Caspurr the Caspicatious: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

 Greetings, Effurryone!

We hope you have all been keeping well.

This week, it is My Turn to lead my Fellow J-Cats on the Weekend Blog Hops - 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.

This is My Sunday Snoozie Selfie, especially snapped for the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, hosted by Our Dear Furriends, the Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet. 

This is what Mummy calls "a Squee Picture". Just in case you missed My raspy, little pink tongue, here it is again, in close-up:

For the Caturday Art Blog Hop, hosted by the divinely Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, We made three different versions, all using artifications from LunaPic. Furrst of all, Candy, at 60%:

Next up, Dark - also at 60%:

And finally, Waves - this time at 75%:

In case you were wondering - as I'm sure you were - my Companion in this picture is one of My Paw-celain Sisters, Miss Lottie Dolly.

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If you remember, a few weeks ago, after Grandpaw crossed his Rainbow Bridge, Mummy promised to write about him on her Own Blog. It took her a long time to find the emotional strength to do so, but She has managed at last, so if you would like to read some more about Mummy's Beloved Daddy, you can do so here.

Here, now, are the blog hop badges:

        

That's all for now, as Mummy has to spend some time learning the new songs they are working on in her Caterwauling Club.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Trixie By Firelight: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

 Greetings once more, Effurrybody!

It is I, the One and Only 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, Alpha Kitty Extraordinaire!

How have you all been keeping? We have been hearing horror stories about the miserable weather in Europe and North America. All We can say is - Wintertime is Snuggle Time! Why would anyone choose to go out, rather than snuggle up at home with a warm, soft kitty or woofie?! We find such behaviour completely indefensible  reprehensible  incompurrehensible!
And We have to admit, even Mummy sinned against Us this way when She left Us for several hours on Wednesday evening to go to the O-purr-a in Tel Aviv with her sister, Auntie N.

Now, this week, it is My Turn to lead the J-Cats on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Divinely Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Snoozies Selfies blog hop, hosted by Our Dear Furriends, the Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We chose a picture of Me snoozing in front of the heater - because, although Mr. Sunshine has been with Us all week, it can still get furry cold on that side of the apawtment, especially at night and in the early morning, because Our Building is on a slope and the bedrooms overlook a rather windy valley.

As We usually do, We got Our artsy-fartsy effects from LunaPic. Furrst of all, We used one of Mummy's Our Favourite filters - Frida. Only this time, Mummy increased the colour saturation to Maximum - twice!

Next, We tried another Favourite - Tuscany. Mummy increased the colour saturation to maximum (once only, this time) and this is the result:

Finally, Mummy tried a filter She doesn't recall using before - Acid at 80%, and then played around with the colour saturation tool. This is what She got:

Which one do you like best? Let Us know in the comments.

And before We forget, here are the blog hop badges:

        

We tried to make a puzzle for you, but for some reason, We were unable to embed it in this post!!! Mummy will attempt to figure this out before next week's post, but now, She has to go and have her Siesta before going to her Caterwauling Club.

That's all for now. See you again next week.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Shimshi's Bathtime Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

The Mighty Shimshon (aka Shimshi) here - The Little Purrince, The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain of the Guard. This week, I am leading my fursibs on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the adorable, Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Mind you - I am not saying I would have chosen this purrticular photo of my Undeniably Handsome Purrson for My Sunday Selfie:

I mean - I know it displays my Athleticism and Supurrb Sense of Balance (honed by months of Pole Dancing purractice), but really, a kitty's grooming routine is not necessarily for Public Consumption - certainly not without said kitty's Prior Purrmission!

Still, when one does not have Opposable Thumbs and access to a camera,  sometimes one is obliged to knuckle under (no pun intended) and accept what Fate Mummy decides, n'est-ce pas?

At any rate, I did get to decide how my pawtrait would be artified and, since I loved the Artist Collages Trixie and Caspurr got, I asked for one of My Own - and here it is:

This Quartet uses (clockwise from top left) Life, Grey, Yarn and Hunger, from the LunaPic palette.

How do you like it - and which of the four effects do you like best?

My Publishers, PhotoFunia Inc., were so impurressed they decided to feature Me in a New Book about Kitties in Art.

Isn't that Splendid News? What a Wonderful Gift this would make for Valentine's Day!

Now, before We Mummy forgets, here are the blog hop badges:

     

And now it's time to set off on Our blog hop Visits.

Till next week then.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Caspurr's Contemplative Caturday Art and Sunday Selfie

Hallo there, Effurryone!

As you can see, it is MY turn to lead the J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Snoozies Selfies blog hop, hosted by Our Dear Furriends, the Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

I was furry impurressed with the Art Mummy created for Trixie last week, so I asked her if We could do something simiilar for Me and of course, She said "Yes" - and this is what We came up with:

This is an Artist Collage, courtesy of (who else?) LunaPic, using four different filters. Clockwise from upper left, We have Picasso, Escher, Candy and Beauty.

A collage is a great choice when you're having trouble making up your mind about which filter to use (mol). On the other hand, maybe you find it easier than We did to choose a favourite.

Mummy also thought these would look great hanging in an art gallery, so We headed over to PhotoFunia to arrange that:

And here are the blog hop badges:

        

In other news, Uncle D. has gone back to England again (he came for Grandpaw's funeral and stayed till after the stone-setting), so now the Guest Bedroom Kitty Room is vacant again and Mummy can make another attempt at bringing CalliCallou inside. Paws crossed it works out this time.

That's it for today, as Mummy needs to rest before Caterwauling Club this evening.

