20Frida.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="680" height="691" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7U8W6Wt_uoCb9l4U89ta1pjBhF3a7H_qI1A23K1a2y7blaYX3zMEu4wvt58d2QRlP-m1J8M9NpfCR8qdH_OHMpP5kfkbuA-J0DxVBth8skc-UXm81tvfjwPshoCaHpQim5T_eta0sZEiAEsujXXiunaqpBgMGiC8u0JoLB_uQtAKQJqgcaJUYIpFgo1oF/w497-h691/Shimshi%20at%20Laptime%20Frida.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know about you, but I think this last one makes Me look older than I am. What do you think?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here, before We forget, are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdtSrog4K8vK-xROPzqEzG-xP5qmevyN7MM0ycDwSfv9edSlr0f2klEPQAOdB7K6wKYlzMCIE-RY39zcalraURBPkVTNhPn5GFY52RYh89EE66C1_gvD4mpBb_F2sNF4TGgMZGLwE-hBUOzFdmXS5OY3Yw2ucMInYoWPTgspw-5Yaqfz4dlO36wfHDSjb/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdtSrog4K8vK-xROPzqEzG-xP5qmevyN7MM0ycDwSfv9edSlr0f2klEPQAOdB7K6wKYlzMCIE-RY39zcalraURBPkVTNhPn5GFY52RYh89EE66C1_gvD4mpBb_F2sNF4TGgMZGLwE-hBUOzFdmXS5OY3Yw2ucMInYoWPTgspw-5Yaqfz4dlO36wfHDSjb/w136-h136/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="136" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFJUp7Z-geRZJKoFcHeVeF4aHSA7I4qZN04XdFIA9VKhGADcDCH0CfKkGuiMD9A9Y2rqDWWvv1vEge_k38pTsv2mbCGv099CWbO5STPf-yOrmCar5pwk7aQk6WZ5y_5u2RfCZ27ihSKbPNOJ1B0Iw1N0N-BVlTT2wPT15g8YE3YlHitLIsId3tmCyBGHH/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFJUp7Z-geRZJKoFcHeVeF4aHSA7I4qZN04XdFIA9VKhGADcDCH0CfKkGuiMD9A9Y2rqDWWvv1vEge_k38pTsv2mbCGv099CWbO5STPf-yOrmCar5pwk7aQk6WZ5y_5u2RfCZ27ihSKbPNOJ1B0Iw1N0N-BVlTT2wPT15g8YE3YlHitLIsId3tmCyBGHH/w135-h135/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="135" /></a> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next week is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim" target="_blank">Purim</a>, 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile, Mummy did manage to post about last week's field trip in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2024/03/14/a-journey-back-in-time-maresha-and-itri/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a>, 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)...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-20770222998423482382024-03-10T13:24:00.002+02:002024-03-10T15:42:32.081+02:00Caspurr the Birthday Boy: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies - and Some Sad Goodbyes<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurryone!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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 <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/03/close-up-of-green-eyed-beauty.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Unpredictably Predictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/a-sawyer-selfie-remembering-friends/#comment-118930" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their </i>HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before We do that, however, We have a Trio of Sad Goodbyes to make. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last week, just after posting, We learned that dearest <a href="https://da-tabbies-o-trout-towne.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dai$y</a>, the all-powerful Matriarch of Trout Towne, had gained her Angel Wings. We send purrs of Condolence to her grieving family, Human <i>and</i> Furry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then, today, We learned that two more old furriends had received <i>their</i> Angel Wings. The feisty and opinionated <a href="https://www.stunningkeisha.com/" target="_blank">Cathy Keisha</a> (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).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And <a href="https://www.livingwithloulou.com/" target="_blank">LouLou</a>, 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">********</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">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! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_enPRG9LiJTK_8f2heY9qatae0Uz1xCIYM25X8F65SGin_6OKYryKfJJrS62nEALh0zcBcz9cJ91Elw-PbMXmVPAYQfoyGSblBUbqyroqpL5KnOx5GKEQmKuoHOJ6OwncUbDmVlFhnxVIXLnf2GC_zoPQ4GYW7SibAww14CzRU7PIA3-y0jNTrLfhYlix/s1073/Caspurr%20Snoozing%20Framed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1073" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_enPRG9LiJTK_8f2heY9qatae0Uz1xCIYM25X8F65SGin_6OKYryKfJJrS62nEALh0zcBcz9cJ91Elw-PbMXmVPAYQfoyGSblBUbqyroqpL5KnOx5GKEQmKuoHOJ6OwncUbDmVlFhnxVIXLnf2GC_zoPQ4GYW7SibAww14CzRU7PIA3-y0jNTrLfhYlix/w519-h320/Caspurr%20Snoozing%20Framed.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We made two different artifications of this picture - both of them furry artsy-fartsy indeed!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furrst of all, this one uses LunaPic's Ink art effect at 40%, lightly washed with a Dark overlay, at 20%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvahknN_zoKBWarwi5enTIO8KXhelhcXsZrTdACZs1SdPbYqLL40nVxBwbxKgH8Hqu1f77ErvATX8Cd5VW1Z98dJoBQRiISIn2MIA-VNlfP9x2FTQQ51GbIonqS1k72XtXztzQgMGuBaslA3P3h4PWA02LUa5TPpppU_GvduY1vfWqgcUfa7Jyxg_PPiF/s1072/CasourrSnoozingInk40Dark20pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvahknN_zoKBWarwi5enTIO8KXhelhcXsZrTdACZs1SdPbYqLL40nVxBwbxKgH8Hqu1f77ErvATX8Cd5VW1Z98dJoBQRiISIn2MIA-VNlfP9x2FTQQ51GbIonqS1k72XtXztzQgMGuBaslA3P3h4PWA02LUa5TPpppU_GvduY1vfWqgcUfa7Jyxg_PPiF/w520-h320/CasourrSnoozingInk40Dark20pc.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In complete contrast, this second, furry colourful artification uses the Yarn effect at 85%, topped with Paisley at 15%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2rRKxVr-lSm265zfii01_vISYzfFYtV0374JGuim_B0Mvd-KPZs1VJK93DQP7-FHrGIUHF1oKK9A9EcHN3auw_AqZPaTCwVnyvJ4YFKO0qfluOvkPshOZby5jjNQWzdo4rhGckixpST3vCTXo_gdd_UoFv8tYpHG6oGl5EZISeOfQ9Z7Ve5i6uOlL7r9/s1072/CaspurrSnoozingYarn85Paisley25pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1072" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2rRKxVr-lSm265zfii01_vISYzfFYtV0374JGuim_B0Mvd-KPZs1VJK93DQP7-FHrGIUHF1oKK9A9EcHN3auw_AqZPaTCwVnyvJ4YFKO0qfluOvkPshOZby5jjNQWzdo4rhGckixpST3vCTXo_gdd_UoFv8tYpHG6oGl5EZISeOfQ9Z7Ve5i6uOlL7r9/w524-h323/CaspurrSnoozingYarn85Paisley25pc.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here is My Official Birthday Pawtrait. Do you think I look sufficiently Dignified for a Tigger-Tabby King?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoE8XljIXqtjPt2IyOJy2_sTGSicCKCyOjTScaUy7op4s2yXn7HsAfvGE70qDxHlFhyphenhyphencPw9FzeY4udzX8S13OJg-jL9YVdXWMFEMNywwZrMekHjHiJkRLzuHHL5LCYdUvgM_lHV3A4YI9xJnp6Cds1P5GmThYZXScSxDeUJB1YA14jYUXrq_ceZ6eftcM/s1342/CaspurrCloseUpAnd%20PurrsonalFramed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="903" height="728" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoE8XljIXqtjPt2IyOJy2_sTGSicCKCyOjTScaUy7op4s2yXn7HsAfvGE70qDxHlFhyphenhyphencPw9FzeY4udzX8S13OJg-jL9YVdXWMFEMNywwZrMekHjHiJkRLzuHHL5LCYdUvgM_lHV3A4YI9xJnp6Cds1P5GmThYZXScSxDeUJB1YA14jYUXrq_ceZ6eftcM/w489-h728/CaspurrCloseUpAnd%20PurrsonalFramed.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjCKuTTLJMZly-KmbHGMei37o6pJDhFT7xhOj6dku42xO_vXPwnuBz_hPrL0MvJfjFRurHvog9SNYFXxNbGzXOZ-nidRwcfcRNQH6GSBPg92YXMSYFSFBVBXw5lopq2kizS-im3f7iOUvJXq86xi7_WhTAotqfdVOBekGsyLSv2mgN40MOc7CKNhfU6QW/s1600/CaspurrCoin2024Birthday.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="1600" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjCKuTTLJMZly-KmbHGMei37o6pJDhFT7xhOj6dku42xO_vXPwnuBz_hPrL0MvJfjFRurHvog9SNYFXxNbGzXOZ-nidRwcfcRNQH6GSBPg92YXMSYFSFBVBXw5lopq2kizS-im3f7iOUvJXq86xi7_WhTAotqfdVOBekGsyLSv2mgN40MOc7CKNhfU6QW/w490-h350/CaspurrCoin2024Birthday.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0ZMtEyL0EBBX_G1eTPkpY54vdMFV_0YmGmoR2Rp89gIGMXDiZqtD-4KEHnmaxGV93RXau0JCQNHx0a78Xi0hv4-RqGTLbndP1FVPAQHcQlwP56eXDY4zStU8g8iOj11ARGBn5s8HJuJJfnxWkJwWQ_zmh25y08OQaEoZNmEeIG1pJZG9LZOg5Wyy9QGH/s1200/CaspurrBirthdayStamp2024.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1200" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0ZMtEyL0EBBX_G1eTPkpY54vdMFV_0YmGmoR2Rp89gIGMXDiZqtD-4KEHnmaxGV93RXau0JCQNHx0a78Xi0hv4-RqGTLbndP1FVPAQHcQlwP56eXDY4zStU8g8iOj11ARGBn5s8HJuJJfnxWkJwWQ_zmh25y08OQaEoZNmEeIG1pJZG9LZOg5Wyy9QGH/w488-h365/CaspurrBirthdayStamp2024.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For those interested in the technicalities, We created these with the help of PhotoFunia.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here, now, are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HwYHjYkU3ElxAd3DTzo8RgWBLpzAJYBtd7qQfX8n8EL5wITbGidBVjLiAQihKw5xI4WKUeCBuStSie1aVHBMl1chQtVIEK8LcF8lAMhmAhQ96BEedXMzGJNdtz3u7OJ65XHpzQBjBK7JxFMkO2yWUpHgkX63-kgYhdc1zLAAAHdM6BckVmo27Q0X3_eP/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HwYHjYkU3ElxAd3DTzo8RgWBLpzAJYBtd7qQfX8n8EL5wITbGidBVjLiAQihKw5xI4WKUeCBuStSie1aVHBMl1chQtVIEK8LcF8lAMhmAhQ96BEedXMzGJNdtz3u7OJ65XHpzQBjBK7JxFMkO2yWUpHgkX63-kgYhdc1zLAAAHdM6BckVmo27Q0X3_eP/w137-h137/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="137" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYikZ0B2NtpB2DGyYArL8p-hOHcuFMEZ8L3EVa6UxxSuYiJMz13RWIv1h1gYCUDUvv-U6bEy6BXQ8-MyoetMF4TcfOumNwif9spsOJlHWjODEwG-HWeTdBEfN6i-HQQmD8CW2l1uSIEEX6srCsXBb2RDYa1Y6kCENF9D9N6d3KY_LnI_MwHNlaV6uvCZVK/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYikZ0B2NtpB2DGyYArL8p-hOHcuFMEZ8L3EVa6UxxSuYiJMz13RWIv1h1gYCUDUvv-U6bEy6BXQ8-MyoetMF4TcfOumNwif9spsOJlHWjODEwG-HWeTdBEfN6i-HQQmD8CW2l1uSIEEX6srCsXBb2RDYa1Y6kCENF9D9N6d3KY_LnI_MwHNlaV6uvCZVK/s1600/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="141" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">One final word before We set out on the blog hops. Mummy finally posted on her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2024/03/04/music-masada-and-the-weight-of-history/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a>, 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.<br /><br /><br /><br />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 <i>tomorrow's</i> field trip.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next week then. Meanwhile, be well. Be safe. We love you all.<br /><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-3983959972874953652024-03-03T13:25:00.001+02:002024-03-03T14:39:49.779+02:00Admiring the View with Queen Trixie: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurrybody!<br /><br />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 <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/03/elegant-beauty-caturday-art.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/sawyers-selfie-with-the-lorax/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rRYIKdoLtdSu7A8ybrN27k7ZsPq-h_0IdKQnBly2SsRfgPQxBSPiVL-R5CwOsIa9hS4JxXnykOYUuCs41Aud7DhF4yP8X0l2TNlaNe0-4hooSMWOUkMERk2IcmEe0b7MMXUj0m9ceCZRA-yPRzf5CPjKYucEFnD6vKGh6-9mgMaHKxtqAd93njzl0B1C/s1060/Trixie%20Enjoys%20the%20View%20Framed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1060" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rRYIKdoLtdSu7A8ybrN27k7ZsPq-h_0IdKQnBly2SsRfgPQxBSPiVL-R5CwOsIa9hS4JxXnykOYUuCs41Aud7DhF4yP8X0l2TNlaNe0-4hooSMWOUkMERk2IcmEe0b7MMXUj0m9ceCZRA-yPRzf5CPjKYucEFnD6vKGh6-9mgMaHKxtqAd93njzl0B1C/w532-h349/Trixie%20Enjoys%20the%20View%20Framed.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My furrst attempt used the Smoke Effect at 55%, with an overlay of Surreal at 90%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSfahXqmy9BvWNhfW6xpTsna2dXEra5vdUHTOmqfNnZNrOqUeVB6zgjWhMiAWeB6C-ZYvvsz9gOlBb0_ZBzWeQjnOy8hRyr7zNBQ9-zYwkcEiSbVXn_YPJrnDYD-3QXiRO_3u2R7R_X7cEQKKDA2qehVV9isq7hIF02dbdB9s5uM419BK-XY8lRPyfscs/s1060/TrixieEnjoysTheViewSmoke55Surreal90pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1060" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSfahXqmy9BvWNhfW6xpTsna2dXEra5vdUHTOmqfNnZNrOqUeVB6zgjWhMiAWeB6C-ZYvvsz9gOlBb0_ZBzWeQjnOy8hRyr7zNBQ9-zYwkcEiSbVXn_YPJrnDYD-3QXiRO_3u2R7R_X7cEQKKDA2qehVV9isq7hIF02dbdB9s5uM419BK-XY8lRPyfscs/w526-h345/TrixieEnjoysTheViewSmoke55Surreal90pc.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I look quite sultry, don't I? That's one of the reasons I like the Smoke filter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next artification uses Dark, at 35%, overlaid again with Surreal, this time at only at 85%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte_8dsqWnt16EMcveHYafWzgzqED23kIjnPT7-zFuDqB-I8mxV_CFjs35W5cjV-x1JMmM7O6WzV-LkkRooO4nlz8aqVjcRKdKDrXecM-yK_z8kYzPprzIZCA3MP7cwFI2yMfiAbr_ML2hQ8oBIkYdfB1okuHsOXlho2DfDS113KgAbMWrnFMPh7cay0x1/s1060/TrixieEnjoysThe%20ViewDark35Surreal85.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1060" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjte_8dsqWnt16EMcveHYafWzgzqED23kIjnPT7-zFuDqB-I8mxV_CFjs35W5cjV-x1JMmM7O6WzV-LkkRooO4nlz8aqVjcRKdKDrXecM-yK_z8kYzPprzIZCA3MP7cwFI2yMfiAbr_ML2hQ8oBIkYdfB1okuHsOXlho2DfDS113KgAbMWrnFMPh7cay0x1/w534-h351/TrixieEnjoysThe%20ViewDark35Surreal85.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last, but not least, the Scribble effect at 70% was brightened up by the brilliant, artsy-fartsy colours of Candy at 40%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzWy_kYS3M-uIjaUmvAdao1SUAVw6DwwBpGcrrUMmC-bevpwJGTQmVHRbogn879LdzUrWTJo5cFsKgS2mMV78aquALPjQ4nu3R-XTgbN2bfLYbNJ9Z6LbjVBdIwh04kW0J3Vnz5prRcIksFen9c7yPASEUijXT0Nd2cwi_oviplCbZni2i61Roswnk1mq/s1060/TrixieEnjoysThe%20ViewScribble70Candy40pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1060" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzWy_kYS3M-uIjaUmvAdao1SUAVw6DwwBpGcrrUMmC-bevpwJGTQmVHRbogn879LdzUrWTJo5cFsKgS2mMV78aquALPjQ4nu3R-XTgbN2bfLYbNJ9Z6LbjVBdIwh04kW0J3Vnz5prRcIksFen9c7yPASEUijXT0Nd2cwi_oviplCbZni2i61Roswnk1mq/w529-h347/TrixieEnjoysThe%20ViewScribble70Candy40pc.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mummy had really hot weather for her field-trip last week. She started writing about it on her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a> 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.<br />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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here now are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXytA7iHPj0q5u9RVIa2ZYdO8rhprsgBtKK-Y6_2U2H8RxUr2JespBtwfTwUsWrXN_1IVZoUrAHJ8xeb5Qyaf0HtfBnLKAnaTXSxvaZTj5Sc3k2zjE90dDDyGthaGAPR3CN-fVJUwKsDOXzs1j0MnrohEsdWgPr5wd-wb_feGTp8dPKnxdXIBSaq4hLkp9/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXytA7iHPj0q5u9RVIa2ZYdO8rhprsgBtKK-Y6_2U2H8RxUr2JespBtwfTwUsWrXN_1IVZoUrAHJ8xeb5Qyaf0HtfBnLKAnaTXSxvaZTj5Sc3k2zjE90dDDyGthaGAPR3CN-fVJUwKsDOXzs1j0MnrohEsdWgPr5wd-wb_feGTp8dPKnxdXIBSaq4hLkp9/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaKvW4NDzaKgEvlVCg6eucoMNgLsd_YEN2t8Uu6is55CEkTTD1NI9w1OsNNgt-igHlZrgbrRjUH-Pq-ybOwz5FFpWB373qNWSdCEFi4g8VLNDvTsrOaewHmtDHScBegZI86UXJW04LBeKyFLcLJkUxbTgd7m0BybDzEHRqW1Q_8QRSdG4-gkHkSHVKosT/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaKvW4NDzaKgEvlVCg6eucoMNgLsd_YEN2t8Uu6is55CEkTTD1NI9w1OsNNgt-igHlZrgbrRjUH-Pq-ybOwz5FFpWB373qNWSdCEFi4g8VLNDvTsrOaewHmtDHScBegZI86UXJW04LBeKyFLcLJkUxbTgd7m0BybDzEHRqW1Q_8QRSdG4-gkHkSHVKosT/w152-h152/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="152" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">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.</span><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now it is time for LUNCH - after which, We start blog hopping. See you all again next week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till then - be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-1512597384973922502024-02-25T13:06:00.001+02:002024-02-25T16:10:21.240+02:00Spring Seems To Be In The Air: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Shimshi<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!<br /><br />Well, I don't want to jinx things by saying Spring is here but - it <i>is</i> a mewtiful, sunny day (with just a few puffy little white clouds) and tomorrow, the weather prophets say, it will be warmer than average for this time of year. Which, if you come to think of it, is a Good Thing, because Mummy has another one of her Archaeology Field Trips tomorrow. She wrote about her last trip in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2024/02/22/a-little-fresh-air/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a> a few days ago and will pawsibly write about tomorrow's trip (to Masada) later this week. Or purr-haps She will write, instead, about her Caterwauling Club's concert last Tuesday - which was a Great Success, even though Mummy didn't have a So-Low this time.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) aka The Little Purrince, sometimes known as The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard, am here to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/02/tabby-cat-sniffing-window-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie,</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/tantalizing-tuxie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have three different selfies for you to choose from this week, each of them artified with the help of LunaPic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furrst of all, here is one I really wish Mummy had deleted. It's so embarrassing!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J1nfbyVPM3TUQvu_n34lP1xmVgVwCHhKLuBJ4fQdJf9xmCelzR43siRn7n-qXXV5NeoLp3Tch1V0F_ToqJYBrNL6JOJgV-5Q_rJ_7AkNLlH56GBOhVta5nf8seGitpnNr-uRW3anEtBD9OhABifR3Q1jz75M85yJQPKqARg6klcYGrbpGYancsoTGklR/s1154/Shimshi%20Bares%20All%20Framed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1154" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4J1nfbyVPM3TUQvu_n34lP1xmVgVwCHhKLuBJ4fQdJf9xmCelzR43siRn7n-qXXV5NeoLp3Tch1V0F_ToqJYBrNL6JOJgV-5Q_rJ_7AkNLlH56GBOhVta5nf8seGitpnNr-uRW3anEtBD9OhABifR3Q1jz75M85yJQPKqARg6klcYGrbpGYancsoTGklR/w523-h314/Shimshi%20Bares%20All%20Framed.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know why Humans have this - this - <b><i>Thing</i></b> about snapping Us while We are bathing! I think She must be some kind of a Purr-vert! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">She didn't even have the decency to place an </span><i style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">X</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in a strategic pawsition! (No, I don't mean My sweet, little, pink tongue.) I suppose She thinks She can sell this shot to COSMEOWPAWLITAN magazine!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, at least the artified version, using Ceremony at 60%, overlaid with Beauty at 45%, is marginally better...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXFyb9Mwb1k2WzZOw1V3MI8htMkAoFg8C_31apR2QO8i0HYCQOI0qejrxRo7KFbki7UF33z9HHgOyrUSqbCmztIBeO0vAM4JlbsZ8VSeioAeI28qt1qRLbCrGe61LklURucvKYIjGhmC4mKznyDMJa-dVixmejhs73ESynSjs7gQhbata33MzttdKdiHt/s1016/ShimshiBaresAllCeremony60Beauty45pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1016" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXFyb9Mwb1k2WzZOw1V3MI8htMkAoFg8C_31apR2QO8i0HYCQOI0qejrxRo7KFbki7UF33z9HHgOyrUSqbCmztIBeO0vAM4JlbsZ8VSeioAeI28qt1qRLbCrGe61LklURucvKYIjGhmC4mKznyDMJa-dVixmejhs73ESynSjs7gQhbata33MzttdKdiHt/w529-h316/ShimshiBaresAllCeremony60Beauty45pc.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up is a beautifully placed shot, capturing the effect of sun and shade, as I took advantage of the late afternoon sunlight falling on the living-room sofa.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqo0d6NBiFd06-V8zLTERQRDzYaRPrYaAH_Tz6A-h7m6TRYsp8Mi6zQ_Yeypp46CbQPNVoA8LBnKjzyw0FMbMmyYIk-Mp26n5x40PzhkeVPzfmgzHprW1BXvl4ou0xd1hDNyJEFYf9NTSTRGBLs6ln9j_WtU1w1fhlVGCNrbXJ2H-D35FGyzvYqRskSEU/s1084/ShadesOfShimshiFramed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1084" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqo0d6NBiFd06-V8zLTERQRDzYaRPrYaAH_Tz6A-h7m6TRYsp8Mi6zQ_Yeypp46CbQPNVoA8LBnKjzyw0FMbMmyYIk-Mp26n5x40PzhkeVPzfmgzHprW1BXvl4ou0xd1hDNyJEFYf9NTSTRGBLs6ln9j_WtU1w1fhlVGCNrbXJ2H-D35FGyzvYqRskSEU/w533-h355/ShadesOfShimshiFramed.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We thought the <i>chiaroscuro </i>effect would be best enhanced by the Smoke filter, which We set to 60%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGlwdFgMi40WjykIRW8YBXFMvjHatMz4gUCkfFMggziIIddLD-SJp7mKNOPrGDc19euKTXi_IP_EObLRQkuB_eepEZf84JMzNuarVRCGKiIM0O3d7C-CozfIjeX2qWAqkxS2Z8lkS0omSeGmDfv_89i69ND4qbbZHMWKNCh4IbqWAjx7fhb3MKEkX_hw2/s1084/Shades%20of%20Shimshi%20Smoke60pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1084" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGlwdFgMi40WjykIRW8YBXFMvjHatMz4gUCkfFMggziIIddLD-SJp7mKNOPrGDc19euKTXi_IP_EObLRQkuB_eepEZf84JMzNuarVRCGKiIM0O3d7C-CozfIjeX2qWAqkxS2Z8lkS0omSeGmDfv_89i69ND4qbbZHMWKNCh4IbqWAjx7fhb3MKEkX_hw2/w536-h357/Shades%20of%20Shimshi%20Smoke60pc.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally - a dignified shot which pays Due Respect to My Status as a Purrince, as well as showing My Alertness, as befitting the Captain-of-the-Guard:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfhAGvEOA_AT-MLXgH-nSm7kDFyPG99JvUEkAehuB4phv_YRPzpaSD0_hHzbkQgky9dpA_XfqOFeuGRW-tI5RYDYk7x6iOfhUwA1kAQpKj5kiQXYp-naZ6cMu3n5a3Lg6PaQ9UyVMl-NdtgvBv1hm1A5855dvP3lcico3J3SbYffqatsJ5z8TeIqWWtHs/s997/ShimshiStaringSelfieFramed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="997" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfhAGvEOA_AT-MLXgH-nSm7kDFyPG99JvUEkAehuB4phv_YRPzpaSD0_hHzbkQgky9dpA_XfqOFeuGRW-tI5RYDYk7x6iOfhUwA1kAQpKj5kiQXYp-naZ6cMu3n5a3Lg6PaQ9UyVMl-NdtgvBv1hm1A5855dvP3lcico3J3SbYffqatsJ5z8TeIqWWtHs/w542-h368/ShimshiStaringSelfieFramed.