Greetings, Effurrybody!

Once again, it falls to Me, 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 (and now, also, Protector of the Library) to repurresent 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 Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Deliciously and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet. 

Let's get right down to it. Here is My Selfie - from which you will immediately understand My New Title, Protector of the Library.  Although, to be honest, I might require the Assistance of My Brofurs. Mummy has hundreds of books in almost effurry room, and a kitty girl can't do effurrything alone, now can she?

I suppose I should add a few words of explanation about the frame, which was created with the help of LunaPic (as were all the frames this week). 

The Israeli flag should, by now, be self-explanatory. The other embellishments are all elements of My Impurrial Coat of Arms. The Crown stands for Royalty, the Black Panfurs Rampant symbolise My Title as Panfur Princess and the Mirrors proclaim My Guardianship of the Boudoir. I suppose I should also add Hearts and Books now, shouldn't I? I will speak to My Human about that.

We artified the basic selfie with three different filters from BeFunky, and used LunaPic frames for them all, as mentioned above. 

Furrst up, in recognition of My New Pawsition as Protector of the Library, We used the Graphic Novel GFX effect:

Next, We went kind of Minimalist, with the Realist GFX effect:

Finally, We did something we rarely do and went for a black and white option with the Charcoal GFX effect:

We are purrticularly satisfied with this last one, even though We think it makes Me look just the tiniest bit grumpy. 

What do you think?

Let Us now add the blog hop badges before We fur-get:

Since Mummy has a lot to do before having her pre-Caterwauling Club nap, and We want to have time to hop over to all Our Furriends before She turns off the computer, We will sign off now - not before reminding you that, COD-willing, We will be back here again next Sunday - same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then - be safe. Be well. We love you all.

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

Yes, it's Me, the Mighty Shimshon (Shimshi for short),  The Little Purrince, Furrst of My Name, aka The Baby Mancat, Master of the Queen's Mischiefs and Captain-of-the-Guard! I am here to repurresent the J-Cats in this weekend's blog hops -  the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted, as always, by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Indefatigable and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

We got really busy this weekend, almost going overboard with all the artiness involved in prepurring Our Pictures, as you will see. We made use of all three of Our Favourite Photo Editing sites. Maybe it was a bit Over-the-Top, but We had fun.

So, without further ado, let Me show you what We came up with.

Furrst of all, here is the Original ME, in a pawtriotic Blue and White frame We made with the help of LunaPic.

You know, We didn't even think of it at the time, but the frame, with the tiny Stars of David in the corners, purrfectly complements the blue and white bed-linen.

We made three different artifications of this picture, all with BeFunky, and then framed each one with settings from PhotoFunia.  Tell Us which is your favourite - if you can decide. WE certainly couldn't!

Furrst of all, for those of My Female Admirers (Feline and Human) who are looking for a Pin-Up, you might like this Calendar, which uses the Realist GFX effect:

Our next design uses the Impressionist GFX effect, with the Interior Picture setting:

Mummy likes this because, as well as Me, it contains a cup of Her Favourite Beverage (mol). You can guess what that is, can't you?

Anyway, that being the case, We decided for Our Third Shot to go all out, and We used the Vector Pop GFX effect and the Morning Mug setting to create a Coffee Cup embellished with My Handsome Features:

Coffee, a croissant and ME - what more could Mummy want for the best pawssible start to the day?

Next, here are the blog hop badges:

Now, all that is left for Us to do, before setting out to visit as many of you as pawssible  before Mummy turns off the computer and goes for her afternoon Pre-Caterwauling siesta, is to tell you to watch out tomorrow for a new post on Mummy's Own Blog about the 5th day of her Vacation in Greece. She has nearly finished it and just has one more photo to add and although She doesn't want to make any Purromises, it is 99% certain it will go live tomorrow. 

As for Us - We will, COD-willing, be back here again next week, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be safe. Be well. We love you all!

Greetings, Effurryone!

Well, here We are in 2026! My, how Time flies!

As Trixie signed off on 2025, it falls to Me - 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 - to lead My Fellow J-Cats on Our Furrst Post of 2026. As usual, We will be pawticipating in 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 Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

So, for starters, here is My Selfie - tastefully framed by Mummy with the help of LunaPic. The frame is adorned with features from My Royal Coat of Arms - a Tigger head, a little Tigger Cub - and a Crown.

Here, you can see Me all curled up under the duvet on the Bed in My Cocoon. We had the heating on, but I was still cold - and so was Mummy, to be honest!

Did you notice the blep?

Apart from the frames, all of them by LunaPic, this week's art is from BeFunky.

This furrst one uses Cartoonizer GFX, at full strength:

Our second artification was created with Watercolour3, set to approximately 75%:

And finally, We were quite adventurous with Mosaic1, slightly toned down by setting it at about 55%:

Which do you like best?

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For those of you who might have missed it, the day after Our Previous Post went live, Mummy published Part 4 of her adventures in Greece last summer, on her own blog.  Later this week, She might post Part 5 - but then again, She might write instead about her concert last month with Her Caterwauling Friends, or maybe about the books She has been reading. Would you believe it, despite having about 60 books waiting to be read, She went and bought a couple more on the very last day of 2025? Of course, they were about Cats and Books, so it's purrfectly understandable really...

