Caturday Art: In Memory of Minxie

Hallo again, Effurrybody!

Today, We are celebrating the memory of Mummy's furry furrst Furbaby, the beautiful Minxie, Queen of Cats.

Minxie was born on June 15th, 1980, so Today would have been her Birthday. Mummy had neffur had a Furbaby before and Minxie filled her life with Joy and Wonder.

Mummy has told Us all about Minxie, because We believe that it is furry impawtant to learn about the Kitties who came before Us. This is part of Our Heritage - and it is pawticularly impawtant, because Minxie went to the Bridge long before Mummy started blogging, and if We don't write about her, no-one but Us will know about her and how beautiful and loving she was, and how Mummy's heart was broken. Minxie was an amazing kitty, who used to run to the window when Mummy came home from Work and called to her from the carpark down below. She would meow hallo to Mummy and then, she would run to the door to greet Her.

When Mummy would lie on the sofa, watching TeeVee, Minxie liked to lie on Mummy's chest, watching Mummy. Sometimes, she would go to sleep there - and then Mummy just had to stay put until Minxie woke up!
And, unlike Us (so Mummy claims), she neffur used to eat the houseplants (mol).

Unfortunately, when Minxie was just 14 years old, she got a horrible, nasty, Evil Cancer. The v-e-t opurrated on her and tried to remove it, but it was too far advanced and Minxie didn't recover, but grew weaker and weaker. It wasn't long before Mummy discovered another lump in Minxie's tummy and realised it would be cruel to put her through any further opurrations and that the time had come to help her Beloved Baby go home to the Great Cat in the Sky.
That happened on June 12th, 1995 - just three days before what would have been Minxie's 15th birthday.

Minxie lived her whole life before The Digital Age, so the only pictures of her that Mummy has, were taken with one of those Old-Fashioned Cameras, where you had to take the film into a photography shop to be developed. She has scanned some of the pictures into her computer and she has chosen one of them - with Our Help - to take part in the Caturday Art Blog Hop hosted by the furry Wise Kitty Athena and her Human, Marie.

Here is the original picture, of Minxie sitting in one of her Favourite Places - the Bathtub:

If there was a towel draped over the side of the bathtub, Minxie would drag it down into the tub, and sit on it! Well, wouldn't you? It's much more comfortable to sit on a towel than on the (possibly damp) floor of the bath-tub!

Mummy used LunaPic to artify the picture. Since Minxie liked sitting in the bathtub, Mummy added the Water Filter and then the Splash Effect at 50%. And she made a kind of oval frame, which makes it seem as if Minxie is sitting in a jacuzzi (mol). At least, that what Mummy thinks. We think it looks as if Minxie is swimming!
What do you think?

Finally, Mummy found this Brussels Museum effect at PhotoFunia, so that Minxie's extraordinary Beauty could be displayed to the world in a suitable setting:

Now, before We join the Blog Hop, as usual, We want to wish you all Shavua Tov - a Good Week.

And off We go:

Furrst, here is The Badge:  
                                  
                                     

And let's go!

Colourful Caturday Art

Hallo again, Effurrybuddies!

It has been so hot this week (up to 39 Celsius) that none of Us had the energy to do much, other than eat and sleep. Those of Us with any sense, that is. Our Human, however, felt it incumbent upon her to Clean the Appawtment. True, She had the Air Conditioning on, but still - why do Humans feel the need to waste energy on cleaning something that will only need to be cleaned again in a few days???

Maybe having to do without TeeVee for the whole week has driven her even crazier than usual slightly crazy (mol). It's still Out of Order, by the way...

Anyway, since She was plainly temporarily deranged, I, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) a.k.a. The Little Purrince, felt it incumbent upon Me to keep her under close snoopervision. This I did from the safety of the top of the kitchen cupboards, where She couldn't get at Me and shut Me away in the bedroom which She usually does when She does the cleaning.

But She still managed to get a shot of Me up there, which She has embellished (isn't that a grand, fancy word?) with the Fantasy Art effect from LunaPic.

You can tell from this picture how furry closely I was following her effurry move, can't you?

We have decided that this picture is worthy of taking part in the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by that immeasurably Wise Kitty Athena, and her Human, Marie. 

Before We do so, We would like to take this Oppurtunity, as is Our Wont, to wish you all Shavua Tov - a Good Week. 

Now, here is the blog hop Badge:

And off We go:

Sleepy Selfie

Hallo there, Effurryone!


Guess whose turn it is to star in this week's Sunday Snoozies Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by the Kitties Blue and their Human, Janet!


That's right! You got it in one! 

ME! The one and only Ser Caspurr the Conqueror, Furrst of His Name, King of the Tigger-Tabbies, Purrtector of the Realm, Breaker of Coffee Cups, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces. 

In this photo, I may look as if I am sleeping, but don't be fooled! I am only purr-tending. I am awake on effurry count and I know EXACTLY what is going on around me!

And what I know is, Mummy is EXCEEDINGLY PUT OUT by the fact that the TV is on the blink and she can't get hold of Customer Services! However, She says it could have been worse. It could have happened last week and then She would have missed the Last Episode of Game of Thrones, which is a TV series lots and lots of Humans seem to be addicted to. We cannot understand why. After all, there aren't any Cats in it - only Dragons and Dire Wolves!

WE say, if the TV isn't working, that's all to the good. She will have more time to play with Us (mol).


Anyway, it is now time to join the Blog Hop - not before wishing you all Shavua Tov (a Good Week).


Furrst of all, the Badge:

And away We go:

Wear Orange For Crockett

Hallo there, Effurryone.