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the artification, We used the Grey filter, at 70%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWlEXYVXcKoAzdr-RN1EGBAuGjTyBPkjcwyBgfE1ax7Y72P1YggiXAFOYVASSX8xuKle4JMsj_PDgJxWpSecocWbff_fQU3mBfHKiCJUenOO54TO8-L2-zVM32nQdpzvbPkO31Zts328WfJiudwXXg7mX4_59Wa3d24G-L3SewCIgfrnqWkEfWjU3FUB6/s996/Shimshi%20Staring%20Grey%2070pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="996" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWlEXYVXcKoAzdr-RN1EGBAuGjTyBPkjcwyBgfE1ax7Y72P1YggiXAFOYVASSX8xuKle4JMsj_PDgJxWpSecocWbff_fQU3mBfHKiCJUenOO54TO8-L2-zVM32nQdpzvbPkO31Zts328WfJiudwXXg7mX4_59Wa3d24G-L3SewCIgfrnqWkEfWjU3FUB6/w544-h367/Shimshi%20Staring%20Grey%2070pc.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Which do you like best?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I should just mention that all three will be going on display at the Israel Museum later this week:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj317qHRCWQoFp1ftFuX_dAOXPUp7-sJUbJCQWLCM3XEl4zGUKHkUCm8pYzbgB14q-OJ8ZoF_SjXQTSJYneelD4j6G1_2qiUeWMNWaNBRCN08o0wepMRc0zu4xB4WWjgGONjgg_k5KKqLoyz9q66dyDVGNai2h8bI2pesPRq-89K1pkaI-S4c0tswPqqAKr/s1200/ShimshiOn%20Display.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="912" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj317qHRCWQoFp1ftFuX_dAOXPUp7-sJUbJCQWLCM3XEl4zGUKHkUCm8pYzbgB14q-OJ8ZoF_SjXQTSJYneelD4j6G1_2qiUeWMNWaNBRCN08o0wepMRc0zu4xB4WWjgGONjgg_k5KKqLoyz9q66dyDVGNai2h8bI2pesPRq-89K1pkaI-S4c0tswPqqAKr/w547-h720/ShimshiOn%20Display.jpg" width="547" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy505SFfZrHjkRS3MoTz1n5cVSNaxpHYeCU0UPNVgIqdu-w4KVY6vlFKR9wclyJy5VQZevVtELkGRHpV7ozRPiPH3OGMmqmF0aqNOdgRKEzF5cUkg2r37moLCEQB-qVu0TABTgNLGLvaqEBnsaZeYypKBUHbV4r-iNzPZSyl_zPeJQZiYAdLxqfa3IY0y/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy505SFfZrHjkRS3MoTz1n5cVSNaxpHYeCU0UPNVgIqdu-w4KVY6vlFKR9wclyJy5VQZevVtELkGRHpV7ozRPiPH3OGMmqmF0aqNOdgRKEzF5cUkg2r37moLCEQB-qVu0TABTgNLGLvaqEBnsaZeYypKBUHbV4r-iNzPZSyl_zPeJQZiYAdLxqfa3IY0y/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BWJNZjJc5-oHUGo521L2G_XaVlZdftUrpCi15XcFVfrTwB7LMtTctUpwN5HLdtv9ffXLiJNWfKsZTg3BMHQGEI0aGNiPEozq75MxX0xgaNLobJKZr7Zo0AKytMcCOdIO8RMibzT-P5VW0bqPZh7gcVOZ_hdQ17pqJz1VzzKnHOTXLdl-my2XQsSota7-/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BWJNZjJc5-oHUGo521L2G_XaVlZdftUrpCi15XcFVfrTwB7LMtTctUpwN5HLdtv9ffXLiJNWfKsZTg3BMHQGEI0aGNiPEozq75MxX0xgaNLobJKZr7Zo0AKytMcCOdIO8RMibzT-P5VW0bqPZh7gcVOZ_hdQ17pqJz1VzzKnHOTXLdl-my2XQsSota7-/w150-h150/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="150" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now, it's time for Us to start blog hopping.</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next week then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-26452787574585550472024-02-18T12:21:00.000+02:002024-02-18T12:21:10.915+02:00Come Rain, Come Shine: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Caspurr<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo there, Effurryone!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How are you all? It's been a furry eventful week here, in My Domain, both with regard to the highly changeable weather, and with regard to the War - but Mummy will no doubt write about that in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a>, either tomorrow or on Wednesday (on Tuesday, She will be too busy, as She and her caterwauling friends have a concert). <br /><br />At any rate, here on OUR bloggie, it is My Turn to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/02/sunbeams-shutters-and-window-gazing.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/a-torties-confession-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before 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, share my selfie(s) with you, We want to slip in this guest selfie, which Mummy took on her archaeology field trip to Caesarea last week. As you can see, Mummy is a magnet for homeless kitties, wherever they may be:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitB4v99DaLnxN75lb0krUS9l4yo8AD79H583-yvGWocuia0gkL5nJrOPN4pL9n0Ko7GuxXYosmwhQkciZF1bqimdOQM0aRy8zbtNDAWAsQzXJJ7W9luY9U1mbd11xCpvhWfX6zTfoWPlrmrz59vOmQpbKiSSAotlS9sVHI89sFf1dzQQJJH9E958G3ADVR/s957/CaesareanKittyFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="957" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitB4v99DaLnxN75lb0krUS9l4yo8AD79H583-yvGWocuia0gkL5nJrOPN4pL9n0Ko7GuxXYosmwhQkciZF1bqimdOQM0aRy8zbtNDAWAsQzXJJ7W9luY9U1mbd11xCpvhWfX6zTfoWPlrmrz59vOmQpbKiSSAotlS9sVHI89sFf1dzQQJJH9E958G3ADVR/w540-h347/CaesareanKittyFramed.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, this kitty may be officially homeless, but with all the fish restaurants around the ancient harbour, he or she is certainly not hungry, or lonely. S/he even let Mummy pet him/her - a favour s/he did not grant to others whom Mummy saw making the attempt.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now for My Own Selfies. They are furry similar, I know, but each one was framed and artified differently. Tell Us which you prefurr:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-DmvfnetQkq7s5M37G7lOxIjoaqClrD0D5pdM4S3xQ5uarcNTwZRMXE2Ujvsf3CWxI5q1FSm4BJLjp0RCSrjM3FQLTYs8t8WGQg-cigQNMKVB44TBjtoxg_Rkxr5FVEomKbB60X2JFkxKiTnm1KrLCe6UMxcozps-UqQxsHd9ZANKtKNI0HC6Q3Mwn1C/s957/Patriotic%20Caspur%20Meditating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="957" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-DmvfnetQkq7s5M37G7lOxIjoaqClrD0D5pdM4S3xQ5uarcNTwZRMXE2Ujvsf3CWxI5q1FSm4BJLjp0RCSrjM3FQLTYs8t8WGQg-cigQNMKVB44TBjtoxg_Rkxr5FVEomKbB60X2JFkxKiTnm1KrLCe6UMxcozps-UqQxsHd9ZANKtKNI0HC6Q3Mwn1C/w526-h321/Patriotic%20Caspur%20Meditating.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the artsy-fartsy version, using Lunapic's Tattoo effect, at 80%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUm9Jc1UbTKZNGT9SQl6SMapQ1RUmhHTHs20b65ylRVpehyMh_I_2qiNy7BtMJTKuEbo20A0lGnDqizBsCpATii2qhMt2PFmcrruRm4N8CPwMzyBOu7awxKdAedzB44e3xVndoRuRgMAVtvGSC47clSGE5vIsl9OkSzhmisp45pnTn0gpmC4J3A5_BMCo/s956/PatrioticCaspurrMeditatingTattoo80pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="956" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUm9Jc1UbTKZNGT9SQl6SMapQ1RUmhHTHs20b65ylRVpehyMh_I_2qiNy7BtMJTKuEbo20A0lGnDqizBsCpATii2qhMt2PFmcrruRm4N8CPwMzyBOu7awxKdAedzB44e3xVndoRuRgMAVtvGSC47clSGE5vIsl9OkSzhmisp45pnTn0gpmC4J3A5_BMCo/w521-h316/PatrioticCaspurrMeditatingTattoo80pc.jpg" width="521" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now for no. #2:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0D8jVyefJWdksX1ErRxkDPfPlkS-gtrSpLVV-Em4u9H6_Ki0MYwalqiKzXV25ZIiNFSRkXFBwxQHPrlqv3l2a3Hf0lg4tIj_YaJkOba3DLyCKBGYLNCIJ2Ecgqq6gAfEzTkE2k3_MIi3bZG6PlDxjLyjYhrJ-41aTwyszJcEknAKLOzca8ymRkCW0snF/s992/Patriotic%20Caspurr%20Meditating%20More.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="992" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0D8jVyefJWdksX1ErRxkDPfPlkS-gtrSpLVV-Em4u9H6_Ki0MYwalqiKzXV25ZIiNFSRkXFBwxQHPrlqv3l2a3Hf0lg4tIj_YaJkOba3DLyCKBGYLNCIJ2Ecgqq6gAfEzTkE2k3_MIi3bZG6PlDxjLyjYhrJ-41aTwyszJcEknAKLOzca8ymRkCW0snF/w527-h356/Patriotic%20Caspurr%20Meditating%20More.jpg" width="527" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We artified this one with the Fairy effect, at 55%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf61fZ8h8eha7k_0H10HBE6H9hHcF-lUuAGAC9mR6L6ZGMw5vwkIo37LsRdQfv8iHfleQQRZsmlFjExf3T3U7IsC21jHGyXggL8yD5ZHjBzp3lHPlZNjcRQ6E9v4ubJHS0ddKkShJaBvGoM9oTG_sXmqknLpoR8bg683XVJLFF6sjIATAim_70n2ECCKfr/s992/PatrioticCaspurrMeditatingMoreFairy55pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="992" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf61fZ8h8eha7k_0H10HBE6H9hHcF-lUuAGAC9mR6L6ZGMw5vwkIo37LsRdQfv8iHfleQQRZsmlFjExf3T3U7IsC21jHGyXggL8yD5ZHjBzp3lHPlZNjcRQ6E9v4ubJHS0ddKkShJaBvGoM9oTG_sXmqknLpoR8bg683XVJLFF6sjIATAim_70n2ECCKfr/w521-h350/PatrioticCaspurrMeditatingMoreFairy55pc.jpg" width="521" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, We made an artified version of the Homeless Kitty from Caesarea's Guest Selfie, using the Floating effect at 35%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8F7OkyEHbhExfQ_boyxbVJ7dJ_vkcCAwh1pDFej3VOWB-I_Ja80xWNLQSTJLvtvgz_C5IrweJpt4Z40HOJI7Xj5vFLt91N0jAeykE2JTNCzdvai7TeCr8T_Erpx_oDoeOp8q66b6Che7k7PLsGjzCZiiK_v6lQ5rExIQUBzFQcFSvrLIPE7zf5uqMwHH/s956/CaesareanKittyFloating35pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="956" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8F7OkyEHbhExfQ_boyxbVJ7dJ_vkcCAwh1pDFej3VOWB-I_Ja80xWNLQSTJLvtvgz_C5IrweJpt4Z40HOJI7Xj5vFLt91N0jAeykE2JTNCzdvai7TeCr8T_Erpx_oDoeOp8q66b6Che7k7PLsGjzCZiiK_v6lQ5rExIQUBzFQcFSvrLIPE7zf5uqMwHH/w520-h333/CaesareanKittyFloating35pc.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How's that?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, as We said, Mummy's Caterwauling Club has a concert on Tuesday (and no, alas, She did <i>not</i> get the So-Low she was after), so We will cut this short and allow her to get a good rest before this evening's rehearsal (which is likely to go on for longer than usual as it is, basically, the Dress Rehearsal - although they don't dress up for it).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the Blog Hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVCEEVf9r5fJfAVWcShNjF1FM8oz2cl_UWw-SaseCukZJlvFK9ujNDcPFEzfYKYWT8mu7TO1aMnvscSBdezaW5iG0NKk-sLQxEhLcVgZj99uIM9x-_IkQG3J-OX_qpdDmBQw1k38rVfb-ompnLrjA076U1gPOf9s49mxoUMHXCxx6gjXNf7y_yjnv_BGS/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVCEEVf9r5fJfAVWcShNjF1FM8oz2cl_UWw-SaseCukZJlvFK9ujNDcPFEzfYKYWT8mu7TO1aMnvscSBdezaW5iG0NKk-sLQxEhLcVgZj99uIM9x-_IkQG3J-OX_qpdDmBQw1k38rVfb-ompnLrjA076U1gPOf9s49mxoUMHXCxx6gjXNf7y_yjnv_BGS/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfBT7y-Yq1STrfk_ddyDPP84JBUk7PyVKFgir7tZhHtjp4QoD4gH4wNX-PC-G7GlUswY7kV5l097hWII-ITtog6f5oMP4HLheXX5nyNh9hy7KhzVTsj1SbvR82SL7QMwO5I9q1MT-fL3LzNLVQUJRkZ856ScWLpyWHZDWtvAs9JFae3tReVwf5uBrY5i_/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfBT7y-Yq1STrfk_ddyDPP84JBUk7PyVKFgir7tZhHtjp4QoD4gH4wNX-PC-G7GlUswY7kV5l097hWII-ITtog6f5oMP4HLheXX5nyNh9hy7KhzVTsj1SbvR82SL7QMwO5I9q1MT-fL3LzNLVQUJRkZ856ScWLpyWHZDWtvAs9JFae3tReVwf5uBrY5i_/w147-h147/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="147" /></a> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next week then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-78674453209193782922024-02-11T13:58:00.000+02:002024-02-11T13:58:56.981+02:00Sunny Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Queen Trixie<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurrybody!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you can see, I - Queen Trixie, Furrst of My Name, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Queen of Hearts, the Panfur Princess, Guardian of the Boudoir and Alpha Kitty Extraordinaire - will be leading My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops. Specifically - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/02/side-profile-and-back-of-head.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful, Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/calista-jos-kittenish-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We did have some pretty cold, rainy weather last week, but the weekend was nice and sunny and more than usually warm for this time of year. What is more, tomorrow is set to be warmer still, before the cold and rain return later in the week. This is furry fortunate for Mummy, who has one of her archaeological field trips tomorrow, about which She will no doubt <strike>meow</strike> write, later in the week, in her own bloggie. She will probably also write something about the War, so We will refrain from doing so, because it is furry depressing and Our Job is to cheer Mummy up!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mummy also has to go early to Caterwauling Purractice this evening, as She is hoping to get a So-Low in next week's Concert, so We will make this Short and Sweet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have chosen three pictures of Me, each one with a different Lunapic filter (or filters) for the artification. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furrst of all, here I am, warming myself by the heater, because even in the warmer weather, it can be quite chilly at night in Jerusalem:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0P0jZAjJcfCEvPbR9KXhLaGCIH2A-UyA_iipBf1oWpYHLUBSpGWiGRFVbV1gL1WTiQ8aPsry_65NPrGXNQijHnk-Lw6MhF1QorFc8W3JcVoXxCdVPhTfXlluPnvY5hJDBJoa_dborXEgpiSjUqUr0V2D6t1a75oG4RH5vT-ls7K6LObAzi4Jih6BtVd6/s934/TrixieWarmHeaterFlag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="934" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0P0jZAjJcfCEvPbR9KXhLaGCIH2A-UyA_iipBf1oWpYHLUBSpGWiGRFVbV1gL1WTiQ8aPsry_65NPrGXNQijHnk-Lw6MhF1QorFc8W3JcVoXxCdVPhTfXlluPnvY5hJDBJoa_dborXEgpiSjUqUr0V2D6t1a75oG4RH5vT-ls7K6LObAzi4Jih6BtVd6/w528-h322/TrixieWarmHeaterFlag.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The artsy-fartsy version of this uses the Night art effect at 25%, with an overlay of Stained Glass at 20%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTp-kUWdILp7A5AGUy_9eGVVLsSI3ixyDhvPXZ0zJmB3Ch3JkLybIP4BbbIhOAuUi-xel6CdflfO7Yb6D0unG3lNe3p8d5DQG9jVe78XzCacAGpqs8CG8M4ccDwTzsK72yjZGuXcDa13nzhuljl206Xx_SfKQwwLriOvao3q3KGlnXioUrMVzdyaDhbsC/s932/TrixieWarmHeaterNight25pcStainedGlass20pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="932" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTp-kUWdILp7A5AGUy_9eGVVLsSI3ixyDhvPXZ0zJmB3Ch3JkLybIP4BbbIhOAuUi-xel6CdflfO7Yb6D0unG3lNe3p8d5DQG9jVe78XzCacAGpqs8CG8M4ccDwTzsK72yjZGuXcDa13nzhuljl206Xx_SfKQwwLriOvao3q3KGlnXioUrMVzdyaDhbsC/w524-h319/TrixieWarmHeaterNight25pcStainedGlass20pc.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up, one of Me enjoying a lovely, warm sunpuddle:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIdMkprIPqUw2lp9az-Uq8rEmtbHMQBx9fidVa0tfgACelVxPtEvf4lmr_vvs5cSNNNGr-MzrAtH3ZBpVvtxUijJ7DH-g1I5jHTDdd7P1mS548bL29xuyynfL4ubvj3yyRRUbjElswXiXQQz9vl8uVwnbPhCMQeZ8j8VSWjJEIf4nh9aBf9JsVVmM3yHj/s1015/TrixieSunpuddleFlag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1015" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIdMkprIPqUw2lp9az-Uq8rEmtbHMQBx9fidVa0tfgACelVxPtEvf4lmr_vvs5cSNNNGr-MzrAtH3ZBpVvtxUijJ7DH-g1I5jHTDdd7P1mS548bL29xuyynfL4ubvj3yyRRUbjElswXiXQQz9vl8uVwnbPhCMQeZ8j8VSWjJEIf4nh9aBf9JsVVmM3yHj/w517-h313/TrixieSunpuddleFlag.jpg" width="517" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was artified, counter-intuitively, with the Dark filter at 45%, and then warmed up with an overlay of Sunshine, at 20%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXvUPUQ4wwsjluHaECP1xh27Oz5Xs0mEMzZGD98B1_pYvBBzaSJjPU4nUn8kSRw-Ve5v0odkPeZBCIX4KcdX9_jKesxtbogxFmhURatvj1VK1Pt7hc4eYjElvDZoZ-jUFVzxdyXV1KpOG8eNLTFodFCz-gSukyQEo_I3eiuy0rfgZCNK2IH9ay91oDvW5/s1012/TrixieSunpuddleDark45pcSunshine20pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1012" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXvUPUQ4wwsjluHaECP1xh27Oz5Xs0mEMzZGD98B1_pYvBBzaSJjPU4nUn8kSRw-Ve5v0odkPeZBCIX4KcdX9_jKesxtbogxFmhURatvj1VK1Pt7hc4eYjElvDZoZ-jUFVzxdyXV1KpOG8eNLTFodFCz-gSukyQEo_I3eiuy0rfgZCNK2IH9ay91oDvW5/w517-h315/TrixieSunpuddleDark45pcSunshine20pc.jpg" width="517" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The final selfie shows me admiring a single, purrfect sunbeam:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjHR6yEVAf3UgbtiHsRAVJ8kRVd5rHYc8pqZmMgARv7TlvH6jk4u1yiSJFjiQCjNvALEMZlHf9CmxlM_DPOGd-s77HKgD25LKZOnztqj41_jpiSIJXsU6Tu68NApOFREVOt22lYAkdDlLVJEqe7coMLz3gkEC9B_kelfSAaI3_gjEmuoYlGGIXUXDlRvz/s946/TrixieSunbeamFlag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="946" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjHR6yEVAf3UgbtiHsRAVJ8kRVd5rHYc8pqZmMgARv7TlvH6jk4u1yiSJFjiQCjNvALEMZlHf9CmxlM_DPOGd-s77HKgD25LKZOnztqj41_jpiSIJXsU6Tu68NApOFREVOt22lYAkdDlLVJEqe7coMLz3gkEC9B_kelfSAaI3_gjEmuoYlGGIXUXDlRvz/w523-h319/TrixieSunbeamFlag.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, Mummy is a bit confused about the artification She used for this one. She scribbled down Smoke 40% with an overlay of Candy at 45%, but when She downloaded the finished Creation, She filed it simply as Candy 45%. So now, We aren't sure whether She used just one filter, or a combination of two. At all events, We don't think <i>any</i> of the filters did complete justice to this picture...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNH_smKdDV0QKLiGMy4o5dNF4Qk0UEFZ9AUaYCBlh4mEv0YzeMPfkigZNBDemSDPTEb6MkPGoJgGji_T4pBuxOFrfyN1BuT1kSHJcGcaFaN6EbZc4XD74wHYVWBI0kTizGLUf0VeselZkwMP3VZieUbq79i-kgsmQXMIJSTaOjfD9u3_UCpnqvu2Y_fy/s944/TrixieSunbeamCandy45pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="944" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyNH_smKdDV0QKLiGMy4o5dNF4Qk0UEFZ9AUaYCBlh4mEv0YzeMPfkigZNBDemSDPTEb6MkPGoJgGji_T4pBuxOFrfyN1BuT1kSHJcGcaFaN6EbZc4XD74wHYVWBI0kTizGLUf0VeselZkwMP3VZieUbq79i-kgsmQXMIJSTaOjfD9u3_UCpnqvu2Y_fy/w503-h306/TrixieSunbeamCandy45pc.jpg" width="503" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Time to add the blog hop badges, before We fur-get:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji65yUlAYcywATtJjOgtnSf31FYzVMvTHCyG7hvwxmYkh2DOd23hbPPjlwk12amyNJYHSkQMPi0qnU511Z15d1HaJoeBAGNaQFviKMGORQH26423AUfLFqIGMErANg0vUxSirnxVvVPcvf9aNWFp8CYSk3mrUqtQisepU5XOmBZaesRWudoYFI-9ZlWgGk/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji65yUlAYcywATtJjOgtnSf31FYzVMvTHCyG7hvwxmYkh2DOd23hbPPjlwk12amyNJYHSkQMPi0qnU511Z15d1HaJoeBAGNaQFviKMGORQH26423AUfLFqIGMErANg0vUxSirnxVvVPcvf9aNWFp8CYSk3mrUqtQisepU5XOmBZaesRWudoYFI-9ZlWgGk/w142-h142/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="142" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfz22EEDbHKpBIvNLDtpG0jxr3s7QbdscTg6NqzDYcjOO59W24Rqs3SAbpJez_80QX2S7H5-vc_AQKL9sUIGYO9upenvqpoAPAxletVP-lw8mOwci-cbzwBFHirBWPtEmU3klvfvjILV8MtMNZ3BGAokCAy2x_iRE7fB_jvO2CX6qFLYrJ5qs2TIAmdkW/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfz22EEDbHKpBIvNLDtpG0jxr3s7QbdscTg6NqzDYcjOO59W24Rqs3SAbpJez_80QX2S7H5-vc_AQKL9sUIGYO9upenvqpoAPAxletVP-lw8mOwci-cbzwBFHirBWPtEmU3klvfvjILV8MtMNZ3BGAokCAy2x_iRE7fB_jvO2CX6qFLYrJ5qs2TIAmdkW/w147-h147/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="147" /></a> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next week then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-84681970475675313902024-02-04T13:34:00.000+02:002024-02-04T13:34:55.588+02:00Shimshi's Calm and Contemplative Cold Days Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurrybuddies!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, for once, the Weather Prophets were right. We have had more Skywater - lots and lots of it! And the Cold - Oh! Don't let Me get started on that! It's been so cold, even the Central Heating wasn't sufficient, and Mummy had to bring out one of the portable heaters for Us to curl up next to. And Mummy herself sat on the sofa, wrapped in a Snuggle Blanket. Trixie curled up next to her, under the Blankie, and I think Caspurr snuck in under the duvet in the bedroom. As for Me - I found myself a cosy spot on the Rug, next to the Radiator:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4zTwfHr7IKwo5l2YXGCSGdJLue-RN9L0N_SnZI5cc4RAB2P_eqWtVfu_kElB7ovJH_WMDm8QQFoG42X8QMQmda-injAd1IJS5IjQYFJedlVa133KNPSuk8DWdXX_KqngMKWNaDs8PEKDYt4EUAjoxg-37v7IO8eyW2ZoOu5OqAUQyH4-c2mHGCpDw7x8/s1107/Shimshi%20on%20a%20Cold%20Day%20Patriotic%20Frame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1107" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4zTwfHr7IKwo5l2YXGCSGdJLue-RN9L0N_SnZI5cc4RAB2P_eqWtVfu_kElB7ovJH_WMDm8QQFoG42X8QMQmda-injAd1IJS5IjQYFJedlVa133KNPSuk8DWdXX_KqngMKWNaDs8PEKDYt4EUAjoxg-37v7IO8eyW2ZoOu5OqAUQyH4-c2mHGCpDw7x8/w537-h356/Shimshi%20on%20a%20Cold%20Day%20Patriotic%20Frame.jpg" width="537" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mummy says We should remember it's much worse for Our Soldiers, stuck in the cold and rain in Gaza and in the North (where there is even Snow)!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, there were some sunny periods between the showers and thunderstorms, though it was still colder than usual for this time of year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Those were the times when I, Shimshi, in My Role as Master of the Queen's Mischiefs, took it upon Myself to a-mewse Mummy and My Fursibs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course, all three of Us Kitties have to keep Mummy happy when the News is not always good, We are still at War, many people are still being held hostage by the Enemy and the Whole World seems to be against Us - well, large and extremely vocal parts of the World, anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At such times, I have found that it helps to be Calm and Contemplative. This seems to have a Soothing Effect on Mummy. Although sometimes, the reverse is true and We are able to jolt her out of the Doldrums by being Extremely Naughty and making her fur-get effurrything else. It's not always easy to know which is the best approach.<br /><br />Here is a picture of Me being Calm and Contemplative:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJequsDfWtXKKe1ypeqsTceSw7fyaQA7yHmj4IsuBVCc9aXOrg_p0gbjnufejx9yz_efAN4X6grqR4pUNEpot7wkRmM8p6apDKI_P7NeRW9HWt6IngFRZourBOdmS4SU7LZ1ZWR0jAZBS2U6Fw3V4fciDidgkzdyOuEvEHhdqzklHS7u7fVUvz_h-NN65/s1084/Shimshi%20Calm%20and%20Contemplative%20Patriotic%20Frame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1084" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJequsDfWtXKKe1ypeqsTceSw7fyaQA7yHmj4IsuBVCc9aXOrg_p0gbjnufejx9yz_efAN4X6grqR4pUNEpot7wkRmM8p6apDKI_P7NeRW9HWt6IngFRZourBOdmS4SU7LZ1ZWR0jAZBS2U6Fw3V4fciDidgkzdyOuEvEHhdqzklHS7u7fVUvz_h-NN65/w538-h357/Shimshi%20Calm%20and%20Contemplative%20Patriotic%20Frame.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Note the frame, in Israel's colours, blue and white, with a Shield of David design in the corners.