There has been an Awful Lot of Stuff happening in the World this past week, but We think We'll leave that, too, for Mummy to write about on Her Own Bloggie (if She so chooses) and We'll just stick to Feline Matters.

So - here are the blog hop badges:

Till then - be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

We are a day late this week with Our Post, because, as We explained last time, Mummy was busy yesterday with her Caterwauling Concert. But it is still not too late to join 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 Delightfully and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

Mummy will no doubt write on her own bloggie, about her extremely successful concert - either later this week, or maybe next week. She has already taken a short break from writing about her adventures in Greece to bring her readers up to date on last month's Flying Mousie concert, as well as her field-trip at the beginning of this month. In case you missed it, here is the link.

For this week's blog hops, since tomorrow, December 23rd, marks the 14th anniversary of Angel Pixie's Departure for the Rainbow Bridge, We all thought it appropriate that she should be the Star of today's Post. Beautiful, gentle, graceful Pixie was only Sweet Sixteen when she received her Angel Wings. She loved Hanukkah, but was always mindful too of her many furriends who celebrate Chrissymouse instead - and there are even kitties who celebrate both and get the best of all pawssible worlds, so to speak. In addition, let's not fur-get that yesterday was the Winter Solstice. Now the Days will start getting longer again. Hurray! Anyway, these different festivals all proclaim the Coming of Light to a dark and unhappy World. So it is fitting that Pixie's Pawtrait should serve as Our Greeting to all Our Friends, both for Hanukkah, which ends today, and for Chrissymouse, which falls in three days time.

Furrst of all then, here is Pixie's Sunday Selfie, elegantly adorned with a frame which celebrates both Hanukkah and Chrissymouse. Pixie was ALWAYS furry elegant!

And now for the artifications! Furrst of all, a furry elegant composition (did We mention how elegant Pixie always was?) using LunaPic's Landscape effect at 60%, with a delicate overlay of Pen at 20%:

We think this is the most Wintry composition of the three.

Next up - and also artified by LunaPic - a combination of Crayon and Dreaming, at 47% and 34% respectively:

Finally - and again, courtesy of LunaPic, whom We have to thank for the frames also - a rich composition of Beauty (which Pixie certainly was) and Storytime (68% and 30%).

Which do you like best?

Next, We must put up the blog hop badges:

Next week, We hope to post on Sunday, as usual. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.

Greetings, Effurrybuddies!

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

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

As today is My Turn to repurresent the J-Cats in the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Divinely Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet - I have chosen to submit a Hanukkah card, adorned with menorot (Hanukkah candelabra) and dreidels.

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

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

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

Next up - an artification using Watercolour at 50%:

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

And here are the blog hop badges:

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

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

Am Yisrael Chai!  עם ישראל חי

Greetings, Effurryone!

How are you all today?

Here in Jerusalem, We had some rain overnight - but nothing like they had in Eilat, where it normally hardly rains at all! They had floods, the roads were blocked and the city was completely cut off! It's furry lucky that Mummy's nieces, who live in Eilat, had come up to Jerusalem for Shabbat!!!

Speaking of Mummy's nieces, one of them is going to move in with Step-Grandma. So Step-Grandma had to move all the books out of the Guest Kitty Room, to make room for a wardrobe. But there wasn't enough room then for all the books at Step-Grandma's house, so Mummy and her sister N. took a lot of them. Mummy didn't have enough shelf space for all the books She took, so She had to take a book-case as well. And that meant Mummy had to move a small sideboard from the living-room into Our Room, to make room for the "new" book-case in the living-room. Which, of course, means that Our Room is that much more crowded. On the other hand, it now looks more like a guest room than a Random Collection of Furniture (Mummy says).

Now, to more impawtant matters. 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, am the Face of the J-Cats today, for the weekend blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Divinely Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.

As is Our Custom, We have chosen a trio of selfies. They were all framed with LunaPic, but the artifications this time are from BeFunky. We like variety every now and then, you see.

Furrst of all, here is a shot of Me with some of My Friends - Snowy the Seal, Edward the Bear, Felix the Cat Who Purrs When He's Cuddled (like Me) and Mycroft the Mouse (who is hiding behind Snowy).

In the next picture, you can see how Our Room has been rearranged with the small sideboard and next to it, Shimshi's little cubby (it belongs to all of Us but it's too small for Me now and Trixie doesn't use it much either).

When it came to artifying this one, Mummy discovered that it is pawssible to combine more than one Effect with BeFunky, just as She usually does with LunaPic. So behold - here I am all artified with a combination of Inkwash at 50% and Oil Painting, the latter at full strength.

Finally, Mummy sneakily snapped Me when I was snuggled up next to her under the lovely warm duvet:

Of course, to do that, She had to turn back the coverlet and let all the Cold Air in!!!
Still, We made a mewtiful artsy-fartsy version of this with the Watercolour GFX effect:

Which one do you like best and why? Let Us know in the Comments section below.

Now here are the blog hop badges.

That's about it for now. We will be back, COD-willing, next Sunday, same Cat Time, same Cat channel. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all.