Today, We are dedicating a post to a sweet kitty whom, alas,  We scarcely knew - Crockett of the Lone Star Cats, who had a fatal accident last week and as a result, had to leave for the Rainbow Bridge far, far too soon. He was only five years old and was about to have celebrated his 5th Gotcha Day yesterday but it was not to be, and now, he has gone away to live with the Great Cat in the Sky.

We have been thinking a great deal about the many sweet kitties who have gone to the Bridge lately - some of them kitties we knew well, others whom We didn't know at all, but many of them kitties who have visited Our blog and whose blogs We have visited, briefly, meaning to leave a comment when We had more time, kitties whom We have come across on blog hops and told ourselves that they seem like nice, interesting Felines whom We would like to get to know propurrly some time - next week, or the week after, maybe. 

And then, suddenly, there is no time. Time has run out and it's Too Late and all We can do is grieve that We never got to know them.

So We have made a purromise to ourselves never again to put off making furriends with kitties whom We meet by chance on the Blogosphere, so that We never again have to say: "Oh, he/she sounds like such a sweet little kitty. If only We had had the oppurrtunity to know him/her".

And to make sure We remember that Vow, We are honouring Crockett's memory by taking part in the blog hop "Wear Orange for Crockett". We aren't exactly wearing orange, but Mummy has turned a group picture of Us all orange and added an orange frame, and We hope Crockett's family will understand and know that We are truly sorry for their loss. 

Fly free, sweet Crockett.  We wish We had known you better. We know you were greatly loved, not just by your Family but by many here in the Blogosphere who have paid tribute to you. Rest in Peace.

Trixie's Moody Sunday Selfie

Right! That's enough! I, Queen Trixie, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Guardian of the Boudoir, Alpha Kitty Extraordinaire, am tired of being shunted aside whenever one of the mancats has a birthday or a Gotcha Day, or whateffur!!!

It is My Turn to be the Sunday Selfie Star and this time, I am not giving up My Turn for anyone!

I have a truly beautiful and miaouwjestic selfie for my admirers this time - but furrst, I want to share with you something that is terribly worrying for Me and for All of Us.

You may have heard on the news about what is happening in the south of Israel, how Bad Humans in the Gaza Strip have fired over 430 rocket-boomies at Israel in the last 24 hours. One of them landed on a house in Ashkelon, where Mummy's auntie lives, and killed a man who lived there. Mummy's auntie is 90 years old and she doesn't have a boomie-shelter or a Secure Room and it's furry scary to think about her trying to run for cover when the sirens go off, since she finds it difficult even to walk!

Mummy's auntie has a house with a big garden and she feeds a lot of homeless kitties who live in the neighbourhood. What do all those kitties do when there is a boomie attack? They don't understand what's going on. They don't know that when the siren goes off, they must take shelter. And even if they did - where could they take shelter? Where could they run to?  They must be so furrightened!

So that's why I am looking a bit moody in my selfie. 

Can you tell from the picture how worried I am?






This image is Our Official Entry in the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop hosted by the Kitties Blue and their Human, Janet.

Here is their badge:





Before We go, We would like to ask you to purray for the safety of all the kitties and humans affected by the boomies down in the south. We wish them - and you - a Good Week. Shavua Tov.


And now - let's blog hop:

Birthdays and Festivals

Hallo, Effurrybuddies!

This is Me here, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short) a.k.a. The Little Purrince, Captain of the Impurrial Guard and Master of the Queen's Mischiefs.

I bet you don't know what yesterday was! That's because Our Petcretary was so busy with her Pessach (Passover) prepurrations, She didn't have time to help Me write a post and tell you all about My Birthday! Such chutzpah! It's so hard to find good staff nowadays, isn't it?

Yesterday, I was 5 years old! But - as usual - the celebrations will be postponed till the weekend. Tomorrow night, We will all stuff ourselves at the Seder (and I do hope Mummy remembers to bring Us a kitty bag), and on Shabbat (Caturday) afternoon, We will have My Birthday Pawty, to which all my Anipals are invited.

Meanwhile, We wish all of you who celebrate Pessach Chag Sameach, and to those of you who celebrate Easter, Happy Easter!

We love you all!!!

Caturday Gotcha Day Art

Greetings, Effurryone!

Today is really Trixie's turn to star in the Caturday Art Blog Hop hosted by the beautiful and wise Athena and her Human, Marie, but since Thursday was my Gotcha Day, she furry generously gave up her place to Me, Caspurr, King of the Tigger-Tabbies. She is such a good sisfur, and when I was gotcha-ed, six years ago, she taught me effurrything that a little kitten needed to know! Sometimes, I don't show my appurreciation propurrly, but I want to take this oppurrtunity to say "thank you, Trixie". And, of course, a huge "thank you" to Mummy!


Thank you, Caspurr, for honouring My Our humble abode with your mancatly presence - Queen Trixie and Shimona (aka Mummy).


We couldn't celebrate My Gotcha Day on Thursday, because Mummy was busy. She appeared in a concert with her Caterwauling Friends - and even had a so-low.

In fact, she has been furry busy with all sorts of things the past few weeks.  She has written about some of them in her own blog, and will try to write about more of them over the next few days - if She can find the time, because NOW, she is busy with her Pessach (Passover) cleaning!

The picture below was taken in 2014, when I had already been with Mummy and Trixie for almost a year. As you can see, it didn't take me long to feel completely at home (mol). We used LunaPic's Van Gogh effect and added a picture frame.

Now, before We join the Blog Hop, as usual, we want to wish you all Shavua Tov (a Good Week), and We hope you will also be enjoying some lovely spring weather!

Okay! Let's get ready to blog hop!

Furrst of all, here is the badge:

Let's go!