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think either of these pictures would be good choices to repurresent the J-Cats in the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/02/keeping-warm-by-radiator-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/big-bird-snaps-a-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We artified each of these pictures, with the help of LunaPic. Tell Us in the Comments section which you prefurr - and why?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furrst up, here is the one of Me, warming myself by the portable radiator. We used the Dark filter (one of Our Favourites) at 60%, with an overlay of a new effect that We found, Vangogh5, at 50%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm14EKo0GJfX75HjVlEIVBibtRhyrCMHsSKvX3TkxU3xmYgKzyIrdRn6INBdE8iiRv60cTu6KlxMR80FMRjj1696XyiyPIJZcVl52du1YS3qDB-VJSLkLhNttcULa10EBTbJji_g6-icysOC7_ai1GWiUAiS6rczeJfwLr-EtvrXbTc6HyA1JwnAPp-ys-/s796/ShimshiOnAColdDayDark60pcVangogh5at50pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="796" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm14EKo0GJfX75HjVlEIVBibtRhyrCMHsSKvX3TkxU3xmYgKzyIrdRn6INBdE8iiRv60cTu6KlxMR80FMRjj1696XyiyPIJZcVl52du1YS3qDB-VJSLkLhNttcULa10EBTbJji_g6-icysOC7_ai1GWiUAiS6rczeJfwLr-EtvrXbTc6HyA1JwnAPp-ys-/w531-h352/ShimshiOnAColdDayDark60pcVangogh5at50pc.jpg" width="531" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you have no doubt realised, We enjoy mixing and matching different effects.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For My calm and contemplative pawtrait, however, We stuck with just one filter - the original Van Gogh effect at 70%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURyto2i0k7skdcL9R0E5-stc3imtHtboEBOeiPAATrTeNGvlE2qkbqbdZmRDFjMYR6kgWBdXtiEb8fhF6Bb2awfEiJDKpsalyTyBiSiDQAEYoL0nQiRtXMq0xJBjp2SYcxGpjp3SAUXArkkJ2H8rBSWI7BPALnU9KKzYlDSRujXd80-arEpnTkngw6QqY/s1084/Shimshi%20Calm%20and%20Contemplative%20Van%20Gogh70pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1084" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURyto2i0k7skdcL9R0E5-stc3imtHtboEBOeiPAATrTeNGvlE2qkbqbdZmRDFjMYR6kgWBdXtiEb8fhF6Bb2awfEiJDKpsalyTyBiSiDQAEYoL0nQiRtXMq0xJBjp2SYcxGpjp3SAUXArkkJ2H8rBSWI7BPALnU9KKzYlDSRujXd80-arEpnTkngw6QqY/w543-h361/Shimshi%20Calm%20and%20Contemplative%20Van%20Gogh70pc.jpg" width="543" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are furry pleased with both of these.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIP-0xITN-0QUajC-mjIysGZHwjkuhO-zxGP9ol3LWsM46VbnkVs267XTH-XEzh9GLW6DXlRACswcfNRODF7Gojif1hFA3fCeBZpT3uvQqSEEHf-FrYK_Nk2LPz2CF6tqeBZEgsiOn6Nz9FU_MI2m9WQosoSLreK1ypnGaxHima2lfxmCfTTr9QgtXu7_/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIP-0xITN-0QUajC-mjIysGZHwjkuhO-zxGP9ol3LWsM46VbnkVs267XTH-XEzh9GLW6DXlRACswcfNRODF7Gojif1hFA3fCeBZpT3uvQqSEEHf-FrYK_Nk2LPz2CF6tqeBZEgsiOn6Nz9FU_MI2m9WQosoSLreK1ypnGaxHima2lfxmCfTTr9QgtXu7_/w146-h146/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="146" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGg-FcrKv_LUyy7o9Ffa3VeMyXJM1pRZ6g-A7CkZxmeV2kdG5AT1EAlhdW6dFYTDiAkCDtc6ThulLzzyqJpBeOp7I6WTERabdrRXWaNVmg6HcZpDE6wEH4qLdbf2KnfbepmKMfuwM9lQvqV0Ih8mr_yhfCdkk2i5d-7gsFOZPao4V2wTzvtVoXaZP7LCU4/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGg-FcrKv_LUyy7o9Ffa3VeMyXJM1pRZ6g-A7CkZxmeV2kdG5AT1EAlhdW6dFYTDiAkCDtc6ThulLzzyqJpBeOp7I6WTERabdrRXWaNVmg6HcZpDE6wEH4qLdbf2KnfbepmKMfuwM9lQvqV0Ih8mr_yhfCdkk2i5d-7gsFOZPao4V2wTzvtVoXaZP7LCU4/w150-h150/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="150" /></a> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Time for Us to start blog-hopping now. See you next week. Till then - be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-26948664506650099282024-01-28T13:37:00.001+02:002024-01-28T13:37:43.123+02:00Caspurr Wishes He Could Hibernate: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurryone!<br /><br />You know, sometimes a Kitty wishes he was a Bear, or a Turtle, or a Ground Squirrel - even a Groundhog! That way, said Kitty could sleep all through the winter.<br /><br />What brought this on, you may ask. I'll tell you! After a few sunny days last week, the rains are back with a vengeance, and likely to carry on all week. And not just rain. High winds, storms - even snow. And it's beastly cold. Even Mummy would like to hibernate! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, there I was, all curled up snoozing, oblivious to the world and blissfully unaware that it was My Turn to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/01/big-eyes-close-up-cuteness-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a> and the Sunday <strike>Snoozies</strike> Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/astrid-through-a-haze/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6GpRX8vL0Qd_Dtp62gExR4ljNoLH6i0auSdah3-4Q4a5loemYrlqSVZGmCoNX2pQbA0KWd5jzPjLFNd1sK8ENsKE_80b_wPTM07NUIF-QUEYtToKVmoclgxkWMOzHY2NexkwNC761pn9MRZosQhyZreJ8-ecGJXKp7ly2OE3cZk4jAIi5AIE1Ic3PTe1/s1038/Caspurr%20Curled%20Up%20Sleeping%20Patriotic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1038" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6GpRX8vL0Qd_Dtp62gExR4ljNoLH6i0auSdah3-4Q4a5loemYrlqSVZGmCoNX2pQbA0KWd5jzPjLFNd1sK8ENsKE_80b_wPTM07NUIF-QUEYtToKVmoclgxkWMOzHY2NexkwNC761pn9MRZosQhyZreJ8-ecGJXKp7ly2OE3cZk4jAIi5AIE1Ic3PTe1/w537-h325/Caspurr%20Curled%20Up%20Sleeping%20Patriotic.jpg" width="537" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until Mummy came and woke Me up, that is...</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7srKUgXOWIVUZSof1SCmSQptBkrELBNh88Zt3Iv5Ks2o4Lz4xKf_svOz96MM8Rv4WCYMoI9rNLvJJVksHRifOCAraHyVFIHDnHGhpcVNjP-y6pf20tUdFyNWsCxrUOZu9o4WrbP89K8ksci8fU0R7mIfXABpFBTKSOBuBi89EHyDEv0MXG_HfIM5avwcl/s969/Caspurr%20Waking%20Up%20Patriotic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="969" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7srKUgXOWIVUZSof1SCmSQptBkrELBNh88Zt3Iv5Ks2o4Lz4xKf_svOz96MM8Rv4WCYMoI9rNLvJJVksHRifOCAraHyVFIHDnHGhpcVNjP-y6pf20tUdFyNWsCxrUOZu9o4WrbP89K8ksci8fU0R7mIfXABpFBTKSOBuBi89EHyDEv0MXG_HfIM5avwcl/w522-h318/Caspurr%20Waking%20Up%20Patriotic.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Why, Mummy, why?! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh! A selfie of My Handsome Self? Well, of course, I mustn't disappoint My Fans!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But let's make it quick, okay? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do I really have to pose? Oh, well - if you insist...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2hS4n2Hggzm4pW2AOmWON_RnLD2lfy5Zm17in4eocSy2DgzVSOs379A3kjOEs_KMOMWz0yo8oAv64Ndiw2FfH123QEESYvDYW79cQEUHZfvIctvrlMaEiOMfs4fTJGXCxGGUWS0UvnYUvTlbmhD0rW3B5OyK_LobLrDqUPMznkX16m3UsQjKJd4AoIss/s992/Caspurr%20Posing%20for%20his%20Selfie%20Patriotic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="992" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2hS4n2Hggzm4pW2AOmWON_RnLD2lfy5Zm17in4eocSy2DgzVSOs379A3kjOEs_KMOMWz0yo8oAv64Ndiw2FfH123QEESYvDYW79cQEUHZfvIctvrlMaEiOMfs4fTJGXCxGGUWS0UvnYUvTlbmhD0rW3B5OyK_LobLrDqUPMznkX16m3UsQjKJd4AoIss/w529-h322/Caspurr%20Posing%20for%20his%20Selfie%20Patriotic.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now, if you don't mind, I would like to go back to sleep.<br />What's that? Artifications? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Sigh...</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Okay. This one uses LunaPic's Dreaming effect at 50%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoblfi4rhJhZ-hB7Cm4dSZ_heXGjSF0SyP9jOBKdlOdcAouRWN_MlTzzD1_608FVEqxf14-p2jV-6PzSi_dfa4pqaMfDU_Rtznf4p4eIAGiPnvfMJYw6nZX-MnDTg9RUbIae_ZB-vXEApCIb-ZQY2ulCBNYLmJjSdeCFAxwyfJDRNayFq4McPRn2ozZxL4/s808/CapurrCurledUpSleepingDreaming50pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="808" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoblfi4rhJhZ-hB7Cm4dSZ_heXGjSF0SyP9jOBKdlOdcAouRWN_MlTzzD1_608FVEqxf14-p2jV-6PzSi_dfa4pqaMfDU_Rtznf4p4eIAGiPnvfMJYw6nZX-MnDTg9RUbIae_ZB-vXEApCIb-ZQY2ulCBNYLmJjSdeCFAxwyfJDRNayFq4McPRn2ozZxL4/w517-h312/CapurrCurledUpSleepingDreaming50pc.jpg" width="517" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, Mummy. I said "Dreaming". <br />Yes, that <i>was</i> a hint.....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this one, of the moment I was so rudely awakened, uses Floating at 55%, lightly washed with Scribble, at 15%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b0eAEkzflmncD2YiaAR67aewstZCS1u2pdyCaIQkucLjn1Uu5buU-qvdMliT85LkgNrfdcmmMQg81pggFo8aHa0JrV3Nhum5OFp1bbNMBQ7o1pglHipUCJg0_dfuFMcpnB-n2mskQ03njmUrTyYBvCIwGq275buwYlaWakyMcc9HdLT-C9GZj18OHCwI/s824/CaspurrWakingUpFloating55Scribble15pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="824" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0b0eAEkzflmncD2YiaAR67aewstZCS1u2pdyCaIQkucLjn1Uu5buU-qvdMliT85LkgNrfdcmmMQg81pggFo8aHa0JrV3Nhum5OFp1bbNMBQ7o1pglHipUCJg0_dfuFMcpnB-n2mskQ03njmUrTyYBvCIwGq275buwYlaWakyMcc9HdLT-C9GZj18OHCwI/w515-h312/CaspurrWakingUpFloating55Scribble15pc.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally, My Official Sunday Selfie Pose - artified with Fairy at 60% with an overlay of Beauty at 30%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQE9KNhU8dc2Qu4oZZvbVo7z2cxaR-DCT7rLwuI9BjRrNT7pUqxb1RMU9Azr4xWK5ZrqUMCKXe6gQ-VxVajEg9J70anMpfc0lum9-XB0LKrFfye1xYhW_BjIA6R0DOYfEN1JF-eF7C-8xsD2zBW25LKLADYF7p4khhymmUxrKf6cxuYWIHdBAYAKC4n51/s832/CaspurrPosingForSelfieFairy60Beauty30pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="832" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQE9KNhU8dc2Qu4oZZvbVo7z2cxaR-DCT7rLwuI9BjRrNT7pUqxb1RMU9Azr4xWK5ZrqUMCKXe6gQ-VxVajEg9J70anMpfc0lum9-XB0LKrFfye1xYhW_BjIA6R0DOYfEN1JF-eF7C-8xsD2zBW25LKLADYF7p4khhymmUxrKf6cxuYWIHdBAYAKC4n51/w524-h318/CaspurrPosingForSelfieFairy60Beauty30pc.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't decide which is the best. Neither can Mummy. What do YOU think?<br /><br /><br />Now, here are the blog hop badges.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXulrRDyO7nCvf71u17x2Yqq11NZ5bMVslzez8MqZcwmkWwyF-FXkvrvCeFMyjNVLr-bznnDfxIRozycW50Pjo211zzycvJK2mhMa9MuwzF1w86XWwL6P7vmeYgxXdFmpNvShyphenhyphenob3GqdiSV9qd5XllU7s-9pZgRGi7hkladqGn1nNnVbsd3ZurYGzt1Eeg/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXulrRDyO7nCvf71u17x2Yqq11NZ5bMVslzez8MqZcwmkWwyF-FXkvrvCeFMyjNVLr-bznnDfxIRozycW50Pjo211zzycvJK2mhMa9MuwzF1w86XWwL6P7vmeYgxXdFmpNvShyphenhyphenob3GqdiSV9qd5XllU7s-9pZgRGi7hkladqGn1nNnVbsd3ZurYGzt1Eeg/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yVDni5cDg0LTQr3K1wz5xrI4fKeLtSO2T01-onj8dUcASN7cHXanHFa1ghX-uFwE-UBmyNaFvbg6Y87lEdDTKC8YS2KPRbGFStqEF5GXO0qgdvt010t0KP8Gr4hZ37YnSqrC3sGXooxAtGdX0CDv3gjmLF2mtTzbX7eczt3v5ll7BOrZsM_UzUNVMX_M/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yVDni5cDg0LTQr3K1wz5xrI4fKeLtSO2T01-onj8dUcASN7cHXanHFa1ghX-uFwE-UBmyNaFvbg6Y87lEdDTKC8YS2KPRbGFStqEF5GXO0qgdvt010t0KP8Gr4hZ37YnSqrC3sGXooxAtGdX0CDv3gjmLF2mtTzbX7eczt3v5ll7BOrZsM_UzUNVMX_M/w152-h152/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="152" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And before I go back to sleep, let me wish all my Anipals - and their Humans - a Good Week, or, as We say in Hebrew - <i>Shavua Tov</i> (<span style="font-size: medium;">שבוע טוב</span>).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div></div>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-86547007495915337402024-01-21T13:05:00.002+02:002024-01-21T15:40:09.374+02:00Trixie Looks Forward To Spring: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies - and Yet Another Goodbye<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybody!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Queen Trixie here, to lead my fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/01/brown-tabby-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie,</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/airplane-ears-selfie-a-good-bye/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.<br /><br />But before We do that, We have yet another sad goodbye to make, to the lovely <a href="https://www.lolatherescuedcat.com/2024/01/lola-rescued-cat-june-2010-january-16.html" target="_blank">Lola, the Rescued Cat</a>, who has received her Angel Wings and left, far too soon, for the Rainbow Bridge, to join so many sweet furriends who have gone before.<br />Fly free, Lola. We know you will be safe and cared for in the Loving Paw of the Great Cat in the Sky. Our sincerest condolences to your Mommy, Dawn, and your sisfur, Lexy.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">********</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now for some good news, which seems to be furry rare these days. One of Mummy's "outdoor kitties", Gibori, the ginger kitty whom Mummy has mentioned in the past, who seemed to have some kind of skin disease and whom She hasn't seen for months, has reappeared and has come to take his supper on Our Front Porch a couple of times. Mummy didn't get too good a look at his neck, but She thinks the sore seems to have cleared up. She is furry relieved that he is back, because She had been fearing The Worst.<br /><br />And another bit of good news is that after a few days of heavy rain last week, the weather has turned fairly warm (about 18 - 20 degrees Celsius) and sunny, so We have begun to believe Spring just might not be so far away. Let's hope so, anyway. Like Mummy, We aren't too fond of Winter.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here are My Selfies. I am not usually all that cooperative when it comes to taking selfies - unlike my brofurs - but this time, I posed for TWO.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here they are:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OxNqqtLyYTQ_mCb3KrzS17xh7EzIXHYR66u4sLaDCJka06NhwqQ4bhfnyUON87XKsQb8Chau-h7d6i-uXH87jCG-R8D00nhD61lEQq3lUqhk8GCsi0RwcP1fVnIGRwDa7vdiBtDKJbgwiOaN9fS1ksyi8dRXgTH0FyjD_x2dwcIaOhSjFsdJG76KME5K/s1015/TrixieMidJanuaryPatriotic.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1015" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OxNqqtLyYTQ_mCb3KrzS17xh7EzIXHYR66u4sLaDCJka06NhwqQ4bhfnyUON87XKsQb8Chau-h7d6i-uXH87jCG-R8D00nhD61lEQq3lUqhk8GCsi0RwcP1fVnIGRwDa7vdiBtDKJbgwiOaN9fS1ksyi8dRXgTH0FyjD_x2dwcIaOhSjFsdJG76KME5K/w532-h358/TrixieMidJanuaryPatriotic.jpg" width="532" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We artified this one using LunaPic's Dark effect at 50%, with an overlay of Floating, at 20%.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3TaRRCxlPS7BHdNcA9Na9VNnEa4qCjqfStjpvVnrUnEJELHExZyjF3OKTKQPH7uTT26LAecMvbKX3TJxdSsYKJSgDc9yYYylNXodssqd4tSLti9jtUoVhyChqcbOhnICberSOk3cDQFieYLZ7iy-4HHqu9RIQQQJAwz6HIEDCTU9k1E2B1_gW4GLGzGl/s1012/TrixieMidJanuaryDark50Floating20pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1012" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3TaRRCxlPS7BHdNcA9Na9VNnEa4qCjqfStjpvVnrUnEJELHExZyjF3OKTKQPH7uTT26LAecMvbKX3TJxdSsYKJSgDc9yYYylNXodssqd4tSLti9jtUoVhyChqcbOhnICberSOk3cDQFieYLZ7iy-4HHqu9RIQQQJAwz6HIEDCTU9k1E2B1_gW4GLGzGl/w533-h358/TrixieMidJanuaryDark50Floating20pc.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And in <i>this </i>one, I am reclining on the stool in front of the dressing-table, in My Boudoir, surveying My Domain:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3b7YnpfS74JycEJuMsWsaT4RG8BDBttUKjBKK8NIa9DwP15LsXwckf2DWmbvnu2EDn0BuHABR103FRFbtw2DvMSxQqoVDMxpTk4y_gmiimXr7vPOoU3mJIaY8oFm-D7c_pN0QG1b7KtTZh-u4USilVctzhJGUy1pMSQSXDq_QV0GBX6TpiCb8aZP6quz/s1050/Trixie%20Surveys%20Her%20Boudoir%20Patriotic.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="1050" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3b7YnpfS74JycEJuMsWsaT4RG8BDBttUKjBKK8NIa9DwP15LsXwckf2DWmbvnu2EDn0BuHABR103FRFbtw2DvMSxQqoVDMxpTk4y_gmiimXr7vPOoU3mJIaY8oFm-D7c_pN0QG1b7KtTZh-u4USilVctzhJGUy1pMSQSXDq_QV0GBX6TpiCb8aZP6quz/w530-h321/Trixie%20Surveys%20Her%20Boudoir%20Patriotic.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The artification this time was created using LunaPic's Beauty effect at 50%, after which We added the Harsh Lighting filter at 20%, just to give it a bit more edge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHr19KsKZU6pmLirH6FAVtZLbytmUrsJpd0BOIfpdURIKYQ8V6VnwD6OA6ZeHRf9cX5AMs0Hj6FNm2N_6ujrc5tWM04ZCUmGHfMuhgS2V1pKcDN9RjHOAiNJDVlg15m5YLCDhQklDMc3gNtYre45tIUMF6NZWXbychlQKVHPFJdNR9i0rlS-pneMyT8al/s1048/TrixieBoudoirBeauty50HarshLight20pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1048" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHr19KsKZU6pmLirH6FAVtZLbytmUrsJpd0BOIfpdURIKYQ8V6VnwD6OA6ZeHRf9cX5AMs0Hj6FNm2N_6ujrc5tWM04ZCUmGHfMuhgS2V1pKcDN9RjHOAiNJDVlg15m5YLCDhQklDMc3gNtYre45tIUMF6NZWXbychlQKVHPFJdNR9i0rlS-pneMyT8al/w532-h321/TrixieBoudoirBeauty50HarshLight20pc.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tell Us in the Comments section which you prefurr.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here are the blog hop badges (which We nearly forgot)!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fa8r2Cm4LIybVLQmX7A6Wk5xXl-ZYWo-RotYQ1NGaul-qcKiDkV-AA6sXAx5ywQtwFyR82i72g1S3jnTK4pwtWuAoYuguxG61tGYPL1F9VA-yl6-MFMHrTd5Sn-tKZsggf9gFRZpqin8LGtO2yj8USYnQJobYJVtNaKqG4A6qjUDUQR1i2G8IbHK-S_V/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fa8r2Cm4LIybVLQmX7A6Wk5xXl-ZYWo-RotYQ1NGaul-qcKiDkV-AA6sXAx5ywQtwFyR82i72g1S3jnTK4pwtWuAoYuguxG61tGYPL1F9VA-yl6-MFMHrTd5Sn-tKZsggf9gFRZpqin8LGtO2yj8USYnQJobYJVtNaKqG4A6qjUDUQR1i2G8IbHK-S_V/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnqlmu6CJWlyluVJM-OqXr5CbZqx4m-bLGO_NAsFq4CEFdVjcrczqbpFLBpRilLWjD3XFLEJCSVxholtH4vKAcJ-t4jMHZyA1udn8p6aaHTrIKAACTeFBcL_1zCi8qpXxWiJucsvU045cJEKAz7_Wn1f2plmu9t_76l7h5CViPlFXRDQZ9IyAcdecy8DW/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnqlmu6CJWlyluVJM-OqXr5CbZqx4m-bLGO_NAsFq4CEFdVjcrczqbpFLBpRilLWjD3XFLEJCSVxholtH4vKAcJ-t4jMHZyA1udn8p6aaHTrIKAACTeFBcL_1zCi8qpXxWiJucsvU045cJEKAz7_Wn1f2plmu9t_76l7h5CViPlFXRDQZ9IyAcdecy8DW/w150-h150/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="150" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />Well, that's all for now, dear furriends. We'll see you again next week.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till then - Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-47714076857605387632024-01-14T13:24:00.000+02:002024-01-14T13:24:56.803+02:00Shimshi's Winter Tail - and Another Sad Goodbye: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurrybuddies!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In case you haven't guessed, it's ME, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) aka The Little Purrince, aka The Baby Mancat, Furrst of My Name, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard, and it's MY turn to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/01/early-morning-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/tabby-tortie-two-fur-a-good-bye/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before We go off blog hopping, however, We have to share with you some more furry sad news. You remember how, the week before last, We had to report that Mummy's friend Carolyn (Caro) had been called to her Rainbow Bridge on Chrissymouse Day, leaving behind her beloved kitty, Austin? Well, only a fortnight later, Austin himself crossed over the Bridge, to join his Mum. He was 17 years old, and We think, from something Caro's brother wrote on Fursbook, that he had been sick and in pain for quite a while. <a href="https://cataustin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Austin</a> himself hadn't blogged for several years already, but We know there must be many of you out there who remember him - and Caro.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fly free, dearest Austin, safe in the Loving Paw of the Great Cat in the Sky. We take comfort in knowing you and your Mum are together again - as you were always meant to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">********</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now, here is My Selfie. I thought I, too, would get in on this mirror-image trend that seems to be working so well for Caspurr. The thing is, I don't seem to have quite got the hang of it. My beautiful and cunningly curved tail (My Winter's Tail, as I like to call it) doesn't seem to appear in the mirror image, which is a great pity! Ah, well! Next time, maybe. Purractice makes Purrfect - or so they say.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzivI3irvC5JBV0m6GiECqsTPk0Fl3q7MBAUl1vp87ZSKa9s_FHdwRyVUcVpt-rmxGdxiRfOgLMcHLFkObUb5F_MfrmBwZFuscwSajyIAzPrvrKiTU5dJPoTFCYJGxFSC9ZVVlQs4_ET36Qv11z-StkHQzV-ZREvjKGol3aIqC7WwMqnE2UftnhJQ6M7r3/s736/ShimshiWinterTailSingleFrame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="736" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzivI3irvC5JBV0m6GiECqsTPk0Fl3q7MBAUl1vp87ZSKa9s_FHdwRyVUcVpt-rmxGdxiRfOgLMcHLFkObUb5F_MfrmBwZFuscwSajyIAzPrvrKiTU5dJPoTFCYJGxFSC9ZVVlQs4_ET36Qv11z-StkHQzV-ZREvjKGol3aIqC7WwMqnE2UftnhJQ6M7r3/w502-h387/ShimshiWinterTailSingleFrame.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As usual, We artified this pawtrait in three different ways - after making a fancy custom frame, courtesy of LunaPic. <br />Furrst of all, We used the Flowers effect, at 60%:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzbiWkSwoCoBxK0dRHS3_2V19aFRgoNQQJfca-QSjQw2BX6qNCeO62z19JBCDSuH6-RHeajzcSej0HDcqh-MNMqZ1gpnrKw7fMk5eCOIvZRoqX6u0IKQQQnL_SAruUBnjWnqIIyIfo9K4ztPe-jVvVqLeXGWinwNwOkVEnwSqUgFVTmhM2TsT5yK1HHh-/s728/ShimshiWinterTailFlowers60pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="728" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzbiWkSwoCoBxK0dRHS3_2V19aFRgoNQQJfca-QSjQw2BX6qNCeO62z19JBCDSuH6-RHeajzcSej0HDcqh-MNMqZ1gpnrKw7fMk5eCOIvZRoqX6u0IKQQQnL_SAruUBnjWnqIIyIfo9K4ztPe-jVvVqLeXGWinwNwOkVEnwSqUgFVTmhM2TsT5yK1HHh-/w510-h403/ShimshiWinterTailFlowers60pc.