Cats Rule!

August 8 is International Cat Day!

We all know that cats think that they run to world, but they haven't yet tossed out all of the politicians!

Nevertheless, we cat-loving humans are happy to cede control to our feline friends.

Get out there, and give big smoochies to every cat you see, 'cause they are watching us.

😹

It's Caturday!

Have been looking through gobs of Celestial Paddy O'Malley images, so I grabbed one, and artified it with Prisma's Party filter.

If there ever was a cat that deserved international status, it was The PO'M!

❤️

Click on the image above to enjoy a not-easy jigsaw puzzle.

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Peeking Chili

It's Caturday!

Chili Bruce was SO CUTE peeking out from under the pink blanket on the blue chair.

Artified with Prisma filter Spruce.

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Mom's Lap

James McNeill Whistler, born July 11, 1834, was an American painter based mostly in Europe, in the Modern art, Aestheticism, and Tonalism esthetic styles.

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 (1871), popularly known as Whistler's Mother, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, image found online

The iconic image is so renowned, that it is a part of our everyday life now:

"Whistler’s Mother and the Cat" by Sveta Petrova

"Whistler's Goddam Cat" by New Yorker cartoonist Kim Warp, image found online.

"Whistler's Mother" by artist Godfrey Escota, image found online.

Can't decide if she'd rather have had a cat or a baby dragon in her lap.

(Sometimes, a cat IS like a dragon...no?)

Am a fan of Whistler's work, and wish him a Happy Celestial Birthday.

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For Caturday, hope no one minds that I've got a cute pic of Henry...again...that I've artified with Prisma's  Jellyfish filter.

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

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Cannot Choose

A conundrum for Caturday: unable to make up my mind on which image to choose.

So, enjoy both!

A close up of King Sly, the neighbor's cat.

Artified on Prisma, Mouse filter.

Click on the image to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

Henry, all cozy and sleepy!

Artified on Prisma, Thota Vaikuntam filter

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Think Outside

Yesterday, June 19, was International Box Day.

A few sillies of cats and boxes:

📦📦📦

For Caturday, Henry was captured being incredibly cute, so I artified it on Prisma, Violinist filter.

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

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Mellow

It's Caturday!

My dear boyfriend neighborhood cat Sly allowed a few photos; I artified with Prisma's Walnut filter.

The pastel colors seem so mellow, just like Sly's attitude.

As folks noticed recently, Sly is a bit thin these days.

I no longer pet his back, as all of those vertebra are sticking out, so I run my hands along his sides.

This image is shows his regal attitude, despite his age.

Click on the image to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

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Hard Stare

It's Caturday!

Manny was surveying his domain from the top o' the fridge.

I artified him with Prisma filter Bouquet.

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Curly

Purring for Ellen and David at 15 And Meowing, as their beloved Penny earned her angels wings.

Correction! Badge created by Ann @ Zoolatry

💔 😿 💔

For Caturday, Henry is being so darn cute, so I snapped a photo of him, then artified it with both Prisma and Lunapic.

Forget to memorize the filters used, my bad, but I like them all!

Original

#1 Lunapic 

#2 Lunapic

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle

#3 Prisma

Which one do you like the most?

Made a jigsaw puzzle out of the middle image.

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Penguins Rock!

April 25 is World Penguin Day, also known as Penguin Awareness Day, aiming to raise awareness about these flightless birds, to preserve their species and habitat so that future generations are able to see these remarkable animals.

Learn more at World Penguin Day here.

🐧 ❤️ 🐧 

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For Caturday, my old friend King Sly was out the other day.

Artified with Prisma, Walnut filter.

His eyes look so crazy!

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

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Henry Update:

Henry is eating regularly, sometimes even cleaning a bowl, and then demanding more.

He's getting food multiple times a day, even at 3 am when he squeaks into my sleeping ear.

I can always nap, but he needs to keep eating.

Henry, laid out on top of the quilt, with his rear end and back legs against my body (gray & white stripes).

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#418NoDeclaw

 April 18 is International No Declaw Day, because cats have four paws, with 18 nails.

We all know the drill: cat's paws need claws.

Full stop.

Don't do it.

Learn more at the links below:

The Paw Project

The Wildcat Sanctuary

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Henry Update:

Paws crossed, the anti-nausea med has made a difference.

Friday morning, the full bowl of noms left overnight* was empty.

I put out his breakfast, and he ate it.

He ate the snack I put out (breakfast #2), then ate his dinner, and now licked up another snack.

Henry's become a gentle sweetie, tolerating a lot of handling with little collateral damage.

Keep on chowing down, dude, and we are all going to do a happy dance.

*We don't leave food out for any of the Eastside Cats normally, but rules were relaxed in an attempt to coax Henry to eat.

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It's Caturday, and of course it's Henry's mug that I've artified with Prima's Jellyfish filter.

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Hopeful

For Sunday Selfies,  it's Henry again!

He was much too excited, and put his snoot right up in the lens, but darn, he's cute!

I artified it and made a jigsaw puzzle; click on the image above.

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Don't Stray

April 4 is a day dedicated to increasing awareness of stray animals (pets who have been abandoned or lost, as opposed to domestic species born in the wild who are referred to as “feral” or "community" animals), and their neglect, abuse, malnourishment and suffering.

Get your pawed family member microchipped, and keep the online information up to date.

For Caturday, I artified Henry with Prisma, filter Surf.

Click on the image above to enjoy a jigsaw puzzle.

Henry Update:

He's eating, both canned cat food and churus.

We've successfully pilled (appetite enhancer), squirted (Gabapentin, to mellow him), and eye dropped (conjunctivitis eradicator).

The cone is removed, yet 'My Little Antenna Dish' will remain as a nickname.

Henry looks like he's hungover after a night on the town.

He eating, and he allows handling too.

❤️ Henry! ❤️

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