Caturday Chrissymouse Sunday Selfie Artsy-Fartsy All-In-One

Hallo, Effurrybody!

It is Moi, Queen Trixie, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Guardian of the Boudoir, Alpha Kitty Extraordinaire, and it is once again My Turn to star in the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop hosted by Janet and the Kitties Blue.

Being Mewish, as you know, We don't actually celebrate Chrissymouse, but as effurryone else seems to be doing so, I was feeling a bit left out, so I decided to  sacrifice My Impurrial Dignity and make a concession by at least wearing a Santa Claws hat.

And if anyone dares to make fun of Me, there will be more Claws than Santa, believe you Me!

While We were at the LunaPic site, shopping for My New Hat, My Human suggested We check out the special Chrissymouse effects. I found some of them quite amewsing, and after I allowed Mummy to turn Me into a Chrissymouse tree decoration, She suggested We make a belated contribution to the Caturday Art blog hop hosted by Athena and her HuMum, Marie.
   
What do you think of it?    

Right, now for the tricky part. We need to link to two different blog hops. I do so hope Mummy is up to it. She isn't exactly a techie (mol).


Since Caturday comes before Sunday, furrst of all, here is the link to the Caturday Art blog hop. Right after it is the linky to the Sunday Selfies blog hop. We couldn't, for the life of Us, manage to write anything between the two links. We hope you won't get confused. But it doesn't really matter. They are all lovely pictures. So - enjoy!

And have yourselves a furry meouwy Chrissymouse!

       

Sunday Selfies Trio

Hallo again, Effurrybody!

Last week was a furry sad week (as Mummy wrote in her own bloggie), so We tried to cheer her up a little by playing nicely together for a change, and taking a rare selfie of the three of Us together.






It is just the teeniest bit out of focus, We admit - but it's so rare that We share a Selfie, let alone a sofa, without fighting, that We thought Mummy (and YOU) would overlook the effur so slight blurriness. You will, won't you?

Anyway, We are going to submit this Shared Selfie as Our Entry in the Sunday Selfies blog hop hosted by Janet and the Kitties Blue, from The Cat On My Head blog.

Here is their badge.





This is going to be a furry short blog, as Mummy is too lazy busy today to purr-form her petcretarial duties. She has to go and purr-actice her caterwauling because She and her Caterwauling Club friends are appearing in a concert next week on Chrissymouse Eve.

Before We go, We want to wish you all Shavoua Tov (A Good Week). May it be much, much better than Last Week...

So on with the Blog Hop:

Caturday Art - In Tribute to Pixie

Hallo, Effurrybody!

Many of you will no doubt remember Princess PixieCato aka Pixie, who came before Us and who flew away to the Rainbow Bridge on December 23, 2011.

Since Mummy and We are Mewish, it seemed to Us fitting to commemorate the Hebrew date of her receiving her Angel Wings. This would have been three days ago, on Wednesday, when We lit the fourth Hanukkah candle - but We thought it would be nice to wait until today, and to honour Pixie by featuring her in our contribution to Athena's Caturday Art blog hop.

Mummy's beloved Pixie succumbed to kidney disease at the age of sixteen and a half - but in this picture, she was just seven years old, in the peak of health and at the height of her Beauty. Mummy used LunaPic to blend Pixie's picture with a Menorah which She found on a clipart site, as it was at Hanukkah that Pixie had to leave for the Bridge and because this evening, We light the seventh Hanukkah candle.








Then, She chose the Floating Art effect and added a picture frame border.  









Of course, no picture could really do her justice, but We think this gives you a good idea - and We think that Pixie herself would have liked the artwork.

Mummy misses Pixie - and Pixie's brofur Possum - furry much, and her eyes still get leaky when She thinks about them, but She knows that both of them are watching over her from the Rainbow Bridge and that She will see them again one day.

Now, before We wish you all  Shavoua Tov (A Good Week) and go to light the Hanukkah candles, here is the link to the blog hop. First, Athena's logo: 


  


And off We go....

A Basket Case of Caturday Art.

Hallo, Effurrybuddies!


It is MY turn today, to star in the Caturday Art blog hop hosted by Athena.

Who am I, do I hear you ask?

Well, hard as it is for Me to believe that there could be anyone out there who does not recognise Me, even in this artified portrait, just in case you have been living on Alpha Centauri for the last zillion years - know that I am the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) aka the Little Purrince, Captain of the Impurrial Guard and Master of the Queen's Mischiefs.

Mummy actually prepurred this picture a while back, in the summer, and She can't remember exactly what She used to edit it with. She thinks it might have been the Paper Artist app on her smartphone, but on the other hand, it might also have been something She found on LunaPic or one of the other online photo editing websites. Purrhaps some of you recognise the style and can enlighten Us...