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We like this one, because the idea of flowers, and all the bright colours, remind Us that even though We had a furry wet weekend, which caused a bit of a flood in the utility room, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_BiShvat" target="_blank">Tu b'Shvat</a>, the harbinger of Spring, is less than 2 weeks away.<br />We are <i>so</i> ready to say goodbye to Winter - even though it took its time in coming!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our next artification was created using the Grey filter at 75% - just to remind Us that, although Spring may be just around the corner, it is by no means here yet. And also because the War, now into its 100th day, casts a shadow over everything.<br />And there is a third reason too. It shows me as a tabby - as I was, sort of, when I was a kitten, before my coat grew so thick and beautiful and hid the stripes, so that now, I look more like a grey tuxie (mol).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrA0gKGRjm89_oaHrRjgGuF62nVHBoTmGNJJqzW5zgnB4jJYt0aXN8X9wjWi_BdQWjtfGUz3YqrCBZBg9Om_VSFRs7KVmdDGGRnz78pptXVFCJHxmDhPF0Og16EIBacHT_QYfYDtXnfg-TArEImnDWfwBhFx4cNaNEhNu5KEawjf-FQjpygsgz8woDHkir/s728/ShimshiWinterTailGrey75pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="728" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrA0gKGRjm89_oaHrRjgGuF62nVHBoTmGNJJqzW5zgnB4jJYt0aXN8X9wjWi_BdQWjtfGUz3YqrCBZBg9Om_VSFRs7KVmdDGGRnz78pptXVFCJHxmDhPF0Og16EIBacHT_QYfYDtXnfg-TArEImnDWfwBhFx4cNaNEhNu5KEawjf-FQjpygsgz8woDHkir/w514-h406/ShimshiWinterTailGrey75pc.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, mindful of all the skywater We have been seeing over the last few days, We chose the Waves filter, at 85%:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcp36NmfCspzY-tqPX5J8utXMf1mHLFcc09DG7xcEf5IwFDX3DKmBVv1fSro4A2CJf67RAxSlj3dXYaA8-6wFyMbjpQsztDFyyhi7Q_5ZGZsocWiiga4UfWcT0ZrELU7mEBr-l_IQpqDONQrKbzwUSmGskwG1fKu6fOkTM3VEAlq-pFbc423nZm9YXDFEX/s728/ShimshiWinterTailWaves85pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="728" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcp36NmfCspzY-tqPX5J8utXMf1mHLFcc09DG7xcEf5IwFDX3DKmBVv1fSro4A2CJf67RAxSlj3dXYaA8-6wFyMbjpQsztDFyyhi7Q_5ZGZsocWiiga4UfWcT0ZrELU7mEBr-l_IQpqDONQrKbzwUSmGskwG1fKu6fOkTM3VEAlq-pFbc423nZm9YXDFEX/w520-h411/ShimshiWinterTailWaves85pc.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please do let Us know, in the Comments Section, which is your favourite - and why?<br /><br /><br />Now, here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitFATp05TJxDqgAHQrCLQziHYjNcaO8uA6WGcVXz7H7LFjXKVmGWw4EI_Ybf7dXp5otftPm0lrdBHTFm5lTzJkrkFRkCwtCgyD3Xzczgs2pUfZlPyud31NCEVwzHaIX9rcdTv2UTKQggvFCAxrPs_eFnDwI2PpY4BpJ5fDRwWn62D8C2oBFRT3FzSYUlK/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitFATp05TJxDqgAHQrCLQziHYjNcaO8uA6WGcVXz7H7LFjXKVmGWw4EI_Ybf7dXp5otftPm0lrdBHTFm5lTzJkrkFRkCwtCgyD3Xzczgs2pUfZlPyud31NCEVwzHaIX9rcdTv2UTKQggvFCAxrPs_eFnDwI2PpY4BpJ5fDRwWn62D8C2oBFRT3FzSYUlK/w142-h142/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="142" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBXriikzQSXH1OJ6KewosKoWnP5qv-_6M_Nq8Xc8n_ctHNchriS-TKq8I0jg4_7PJhJrSHPVaoC1g7MODs_E5ulqXjDZd2MMvjlGPYhAw8YMdqh94G9o-B20D4Ia5zn-yQaNNhe1aBgzIOcbpLtLluA4OMCnuQa7dT6jg1kPccY0Wv0lev3xLOIMDQr-V/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBXriikzQSXH1OJ6KewosKoWnP5qv-_6M_Nq8Xc8n_ctHNchriS-TKq8I0jg4_7PJhJrSHPVaoC1g7MODs_E5ulqXjDZd2MMvjlGPYhAw8YMdqh94G9o-B20D4Ia5zn-yQaNNhe1aBgzIOcbpLtLluA4OMCnuQa7dT6jg1kPccY0Wv0lev3xLOIMDQr-V/w143-h143/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="143" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All that is left to do now, then, is to say "See you next week".</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-89525498490742969012024-01-07T13:08:00.000+02:002024-01-07T13:08:23.147+02:00Caspurr's Bedroom Eyes: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurryone!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here We are, with the furrst post of the Mew Year - and this week, I, Sir Caspurr the Courageous, the Caspicatious, Furrst of My Name, the Snuggle Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces and King of the Tigger-Tabbies, will be leading My Fellow J-Cats on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2024/01/sitting-on-mums-bed-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/ginger-tabby-gotcha-day/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have not one, but THREE (four?) selfies for you to choose from, all of which Mummy helped Me artify with some of LunaPic's mewtiful filters.<br /><br />Furrst up, here I am (or purr-haps I should say "Here WE are", because there are two of Me) in front of the mirror:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnY-8qBIUcwtkOxpaStkpeMG5ag0B-2RRV7we4utNJvvcVNuviyzr-zgcyDXDO-4Y7bE-FbFq8yuNhG5-UWTnfK6AR1_SuqLyHSb8CNG3owCx0fv2Dp_xZG6QMunnsIJKbJDzm7n0n_PHFV32tvvN-vDrpgiuQdqFQdAWlj4V2mcncrguz9j5hwVafDZQN/s926/CaspurrMirroredPatriot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="669" height="673" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnY-8qBIUcwtkOxpaStkpeMG5ag0B-2RRV7we4utNJvvcVNuviyzr-zgcyDXDO-4Y7bE-FbFq8yuNhG5-UWTnfK6AR1_SuqLyHSb8CNG3owCx0fv2Dp_xZG6QMunnsIJKbJDzm7n0n_PHFV32tvvN-vDrpgiuQdqFQdAWlj4V2mcncrguz9j5hwVafDZQN/w486-h673/CaspurrMirroredPatriot.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The artsy-fartsy version uses the Paper-Folding filter at 85%, with the merest hint of a Nouveau overlay at 15%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8-aidNaHTUQTe2t6xJxrhCLhbBLCX_CbhIiR-Kb0lHGqUH_Cmxb0-9gmDZGYuYO_NCgfTqz21imlOIThexkgpaHsAG5YawQyWvVz_IT1RbmVvj3NuJqG33bfl5loJxL2LZqjFsQghRVg9pMdu8ATd1R1cgAghZvWu6GIbS0rTg1dw04bINW8J-W1m1vn/s832/CaspurrMirroredPaperFolding85Nouveau15pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="508" height="675" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8-aidNaHTUQTe2t6xJxrhCLhbBLCX_CbhIiR-Kb0lHGqUH_Cmxb0-9gmDZGYuYO_NCgfTqz21imlOIThexkgpaHsAG5YawQyWvVz_IT1RbmVvj3NuJqG33bfl5loJxL2LZqjFsQghRVg9pMdu8ATd1R1cgAghZvWu6GIbS0rTg1dw04bINW8J-W1m1vn/w411-h675/CaspurrMirroredPaperFolding85Nouveau15pc.jpg" width="411" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's been quite a while since We used the Paper-Folding effect and We are rather pleased to have rediscovered it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This next picture shows Me helping Mummy to make the bed. Well, I really <i>have</i> to help her, if I want it done propurrly, the way I like:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39amrnP8pMg7qkflV6_StfGxM8fWdL5vVRDsr9-tNfiqKLpUt1zmBUz7acWjcz4y3lBPcy7PQMF90c1Zma9h6nzE7kMBwG4wUAEmHtsRaLGaaQgqyY8T9L8OScBZUEJUz7fA2lc7L5S651A571yqk25_Fdu7NhxVHNrcc3zcVg2Q-4USHeVXaUwaZI93x/s934/CaspurrhelpsMakeBedPatriot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="934" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39amrnP8pMg7qkflV6_StfGxM8fWdL5vVRDsr9-tNfiqKLpUt1zmBUz7acWjcz4y3lBPcy7PQMF90c1Zma9h6nzE7kMBwG4wUAEmHtsRaLGaaQgqyY8T9L8OScBZUEJUz7fA2lc7L5S651A571yqk25_Fdu7NhxVHNrcc3zcVg2Q-4USHeVXaUwaZI93x/w535-h333/CaspurrhelpsMakeBedPatriot.jpg" width="535" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This one was artified using the Woodsey effect at 70%, topped with an overlay of Sadness at 50%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fN2L3dM_tHZ3WgxUoh52aLyOVIAUquBredE7tgbQFg1-oEwKO59LhFOGSrAG308gUUwjaDytZGR19G28Y_YhOZWUXABUFd4skIYmFdtcQpi2xJhWF6lDhyphenhyphenvf8Dd6O-zRvRES1ffgpS2R4N72qxLRHh-az4chX_mLHSWS7GvOizn4vNPyiNNYJxSgLFrM/s772/CaspurrHelpsMakeBedWoodsey70Sadness5pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="772" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fN2L3dM_tHZ3WgxUoh52aLyOVIAUquBredE7tgbQFg1-oEwKO59LhFOGSrAG308gUUwjaDytZGR19G28Y_YhOZWUXABUFd4skIYmFdtcQpi2xJhWF6lDhyphenhyphenvf8Dd6O-zRvRES1ffgpS2R4N72qxLRHh-az4chX_mLHSWS7GvOizn4vNPyiNNYJxSgLFrM/w522-h321/CaspurrHelpsMakeBedWoodsey70Sadness5pc.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">At last, after the bed was finally made to My Satisfaction, all that was left to do was to carry out some Quality Control and get in, under the duvet:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LFBZwW3yag_Mr9mlUdZKm4GG9VGTWvlTzeFymagg6Eq7EQJ5tjmStFqXJBqG666S9JRMl2BMGkqPVDihjK3-dTRarw92m1VUKOyy5LJgs7VoExrrGezsatDtQMuKnjYmtBuSVAjut11-RrxCYmuTHFSnLU6cpQwC68_IPojas6yGUQBXjdD_xQvrj0F-/s980/CaspurrInBedPatriot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="980" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LFBZwW3yag_Mr9mlUdZKm4GG9VGTWvlTzeFymagg6Eq7EQJ5tjmStFqXJBqG666S9JRMl2BMGkqPVDihjK3-dTRarw92m1VUKOyy5LJgs7VoExrrGezsatDtQMuKnjYmtBuSVAjut11-RrxCYmuTHFSnLU6cpQwC68_IPojas6yGUQBXjdD_xQvrj0F-/w532-h331/CaspurrInBedPatriot.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mummy said She simply had to show this third shot, because I have such wonderful, flirty Bedroom Eyes. What do you Ladycats think?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We played around with the light levels and then used the Edtaonisi filter at 40% to create the artification for this one:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijFttSAnKZo-A6v1l8ECOxc15OlPkqJeZc1FJE-AQDd9FVSLUAtH4xD2gy45FoORD8kFalGTH3n-DXmfLk-x8PRwqsCyxl0sXBTC9flXihcdEmNmczfh3MUVtSu0wcHvBSE2Fk5rFNptopLWufz8xxXYaXH73tvbnM_xKTFwIJ9VzC03VzZf8XePCL5PK/s816/CaspurrIn%20BedEdtaonisi40pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="816" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijFttSAnKZo-A6v1l8ECOxc15OlPkqJeZc1FJE-AQDd9FVSLUAtH4xD2gy45FoORD8kFalGTH3n-DXmfLk-x8PRwqsCyxl0sXBTC9flXihcdEmNmczfh3MUVtSu0wcHvBSE2Fk5rFNptopLWufz8xxXYaXH73tvbnM_xKTFwIJ9VzC03VzZf8XePCL5PK/w530-h323/CaspurrIn%20BedEdtaonisi40pc.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tell Us which is <i>Your</i> Favourite in the Comments section below.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a fairly hectic weekend for Us, here in Israel. Not so much so in Jerusalem, where We live, but up in the North, there were lots and lots of rocket attacks and even incursions by drone aircraft. It's furry worrying, because it means Israel is having to fight on two fronts. It's lucky Mummy has her Caterwauling Club to help take her mind off it for a few hours effurry week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of the Caterwauling Club, We forgot to mention in either of Our previous two posts that Mummy wrote in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/music-in-the-desert/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a> about the concert they appeared in at Kibbutz Sde Boker last month. If you follow the link, you can read it and see a video-clip that Mummy made of one of the songs.<br /><br /><br />Now, before We forget, here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3c248Ja5GKrKcgvpjlbnzo5dtuzELyCrFYukfwvm2xvXFpQeBcjIOA40dkobt3YBVaxthh6tMFFPZoCGtnWlWuEuNPZ0mqdWob2jExkaFyeQwlTTOufy8ZkS8eKXny_ACYa5RbdWy9lrO6Q2lZhRQ7p8zDE8ElL0t_ECYuWRXkRRbJON2JhmNAcYhcTG/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3c248Ja5GKrKcgvpjlbnzo5dtuzELyCrFYukfwvm2xvXFpQeBcjIOA40dkobt3YBVaxthh6tMFFPZoCGtnWlWuEuNPZ0mqdWob2jExkaFyeQwlTTOufy8ZkS8eKXny_ACYa5RbdWy9lrO6Q2lZhRQ7p8zDE8ElL0t_ECYuWRXkRRbJON2JhmNAcYhcTG/w141-h141/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="141" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1u2D0lg5QaueziwQ22cLIyxNzGk6SRdiO5C7S13BSU8DNZ4ZL9lsi47mk9nfHn80h-4G4PmqASouXG3444fZpy8xHPq75z8ETMDvZw6fLQpvJvLY0vDJ8vC2rhGEBjNGSBntkmNLfhGdJ4OW0ARIpRi45Gnq705_mU3LRr3aLpefVskewS2zXZwKumus/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1u2D0lg5QaueziwQ22cLIyxNzGk6SRdiO5C7S13BSU8DNZ4ZL9lsi47mk9nfHn80h-4G4PmqASouXG3444fZpy8xHPq75z8ETMDvZw6fLQpvJvLY0vDJ8vC2rhGEBjNGSBntkmNLfhGdJ4OW0ARIpRi45Gnq705_mU3LRr3aLpefVskewS2zXZwKumus/w142-h142/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="142" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">See you all again next week. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-10462184204682497732023-12-31T13:13:00.001+02:002023-12-31T14:23:08.200+02:00Welcome 2024: Caturday Art, a Sunday Selfie/Ussie for the Mew Year - and a Sad Goodbye<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurryone!<br /><br />As today is actually Mew Year's Eve, Caspurr has graciously agreed to postpone till next week his turn to lead the J-Cats on the Weekend Blog Hops - the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/12/with-my-favourite-toy-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by those Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/lisbeths-new-years-eve-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a> Instead, all three of Us are here to say goodbye to 2023, which has been a purrfectly horrible year and to greet 2024, which We HOPE and PURRAY will be furry much better:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8YaYif3zbnpJfiuHsjbaBHN9I5Xthw-0jmMNwJ1wXaSPHBaHtSp1W2htuQizKRLFMqDeH_rovSUsyNCAgmqvDrC16CuQnSEOJDWZymT3vWAS_cqNXvMVYX4RBAg6yAUvijadEEAVJVQ4T1EEuUfGtJQz49Aj2Y6DQUtnAfpJMsT4DH53PFhQvIjFjYaP/s1086/New%20Year%20Ussie%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1086" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8YaYif3zbnpJfiuHsjbaBHN9I5Xthw-0jmMNwJ1wXaSPHBaHtSp1W2htuQizKRLFMqDeH_rovSUsyNCAgmqvDrC16CuQnSEOJDWZymT3vWAS_cqNXvMVYX4RBAg6yAUvijadEEAVJVQ4T1EEuUfGtJQz49Aj2Y6DQUtnAfpJMsT4DH53PFhQvIjFjYaP/w522-h316/New%20Year%20Ussie%20Framed.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before We show you the mewtiful artification We made of this Ussie, We have, sadly, to bid farewell to one of Mummy's oldest blogging friends - Carolyn (Caro) Retallick, who, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">together with her kitty, Austin,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> used to write the </span><a href="https://cataustin.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">CATachresis</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> blog. Carolyn suffered from serious health problems, and hadn't blogged for several years now, but she and Mummy were still in touch on Fursbook. Still, Mummy had no inkling as to just how badly Caro's health had declined and it was a terrible shock to her to learn that Her Friend had been summoned to her own Rainbow Bridge on Chrissymouse Day of all days. Our sincere and deepest condolences to her brother, Simon, her niece Hannah and to all the rest of her family, including Austin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />As We said - 2023 has been a horrible year all round.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the earnest hope that 2024 will bring a change for the better, We have artified Our Ussie with the help of LunaPic. We used the Smoke effect at 50%, wishing 2023 may dissipate in Smoke - with an overlay of Nouveau (for the New Year, get it?) at 40%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJWaQDpM97_ofPjXz5DHHmxl6Of11lOC6PO5PpEZVzFSDyQ-EQaQJIQUTMZR1gUz1aoiP2QJf8SuO7UQFUSzzwkuVSKnX3F_Ws49-fiMfk5CH_KZI-ldblz9ma2CaSInnn-iiqu_yqzr7qxj_Pve5R3r1oKnnWy7J1yGO_4p-MXvE5pG1pXRMF8cZqdeY/s1012/NewYearCardSmoke50Nouveau40pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1012" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJWaQDpM97_ofPjXz5DHHmxl6Of11lOC6PO5PpEZVzFSDyQ-EQaQJIQUTMZR1gUz1aoiP2QJf8SuO7UQFUSzzwkuVSKnX3F_Ws49-fiMfk5CH_KZI-ldblz9ma2CaSInnn-iiqu_yqzr7qxj_Pve5R3r1oKnnWy7J1yGO_4p-MXvE5pG1pXRMF8cZqdeY/w533-h326/NewYearCardSmoke50Nouveau40pc.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWH9aWo0ax47VlB6aXC-yX2KGZ6wTUnK0db8xs1BJt_A206zrsPjLwsdyAVp0rYnz2NPEo5V9z2HQwm_dNeEdRv6MWFlCLYPgh4aTo20O5kr5IinPlJCwRGpuefRRwFADgshqy0PKi1g3Yxm1SmOKphyeB_7bWXfGOyQl97RifLWDB69SVkf1lt3mAIChX/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWH9aWo0ax47VlB6aXC-yX2KGZ6wTUnK0db8xs1BJt_A206zrsPjLwsdyAVp0rYnz2NPEo5V9z2HQwm_dNeEdRv6MWFlCLYPgh4aTo20O5kr5IinPlJCwRGpuefRRwFADgshqy0PKi1g3Yxm1SmOKphyeB_7bWXfGOyQl97RifLWDB69SVkf1lt3mAIChX/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQ610OmRqaHHTV4cop7WR-mKR_qaZZUfxLGv0PskLkZnrlmEu36GNGZ7hXqHOncvv_2pH24wX3ScP1Kj-N0aEEtRAIDzplBbZabKnubzcy-JVLiP9qBv_kunM4svsFVu6BqOOQmCkQQ7hQJIxboB7vypMUeCIDClKDJuJfR8rfwpbprIzYtOlcbOl6VNv/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQ610OmRqaHHTV4cop7WR-mKR_qaZZUfxLGv0PskLkZnrlmEu36GNGZ7hXqHOncvv_2pH24wX3ScP1Kj-N0aEEtRAIDzplBbZabKnubzcy-JVLiP9qBv_kunM4svsFVu6BqOOQmCkQQ7hQJIxboB7vypMUeCIDClKDJuJfR8rfwpbprIzYtOlcbOl6VNv/w149-h149/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="149" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last - but by no means least - Mew Year's Eve wouldn't be complete without one of Our Pawties, would it? So, at 11pm tonight Israel time, We will all meet in the Pavilion up in the Enchanted Forest. Just before midnight, We will start the Countdown to 2024 and then We will pawty the night away to the mewsic of the Coat-hanger Quartet, the Von Katz Furrmily Singers and many other talents from Our Extended Family, Furry and Non-Furry. You are all welcome. The co-ordinates have already been sent to your Transportation Devices.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">See you all later then - and remember. Be well. Be safe. We love you all.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />HAPPY MEW YEAR</span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-14271854270807917822023-12-24T13:15:00.000+02:002023-12-24T13:15:49.617+02:00We Wish You a Meowy Chrissymouse - Queen Trixie's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo there, Effurrybody!<br /><br />We are back to taking turns at leading the J-Cats on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/12/caturday-art-christmas.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie,</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/sawyers-special-selfie-for-noelle/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week, as you can see, it is MY Turn. I have chosen two selfies for you. Furrst, here I am in front of the TV, trying to stop Mummy from spending too much time watching news and commentary about The War, as it makes her furry depressed. In fact, sometimes, She just starts crying, out of the blue, listening to the stories of the Fallen, or, sometimes, of the Survivors. So I try to make sure she takes a break now and then, to think of something Pawsitive. Sometimes, I even make the screen go blank by dislodging the connection to the digital converter. That makes her mad, so She forgets about being sad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kZpvFmMiyg0wGjYHNfK9606ZW-iA_Z6iMLJ6wsEpBqqY3wUGEbHJYB0UaP9pSLLRvJKagSUv666Zqh20WmxH1KCBSqNWepqSAHLAtSWmTunT7sasYyxreP1V2pkUJyu5M-gaQ2uJ8HsSHfSYyaH79bZysDIbSMuHYcidjga6v2zbt-bJf0CWnG9HYsYq/s1106/TrixieTVFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1106" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kZpvFmMiyg0wGjYHNfK9606ZW-iA_Z6iMLJ6wsEpBqqY3wUGEbHJYB0UaP9pSLLRvJKagSUv666Zqh20WmxH1KCBSqNWepqSAHLAtSWmTunT7sasYyxreP1V2pkUJyu5M-gaQ2uJ8HsSHfSYyaH79bZysDIbSMuHYcidjga6v2zbt-bJf0CWnG9HYsYq/w520-h399/TrixieTVFramed.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We artified this with LunaPic's Woodsey filter, which We don't think We have used before (though We may be wrong), at 47%.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTxjLazDQcv9bZFx_bbDO57JuWGThmA4KvR4C-KbEblFOzzza2jmQuTRW5olAhFD4HjGu1vuOjvudt_SZCp1f3oKw1lBcm14q2T4CTZEq6y104gj8_cCn_vaQDW4TCwQT1ZOSmLwtRHJyhecf-YIRUai9zNodADFyFgygjcuYzXVGdIjUyZyo6KGDmehP/s648/TrixieTVWoodsey47pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="648" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTxjLazDQcv9bZFx_bbDO57JuWGThmA4KvR4C-KbEblFOzzza2jmQuTRW5olAhFD4HjGu1vuOjvudt_SZCp1f3oKw1lBcm14q2T4CTZEq6y104gj8_cCn_vaQDW4TCwQT1ZOSmLwtRHJyhecf-YIRUai9zNodADFyFgygjcuYzXVGdIjUyZyo6KGDmehP/w518-h380/TrixieTVWoodsey47pc.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other picture was taken after We received a delivery from Animal Shop last week. There was a New Box, to which I immediately laid claim. I am the Queen, after all!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOjVQzCQ1JeB60s9ND_Zb-5voUx-Xq7wjW52hNSIsVNw5uRcu5-q6CDN7a3FYXHfKlgWdQz1HgLU85rJBUcNpsfDUBhX-TkKrFPgnWE9y_3EeKla9VF6NFN6t9kmTyyUX77kI4IPbZqPCBLEM3Iax-SZwz1kN1qjzE2QSE_MUqdNXgAbRSXJ8LzYRCkVB/s1073/Trixie%20in%20New%20Box%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1073" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOjVQzCQ1JeB60s9ND_Zb-5voUx-Xq7wjW52hNSIsVNw5uRcu5-q6CDN7a3FYXHfKlgWdQz1HgLU85rJBUcNpsfDUBhX-TkKrFPgnWE9y_3EeKla9VF6NFN6t9kmTyyUX77kI4IPbZqPCBLEM3Iax-SZwz1kN1qjzE2QSE_MUqdNXgAbRSXJ8LzYRCkVB/w520-h314/Trixie%20in%20New%20Box%20Framed.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">LunaPic helped Us make an artsy-fartsy version of this one, too - using the Dark filter at 43%, overlaid with the Surreal effect at 30%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30g7mDspapeRTlNzuCvCnzlcLexriW3zTOoPLiiqaJ8c_BUmTPYvMM9Fcw-U7IoxqjrYsJlVSubmKE7zYcIK4x9ZHwMVmbZw8Oo9Z90z-ZhhqIewyHOWHGi8UVcVEoUR2PVYPtxsAOwBrZ37QcFJ0Xzm15PoMLHmrrcqaXl_m4LAXgVNTVB27UNLG0Zh2/s748/TrixieInNewBoxDark43Surreal30pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="748" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30g7mDspapeRTlNzuCvCnzlcLexriW3zTOoPLiiqaJ8c_BUmTPYvMM9Fcw-U7IoxqjrYsJlVSubmKE7zYcIK4x9ZHwMVmbZw8Oo9Z90z-ZhhqIewyHOWHGi8UVcVEoUR2PVYPtxsAOwBrZ37QcFJ0Xzm15PoMLHmrrcqaXl_m4LAXgVNTVB27UNLG0Zh2/w520-h314/TrixieInNewBoxDark43Surreal30pc.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It does look truly weird and surreal, doesn't it? I think Mummy was still under the influence of a lecture on Mr. Salvador Dali, which She heard in her Art Course a few days ago (mol)!