Take care of yourselves and of your Humans, effurryone.  We know some of you are having HORRIBLE weather conditions - and We also hear rumours the Evil Mutant Ninja Coronavirus is still LURKING.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Trixie the Calendar Girl: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies for New Year's Day 2023

Happy New Year, Effurrybody!

As is only right and fitting, it has fallen to ME, Queen Trixie, Furrst of My Name, Empurress of Jerusalem, Israel and the Entire Middle East, Queen of Hearts, Guardian of the Boudoir, Alpha-Kitty Extraordinaire, to lead my fellow J-Cats on the Furrst Sunday Selfies blog hop of the New Year - and the last Caturday Art blog hop of the Old.

As you all know, the Caturday Art blog hop is hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop is hosted by those sweet and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet. Many thanks and a Happy Mew Year to them all.

So here is My Selfie, with which I have embellished a 2023 Calendar (courtesy of PhotoFunia):

Now, for the artification, you are getting not one, but FOUR different versions of Me, thanks to LunaPic's Custom Collage effect:

The different filters We are using are (clockwise from top left) Courtisane, Grey, Psychedelic and Flash Gordon.  Tell Us below, in the Comments section, which one you like best.

And here are the blog hop badges:

           

Last week, Mummy had another one of her full day study trips, and abandoned Us from morning until evening, although it wasn't too bad, because Uncle D. is still here. She hasn't had the chance to write about it yet in her own bloggie, but She did write about the afternoon walkabout she had in the Old City of Jerusalem the week before, where she got to see all the menorahs lit for Hanukkah and the Chrissymouse decorations. If you haven't seen it yet, go and take a look.

Before We set off on Our blog hop visits, We want to tell you all how much We have enjoyed being able to be with you this past year, and how happy We are at the thought of enjoying your company in this New Year that We have just ushered in.

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Santa Shimshi's Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

Hallo there, Effurrybuddies!

Once again it is My Turn (ME being The Mighty Shimshon, aka Shimshi, Furrst of My Name, the Little Purrince, the Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs, and Captain of the Guard) to lead the J-Cats on the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie,  and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.


Here is My Selfie. Mummy and I are both furry pleased with this shot:

We are sure many, possibly most of you, are busy today, pawsibly prepurring your Chrissymouse dinner, or even sitting down to it already, and won't have much time for blogging or for visiting today, so We shall keep this short.

Here are a couple of artifications We made of my Selfie. The furrst used LunaPic's Surreal Painting effect:

This next one also used a LunaPic filter - Stained Glass, at 75%:

However, for Our Official Caturday Art entry this week, in defurrence to the fact that today is Chrissymouse Day and also to the fact that tonight, We light the eighth and last Hanukkah candle, We have chosen to give due recognition to BOTH holidays, so I have donned a Santa Claws hat, and am guarding a Menorah. In addition, mindful of the fact that so many of you are enduring really freaky weather conditions, including mountains of snow, gale force winds and Uber Cold, Mummy helped Me to add a snowy border and snowflakes to the picture, which will serve as Our Chrissymouse and Hanukkah card as well:

Now, before We forget, here are the blog hop badges:

        

Take good care of yourselves now - and of your Humans too!
And if you feel like escaping from the cold and the snow and the wind for a couple of hours, do teleport over here (it has been raining but at least the temperature is well above zero) and join Us for tuna latkes, catnip punch and other goodies!

Meowy Chrissymouse! Happy Hanukkah!  Warmest Season's Greetings to all Our Anipals, Quadruped and Biped, Furry, Feathered and Scaly too (not sure if We know any Fishies, but anyway...) and to their pawrents.

Be Well. Be safe. We love you all.

Hanukkah Is Here: Caturday Art and Sunday Selfies

 Hallo there, Effurryone!

Caspurr the Snuggle Bug is here again, to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the sweet, Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet. Poor Ms. Janet has caught the Evil Mutant Ninja Coronavirus, so don't forget to send her Get Well Purrs, effurryone!

Here is My Selfie:

And here is the artified version, which We created using Lunapic's Dreaming filter, at 45%:

As you can see, I was enjoying one of my Favourite Snuggle Spots, under the duvet. 

This evening, Mewish cats and their Humans will be lighting the furrst Hanukkah candle on the Menorah. Hanukkah is one of Our Favourite festivals, because We can look forward to treats EFFURRY DAY, for EIGHT WHOLE DAYS!

But Hanukkah does have some sad meowmories for Mummy also, because it was eleven years ago at Hanukkah that Angel Pixie flew away to the Rainbow Bridge. That was on December 23rd - and it was a Friday, just as it is this year too.

To honour Precious Pixie, here is a picture of her, taken on April 3rd 2011 - before she got so sick with kidney disease. 

Like Me, she was a beautiful Tigger-Tabby (although, in character, she was more like Trixie):

In her honour, We have created a lovely, artified pawtrait of her, using LunaPic's Beauty filter, which so becomes that sweet face, at 70%:

We wanted to include a picture of Our Woofie Uncle Messi, too - but he has no time for selfies this evening. He is glued to the TeeVee screen watching the World Cup Final between Argentina and France. No prizes for guessing which side he is supporting (mol)!

Mummy also wants to watch the rest of the match, so We shall cut this short now.  

Here are the blog hop badges:

         

In addition, We want to mention that We are also joining this year's Blessing Train, hosted by Our Good Furriends RaenaBelle, Zebby and their Mommy Audra:

Happy Hanukkah to Effurryone. And, in case some of you are too busy to post next Sunday, which happens to be Chrissymouse, We wish you all a Meowy Chrissymouse too!

Be well. Be safe. We love you all.