Anyway, We see that a lot of you are prepurring for Chrissymouse, even though that is weeks and weeks away. Well, We are prepurring for Hanukkah, which starts tomorrow night. We shall purrobably be furry busy and might not have time to visit effurrybody this coming week BUT - We are going to have a Hanukkah pawty at 6 pm Israel Time next Caturday evening, when We light the SEVENTH Hanukkah candle. As it is a bit chilly outside, even in the Enchanted Forest, We are going to have the pawty indoors this time, in Our Humble Abode, so you need to reset the coordinates on your Tunnels, or other Teleporting Devices, and We will see you this time next Caturday night.
Of course, that does not mean you aren't welcome to visit any time this week and if you should happen to drop in at candle-lighting time, you can be sure of a warm welcome with catnip latkes, sufganiyot, and other goodies (mol).

Now, it is time to wish you all Shavoua Tov (a good week), as well as a Happy Hanukkah, before We join the blog hop.

Here is the badge:


   






And here We go:

Caturday Art With Caspurr

Hallo, Effurryone!


We find We quite like this artsy fartsy thingy, and as they say, purr-actice makes purr-fect, so We are once again joining in the Caturday Art blog hop hosted by Athena.

So here is a picture of Me, Sir Caspurr the Courageous, King of the Tigger Tabbies and Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces.

In this portrait, I am admiring my reflection in a beautiful lake. My Human helped me create this Masterpiece using LunaPic's Water filter and Reflecting Water animation effect. The animation part doesn't seem to work, no doubt because Mummy also resized the picture, using PicResize. But I think it still looks furry nice, don't you?
In addition, We used a Picture Frame border from LunaPic, which gives it a nice, elegant finish.

Before We go live, and link to the Blog Hop, We want to wish you all Shavoua Tov - a Good Week.

Now, let's make sure We follow all the rules propurrly. We have already added the link to Athena's bloggie. And here is her logo:  

And here, finally,  is the link to the Blog Hop (isn't this fun?)

Caturday Art

Hallo, Effurrybody!

We don't usually post on Caturday, because of the Sabbath. But since Shabbat ends so early during the winter months, there is still plenty of Caturday left, even though Shabbat is already over and so We are going to take the oppurrtunity to purrticipate, for the furry furrst time, in the Caturday Art blog hop hosted by Athena and her Human, Marie.

We still need to remind ourself how to do this, step-by-step.

First, here is Athena's Caturday Art logo:

And here is Our Artistic Creation! This is Moi, Queen Trixie, the Black Panfur, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Guardian of the Boudoir, Alpha-Kitty Extraordinaire!






In this picture, I am curled up trying to sleep but keeping an eye on Mummy and her Flashy Box. Can you see my beautiful, sharp white Fangs?

For this picture, Mummy, who is new to these online photo-editing thingies, used the LunaPic Beauty Tool and added a Picture Frame border. Quite simple really, as We are just beginners at this kind of photo editing.

We hope you like it. I certainly enjoyed getting to try out all kinds of filters and so on, before choosing this one.


Before We post the link to the Blog Hop, We wanted to wish you all Shavoua Tov - A Good Week.

And also, one other thing. We know a lot of you enjoyed reading about Flat Moo's Visit and all the places she went to see in Jerusalem, and We thought that you and your Humans might enjoy seeing some other places in Israel which Mummy sometimes writes about in her own, purrsonal blog. So here is a link to Mummy's blog.


And now, here are all the purrticipants in the Blog Hop:

Meet the Community Cats

Hallo again, Effurrybody!

We purromised, a while back, to keep you updated about the feral kitties Mummy feeds effurry evening and to introduce you to some more of them.
Mummy gives them all names now, you remember - although sometimes, She isn't quite sure which is which, because She only sees most of them after dark, when She goes down to feed them. 

There are a couple, however, who come bounding up to Mummy whenever She leaves the house, so Mummy knows them purrty well.

This is one of them. Mummy calls her Callie and She is a sweet, friendly little kitty girl.








This sweet boy, who comes rushing up the moment Mummy sets foot outside the house, and who often seems more interested in Mummy's company than in the food She brings, is called Mishmish (Hebrew for "apricot"). You can purrobably guess why (mol).

Mummy's other pictures didn't turn out so well, so She'll try and take some more this evening - if it isn't raining. It isn't easy to handle a camera when you are trying to hold an umbrella as well as a box full of kitty food. Last night, Mummy went down to feed the Homeless Kitties earlier than usual - which is just as well, because later on, it started pouring and there were thunder boomies all night long.  And now, We are in for three days of rain, Mummy says. 

We hate the thought of all the poor, homeless kitties being out in the rain and cold without shelter. Mummy checked all along Our Street and She says there are several places all along the street where the kitties can find at least some shelter, like covered garages and basements. But sometimes, kitties curl up under the engine covers of cars, to keep warm - which is furry dangerous for them. Please remember, before you start up your car, to check that no kitty has taken shelter there.

And those of you who live in the UK and are celebrating Guy Fawkes Night - please make sure there are no kitties or other anipals around when you set off your fireworks this evening and that all pets are safely indoors. In fact - it would be better not to set off any fireworks at all. Animals are terrified by them.  

That's all for now, kitties. Mummy isn't feeling well and wants to go and take a nap.

Be well and be safe.



Trixie, Caspurr and Shimshi