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, before We go any further, here are the blog hop badges:<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gAlMYOrpa7QeaUpa3GBnS-ld_157oj0RHeZFGKM62mkIi5aO6lz1KuIsnv-ZLzpsQbgAh5Vd1U4uc47aR_xKSS8F3Ygx-0-mbCInDhiWN8OEY8Vu8ZdW8n1S1bhMa7-4_tLga5LYIey4BhSVn9MZUrOEd3ct2gNG6vUAMdhSrkkWo1oNs_74E1LfAg-Y/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gAlMYOrpa7QeaUpa3GBnS-ld_157oj0RHeZFGKM62mkIi5aO6lz1KuIsnv-ZLzpsQbgAh5Vd1U4uc47aR_xKSS8F3Ygx-0-mbCInDhiWN8OEY8Vu8ZdW8n1S1bhMa7-4_tLga5LYIey4BhSVn9MZUrOEd3ct2gNG6vUAMdhSrkkWo1oNs_74E1LfAg-Y/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjoLmhnpVjKFsA8Hkgc1HLvxxzBqMjt7ccQj6MJcRy9quyy3070ufMvAYACuk2wQWefAypztMHXk-hdUKyMYgA2z_M12um7yu3qX38st6m0C6fdbLS4heV3N9qKCcVTi0etwaynuCDi3pLenzra02WCq4kwN_o_0XKRLC19K-VG5ehJrdgEV9-UEc8EyV/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjoLmhnpVjKFsA8Hkgc1HLvxxzBqMjt7ccQj6MJcRy9quyy3070ufMvAYACuk2wQWefAypztMHXk-hdUKyMYgA2z_M12um7yu3qX38st6m0C6fdbLS4heV3N9qKCcVTi0etwaynuCDi3pLenzra02WCq4kwN_o_0XKRLC19K-VG5ehJrdgEV9-UEc8EyV/w151-h151/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="151" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been pouring with skywater for the past two days. We hope it clears up before Mummy goes to Caterwauling Practice this evening - otherwise, it will make it furry hard to get a taxi. We wish We could purr-suade her to stay home, where it's nice and warm, and snuggle with Us, but She missed last week's rehearsal because She didn't feel well, and She hates to miss two in a row.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, before We go, We want to wish those of you who are celebrating it this evening, a Furry Meowy Chrissymouse. We hope Santa Claws brings you all many, many presents. We are pawsitive you must all be on his Nice List.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Most of all, We wish for all the Homeless Kitties to find a Fur-ever Home and a Fur-Ever Family, as You and We have.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's all for now. Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-69182664075643256842023-12-17T13:40:00.000+02:002023-12-17T13:40:09.504+02:00All Together for Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurrybody!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hanukkah is over - We lit the 8th and final candle last Fursday evening. The day before, Mummy travelled down with her Caterwauling Club friends - in the pouring rain - to Sde Boker in the Negev (where it doesn't rain much, usually) to appear in a concert. It was furry successful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the war front, last week was marked by bad news all round, with many casualties. And late Friday afternoon, Mummy had lit the Shabbat candles and was prepurring to lie down for a short nap before supper (as, indeed, We all were), when the peace and quiet were shattered by a Code Red alert. We hadn't had any rocket alerts in Jerusalem for several weeks, although missiles continued to fall all over the rest of the country. We thought the Evil Humans in Gaza were maybe afraid of hitting their famous Al-Aqsa mosque, but it seems it's more impawtant to them to try to kill Mewish people. Anyway, Mummy dived for cover in her "safe space" and We heard several loud boomies almost overhead. Mummy was purrticularly alarmed by the fact that the Code Red app in her phone didn't go off! It's pawsible that We were hearing the sirens from a neighbouring zone, as We are quite close to the boundary with two other zones and She has set her app to go off loudly only when there is a Code Red in the zone where She actually is. Anyway, She decided to play safe and take cover, as We said.<br /><br />It is Sunday today, when it is Our Custom to join the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/12/merry-christmas-happy-holidays.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by Our Dear Furriends, the Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/if-looks-could-kill-kizmet/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a> (who seem to be having some purroblems at purresent with their LinkyLink).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Sunday, We are offering an Ussie - all three of Us together!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-jRkCzUo_SGGt7m_0UX2GLJmJtSAy2VVksK90V4a0vQvqYF2ANWYCrZjkN9yxduMYe4gETyv2bj2l__qQaqX_nWAZwBs-2IzuJ-oqH2JbsYCke4GRjfvCTdCFL-vFysQJH336awxpjlHDHiUuJLc9e3CF9auGuZS7azOTc04gp626ERIiwPoW6Zlsy9N/s1096/XmasUssieFramedPatriotic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1096" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-jRkCzUo_SGGt7m_0UX2GLJmJtSAy2VVksK90V4a0vQvqYF2ANWYCrZjkN9yxduMYe4gETyv2bj2l__qQaqX_nWAZwBs-2IzuJ-oqH2JbsYCke4GRjfvCTdCFL-vFysQJH336awxpjlHDHiUuJLc9e3CF9auGuZS7azOTc04gp626ERIiwPoW6Zlsy9N/w529-h319/XmasUssieFramedPatriotic.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As We said, Hanukkah is over - but Chrissymouse will soon be here - next Monday, in fact. We thought of waiting with Our Chrissymouse Card till <i>next</i> Sunday, which is Chrissymouse Eve, but it occurred to Us that many of you might be so busy with last-minute Chrissymouse prepurrations, you wouldn't have time for blog-hopping. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So We have decided to post Our Chrissymouse Card right here and now. We aren't sending individual cards, so please feel free to see this as a Purr-sonal Greeting and download a copy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsoY9QvZr_ntTTPQKjpzXw3XziNgZ5ecFS-xi1tRManBTo2A9IBW0EeHN6FHCfoDnvBRIbz7Nwm0BbnbS3Zgv0aU732QIuX2MPex1V39KhD8ykNKVKhKERo3mg-1IZ9XtAp9_EeK8cNcG-av62kinV1BluphALNhI_QUJOCmvbL0pAXtQ-kYypk8BPBZs/s1348/XmasCardUssie.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1348" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsoY9QvZr_ntTTPQKjpzXw3XziNgZ5ecFS-xi1tRManBTo2A9IBW0EeHN6FHCfoDnvBRIbz7Nwm0BbnbS3Zgv0aU732QIuX2MPex1V39KhD8ykNKVKhKERo3mg-1IZ9XtAp9_EeK8cNcG-av62kinV1BluphALNhI_QUJOCmvbL0pAXtQ-kYypk8BPBZs/w534-h374/XmasCardUssie.gif" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We made a couple of artsy-fartsy versions of this card (minus the text), with the help of LunaPic. Furrst of all, here is a furry colourful artification, using the Psychedelic filter, at 50%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ifJuMd7vcz1Xxlv4TlvoRjgiPDcoznPZc-DEGuyuAnixP6QFyTAWBTP1ZDcbYizPl8HKr7QqSSllotBSws3eeEdMu45bGYjivegWI_clhTvlzjMjQvmjld6ZPdhewwOM2Mnv51AHMZSfLIFfQTpZ-Dn5DQOfR4cI7zLlVVAefi7GpBbfXg34h4-6oHV5/s1348/XmasUssiePsychedelic50pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1348" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ifJuMd7vcz1Xxlv4TlvoRjgiPDcoznPZc-DEGuyuAnixP6QFyTAWBTP1ZDcbYizPl8HKr7QqSSllotBSws3eeEdMu45bGYjivegWI_clhTvlzjMjQvmjld6ZPdhewwOM2Mnv51AHMZSfLIFfQTpZ-Dn5DQOfR4cI7zLlVVAefi7GpBbfXg34h4-6oHV5/w534-h373/XmasUssiePsychedelic50pc.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this one uses the Nouveau filter (one of Our Absolute Favourites and also furry colourful) at 40%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUO-hySOiSrP9Fh3KOOy9GGT1CKSgnyifeMAHeD4UDvQUByQEhoLE4mvvDrVn4Cri9pQJvB_j3PqDIh-aiYl2O6USEhKWFn0GGtQ2lXWsQPM1zfTMbG2djUTKfBDtP7Ou9xkQDdavsZDXBsNl0zNVAL1Yhns14QvqMoJyahwmnBnce9c_yiLXLNpfd0uq/s1348/XmasUssieFestiveNouveau40pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1348" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUO-hySOiSrP9Fh3KOOy9GGT1CKSgnyifeMAHeD4UDvQUByQEhoLE4mvvDrVn4Cri9pQJvB_j3PqDIh-aiYl2O6USEhKWFn0GGtQ2lXWsQPM1zfTMbG2djUTKfBDtP7Ou9xkQDdavsZDXBsNl0zNVAL1Yhns14QvqMoJyahwmnBnce9c_yiLXLNpfd0uq/w532-h372/XmasUssieFestiveNouveau40pc.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let Us know in the comments if you have a favourite.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI23yP9gZuesQUs6RQRA5h13h5ULb9MiG2X02uIEU3ufaMsDgolIh5B0dt77UKVc0O5OjYzZWi_BCb5qA5H_f-b88pV9T0cuHXpNnIVv3qv5Maeo6XjEPfaaAnlwssHoStGJtHskoBFK9bGCHV0N20h-VFZOR9E4-TmSxiZ2IG4IIbKJqWLqxQm8gwtwb/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpI23yP9gZuesQUs6RQRA5h13h5ULb9MiG2X02uIEU3ufaMsDgolIh5B0dt77UKVc0O5OjYzZWi_BCb5qA5H_f-b88pV9T0cuHXpNnIVv3qv5Maeo6XjEPfaaAnlwssHoStGJtHskoBFK9bGCHV0N20h-VFZOR9E4-TmSxiZ2IG4IIbKJqWLqxQm8gwtwb/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBatxzWzl40UotlMdjkRrdBMmJXVqTO0WeADkQT7gRUwfbktNERTdDePbnl-ss3LUBbN7TcXBLIDB7mYV-bcDOwF-iI0L1F9wWW6CVyYyGMeC0ggezmXFbCHn82EBqmzxQLoJMnNUXVa5fQrPyJo-qEyKtw8Sa-GcoWVATFeyq_DW3j8SctRmJOuLjlYr/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBatxzWzl40UotlMdjkRrdBMmJXVqTO0WeADkQT7gRUwfbktNERTdDePbnl-ss3LUBbN7TcXBLIDB7mYV-bcDOwF-iI0L1F9wWW6CVyYyGMeC0ggezmXFbCHn82EBqmzxQLoJMnNUXVa5fQrPyJo-qEyKtw8Sa-GcoWVATFeyq_DW3j8SctRmJOuLjlYr/w149-h149/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="149" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will sign off now, wishing those of you who celebrate it a Furry Meowy Chrissymouse - just in case, as We said, you don't have time for blog-hopping next week.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-23234578201061766472023-12-10T13:43:00.002+02:002023-12-10T13:43:52.783+02:00Remembering Pixie and A Guest Selfie: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurryone!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday evening, We lit the Third Hanukkah Candle - with the help of Dona Gracia and Don Isaac, and with the mewsical accompaniment of the Coat-hanger Quartet:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQOLqzGYU5uicvIsGBSoz_WrYLa2yzz5JhyphenhyphenIMihCGHyAIg49C_bnCTturbAUcajsJ0F7sN-cynjmks0ePDLSnJo2IBgwV43BY67HaKlMbbqlQau5S-dGUoVoxpkciqdh98OZnst0mnATWoLHKcAs9WBI4hmRL4MnfsltEA9gaYa2XxrpXjAmvlq3JGAdT/s1000/Third%20Candle%20Hanukkah%202023CatsFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="1000" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQOLqzGYU5uicvIsGBSoz_WrYLa2yzz5JhyphenhyphenIMihCGHyAIg49C_bnCTturbAUcajsJ0F7sN-cynjmks0ePDLSnJo2IBgwV43BY67HaKlMbbqlQau5S-dGUoVoxpkciqdh98OZnst0mnATWoLHKcAs9WBI4hmRL4MnfsltEA9gaYa2XxrpXjAmvlq3JGAdT/w536-h325/Third%20Candle%20Hanukkah%202023CatsFramed.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tonight, We shall light the Fourth Candle, which will bring with it poignant memories for Mummy, as it was a bare hour before the lighting of the Fourth Candle twelve years ago that her beloved <a href="https://j-cats.blogspot.com/2011/12/pixie-long-goodbye.html" target="_blank">Pixie received her Angel Wings</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are going to honour Pixie's memory in this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/12/funny-face-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie, </a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/astrids-christmas-wreath-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So here is a picture of Pixie, taken on her 14th birthday, nearly two and a half years before she was called to The Bridge:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9cEDcYqfh5yELHnAuN-rAcrcaxTZHPjEpkYTzZpyO71k2LaP5yAT9ZEbMUtKEKdE2iy40ErfiQWrroa5Rw-9KR_Pr-XOgJtewGgTRR-AbUvEfVIELm2-QDbJsp-Qsi9SAgkZkQblWsPYjdK618bvwMNK_X36p_coDzi9m3sWo2R8mMURycXIUcGfYXSG/s672/Pixie14thBirthdayFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="672" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9cEDcYqfh5yELHnAuN-rAcrcaxTZHPjEpkYTzZpyO71k2LaP5yAT9ZEbMUtKEKdE2iy40ErfiQWrroa5Rw-9KR_Pr-XOgJtewGgTRR-AbUvEfVIELm2-QDbJsp-Qsi9SAgkZkQblWsPYjdK618bvwMNK_X36p_coDzi9m3sWo2R8mMURycXIUcGfYXSG/w477-h356/Pixie14thBirthdayFramed.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can't see it all that clearly in this picture, but she has a sort of half-smile, which is much clearer in the artifications We made, with the help of LunaPic. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This furrst one uses the Beauty art effect, at 44% only. Pixie was so beautiful that there was no need to add much more.<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTORs0lJ_5ils9UjEnikUIX_i2D2g3mv-4Fl6im2K-0dh6FUH88Mo6c-ANXG50zn1Eb6Lp12gzda9eUVvdl-CAltTaGyHGlJ9p8Pe8ar7yUyG0yZFVhnIPckYbRIQYN2X6dqlXGhi5Hc5D0xUmPv7c9xwww-qxCB-DRlxwwSFy0osxdic6fopuyKozqWIF/s672/Pixie14thBirthdayBeauty44pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="672" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTORs0lJ_5ils9UjEnikUIX_i2D2g3mv-4Fl6im2K-0dh6FUH88Mo6c-ANXG50zn1Eb6Lp12gzda9eUVvdl-CAltTaGyHGlJ9p8Pe8ar7yUyG0yZFVhnIPckYbRIQYN2X6dqlXGhi5Hc5D0xUmPv7c9xwww-qxCB-DRlxwwSFy0osxdic6fopuyKozqWIF/w475-h354/Pixie14thBirthdayBeauty44pc.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this next one was artified with the Floating effect, at 66%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRFZ6VnvZb58Fo1oEL9XGCX7YoLSWzjQ9gZ5UgcuSRR2UOPOp-tPglNJiB5i-k-4RkM9mC_iAiTmLfSLwsmpSOoVpDcg6krGY_Yrt94KuIe1pCY6vdkh536wvcFUyGHZGJOMV6Is3VPcoN0HuaqeHqItNoZtOVXeeAd4Ip8B3I_67iDdbueg1YUoyORPr/s672/Pixie14thBirthdayFloating66pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="672" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRFZ6VnvZb58Fo1oEL9XGCX7YoLSWzjQ9gZ5UgcuSRR2UOPOp-tPglNJiB5i-k-4RkM9mC_iAiTmLfSLwsmpSOoVpDcg6krGY_Yrt94KuIe1pCY6vdkh536wvcFUyGHZGJOMV6Is3VPcoN0HuaqeHqItNoZtOVXeeAd4Ip8B3I_67iDdbueg1YUoyORPr/w477-h355/Pixie14thBirthdayFloating66pc.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The artifications are similar in that they both have quite a lot of pink in them - but can you also see the half-smile, reminiscent of the Meowna Lisa?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We lit the Second Candle on Friday evening. Since it was also the Eve of Shabbat, Mummy had supper with her sister Y. Step-Grandma was also there, with Our Woofie Uncle, Messi, whom We are featuring this week in a Guest Selfie:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgEsDDs-KAoVEeUYvk1Pz7XFf2rURnXEs-BmSo2AD-sBRh50UQOzwiAq2Um3wpiL8FOl_ToBdfTxvZ0Dkb9rKK5BQZX2URMJzRj4fkeei4K5SdGAps4VnNYMwHFbapM5GieteTc2LR23drFfKL8nKVzUqeulcoPVncbhXnGNE8-wJVr1KmHV8tGR1mUPK/s895/Messi%20on%20Stairs%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="895" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgEsDDs-KAoVEeUYvk1Pz7XFf2rURnXEs-BmSo2AD-sBRh50UQOzwiAq2Um3wpiL8FOl_ToBdfTxvZ0Dkb9rKK5BQZX2URMJzRj4fkeei4K5SdGAps4VnNYMwHFbapM5GieteTc2LR23drFfKL8nKVzUqeulcoPVncbhXnGNE8-wJVr1KmHV8tGR1mUPK/w496-h465/Messi%20on%20Stairs%20Framed.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We purrticularly like this pawtrait of Uncle Messi, because of the Dangly Paws. We just LOVE dangly paws, don't you?<br /><br />Now, for the furrst artsy-fartsy version of this, We used LunaPic's Adventure effect, at 38%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtUTTG_o45m4C2iFEZjjAkPIki33MdaReRVxs5fWAxddRRW5DN5cmIhUMSx1Cpj2ZkdQ-FABdbLrv1hyphenhyphenZ3VJbjev7ekv2MsIxuc_LVzxqmwArfe4u6pelpkRKhTDXu27StjgKvVdWBAnGZLgT33iVYwHp2w83huMNKVh35RDoTyYVfy4BPpCaeu7e336Z/s892/MessiOnStairsAdventure38pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="892" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtUTTG_o45m4C2iFEZjjAkPIki33MdaReRVxs5fWAxddRRW5DN5cmIhUMSx1Cpj2ZkdQ-FABdbLrv1hyphenhyphenZ3VJbjev7ekv2MsIxuc_LVzxqmwArfe4u6pelpkRKhTDXu27StjgKvVdWBAnGZLgT33iVYwHp2w83huMNKVh35RDoTyYVfy4BPpCaeu7e336Z/w496-h465/MessiOnStairsAdventure38pc.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We don't think We have used this filter before - and We are quite pleased with the result.<br /><br />For Our second artification of Uncle Messi, We used a filter We have used often and really love - Nouveau, at 95%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb5uInlGKoML1SAQcbr9tKjyV-fjp0XvuL4_Jz-3Ml31XPhf0ZA0EGMuRsZOnSWkxZk2g2n3U5sRrQCyLm7GewtEvq3CI4Sh3dC5BoRVV9SxiC44OR2Ps05efclXSKFlAloP4KrM98WGBVHCTf1JKdgcnwZ9NZEUIJkQvqXrp8k7K1VcihjCMw_JV0A5-/s892/MessiOnStairsNouveau95pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="892" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb5uInlGKoML1SAQcbr9tKjyV-fjp0XvuL4_Jz-3Ml31XPhf0ZA0EGMuRsZOnSWkxZk2g2n3U5sRrQCyLm7GewtEvq3CI4Sh3dC5BoRVV9SxiC44OR2Ps05efclXSKFlAloP4KrM98WGBVHCTf1JKdgcnwZ9NZEUIJkQvqXrp8k7K1VcihjCMw_JV0A5-/w503-h472/MessiOnStairsNouveau95pc.jpg" width="503" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tell Us in the comments which is your favourite for each of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is now time to put up the blog hop badges. Here they are:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gHiw8sl5UdVRG3oC9UkMXlkbSUyNzgGJ_qHw6vx4yPTVzNuQlgOiX8lhuV_FR0-itUFazifRgZwb8mogZ9_ybywFu3Yq_o56v8bF6E9P4GVYgx8d0Ye0IBVsRmrij1U8hZhY5uzYm-7WnQjPQxMSkrmbT67q6vZqfVKOZ2ESOz_KcVmSkT7LuRYtL9_c/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gHiw8sl5UdVRG3oC9UkMXlkbSUyNzgGJ_qHw6vx4yPTVzNuQlgOiX8lhuV_FR0-itUFazifRgZwb8mogZ9_ybywFu3Yq_o56v8bF6E9P4GVYgx8d0Ye0IBVsRmrij1U8hZhY5uzYm-7WnQjPQxMSkrmbT67q6vZqfVKOZ2ESOz_KcVmSkT7LuRYtL9_c/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPjnBvtZyONaPK-pg7jgFzB-afXrD9GA8KsC_SQCJ0wf9TRzhUYvnyUjR0JoQBX5YHpG0rNxHu-XKq2oVhRMcOjBNHcQM6ji29lv5Ro0w5-XzOXJHJgwqh9tPDbZv0HjJL3pW-18Nsy2vx_KLRbDYUP6C2kqxWJPqFZOF7hJK3gsS6voUvT0RRYL4lW8a/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPjnBvtZyONaPK-pg7jgFzB-afXrD9GA8KsC_SQCJ0wf9TRzhUYvnyUjR0JoQBX5YHpG0rNxHu-XKq2oVhRMcOjBNHcQM6ji29lv5Ro0w5-XzOXJHJgwqh9tPDbZv0HjJL3pW-18Nsy2vx_KLRbDYUP6C2kqxWJPqFZOF7hJK3gsS6voUvT0RRYL4lW8a/w149-h149/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="149" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before We go, just a quick reminder to visit Mummy's own, <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/looking-for-a-light-in-the-darkness/" target="_blank">purrsonal bloggie</a>.<br /><br />That's all for now, dear furriends - except to wish those of you who celebrate it a Happy Hanukkah.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/looking-for-a-light-in-the-darkness/" target="_blank"><br /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-12018711277741255592023-12-03T14:18:00.000+02:002023-12-03T14:18:10.779+02:00No Peace for the Wicked: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies With Shimshi<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo there, Effurrybuddies!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mighty Shimshon here (Shimshi for Short) aka The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischief's and Captain of the Guard - and it's My Turn to lead the J-Cats on the weekend blog hops. That is to say - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/12/you-made-my-paws-tiny-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/first-christmas-selfie-of-2023/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, here, without Further Ado is My Selfie:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OTDa45wSrzzCB0soBH1rRNEUrGG3R1YxMMwwS2QJGyqT4jwoylSu_d15u1gsAKxJexl9elwDFJe0Lp4nYFXp8cKXpET6HsVjdV97g_CovNVF57FCQ4_Jg8vS8WlRMCJqE86Zu_qQ9mgAE_L3g07ZJdHEUaJ23F5qmRvBicHIHVBK3lW30m0bbiKf_3xC/s611/Shimshi%20on%20Gramophone%20framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="537" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OTDa45wSrzzCB0soBH1rRNEUrGG3R1YxMMwwS2QJGyqT4jwoylSu_d15u1gsAKxJexl9elwDFJe0Lp4nYFXp8cKXpET6HsVjdV97g_CovNVF57FCQ4_Jg8vS8WlRMCJqE86Zu_qQ9mgAE_L3g07ZJdHEUaJ23F5qmRvBicHIHVBK3lW30m0bbiKf_3xC/w502-h571/Shimshi%20on%20Gramophone%20framed.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are furry pleased with this Selfie, because of the multiple shadow effect of My Silhouette on the wall. We think this, alone, makes a wonderful Artsy-Fartsy effect, but We also made a couple of "official" artifications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the furrst, using LunaPic's Tattoo effect at 70%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXT9lraplOxOyVjN8XkOCCy3cQrnh6vdJ1pNfB_sdwpAA7ge0-feTYz9EBc4W6XeM8QajL2bi4bMPTkHxiozyxGe9x24ELbopIuo3Hf0PVmM1V5h3TgwqyirUbEGlgI_-AsXTBBBgdyNS4QNY-Aen_UONIGcgu4bgsmv4_sr83yQwtrbgatDCVAQu97VH/s696/Shimshi%20on%20GramophoneTattoo70pcFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="556" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXT9lraplOxOyVjN8XkOCCy3cQrnh6vdJ1pNfB_sdwpAA7ge0-feTYz9EBc4W6XeM8QajL2bi4bMPTkHxiozyxGe9x24ELbopIuo3Hf0PVmM1V5h3TgwqyirUbEGlgI_-AsXTBBBgdyNS4QNY-Aen_UONIGcgu4bgsmv4_sr83yQwtrbgatDCVAQu97VH/w477-h596/Shimshi%20on%20GramophoneTattoo70pcFramed.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We stayed with LunaPic for the second artification as well. This time, We used Sunshine at 75%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnVM8koRDuE3qNIE3SiCIhBBUBhzfv5a_d3lNnWRucjK5h9gF8_zJvyb8l5V-9VZHPEUVeIy8l-iLiG-2FxoGrS0DcjTngGUb7a3trSvkUN4TGDYXn6n7ZMzebUK17Y3MZuUV-8HHi_vqcc3R5CUGALFxxo_034PeqgUD1ZgAeuC8c79meZewYUEOGosg/s728/Shimshi%20on%20GramophoneSunshine75pcFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="582" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnVM8koRDuE3qNIE3SiCIhBBUBhzfv5a_d3lNnWRucjK5h9gF8_zJvyb8l5V-9VZHPEUVeIy8l-iLiG-2FxoGrS0DcjTngGUb7a3trSvkUN4TGDYXn6n7ZMzebUK17Y3MZuUV-8HHi_vqcc3R5CUGALFxxo_034PeqgUD1ZgAeuC8c79meZewYUEOGosg/w480-h600/Shimshi%20on%20GramophoneSunshine75pcFramed.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It may be just Our Imaginations, but We think the shadows are more pronounced in the second artification. What do <i>you</i> think?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, continuing the Tradition of the last two weeks, I am also sharing this week's post with My Fursibs, in what is (for them) a furry rare Two-fur. Trixie and Caspurr don't often pose together, but for once, here they are:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB6ieh1-x0BzPkdddDWqqLEFbqymQHLiQ5hkDzr8awNs11wJSaZIGxYG1zDNpcA6Kdk-0jMLc2hjSfkk919sQL7pqNs9_75tacFvpz1hQhPL6YkNyrzI9C6nnLGSOrQ7zu6ZLPxZAuIZ9ZFA3ny3BubR0hgi1yfdEvbdT3tsyAt8DmPuPZg64N9E1tmz5/s724/Trixie%20and%20Caspurr%20A%20Rate%20Twofur%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="724" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB6ieh1-x0BzPkdddDWqqLEFbqymQHLiQ5hkDzr8awNs11wJSaZIGxYG1zDNpcA6Kdk-0jMLc2hjSfkk919sQL7pqNs9_75tacFvpz1hQhPL6YkNyrzI9C6nnLGSOrQ7zu6ZLPxZAuIZ9ZFA3ny3BubR0hgi1yfdEvbdT3tsyAt8DmPuPZg64N9E1tmz5/w578-h422/Trixie%20and%20Caspurr%20A%20Rate%20Twofur%20Framed.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here is the Artified Version, using LunaPic's Hard Light Filter at 90% strength, followed by a light overlay of their Paisley Art Effect at 22%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpTKpoWSPyjA6dqd2QXybAFG0x8JIkNep0IVXXIOzaq5GTzq-TkZyx_4Omo6vmAUR8E1VwcgIZz9zjsmnXoqNdm0XWTTW269TVvnCFv6hY1qc_0FXIraCaGH1DSlchq7VePhMxs8803STnu7ya-Sh3K8QIZu-Wkqs57dpnV-WAjMX-DjyJBe_O-Y-twhf/s644/Trixie%20and%20Caspurr%20Rare%20TwofurHDLight90Paisley22pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="644" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpTKpoWSPyjA6dqd2QXybAFG0x8JIkNep0IVXXIOzaq5GTzq-TkZyx_4Omo6vmAUR8E1VwcgIZz9zjsmnXoqNdm0XWTTW269TVvnCFv6hY1qc_0FXIraCaGH1DSlchq7VePhMxs8803STnu7ya-Sh3K8QIZu-Wkqs57dpnV-WAjMX-DjyJBe_O-Y-twhf/w543-h406/Trixie%20and%20Caspurr%20Rare%20TwofurHDLight90Paisley22pc.jpg" width="543" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here are the blog hop badges, before <strike>We</strike> Mummy forgets:<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuLpq7ZRokAcfOmXZrSWmmCjmFkqgf7VtNsJr6uVlz0EnU3EtKK-ARMQnAzcTyGTP_qZVH3ztkWs4MaVLmyzJICmo7Q4aJYui9Q5mXwIpZq6tbxDfC0IISc0ju-0aVd7F3zvAeKs_fhQPu0SwGdluJd137vEzO41xekMz4xx8rGDVzDHvDHpwAHgT5j02/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuLpq7ZRokAcfOmXZrSWmmCjmFkqgf7VtNsJr6uVlz0EnU3EtKK-ARMQnAzcTyGTP_qZVH3ztkWs4MaVLmyzJICmo7Q4aJYui9Q5mXwIpZq6tbxDfC0IISc0ju-0aVd7F3zvAeKs_fhQPu0SwGdluJd137vEzO41xekMz4xx8rGDVzDHvDHpwAHgT5j02/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fp63GYQVyyJ9fEmPwNJG_7HHnzE5KKmqFqdAdfCvLLbOCB4vZcHMjKXSAGTo1CDhAMbfQf6riO21oCin3wYn6lm6nVhHCFUIX5ghRNp0v4Ytsx58s3bzbxTA78xislQ-U4cfX7X7eH_OTxCEWh7JliE0f30i7XHp5hQRlZdN-myFG6lZqzpl_VrBAyyM/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fp63GYQVyyJ9fEmPwNJG_7HHnzE5KKmqFqdAdfCvLLbOCB4vZcHMjKXSAGTo1CDhAMbfQf6riO21oCin3wYn6lm6nVhHCFUIX5ghRNp0v4Ytsx58s3bzbxTA78xislQ-U4cfX7X7eH_OTxCEWh7JliE0f30i7XHp5hQRlZdN-myFG6lZqzpl_VrBAyyM/w151-h151/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="151" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, as you purr-obably heard, the Wicked Humans in Gaza broke the ceasefire, so the War is on again. Since Furr-iday, well before the 7am deadline, they started firing rockets at Israel again (not at Jerusalem, where We live - but they did fire at Bethlehem which is only about 11 km south of here. We heard the boom! We don't know if that was intentional or whether they had been aiming at the Gilo neighbourhood at the southern tip of Jerusalem and the rockets had fallen short, as has happened before.)<br />They hadn't been sticking fully to the terms of the ceasefire anyway, as Mummy wrote in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/evil-all-around-us/" target="_blank">own blog last week </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We apawlogise for not having yet written about the fate of the animals caught up in the War, both in Israel and in Gaza. We truly intended to, but Mummy found some photos and videos of those poor creatures, which was so furry upsetting, She could not bring herself to write. But We will - We promise - because their stories deserve to be told and who will tell them, if not Us?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a happier note, this coming Fursday evening, We will be lighting the furrst Hanukkah candle. Hanukkah! That means potato <i>latkes! </i>And donuts! We bet Mummy will be stuffing herself - and not sharing with Us, on the flimsy excuse that they are not good for kitties (as if they were any less unhealthy for humans - or less fattening)!!!<br /><br />Time to go now, to give Mummy time to look over some new Mewsic She has received and to rest before Caterwauling Purractice this evening. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next time then. Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-14924045015838272092023-11-26T14:15:00.001+02:002023-11-26T15:31:22.365+02:00Ups and Downs: Caspurr's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effuryone!<br /><br />Here I am again, Sir Caspurr </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the Courageous, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the Caspicatious, Furrst of My Name, the Snuggle Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Guard, King of the Tigger-Tabbies, ready to lead my fellow J-Cats on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/11/polyart-oilpainting-and-polygon.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/goldendoodle-guest-host-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3pBavnjHJPhBecn4LH-UR6Kd0ef5TJlkEyB6TZj_WUM8A-UdXiPD2WFKaeRzdzLnWGJNl8rh7QEwPHT4p-oklI8wkQrYF8cludjNqxheb9mI95qp_hTnakFH8h00wCBuD1_-9tRlAP6_MzGmiEVEFxKpd9urA7d-M9FMd94tFyM1fAoLnOChn-Mfs_gN/s1038/Caspurr%20Curled%20in%20a%20Ball%20Framed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1038" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3pBavnjHJPhBecn4LH-UR6Kd0ef5TJlkEyB6TZj_WUM8A-UdXiPD2WFKaeRzdzLnWGJNl8rh7QEwPHT4p-oklI8wkQrYF8cludjNqxheb9mI95qp_hTnakFH8h00wCBuD1_-9tRlAP6_MzGmiEVEFxKpd9urA7d-M9FMd94tFyM1fAoLnOChn-Mfs_gN/w529-h328/Caspurr%20Curled%20in%20a%20Ball%20Framed.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I thought this was a purrfectly good selfie, but Mummy made Me wake up and do another one, with My Eyes open, so as a bonus, you also get to see My Terrific Tummy.<br />You can't resist it, can you? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neither can Mummy (mol).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTrrIft9PkqCX0GpTYcgMlpNSUde_51TpdcUOOlgWOuWkuDQ2et0r4pCkijjMa-mcEypue4l5VpVWEpddQpw4suNK_6CMUonrWYSmo0KxH3AfT1ype0Lhtg6Xzdx3pQZH3TYqy7PFzCFpGQ1zXETL_KZxzf6D9R2IsMSm11MDWuHttN2IIvUgIhhK2RXi/s952/Caspurr%20Come%20Tickle%20My%20Tummy%20Framed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="952" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTrrIft9PkqCX0GpTYcgMlpNSUde_51TpdcUOOlgWOuWkuDQ2et0r4pCkijjMa-mcEypue4l5VpVWEpddQpw4suNK_6CMUonrWYSmo0KxH3AfT1ype0Lhtg6Xzdx3pQZH3TYqy7PFzCFpGQ1zXETL_KZxzf6D9R2IsMSm11MDWuHttN2IIvUgIhhK2RXi/w535-h332/Caspurr%20Come%20Tickle%20My%20Tummy%20Framed.jpg" width="535" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, dear Anipals, We have a furry Embarrassing Confession to make. There has been so much happening here (the War and effurrything), that We completely forgot Queen Trixie's Gotcha Day on November 12th. We are so, so sorry - and to make it up to her, We are including a Most Adorable Twofur of her with Shimshi, seated under the dining room table, looking furry queenly indeed, We think.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrs0wYjAs8sSXRLHLdXP18O_HJmxz94vHaE9uMac3oBvbpoHc12xl11e4JKF_zxJsB8rARk-BcY__g3s5PRZFxtuYiA8o1uXFey3dEHU2baXsLOdQc4ntbYiGL38qVBrqKOpgdVKZ6JB2E5ZvFp-bTTmZzT09sOzd70RIy80miBt3d420Ml87Qm0RRIN-y/s992/Trixie%20and%20Shimshi%20Under%20Table%20Framed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="992" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrs0wYjAs8sSXRLHLdXP18O_HJmxz94vHaE9uMac3oBvbpoHc12xl11e4JKF_zxJsB8rARk-BcY__g3s5PRZFxtuYiA8o1uXFey3dEHU2baXsLOdQc4ntbYiGL38qVBrqKOpgdVKZ6JB2E5ZvFp-bTTmZzT09sOzd70RIy80miBt3d420Ml87Qm0RRIN-y/w534-h325/Trixie%20and%20Shimshi%20Under%20Table%20Framed.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shimshi is at Trixie's right paw, because he is Captain of the Guard and his sworn duty is to protect his Queen-Empurress.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have made some beautiful artifications of all three pictures. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furrst of all, the artsy-fartsy version of My Sunday Snoozie uses LunaPic's Dreaming filter at 45%, overlaid with Quirky at 55%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUxHMDfxTRyRFtLBIRqBuUQ0IvV6HpwgvX5iHgkwMhjuPypfOxs7iUMzmzdhV5GOIWAA0dJ7dIAe_hRZCq7QmlQmGBu5S7CLmDA8pY5bW47npuVmAIU39xC_RaNQBxfNeSSY8u6LgFZSp-RLs4ycLsH3iiATb51UbFdLnQ3LbiUL9BMkssPjTJbDiCyAg/s842/Caspurr%20Curled%20in%20a%20BallDreaming45pcQuirky55pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="842" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUxHMDfxTRyRFtLBIRqBuUQ0IvV6HpwgvX5iHgkwMhjuPypfOxs7iUMzmzdhV5GOIWAA0dJ7dIAe_hRZCq7QmlQmGBu5S7CLmDA8pY5bW47npuVmAIU39xC_RaNQBxfNeSSY8u6LgFZSp-RLs4ycLsH3iiATb51UbFdLnQ3LbiUL9BMkssPjTJbDiCyAg/w524-h329/Caspurr%20Curled%20in%20a%20BallDreaming45pcQuirky55pc.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next picture, where you can gaze in awe and admiration at My Tantalising Tummy, was artified using LunaPic's Fairy filter at 80%, topped with Beauty at 40%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjcUm0KvINtoWZUBa5rbAGEmpBHeGBM8K3BHoVkdxwYZew8WWNmBQYjhpiuv00ZReGVOnba5G5IIGxrFThuIQ8SJGSPvmsEPOIsa3xZffbkjoIOnCxnzgo4Zufk2xp-urQjVtTj6zKdDBWkQ2mwFBvprybRzS9rxjFqifJYAGR28iPh5z9TwFowr1o1RX/s788/CaspurrTickleTummyFairy80pcBeauty40pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="788" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjcUm0KvINtoWZUBa5rbAGEmpBHeGBM8K3BHoVkdxwYZew8WWNmBQYjhpiuv00ZReGVOnba5G5IIGxrFThuIQ8SJGSPvmsEPOIsa3xZffbkjoIOnCxnzgo4Zufk2xp-urQjVtTj6zKdDBWkQ2mwFBvprybRzS9rxjFqifJYAGR28iPh5z9TwFowr1o1RX/w520-h317/CaspurrTickleTummyFairy80pcBeauty40pc.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally, the twofur of Queen Trixie and the Mighty Shimshi uses a single filter - Dark, at 50%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYTy-ChBgsik4A5wkQhbV62RukCZSFc-Tq8n_TfFMcSF5gA2CwgFkAaD_M4qX8DNpI3h4sWl2iGNbmEsioqstHH-IZ4WxB3LGCmio-898i0Ng6cAe10ODIZuA7pRFFM6m2_F_DPudkJvY6R_-SgzBhWVu37Ew17uYfjk9WD0AxMX4vJoI-_VhiBSKLsPq/s832/Trixie%20and%20Shimshi%20Under%20Table%20Dark50pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="832" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYTy-ChBgsik4A5wkQhbV62RukCZSFc-Tq8n_TfFMcSF5gA2CwgFkAaD_M4qX8DNpI3h4sWl2iGNbmEsioqstHH-IZ4WxB3LGCmio-898i0Ng6cAe10ODIZuA7pRFFM6m2_F_DPudkJvY6R_-SgzBhWVu37Ew17uYfjk9WD0AxMX4vJoI-_VhiBSKLsPq/w524-h319/Trixie%20and%20Shimshi%20Under%20Table%20Dark50pc.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here are the blog hop badges:<br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46T-koY09_TDHKMuGfe8XsDGRGYNwC2Vp1tu9D7VJ0mOp8MoWgEVCxNQWQea9A2RjAH5fSsu9aCZRwOzDTNpi8s4ebOy3obXEU7qcE96hf_BZqeaCBOF2giWCSbQ9UZd3Wui9t2aMvYzNZQS0l0gyBir98jQgSLdzgT8Ag4i67LIv59X8OBE88C3K0pyz/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46T-koY09_TDHKMuGfe8XsDGRGYNwC2Vp1tu9D7VJ0mOp8MoWgEVCxNQWQea9A2RjAH5fSsu9aCZRwOzDTNpi8s4ebOy3obXEU7qcE96hf_BZqeaCBOF2giWCSbQ9UZd3Wui9t2aMvYzNZQS0l0gyBir98jQgSLdzgT8Ag4i67LIv59X8OBE88C3K0pyz/w134-h134/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="134" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkEFs5gcoWnijeo1pArya1khbQIP8HnwFpwL50cMFvAPbBp0JQylWc3N79O_sZUDWXqUTS9rK7o8X4LPQwhn-QIO_hyphenhyphenEJEkJmjKKSVuyocDi4OILG_hLpz9HIs-o9LRS6XPdJqLFirfOnCu0aKqu8TIprQ6dEuMNZEKld_xVq-hxgkwWy5sjFiXJ0PMID/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwkEFs5gcoWnijeo1pArya1khbQIP8HnwFpwL50cMFvAPbBp0JQylWc3N79O_sZUDWXqUTS9rK7o8X4LPQwhn-QIO_hyphenhyphenEJEkJmjKKSVuyocDi4OILG_hLpz9HIs-o9LRS6XPdJqLFirfOnCu0aKqu8TIprQ6dEuMNZEKld_xVq-hxgkwWy5sjFiXJ0PMID/w134-h134/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="134" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As far as news of the War goes, you or your Humans have no doubt heard of the Truce, during which a few of the Israeli hostages who were kidnapped on October 7th, are to be returned home (some already have been). This is, of course, a mere Drop in the Ocean. Tomorrow, or later this week, Mummy will write more updates on this subject on her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a>. We, ourselves, however, even though We usually post on Sundays only, may pawsibly write an extra post later in the week on the fate of the pets and livestock in the <i>kibbutzim</i> and other Israeli towns and villages that were attacked by the Evil Humans from Gaza, so watch this space.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-14900696424487489192023-11-19T14:32:00.000+02:002023-11-19T14:32:39.483+02:00It's Looking a Lot Like Autumn: Two Selfies and a Twofur<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybody!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's Me here, Queen Trixie, Fursst of My Name, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Queen of Hearts, Guardian of the Boudoir, Alpha Kitty Extraordinaire!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNWgDPknNm3xKVKAg2hdLlWNTuX4tNSesgWCUubg0wQKqzdnM9U5g4LIrzqSiLSmW_nYIFrKPfzIoJCIYmT27mr3898WkNJ72RnCnxCWabkKdyKktCXv5w6dab6AtDeHvaVfXaMmV-S_KNOS0vZNPfAq5edfzuPKKeC8FBov9aQAmfGd21BwBf6vCB4XX/s1156/Trixie%20at%20attention.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="651" height="710" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNWgDPknNm3xKVKAg2hdLlWNTuX4tNSesgWCUubg0wQKqzdnM9U5g4LIrzqSiLSmW_nYIFrKPfzIoJCIYmT27mr3898WkNJ72RnCnxCWabkKdyKktCXv5w6dab6AtDeHvaVfXaMmV-S_KNOS0vZNPfAq5edfzuPKKeC8FBov9aQAmfGd21BwBf6vCB4XX/w400-h710/Trixie%20at%20attention.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week, it is MY Turn to lead the J-Cats on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/11/autumn-tones-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie,</a> and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/our-final-portrait-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.<br /><br />Here are the blog hop badges, before We forget:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqD9f2xd-iHX6XHcPxReZ0zIZxg_N55sJ874EwD5vnO-DU0sfA8_I443qra4gk9oQzm6elJgzGLCFv4FTEI2KjUXqe0UIMjUFug3DAvZaaA-yBVDAEQj51tl2mRkvncMgqJr-q83hrJx1-ZXN8VKJEBZlDFqLTSpFu0-p-8EV3scwVJADbvXwoCxI0EDw/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqD9f2xd-iHX6XHcPxReZ0zIZxg_N55sJ874EwD5vnO-DU0sfA8_I443qra4gk9oQzm6elJgzGLCFv4FTEI2KjUXqe0UIMjUFug3DAvZaaA-yBVDAEQj51tl2mRkvncMgqJr-q83hrJx1-ZXN8VKJEBZlDFqLTSpFu0-p-8EV3scwVJADbvXwoCxI0EDw/w154-h154/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="154" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvdvttrFqSmC3fMrP1rknl2bEzn50vugEnV2b2fDK3Bie_AxN1koIK3DEI6NKhl_UHcNOtHVCnTRY4UBbdoz5xkDj8w1x5YZ6mqpBOEaoyJz1bwYVOovGD0fkn0ru6KkxJASrYmxp2n1Gz8w2omAkfvu1NHFaA7KS6W5j2kAKpZqmo2Rec8Y_7iHQAzES/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvdvttrFqSmC3fMrP1rknl2bEzn50vugEnV2b2fDK3Bie_AxN1koIK3DEI6NKhl_UHcNOtHVCnTRY4UBbdoz5xkDj8w1x5YZ6mqpBOEaoyJz1bwYVOovGD0fkn0ru6KkxJASrYmxp2n1Gz8w2omAkfvu1NHFaA7KS6W5j2kAKpZqmo2Rec8Y_7iHQAzES/w153-h153/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="153" /></a> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We found it hard to choose this time, so you are getting TWO of Me for the Price of One (mol)! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the second pawtrait:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iRndV67HiC6hsUQG_-gzW4IoPQFy5nV14eX26M0NlCmJmGj1U30WLYaJsqlUcuYn9eFzTWztnnFSvssWZ9gbvMI1vToEMb6HR-qDb2iT8wxbUNcyoU5pe62gJ0UceL67uRvS5BnjqZSiUm31WW9xz7DjqNO-K6fErk-zVRAzyIbCoptZq4BQEyBLGE-p/s1156/Trixie%20Tummy%20and%20Paws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1156" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iRndV67HiC6hsUQG_-gzW4IoPQFy5nV14eX26M0NlCmJmGj1U30WLYaJsqlUcuYn9eFzTWztnnFSvssWZ9gbvMI1vToEMb6HR-qDb2iT8wxbUNcyoU5pe62gJ0UceL67uRvS5BnjqZSiUm31WW9xz7DjqNO-K6fErk-zVRAzyIbCoptZq4BQEyBLGE-p/w531-h298/Trixie%20Tummy%20and%20Paws.jpg" width="531" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In fact, since Shimshi felt rather short-changed last week, because instead of artifying his selfie, We posted artifications of Grandpaw, and since We don't want Caspurr to feel left out either, We are giving you an Extra Special Bonus this weekend - a Twofur of My Pesky Brofurs!<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc0q_c4SmHCUdwumhjOSYtMEb30NDW9BeZbRBruoZTu9lCLZ1ZzdvJKzRX-OSL_ZB6cQzZOmoH7frvhyphenhyphenwqCdH4Yq_vEwJgTbzcsgc_XvQYmxIhZKpORFTT9724SMRFXNPKcSEamrBh2on638Oksj8w5N_Lz7bdcIeL88WYjSy34UNOp4W0qqPO7xznh7k/s1156/Caspurr%20Embracing%20Shimshi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1156" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc0q_c4SmHCUdwumhjOSYtMEb30NDW9BeZbRBruoZTu9lCLZ1ZzdvJKzRX-OSL_ZB6cQzZOmoH7frvhyphenhyphenwqCdH4Yq_vEwJgTbzcsgc_XvQYmxIhZKpORFTT9724SMRFXNPKcSEamrBh2on638Oksj8w5N_Lz7bdcIeL88WYjSy34UNOp4W0qqPO7xznh7k/w495-h278/Caspurr%20Embracing%20Shimshi.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My furrst pawtrait has been artified using LunaPic's Dark filter, at 77%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMz8wJ76XgxCMbD1elMHjU3YSqK2D_DSdXl76z5TliFmtSvIL2gHPxUtoWLtKoKsLbNZu6j58nXSYdqSpo0dAI-YJ9JRCnQDcnFRZcq-pMl_y-pNVOPW7EyS2wBvycH0Tv2mZbDwhNtWJ98YKPkaBBeM1xwNDi4HB6Mgpr0KkT3qcwGt3GQMtLqDIDmi8/s728/Trixie%20at%20AttentionDark77pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="540" height="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMz8wJ76XgxCMbD1elMHjU3YSqK2D_DSdXl76z5TliFmtSvIL2gHPxUtoWLtKoKsLbNZu6j58nXSYdqSpo0dAI-YJ9JRCnQDcnFRZcq-pMl_y-pNVOPW7EyS2wBvycH0Tv2mZbDwhNtWJ98YKPkaBBeM1xwNDi4HB6Mgpr0KkT3qcwGt3GQMtLqDIDmi8/w437-h591/Trixie%20at%20AttentionDark77pc.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We like this because it has kind of a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro" target="_blank">chiaroscuro</a></i> effect (Mummy likes to use big words like that, because She is taking an Open University online lecture series on Art). <br /><br />For the second picture, We used Smoke at 62%, with an overlay of Our Favourite Art Nouveau effect at 38%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFN2OmeXQuXKyu0LmMV8QmOWtG3PIGVTfArPFLQiLfhoQJ_hbca9H4t5jvZA-Y4zKmlTd8LPU8bcOX5mBuPavrKmf-nfecUlqiLbEDQkFQOpoH_6jR5krehX88qD76JPLYI1tvjM21cIVQ7FRlZBg2tYrXyUXqTK0cT7fFqF_V6AhGYUkuBcUuc8A0wBq/s828/TrixieTummyPawsSmoke62Nouveau38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="828" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFN2OmeXQuXKyu0LmMV8QmOWtG3PIGVTfArPFLQiLfhoQJ_hbca9H4t5jvZA-Y4zKmlTd8LPU8bcOX5mBuPavrKmf-nfecUlqiLbEDQkFQOpoH_6jR5krehX88qD76JPLYI1tvjM21cIVQ7FRlZBg2tYrXyUXqTK0cT7fFqF_V6AhGYUkuBcUuc8A0wBq/w516-h315/TrixieTummyPawsSmoke62Nouveau38.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We didn't think about it at the time, but together, that adds up to 100%! Pretty cool, right?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, for Shimshi and Caspurr's Twofur, We chose Fairy at 50%, topped (once again) with Nouveau at 38%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4zQWYKIKzRSWeT44_JRvSBrLDtt_BwzebDfrLlyagciMQ6GSXPmaJ28D0pXtn8yhpY2dBaZHQV8wPPaIWejG0IBwDb_dMT9FZ6MrCCo6XRNfORrp9os1_0MusXp1bgQnQMoWkkrae9SVghwEEwLZiKQFAI9F5n_sBYdbSczs0MlBoVG9in9IFyJ_T9e_/s796/Brotherly%20embraceFairy50Nouveau30pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="796" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4zQWYKIKzRSWeT44_JRvSBrLDtt_BwzebDfrLlyagciMQ6GSXPmaJ28D0pXtn8yhpY2dBaZHQV8wPPaIWejG0IBwDb_dMT9FZ6MrCCo6XRNfORrp9os1_0MusXp1bgQnQMoWkkrae9SVghwEEwLZiKQFAI9F5n_sBYdbSczs0MlBoVG9in9IFyJ_T9e_/w536-h326/Brotherly%20embraceFairy50Nouveau30pc.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, just to keep you updated - Autumn seems to have decided to make its belated appearance. Last Tuesday, when Mummy was at the Burial Grounds with the rest of the Family, marking Grandpaw's Furrst Rainbow Bridge Anniversary, the Windows of Heaven opened, skywater poured down in rivers, there were flashes of lightning and thunder boomies that made Mummy jump from shock, they were so loud. It felt like the storm was right overhead. It's lucky Grandpaw is buried in the new part of the cemetery, which is under cover.<br />Anyway, after that, We had a few sunny days, and today, it looks like it's going to be another stormy one! The sky is all grey and overcast, and the weather app on Mummy's phone says We can expect it to be windy and wet all through the afternoon and evening and all through the night, as well as all day tomorrow.<br />We really wouldn't care, except that Mummy has to go out this evening to Caterwauling Practice, and if the weather is going to be as bad as they say, it will make it furry hard for her to get a taxi.<br /><br />For those of you who are interested in the Wider Picture of what is going on in Our Neck of the Woods, you can take a look at <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Mummy's own bloggie.</a><br /><br />Now it's time for Us to sign off and start blog hopping.<br /><br />Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-78223904307620536302023-11-12T12:27:00.000+02:002023-11-12T12:27:31.293+02:00Shimshi Remembers Grandpaw: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybuddies.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How have you all been keeping? <i>We</i> are all as well as can be expected, considering We have been at war now for five weeks.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">We try to keep Our Spirits up, each in Our Own Way - Mummy, with her Mewsic and Us, by taking part in the weekend blog hops: the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/11/pastel-polyart-and-penart-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by those Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/mesmerizing-eyes-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />This week, it is the turn of ME, The Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) aka The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard, to lead the J-Cats on the bloggie hops.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I proudly present to you My Selfie:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUhg5BHWX25aON5MNiTe5dCuX_tdajmhDLXbDHPdjWbUwCHdoUXtvxlCpsmkAh2A3nCyIXbu37ancYtu6AMjMoHwnbz0SiwZ0xK2sGYOd3mJnjPZExsuNrI3ofS4hiX3NyVui3FNKtrdjS4U-YiYK1x7B5UlmtZN9rvwe43ZlJDBi4eNdZzTEIRDp9WpT/s946/Shimshi%20Remembers%20Grandpaw%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="946" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUhg5BHWX25aON5MNiTe5dCuX_tdajmhDLXbDHPdjWbUwCHdoUXtvxlCpsmkAh2A3nCyIXbu37ancYtu6AMjMoHwnbz0SiwZ0xK2sGYOd3mJnjPZExsuNrI3ofS4hiX3NyVui3FNKtrdjS4U-YiYK1x7B5UlmtZN9rvwe43ZlJDBi4eNdZzTEIRDp9WpT/w539-h329/Shimshi%20Remembers%20Grandpaw%20Framed.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We all have an additional reason for feeling furry sad this week. On Tuesday, it will be exactly one year (according to the Mewish Calendar) since Grandpaw was called away to his Rainbow Bridge. We have been thinking about him a lot. Mummy wonders aloud all the time, what he would have made of the situation here now. As a Holocaust survivor, he was always so grateful for the existence of the State of Israel, where all Jews could find a Safe Refuge - and now, it looks like even that is not to be lightly taken for granted and that some Humans (quite a lot, in fact) think that Israel has no right to exist!<br /><br />In honour of Grandpaw, Our Caturday Art this week will be dedicated to him. Mummy used LunaPic to make three different artifications of him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is one, using the Psychedelic filter at 55%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIslGzH1nTTiN0WnAVCXaiHcm7OLz6n_780jsD-5wMUEXbrGzRWSeLfdgxmaEU-Ny7yzJMe-uAhKRz_V9Gy7VBtcaIGHX9jBkuSKTR5qxwlAQfKEgvTTkgMBYTQ25TQnz1EyI4_gaOkhi69Dk4qgFGDXFd-I5bOEusi6jWxH_u85Nr7Bi2jbDL3BEc9at/s720/AbbaPsychedelic55pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="544" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIslGzH1nTTiN0WnAVCXaiHcm7OLz6n_780jsD-5wMUEXbrGzRWSeLfdgxmaEU-Ny7yzJMe-uAhKRz_V9Gy7VBtcaIGHX9jBkuSKTR5qxwlAQfKEgvTTkgMBYTQ25TQnz1EyI4_gaOkhi69Dk4qgFGDXFd-I5bOEusi6jWxH_u85Nr7Bi2jbDL3BEc9at/w396-h524/AbbaPsychedelic55pc.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are two more, one using Sketch4 at 50% with an overlay of Beauty at 25% (right) and another using Monet at 70% (centre). Mummy decided they should all hang in PhotoFunia's National Gallery of Art:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zKL9yNWvGjRbOnCvIaFy0av02Y5UJ077tXPBa4tCPtdiMZGEvgHiZSxwsr8jy1a2p7QLGus0nVuQ6d3BoGnf62gsLtV-xskIUMJcV9cxKj412sxO5gVrHaC_8hnphSNj2-YdSCQ-1ytFLDcAp-6Ih0y_U_mabxO8xI3m_v04a3fgFiru8fN8JKoD8eFV/s1200/AbbaNationalGalleryOfArt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1200" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zKL9yNWvGjRbOnCvIaFy0av02Y5UJ077tXPBa4tCPtdiMZGEvgHiZSxwsr8jy1a2p7QLGus0nVuQ6d3BoGnf62gsLtV-xskIUMJcV9cxKj412sxO5gVrHaC_8hnphSNj2-YdSCQ-1ytFLDcAp-6Ih0y_U_mabxO8xI3m_v04a3fgFiru8fN8JKoD8eFV/w528-h421/AbbaNationalGalleryOfArt.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's all for now, Dear Anipals. We will try to visit as many of you as We can before Mummy goes to lie down and rest, ahead of Caterwauling Practice.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So before We go, here are the blog hop badges:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKO5PhUsn5SOR8QxQ0sc_J2dKVBmI1NJx_4Ji66DmgQd4ggTVg9nWZT3ZWNrcOVWvq-msTruRx9FPIkj0w1oCWa13yK8OMkv-EcQV4K9JZe6P5QRs-IWsTsnsQEYJhEDbI1GDT2JLZmzW0ymzdvD_6tQSGLLv4GQ2BPorMvx7PFcRnEEKw7rvzf_QLRqsv/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKO5PhUsn5SOR8QxQ0sc_J2dKVBmI1NJx_4Ji66DmgQd4ggTVg9nWZT3ZWNrcOVWvq-msTruRx9FPIkj0w1oCWa13yK8OMkv-EcQV4K9JZe6P5QRs-IWsTsnsQEYJhEDbI1GDT2JLZmzW0ymzdvD_6tQSGLLv4GQ2BPorMvx7PFcRnEEKw7rvzf_QLRqsv/w140-h140/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="140" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoeUM18Z_se4tc1earq6WwVd7G_MVUbO9TmUp1DYryKKkjvKguD2Z6aF5oiuknNjn61pDYOGaqyWfvfVufdNXKAJjueUD6riVJXGYBGyS0s9yHDWsyoQbe5ZOolbktQ9Riyr3atGDDt8s446MVG-4P_NjZoBx-WW08ew8ve9MUcAdGl-Jgp06VQy2KGP8/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZoeUM18Z_se4tc1earq6WwVd7G_MVUbO9TmUp1DYryKKkjvKguD2Z6aF5oiuknNjn61pDYOGaqyWfvfVufdNXKAJjueUD6riVJXGYBGyS0s9yHDWsyoQbe5ZOolbktQ9Riyr3atGDDt8s446MVG-4P_NjZoBx-WW08ew8ve9MUcAdGl-Jgp06VQy2KGP8/w144-h144/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-25487385796649538812023-11-05T14:07:00.000+02:002023-11-05T14:07:57.555+02:00Caspurr's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie: One Month Into The War<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurryone.<br /><br />It's been a whole month now since this war started, and further details are still coming to light about the dreadful, awful, horrible things the Evil Ones from Gaza did on that furrst day, October 7th. What makes Mummy even more upset is the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, there are people throughout the world who are denying that it happened at all and claiming that the evidence is fake!!!<br />We don't want to upset you all, so We aren't going to write about that here. Mummy will save that for her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">own blog</a>, where She has already posted several articles on the subject, and will write more later this week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />One of the ways We "escape" from all the horrors is by taking part, each week, in the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/11/quick-pose-before-nap-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by those delightful, Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/another-tabby-portrait-selfie/#comment-115078" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a> It is My Turn, this week, to repurresent the J-Cats, so without further ado, here is My Selfie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDOjaSvG6GMv_SM7BTFU_v5hIZMQtS890-DFAtqzyF3Zyxvfi_Yj6AzGTIB8QoANW_s-okDNeiMD0LCdCtUbefFar5oSbH9lxHoSqoXqd1JEBodIaM859aEBP9zN_DHbI66vCtEpXZDz2nhHgXgUnb8q25Rijn_Dh7g60q4xTzcaFW-p-OxtIHCViToW1/s883/Patriotic%20Sleepy%20Caspurr%20with%20Tongue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="883" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDOjaSvG6GMv_SM7BTFU_v5hIZMQtS890-DFAtqzyF3Zyxvfi_Yj6AzGTIB8QoANW_s-okDNeiMD0LCdCtUbefFar5oSbH9lxHoSqoXqd1JEBodIaM859aEBP9zN_DHbI66vCtEpXZDz2nhHgXgUnb8q25Rijn_Dh7g60q4xTzcaFW-p-OxtIHCViToW1/w534-h309/Patriotic%20Sleepy%20Caspurr%20with%20Tongue.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know, I know, I look as if I am snoozing when I should be on guard, but if you biggify the picture, you will see that I have one eye open. And if you biggify it some more, you can even catch a glimpse of my little pink tongue. I know your humans all LOVE glimpses of a kitty's tongue (mol).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We artified this picture with the help of LunaPic. We used the Psychedelic effect at full strength, but We thought it was rather too exuberant for the current situation, so we added an overlay of Sadness at 30%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J3XPiuJz6_0e9yGJvcpZP2mDDEvQuesnm1vbhbhbfm4LcvAT7E3JsnnZJhSSYyuCG4eKZh9i16wz8sNFUIv3pQXq0oOwYF5ldwyVRhVBoheK_KZcnb8svOnjIAkSguJBXHa_ao6NUR7XKDcFHyVAGztJchkkguPY-e9Z9yjCEBOZtSvyWqouGVwPKLhq/s1008/Sleepy%20Caspurr%20%20with%20Tongue%20PsychedelicSadness30pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1008" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J3XPiuJz6_0e9yGJvcpZP2mDDEvQuesnm1vbhbhbfm4LcvAT7E3JsnnZJhSSYyuCG4eKZh9i16wz8sNFUIv3pQXq0oOwYF5ldwyVRhVBoheK_KZcnb8svOnjIAkSguJBXHa_ao6NUR7XKDcFHyVAGztJchkkguPY-e9Z9yjCEBOZtSvyWqouGVwPKLhq/w522-h302/Sleepy%20Caspurr%20%20with%20Tongue%20PsychedelicSadness30pc.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We thought it impawtant to keep cheerful, which is why, in spite of Our Subdued Spirits, it's still furry colourful. However, for some reason, you can't see My Tongue so clearly in the artified version.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As Trixie mentioned last week, We have already put the clocks back, so now, the sun sets at about 4:30 pm and by 5:30 pm, it's already dark. On Wednesday, it absolutely poured with sky water. There was even thunder and lightning. But that only lasted one day. It's back to sunny skies, hardly any clouds and daytime tempurratures in the upper 20s Celsius. Still, there is a definite nip in the air at night and in the early morning. Hallo, Autumn! Are you there?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, before We go (and let Mummy rest till it's time for Caterwauling Purractice), here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt83j_kxOO3kcW4pju5pJ9CtqlNQUvmVkkXi0ctAEniYq2JDh6bc9QuzHgwKZeWyWq3a0qmI0Cm7MfWbYJ1XDq-bdZho6WI8eRcEGzR-ObIq5mMgpMayZ8N88uH39WyeYgzEBBgSYDGjsvEC0GH5sTKc2T609JikNKhlm_PH_imq6tPdvwA6zQujhpPeG2/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt83j_kxOO3kcW4pju5pJ9CtqlNQUvmVkkXi0ctAEniYq2JDh6bc9QuzHgwKZeWyWq3a0qmI0Cm7MfWbYJ1XDq-bdZho6WI8eRcEGzR-ObIq5mMgpMayZ8N88uH39WyeYgzEBBgSYDGjsvEC0GH5sTKc2T609JikNKhlm_PH_imq6tPdvwA6zQujhpPeG2/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwqDMUvxsTUNh6hpGrs267pfkMgYlnlZnT9MaQxW40rwZUGZml2-8ZrVFFF6IAIklQ9b7TktvqTVxfbNRicWUvXpbCGNvpfYu2t26BdlBfPBwb0H7Tb3fbA4zoNBrxDyyB80Y5cZLLGpSSc05iZUPXpQAbX8dHmGHYtpJKf9urL0TyqQrembfpIz_oSZf/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwqDMUvxsTUNh6hpGrs267pfkMgYlnlZnT9MaQxW40rwZUGZml2-8ZrVFFF6IAIklQ9b7TktvqTVxfbNRicWUvXpbCGNvpfYu2t26BdlBfPBwb0H7Tb3fbA4zoNBrxDyyB80Y5cZLLGpSSc05iZUPXpQAbX8dHmGHYtpJKf9urL0TyqQrembfpIz_oSZf/w152-h152/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="152" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">See you next week. Till then, Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-8826854465597800802023-10-29T14:47:00.000+02:002023-10-29T14:47:34.704+02:00Trixie's Patriotic Sunday Selfie and Exceedingly Spooky Caturday Art<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybody!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Queen Trixie here, Furrst of My Name, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Queen of Hearts, the Panfur Princess, Guardian of the Boudoir, Alpha-Kitty Extraordinaire, leading the J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/10/halloween-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/torbie-cat-green-eyed-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is My Selfie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXJqp7PnvqS7I6bR_yP_Uj2v1wRRVdFVa2HDOtHUg6zT7C8Qw73mEWfU__gZtPDLh0-6dQtrI5fNzYW6ixrJuiWrByHSn8FswDFOiLZo2qF66F00pVle6xd6JKUuapd1IXMCZutL4b0iDbNwByEc-N5_do_rMezq-_Lgmioof3-7R48DTs8U-B337zfN2/s962/Trixie's%20Patriotic%20Halloween%20Picture%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="962" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXJqp7PnvqS7I6bR_yP_Uj2v1wRRVdFVa2HDOtHUg6zT7C8Qw73mEWfU__gZtPDLh0-6dQtrI5fNzYW6ixrJuiWrByHSn8FswDFOiLZo2qF66F00pVle6xd6JKUuapd1IXMCZutL4b0iDbNwByEc-N5_do_rMezq-_Lgmioof3-7R48DTs8U-B337zfN2/w509-h318/Trixie's%20Patriotic%20Halloween%20Picture%20Framed.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you see My Nice New Box? It came with Our Last Order from Animal Shop and contained 10 bags of the new kind of litter We are using for Our litter-boxes. Mummy saw they had a special offer on crystal litter a couple of months ago, so We tried it and were furry satisfied. It doesn't stick to Our furs or leave dust trails nearly as much as the clay-based clumping litter We were using before, and it controls odours much better. Besides which, it's kind of pretty (mol). So that's what We are using now.<br />What do <i>you</i> think? What kind of litter do <i>you</i> prefurr (if that's not too purrsonal a question)?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For Our Caturday Art, We have taken note that Howloween is almost upon Us. We used LunaPic's Dark filter at 77%, and some of their Clipart. Do you think the result is sufficiently Spooky? We certainly do!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNhWOlBO1hMfE3gwmlQqE41N__YUwzH8JXpdYjOkaMyTw6riKJU1KnYJ-hWEg7bCQz8pVC-VBnYoCJbny0na89_aPrzAC3WPqKSXgldS0CYHYXY4ir-lhjWt_DTFf3sPLvFVGUnTxRHxJe07wR0YTlTwA09zaYvi3leTfVhxtAXxrYH_ruQehkA-0I81B/s932/Trixie's%20Super%20Scary%20Howloween%20Art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="932" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNhWOlBO1hMfE3gwmlQqE41N__YUwzH8JXpdYjOkaMyTw6riKJU1KnYJ-hWEg7bCQz8pVC-VBnYoCJbny0na89_aPrzAC3WPqKSXgldS0CYHYXY4ir-lhjWt_DTFf3sPLvFVGUnTxRHxJe07wR0YTlTwA09zaYvi3leTfVhxtAXxrYH_ruQehkA-0I81B/w539-h382/Trixie's%20Super%20Scary%20Howloween%20Art.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEEELsIJPs5A60G2ul3cYNBKV6X7WzDQ6NDqFmH31hbIXOd68XAN5WAPj9A6kLEfrdhcHn-Kevp-J_5t4bCz_bJ4qkfSmWMU2rVgRKAT9MJ38_I9oMcuI_nA_FEmES3EPh6e-xJaXwJor2kTwmvr7corZKcjEs4dzQQIFJ2WP6XHtIDU_w5xVPZM7Z54L/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEEELsIJPs5A60G2ul3cYNBKV6X7WzDQ6NDqFmH31hbIXOd68XAN5WAPj9A6kLEfrdhcHn-Kevp-J_5t4bCz_bJ4qkfSmWMU2rVgRKAT9MJ38_I9oMcuI_nA_FEmES3EPh6e-xJaXwJor2kTwmvr7corZKcjEs4dzQQIFJ2WP6XHtIDU_w5xVPZM7Z54L/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tXWpU_9TdA_6IVWOr7WyBVsO2xRColBCxNJun9029d2navUnhEymraMLfgH9rjtxI9mk6p1jPWITS7iac0yTw8SVnmFqLAU1MQW2-s_4nRefi-S0uH91D0UVMn3r03jPDItwKpmxGUoJ7M4t1yWaM3pEFzjKraLwFaQgd7hZxMdRNjmv0Q7bbBdyNyg6/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tXWpU_9TdA_6IVWOr7WyBVsO2xRColBCxNJun9029d2navUnhEymraMLfgH9rjtxI9mk6p1jPWITS7iac0yTw8SVnmFqLAU1MQW2-s_4nRefi-S0uH91D0UVMn3r03jPDItwKpmxGUoJ7M4t1yWaM3pEFzjKraLwFaQgd7hZxMdRNjmv0Q7bbBdyNyg6/w149-h149/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="149" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last night, We put the clocks back one hour, so Mummy had the <i>chutzpah</i> to think She could sleep an extra hour this meowning and make Us wait for Our Breakfast! Well, naturally, We weren't having any of that so We sang the Song of Our People and did zoomies all over the place, until She had no choice but to get up and feed Us!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Despite that giveaway that Autumn is really here, there is no sign of rain and, in fact, We "enjoyed" tempurratures of up to 30 C over the weekend. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Uncle D. made it safely back to London, although his departure was marked by a truly fur-raising expurrience. Well, it raised Our furs anyway, though Uncle D. claimed nobody on board panicked. On the afternoon that Uncle D. flew home, there were several heavy missile barrages aimed at Tel Aviv. Uncle D. was one of the furrst to board his airy-plane, and was sitting in his seat talking to Mummy on his meowbile phone when there was another rocket attack from Gaza. They were parked there on the tarmac like sitting ducks! There would have been no possibility to get effurrybody off the airy-plane and into a safe space in the 90 seconds at their disposal, so they just carried on boarding, while the Iron Dome air defence system did its work. NOT something We would care to expurrience Ourselves! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, It is time for Us to sign off, as Mummy has to have a rest before going to Caterwauling practice. They have started up again, after taking a break during the furrst week of the War, because people felt that singing together would give them strength. And do you know what? Mummy says it really did help. She doesn't caterwaul all over the house like She used to before the War, but She says it did help enormously to be with other people and to be able to detach herself for a couple of hours from the dreadful situation all around Us.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till next time, then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-31644116976668211262023-10-22T14:27:00.000+03:002023-10-22T14:27:01.913+03:00Shimshi's Solemn Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!<br /><br />As you know, things here in Israel are furry sad and worrying. More and more details are emerging of the terrible things the Evil Ones from Gaza (We can hardly bring Ourselves to call them humans and We certainly wouldn't insult animals by calling them animals!) did in their attack in the south of Israel two weeks ago. Mummy will write about that in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">own blog</a> maybe, in the coming days.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I, the Mighty Shimshon (aka the Little Purrince) etc. etc., Shimshi for short, am finding it harder than effur to carry out My Duties as Master of the Queen's Mischiefs. I have to keep Mummy's spirits up, but it is not easy in these dreadful times. I have been snuggling with her a lot - well, We all have - and I do my best to make her smile, but there is little to smile about. So you will all understand why I am looking so solemn in my selfie.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ysE_55Uk3XdJOLMWndnB9gV2BjryM_GwFFXoiYMBJZtaaSSjpIKJYV53zZyVt-B1B7Js6qAwjbeey6V8Svm7BqtOqxt4BnHYhUo7r7jKR9CGhTjrYtaK2Es0bR2nzqTOVLGWJEf4KpEl1-FsIkXDVoI3uN3Yvg4wD9JrwjjsDPjM5RqFEhsZLOxvo7kB/s1156/Solemn%20Shimshi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1156" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ysE_55Uk3XdJOLMWndnB9gV2BjryM_GwFFXoiYMBJZtaaSSjpIKJYV53zZyVt-B1B7Js6qAwjbeey6V8Svm7BqtOqxt4BnHYhUo7r7jKR9CGhTjrYtaK2Es0bR2nzqTOVLGWJEf4KpEl1-FsIkXDVoI3uN3Yvg4wD9JrwjjsDPjM5RqFEhsZLOxvo7kB/w523-h294/Solemn%20Shimshi.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes, dear anipals, it is My Turn to lead my Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/10/happy-12th-blogoversary-to-us.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful, and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/ginger-cat-portrait-selfie/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furrst of all, I need to show My True Colours, as I am also Captain of the Guard:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdVPwGEPsj7AgVgdoPtpXWgFTUVaZlU8iSkt1TvoyCWP-m63uDHb_0veMc0rHpUQadyiIXjiVICA1XyJOKrZWSbhMfDltADQYQXPQ7tTCYGM3KcwHyuIG7X5cZ_PvpQtg1T2ft-i9WeXoZuzlYawZ_8jg5Ae7Vpsci8DrjqnQK3JxPROpgErhqIrP1ZTj/s932/Solemn%20ShimshiIsraelFlag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="932" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCdVPwGEPsj7AgVgdoPtpXWgFTUVaZlU8iSkt1TvoyCWP-m63uDHb_0veMc0rHpUQadyiIXjiVICA1XyJOKrZWSbhMfDltADQYQXPQ7tTCYGM3KcwHyuIG7X5cZ_PvpQtg1T2ft-i9WeXoZuzlYawZ_8jg5Ae7Vpsci8DrjqnQK3JxPROpgErhqIrP1ZTj/w525-h317/Solemn%20ShimshiIsraelFlag.jpg" width="525" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We don't often use LunaPic's Sadness filter, and certainly not at anything like full strength - but this week, it would be justified. Still, We would not allow Mummy to give in to complete despair and so it is set at 85%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4xoUIj-LxIvRRX3Tgx1yDDHveCB_Qew2D5VBQHXkcgtl7JPg8-Yl29Pu5Xo_4J55HsApnCjtUQe1AaMFCLcIwcdsvDEoj1-WgpqaRDPgjXekD-QgMw1o0wHN175Zfhq2kJ64AvvGj1RGYoZBKd0563dvbMFNqMlLyPWK9h0hTmpTZBiOhHWQlgtpUzeS/s1096/Solrmn%20Shimshi%20Sadness85pcFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1096" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4xoUIj-LxIvRRX3Tgx1yDDHveCB_Qew2D5VBQHXkcgtl7JPg8-Yl29Pu5Xo_4J55HsApnCjtUQe1AaMFCLcIwcdsvDEoj1-WgpqaRDPgjXekD-QgMw1o0wHN175Zfhq2kJ64AvvGj1RGYoZBKd0563dvbMFNqMlLyPWK9h0hTmpTZBiOhHWQlgtpUzeS/w523-h321/Solrmn%20Shimshi%20Sadness85pcFramed.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another filter that We don't often use - if effur - is Pen. Here, We set it at 65%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIxTdlRoo3EJWO8Y8AHE5lvUy2DbGXOWi0chqWJalZkS-7UWfIb6URLP8-E_3y9PcTm7IzQPj5v8dXovsVLCXByDbmcqNi2H7Bfic_upv95e4dPKsWLbmuXpSs-DoxqDz5n-LyWL20vm0DZDO-c8jW2SsR4Ng-Q36aYREBqxHxOSyPVizdw8hyphenhyphenNRumTw0/s1096/Solemn%20ShimshiPen65pcFramed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1096" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIxTdlRoo3EJWO8Y8AHE5lvUy2DbGXOWi0chqWJalZkS-7UWfIb6URLP8-E_3y9PcTm7IzQPj5v8dXovsVLCXByDbmcqNi2H7Bfic_upv95e4dPKsWLbmuXpSs-DoxqDz5n-LyWL20vm0DZDO-c8jW2SsR4Ng-Q36aYREBqxHxOSyPVizdw8hyphenhyphenNRumTw0/w520-h319/Solemn%20ShimshiPen65pcFramed.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here are the blog hop badges: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iMRbcAbrbt-LFFIOqtH2OVs2LnKxClszqe09VK54f8iLm681e6V8S0eN2yPoFTjcjdxBlJgNG3evxmmU8DYFTr1nPmP5jgKCu6s1q-UqbD_ZMCQkvE1SThR0ca3_h91bjU6krI-ls1oizOpoqlm8XelReWpm731UEPxuebdEmtxP98_4q9tulRYAaj2i/s200/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iMRbcAbrbt-LFFIOqtH2OVs2LnKxClszqe09VK54f8iLm681e6V8S0eN2yPoFTjcjdxBlJgNG3evxmmU8DYFTr1nPmP5jgKCu6s1q-UqbD_ZMCQkvE1SThR0ca3_h91bjU6krI-ls1oizOpoqlm8XelReWpm731UEPxuebdEmtxP98_4q9tulRYAaj2i/w137-h137/CaturdayArtBanner.jpg" width="137" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojoQ79xUBANFWSV3uZBn0JGbSQ7vVpkrqzqYvOa6yASsTcOav1RNCxpgrNsrgxrhMkMZG0crHnNKkJBCM06TIlW6QMnuNbewhI0tZVkyZ4mmwm4rh3ZDY3j29tqhNdQUxIAvWqdZwe-HffiuPiERCwtquSuGVid3C7YwISWe-yFVD2NveM0gaf2shMbfU/s141/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="141" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojoQ79xUBANFWSV3uZBn0JGbSQ7vVpkrqzqYvOa6yASsTcOav1RNCxpgrNsrgxrhMkMZG0crHnNKkJBCM06TIlW6QMnuNbewhI0tZVkyZ4mmwm4rh3ZDY3j29tqhNdQUxIAvWqdZwe-HffiuPiERCwtquSuGVid3C7YwISWe-yFVD2NveM0gaf2shMbfU/s1600/rsz_cat_on_my_head.jpg" width="141" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now to another reason for Mummy's sadness. Yesterday, October 21st, was Possum's <i>yahrzeit</i> - 11 years since he flew off to the Rainbow Bridge. We wish to honour him by posting his pawtrait here, in remembrance of Possum the MagnifiCat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here he is in his kittenhood, shortly after he furrst came to Mummy:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s0EQl7_LAlqZDcD2GRhmwbm16P6eQJ5GAss0mPa_yBaMHkc-Kk7Iwyf0DWwcNn_rb_5BsTcEP22LqZQlFp_Ld_esrE9J-RGClABs0aFaSlF419xRERI7WGD6dS97iSh2k5XDXOq7cGYnWKOl6JjMAoJvUjSSbpweBg59XkqkJypmwmBBoDihD3M4oMbX/s925/Possum%20the%20day%20he%20came%20to%20me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="648" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s0EQl7_LAlqZDcD2GRhmwbm16P6eQJ5GAss0mPa_yBaMHkc-Kk7Iwyf0DWwcNn_rb_5BsTcEP22LqZQlFp_Ld_esrE9J-RGClABs0aFaSlF419xRERI7WGD6dS97iSh2k5XDXOq7cGYnWKOl6JjMAoJvUjSSbpweBg59XkqkJypmwmBBoDihD3M4oMbX/w322-h461/Possum%20the%20day%20he%20came%20to%20me.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He was so tiny - but he grew to be a Really Big Mancat (just like Me, Mummy says).<br />He is always in Mummy's heart and will neffur, effur, be forgotten.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMzDVuXFgqOMztZM0oCjn5VHnX0cADvUaFLEnvYcW6jUWXzk6Y8lsoemUBQRhOig8QPIpaGGAgSwNu9yiHqAyc9kyBW2QnfmLZ9Qi-Hqyna0z1N0og3xvdhS1ZZ7EVH_Ipw2fGEWnEBayLkCpowrZY40d-hUOuQAQV6qF8X2-eO8Et3lcIOvS2HleD35_/s1600/03-02-12_1051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMzDVuXFgqOMztZM0oCjn5VHnX0cADvUaFLEnvYcW6jUWXzk6Y8lsoemUBQRhOig8QPIpaGGAgSwNu9yiHqAyc9kyBW2QnfmLZ9Qi-Hqyna0z1N0og3xvdhS1ZZ7EVH_Ipw2fGEWnEBayLkCpowrZY40d-hUOuQAQV6qF8X2-eO8Et3lcIOvS2HleD35_/w544-h408/03-02-12_1051.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One nice thing We can tell you is that Uncle D. is back with Mummy, after having spent a couple of weeks at Auntie N's apawtment. He was meant to fly back to England last Sunday, but his flight was cancelled, because of the War. He managed to book another flight, which was supposed to leave on Friday - the day before yesterday - but that, too, was cancelled. So now he has booked with El Al and is supposed to leave the day after tomorrow (Tuesday). Meanwhile, he is staying here again with Us for a few more days. He cooked supper for Mummy on Friday - stuffed, roast chick-hen and roast potatoes. She said it was yummy, but they didn't give Us any. Mummy said that's because Uncle D. used a lot of garlic and onion in the cooking, both of which are furry, furry bad for kitties. (<i>We</i> think that's just an excuse. What do <i>you</i> think, dear furriends?)<br /><br />At all events, it cheered Mummy up quite a lot to have Uncle D.'s company.<br /><br />And now, Dear Furriends, it's time to sign off. If We don't find time to visit you all today, look out for Us over the course of the week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-72875508025838226622023-10-15T15:26:00.000+03:002023-10-15T15:26:01.410+03:00Caspurr's Heartbroken Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurryone!<br /><br />It is I, Field Marshall Sir Caspurr the Courageous here, repurresenting the J-Cats in this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/10/peeping-through-window-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by Our Dear Furriends, the Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/another-autumn-selfie-remembering-brian/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet. </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP29iSmvGORZg9U_nEFOK3DEe92Wt6L2ZgAzpEtGmWvgWBktyiEDdmVi-cBvoz4WBiGuEn90UxBVdC3UyGvb1M2uhkNopvLRFPxfoIiYJVrZLd0VlNoac1ztl0lRnbmYBV3MA0cdLAnZLUA3rjKv3DqDp61OTy2sClPUrJJL2w5JuCdOXwmq-0tiNYXS10/s908/Field%20Marshal%20Caspurr%20framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="550" height="739" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP29iSmvGORZg9U_nEFOK3DEe92Wt6L2ZgAzpEtGmWvgWBktyiEDdmVi-cBvoz4WBiGuEn90UxBVdC3UyGvb1M2uhkNopvLRFPxfoIiYJVrZLd0VlNoac1ztl0lRnbmYBV3MA0cdLAnZLUA3rjKv3DqDp61OTy2sClPUrJJL2w5JuCdOXwmq-0tiNYXS10/w447-h739/Field%20Marshal%20Caspurr%20framed.jpg" width="447" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who would have believed that after Trixie's post last week, things would get even worse?<br /><br />As you know, we are at war, dear furriends. Since we last posted, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bloodcurdling </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">details have emerged of the terrible things the evil humans from Gaza did. Mummy wrote about some of them in her </span><a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2023/10/10/in-spite-of-all-terror/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">own blog</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> last week. We don't want to write about them here, but We must tell you that the Hamas-ISIS murderers even slaughtered the animals in the kibbutzim which they managed to over-run.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many people from areas nearest to the borders have been evacuated to safer places, but have been forced to leave behind beloved pets, as well as farm animals. And there were many furbabies who were so terrified of all the rockets and mortars and gunfire, that they fled. And that's without taking into account the many pet-owners who were murdered and left their furbabies orphans. Volunteer organisations are trying to take care of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are determined, however, to do Our Best to stay in touch with you all and to keep posting effurry Sunday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, here is an artified, close-up pawtrait of me. Mummy didn't hesitate for so much as a minute in choosing a filter - LunaPic's <b>Brave</b> filter, at 100%.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1gfZ-MO7zObUIVsY65RQ28GsX0PpJjAfCLNrwUSca7-gzT6_da-EsSUC7-EYWT5zkV-tI1tpEkgY88Bh_deT7h-4mmMOZQlh-mgwOme-_OcAXtnINnvcuHZeEMIBTwxoq1EqEXy_UadDGUx_GJnCySMbOnQZYFfK7mcCp3LUGPqJTDm-Ba7oE5QB-cVo/s813/Field%20Marshall%20Caspurr%20Brave%20Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="813" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1gfZ-MO7zObUIVsY65RQ28GsX0PpJjAfCLNrwUSca7-gzT6_da-EsSUC7-EYWT5zkV-tI1tpEkgY88Bh_deT7h-4mmMOZQlh-mgwOme-_OcAXtnINnvcuHZeEMIBTwxoq1EqEXy_UadDGUx_GJnCySMbOnQZYFfK7mcCp3LUGPqJTDm-Ba7oE5QB-cVo/w509-h313/Field%20Marshall%20Caspurr%20Brave%20Framed.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVr4i3GeUNwTDlG-gUPs_FBCJaZMWG99U9poJFSoiHG8M77BGvNNhVvs3VdBG9U_ok4TozgK1XkFwxDYLtZoEVpWDS0FITOyiV1c5ilMZKJ039Qi1_9pcWAihdcYwqjf154Jg1Mqm_gOnCU7gaEf8O6EIq3H2BlQqsgE2uwwRBX0-43kzD9bXa55gJ0q_/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVr4i3GeUNwTDlG-gUPs_FBCJaZMWG99U9poJFSoiHG8M77BGvNNhVvs3VdBG9U_ok4TozgK1XkFwxDYLtZoEVpWDS0FITOyiV1c5ilMZKJ039Qi1_9pcWAihdcYwqjf154Jg1Mqm_gOnCU7gaEf8O6EIq3H2BlQqsgE2uwwRBX0-43kzD9bXa55gJ0q_/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyOUOJn8gNvx-A5_x4xijrzB9MrAlJCboPPX3sXbvhyBp9gy-370G_V8Ffs1ojK7YHo4IiJASwz6-9r7s7fxwW9kAbC-uKVQQuvz8y0B6Bv6Kuq52EKBZADY6Lzms3CkYec8mFe2zez_mQco8_YsASUOltAIe2JeCfOHwC42ER4olN5ag3pR8wzXhQsaK/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyOUOJn8gNvx-A5_x4xijrzB9MrAlJCboPPX3sXbvhyBp9gy-370G_V8Ffs1ojK7YHo4IiJASwz6-9r7s7fxwW9kAbC-uKVQQuvz8y0B6Bv6Kuq52EKBZADY6Lzms3CkYec8mFe2zez_mQco8_YsASUOltAIe2JeCfOHwC42ER4olN5ag3pR8wzXhQsaK/w147-h147/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="147" /></a> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The heartbreak of the past week is not only due to the War. We also learnt of the departure for the Rainbow Bridge </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">of two beloved Feline Furriends</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> - Brian, the handsome, gentle mancat from </span><a href="https://brianshomeblog.com/2023/10/rest-in-peace-dear-brian.html" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Brian's Home</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, and Sage (aka TKS), the sweet panfur princess from </span><a href="https://savannahspawtracks.com/2023/10/12/thankful-to-celebrate-life-with-our-beloved-sage/" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Savannah's Paw Tracks</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Our sincerest and most heartfelt condolences to their pawrents and families. May these two precious furbabies now run free, forever young and healthy again, in the endless nip fields beyond the Bridge, safe in the Loving Paw of the Great Cat in the Sky.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's all for now, dear anipals. We will try to visit as many of you as We can, over the course of the week.<br /><br />Meanwhile, be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-44147850376166770252023-10-08T17:35:00.001+03:002023-10-08T18:55:01.440+03:00Trixie's Sad and Worried Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greetings, Effurrybody!<br /><br />We are back to taking it in turn to repurresent the J-Cats in the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/10/caturday-in-catio-caturdayart.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by those Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/c-j-s-new-portrait-remembering-a-friend/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week, it is MY Turn, Queen Trixie, Furrst of My Name, etc. etc. to be the J-Cats' official presenter:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tWwQkz0rShcx_BRXKCNsjVbi2k8aAkpryUwZbIZmXOD9pJQ9tyhlwNKSWq-zpwqvVSLuW-cRo-K1YLLNthIxR_ds5vr7KkAQznFeaHdJ-vt5TdhCJY2CdRVmhp2MmpDBR1rC-QS06uEtZwTzKx496wZsYdbSnmkbKcxysWeCvX0zr8-ZeurOD-qPusMl/s1156/Trixie's%20Sunday%20Selfie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="651" height="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tWwQkz0rShcx_BRXKCNsjVbi2k8aAkpryUwZbIZmXOD9pJQ9tyhlwNKSWq-zpwqvVSLuW-cRo-K1YLLNthIxR_ds5vr7KkAQznFeaHdJ-vt5TdhCJY2CdRVmhp2MmpDBR1rC-QS06uEtZwTzKx496wZsYdbSnmkbKcxysWeCvX0zr8-ZeurOD-qPusMl/w358-h637/Trixie's%20Sunday%20Selfie.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This has been a furry sad and worrying weekend for all of Us. Saturday should have been a wonderful, happy day, because it was the Mewish festival of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simchat_Torah" target="_blank">Simchat Torah</a>. But instead, Mummy woke up a few minutes before 7 am and something told her to turn on the radio. Then she discovered that for the past half hour, the Evil Humans in the Gaza Strip had been firing hundreds of rockets at Israeli towns and villages (later, it transpired there had been over 5000 in all!) Mummy was wary but not too worried, because they usually don't fire rockets at Jerusalem, and if they do, it's usually just one or two, just to show they can. She got up to get breakfast for Us, and a cup of coffee and a sandwich for herself. Well, she managed to give Us Our Brekkie, but then She got distracted by the news reports that said that in addition to the missiles, dozens of Hamas terrorists from Gaza had also infiltrated Israel and were roaming around freely in several towns and villages in the south, murdering people and taking hostages!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then <strike>She</strike> We all heard them - the sirens warning of a rocket attack. Mummy dived under the heavy oak table in the living-room, because the air-raid shelter is three floors down an unprotected outside staircase, and in any case, Mummy was still in her <strike>rather skimpy</strike> nightie. There were a couple of booms, which Mummy said must be the Iron Dome system intercepting the rockets. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">After a few minutes, during which time, She was WhatsApping other family members to make sure effurryone was okay, Mummy felt it was safe enough to come out. We all thought that that was that, as far as Jerusalem was concerned, but no! There were four or five more Red Alerts during the morning.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then it became clear that a full-scale war was in the offing. Mummy will write about that in her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a>, of course, if not today, then tomorrow. Part 2 of her adventures in Montenegro last month will just have to wait. <br />Mummy would also like to mention that her bloggie has a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theviewfromthepalace" target="_blank">Fursbook page</a>. She might post short updates there if She can't find time to write a full-length article. We also apawlogise if We can't find much time for visiting Our Furriends this week. We will do Our best but We need to stay close to the TeeVee, to keep abreast of what's happening. There is a high pawsibility of war in the north also.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br />Meanwhile, We kitties have a new duty - purrtecting Mummy from the Boomies. I, Trixie, am Chief Air Raid Warden. Naturally, I wear a helmet to keep Me safe. For Our Caturday Art, here is a pawtrait of Me in My Camouflage Helmet, artified using LunaPic's Scribble filter at 30%:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCliSbO7ukAPWnJFuWsPfqY8yB3VAm0O6h6YumulbXrrmaI74_BvAxWTV3mJZgAtID3Og307jaNAReuZaawV-m8GYtDkfmZj-eVNcIInjq2TnfDz3xOVjwjR9IkrHwBlZS7cwtpNVRg7dQoMr4z8hHuQ_b8DzTaCHBE2LSY5HULM8bX6ob5IQ6HOSe9Ixx/s948/TrixieHelmetScribble30pc.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="948" data-original-width="768" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCliSbO7ukAPWnJFuWsPfqY8yB3VAm0O6h6YumulbXrrmaI74_BvAxWTV3mJZgAtID3Og307jaNAReuZaawV-m8GYtDkfmZj-eVNcIInjq2TnfDz3xOVjwjR9IkrHwBlZS7cwtpNVRg7dQoMr4z8hHuQ_b8DzTaCHBE2LSY5HULM8bX6ob5IQ6HOSe9Ixx/w432-h535/TrixieHelmetScribble30pc.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As if Our weekend wasn't sad enough, We also received the heartbreaking news that Pattie Kleinke, known to most of us as TW (The Woman) from Cathy Keisha's blog Stunning Keisha, has lost her battle with the evil cancer and crossed her own Rainbow Bridge. We send hugs and gentle purrs of condolence to her beloved kitty, Cathy Keisha (CK) and to her Dad, Fred (aka Pop).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, here are the blog hop badges.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssCzCUbqkrMiHySVvN_YLjeiQGkk6Esnv-uZKVAeTGr8ilI__oj2HkTxDA5_3VFh1-4RNkmNawXxpvhaLWvNXie5Q2nlgUZTuXYAwLX2USnwzvfHmQU_bjX1cwiSegJiIclv12eJQhZIUx-_BlQTGTp-Jmv1i_M6DAxjAg6Oo23kT10ej-zb_1a5EyE_X/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssCzCUbqkrMiHySVvN_YLjeiQGkk6Esnv-uZKVAeTGr8ilI__oj2HkTxDA5_3VFh1-4RNkmNawXxpvhaLWvNXie5Q2nlgUZTuXYAwLX2USnwzvfHmQU_bjX1cwiSegJiIclv12eJQhZIUx-_BlQTGTp-Jmv1i_M6DAxjAg6Oo23kT10ej-zb_1a5EyE_X/s1600/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOnbWG3JeZTfE-bMRV_aUBW2WbeWvw1c4DfWpmfktjGcPJdobn9L3TEIWo4oCQZ_vppHhTcnBhRLrJbM6wSNYKvanNhuiwm-9-YcEEfMO2jbv97mEU30FnDL3CkSjUxtiBwROtlj50YL5c3d3PanqagyArwvL_5him9WzCiLFmEO1ixkj2xSD56t7WCT0/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOnbWG3JeZTfE-bMRV_aUBW2WbeWvw1c4DfWpmfktjGcPJdobn9L3TEIWo4oCQZ_vppHhTcnBhRLrJbM6wSNYKvanNhuiwm-9-YcEEfMO2jbv97mEU30FnDL3CkSjUxtiBwROtlj50YL5c3d3PanqagyArwvL_5him9WzCiLFmEO1ixkj2xSD56t7WCT0/w151-h151/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="151" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to all of you who left Us messages of support, or who mailed Us to make sure We are all safe in these furry difficult times.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4799004866537823629.post-73738894435958786112023-10-01T15:13:00.000+03:002023-10-01T15:13:57.141+03:00Welcome To Our Sukkah: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This weekend, all three of Us will be taking part in the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful <a href="https://www.athenacatgoddess.com/2023/09/relaxing-and-get-set-for-autumn.html" target="_blank">Athena and her HuMum, Marie</a>, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by Our Dear Furriends, the Predictably Unpredictable <a href="https://thecatonmyhead.com/autumn-astrid/" target="_blank">Kitties Blue and <i>their</i> HuMom, Janet.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is because Mummy managed to catch all three of Us together, <i>not fighting</i>, in a lovely, restful Ussie:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidg2gfiuoqY4yuXEwNeOHSsHCWgErqBIM3YfWflLsGFYinCgqgAZdpR_xQCqaW1Sa3ml0htF_clGblHgaI1F5kS20E9HDkSAKI9ucs7Cw2E7RQY-dCecVTqsXz4_sY7RjcAK4Uw8-E2mn0-_dkGLv8WqN_Ex7aL7VW4iC_5xwXQbDjRt8fILH6WtPz-gmE/s1156/A%20New%20Year's%20Ussie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1156" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidg2gfiuoqY4yuXEwNeOHSsHCWgErqBIM3YfWflLsGFYinCgqgAZdpR_xQCqaW1Sa3ml0htF_clGblHgaI1F5kS20E9HDkSAKI9ucs7Cw2E7RQY-dCecVTqsXz4_sY7RjcAK4Uw8-E2mn0-_dkGLv8WqN_Ex7aL7VW4iC_5xwXQbDjRt8fILH6WtPz-gmE/w519-h292/A%20New%20Year's%20Ussie.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We artified this using LunaPic's Edtaonisi filter at 50%. We haven't used this effect for quite a while, for some reason, but We are furry satisfied with the results:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04gFVZAm4TJzuo6Z_As7SuhWEJJFrZMSKGyrkgRHr95E0oXCuZbNXwua2u0prww9J9gMrP4_znAuwrCyITLxFtHXxU3zDWUPzALezxAZrpfg0BJCHD3OgV8T0BvqwSy7Af4M2knMv7_IVyZ2XVN1v0WG5UWw5t_H6TEp9_y-OxySOOB1VtnsBLGl-IckM/s912/New%20YearUssieEdtaonisi50pc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="912" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04gFVZAm4TJzuo6Z_As7SuhWEJJFrZMSKGyrkgRHr95E0oXCuZbNXwua2u0prww9J9gMrP4_znAuwrCyITLxFtHXxU3zDWUPzALezxAZrpfg0BJCHD3OgV8T0BvqwSy7Af4M2knMv7_IVyZ2XVN1v0WG5UWw5t_H6TEp9_y-OxySOOB1VtnsBLGl-IckM/w531-h322/New%20YearUssieEdtaonisi50pc.jpg" width="531" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot" target="_blank">Sukkot</a> (Tabernacles) is here, the weather is finally showing some signs that it is, actually autumn. The sky is quite cloudy today, and We heard there might be some sky-water, especially in the north, but We haven't seen any here in Jerusalem as yet. In fact, We hope it doesn't rain until after Sukkot, because nobody wants a soggy, water-logged <i>sukkah</i>, do they? Especially when We put so much effort into building ours and decorating it and making it all purrty so We could welcome all Our Furriends whom We hope will come to visit Us during the week. We hope YOU will be among them. We will be there effurry day till Furriday, from 9am till 6pm </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Israel time </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">(only till noon on Furriday) , eating, playing, eating, sleeping, eating, playing, eating, sleeping. Do come and join Us! We are waiting for you!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HgW8xDxXBMCrpy1L2htdI6uHVhE-x1TyR16huU87f4utBZuB3Zil8ZcNlr_raEejDPvD-7WSqxd3UzBUkcZAhbCvjbVCr6UZ8gjEKnLCMGENAVmu0h62kFFwZ1QN7Hi-ldGgrOKRnVKRfVE7oKssFTBHJ0-fqnqC_6guZ0TaRKtL7eq8zCRKKDWvSLMy/s1008/Kitties%20in%20the%20Succah%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1008" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HgW8xDxXBMCrpy1L2htdI6uHVhE-x1TyR16huU87f4utBZuB3Zil8ZcNlr_raEejDPvD-7WSqxd3UzBUkcZAhbCvjbVCr6UZ8gjEKnLCMGENAVmu0h62kFFwZ1QN7Hi-ldGgrOKRnVKRfVE7oKssFTBHJ0-fqnqC_6guZ0TaRKtL7eq8zCRKKDWvSLMy/w490-h365/Kitties%20in%20the%20Succah%202023.jpg" width="490" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, for those of you who want to see more pictures of Mummy's adventures in Montenegro and read more about her vacation, We are happy to announce that the first part of a planned 3-part series is up and running on her <a href="https://shimonafromthepalace.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/the-black-mountain-a-balkan-adventure-part-1/" target="_blank">own bloggie</a> since this morning. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is now time to join the blog hops, so before We forget, here are the blog hop badges:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM01zILAjRvL2vb8m9VlQP2nDQE-y8FLmKxv2-FQ9QgRgV5mnSBxnaDbHe_P3Ul76e8q3s_La0TgY1oA2ju9eCyjSgHuHItXHRNGgkx4dPwh_SuzVqcBRpvBp9WGGIjiX1x-pP0OK45I-8Fp4e3WMioGYutrtIfSBwwQa0o3M8dvd8JiJG4j7d-_LaqwzO/s150/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM01zILAjRvL2vb8m9VlQP2nDQE-y8FLmKxv2-FQ9QgRgV5mnSBxnaDbHe_P3Ul76e8q3s_La0TgY1oA2ju9eCyjSgHuHItXHRNGgkx4dPwh_SuzVqcBRpvBp9WGGIjiX1x-pP0OK45I-8Fp4e3WMioGYutrtIfSBwwQa0o3M8dvd8JiJG4j7d-_LaqwzO/w157-h157/rsz_caturdayartbanner.jpg" width="157" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAk3yiMQotwAFVU_YhwRczmbiXe0GVko8KX7kHMH6yOLtN4s0ddpP8d7Ah9LuM8VaTAhL4Zd6HO7LC9EjQoZV-9HR8ZzYil2LkaAMcbKW6DBc1DScIkxdq6xuQn04se2vKhRVhSaxw5uWpEw8mCAbbyUmaltMC10Tnz3tcXqwHPNYD3oVLp63LOmzRwjc/s300/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAk3yiMQotwAFVU_YhwRczmbiXe0GVko8KX7kHMH6yOLtN4s0ddpP8d7Ah9LuM8VaTAhL4Zd6HO7LC9EjQoZV-9HR8ZzYil2LkaAMcbKW6DBc1DScIkxdq6xuQn04se2vKhRVhSaxw5uWpEw8mCAbbyUmaltMC10Tnz3tcXqwHPNYD3oVLp63LOmzRwjc/w159-h159/Cat4-001-300x300CatOnMyHeadBlogHop.jpg" width="159" /></a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Don't forget to come and visit Us in Our Sukkah and join Us for some refreshments, or even a meal.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be well. Be safe. We love you all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>The J-Catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16559360691504878949noreply@blogger.com25