LISBETH DAZZLES FOR CATURDAY ART

dazzlesI don’t know how I got so lucky as to be the subject of today’s Caturday Art blog hop after being featured yesterday with my boyfriend, Cat Scout Charles. I am not complaining as I am the most shy of Kitties Blue. I don’t normally socialize with the others or cooperate during photo sessions. Lately, however, I have been making myself a bit more available.

Dad took the original photo on the catio. Mom liked the texture the screen in the background added to the photo, which is why she selected it for our art project.

To create the photo below, Mom added a neon green filter in Picasa. Then she went to piZap and added the “dazzler” filter and the floral border. The final step was adding the mat and frame back in Picasa. That’s it this week—no piling it on layer after layer.

 

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This is our entry in Athena and Marie’s Caturday Art Blog Hop. To submit your own art and/or view the other entries, click on their badge.

If we have Caturday Art today that can mean only one thing: Sunday Selfies tomorrow. Last week was one of our best blog hops to date. Not only did we have the usual kitties, woofies and bunny purrticipating, we also had humans, geese, a bobcat and a mom and baby kangaroo. It makes us so happy to welcome new friends of all species.

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Though we continue to try to visit the blogs of all those submitting Sunday Selfies, we consistently run short on time. As summer ends and fall arrives (if that ever happens), we will have lots more time to visit and comment. Please don’t give up on us in the meantime. Your friendships mean the world to us.

I am sending love and kisses to my handsome and sweet Charles.

Purrs and paw-pats, Lisbeth

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September 12, 2015 by Caturday Art Blog Hop Kitty Written Blog 20

20 Responses

  1. LP says:
    September 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    Lisbeth, we can see how sweet and shy you are in those innocent eyes of yours. We think you look angelic in both images! 🙂

    the critters in the cottage xo

    Reply
  2. Maxwell, Faraday & Allie says:
    September 13, 2015 at 4:38 pm

    BOTH pics are beautiful – the before AND the after!

    Reply
  3. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal says:
    September 13, 2015 at 2:26 am

    Lisbeth you look gorgeous in the original photo ❤ and very cool in the artsy one.

    XOXO

    Reply
  4. Melissa, Mudpie & Angel Truffles says:
    September 12, 2015 at 11:34 pm

    That looks so cool!

    Reply
  5. Kitty Cat Chronicles says:
    September 12, 2015 at 9:39 pm

    Love the effects on your photo, Ms. Lisbeth! Very cool! It looks like you’re crossing over into another universe.
    Sampy sends Astrid 203948572098475 kisses, and we all send lots of love and hugs!

    Reply
  6. Savannah's Paw Tracks says:
    September 12, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    oh my, that is lovely Lisbeth. We don’t use Picasa..but it surely does well for you.

    Reply
  7. Cathy Keisha says:
    September 12, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    Beautiful pic of you Lisbeth.

    Reply
  8. Canadian Cats says:
    September 12, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    LIsbeth….you look gorgeous. Youe mom did a great job.

    Kitty Kisses,

    Kali

    Reply
  9. Sherri-Ellen T-D. says:
    September 12, 2015 at 7:39 pm

    Lisbeth mee did not realize just how beeuteefull you are…those golden eyes are like thee stars inn thee skye!!!
    Charless iss one blessed mankat to bee yur boyfurend….
    An yur ‘artsy-fartsy’ foto iss reelly cool 😉
    ***paw patsss*** Siddhartha Henry xxxxx

    Reply
  10. Cat Scout Charles says:
    September 12, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    You are a vision my sweet Ms Lisbeth no matter what your mom does with filters. I love the original photo …………… it lets your beauty shine through.
    Hugs, purrs and loads of kisses.
    Charles

    Reply
  11. The Island Cats says:
    September 12, 2015 at 6:08 pm

    Wow, Lisbeth. You are a dazzler!

    Reply
  12. Flynn says:
    September 12, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    You look lovely Miss Lizbeth!

    Reply
  13. Annabelle says:
    September 12, 2015 at 1:05 pm

    Lisbeth the original photo and the special one created for Caturday are stunning!

    Reply
  14. Athena and Marie says:
    September 12, 2015 at 11:57 am

    That’s so amazing!

    Purrs xx
    Athena and Marie

    Reply
  15. LadyBird says:
    September 12, 2015 at 10:09 am

    Beautiful art, Lisbeth! We can’t wait for Sunday Selifes! We have a guest posting!!

    Reply
  16. lorraine williamson says:
    September 12, 2015 at 9:45 am

    love the effects you always look lovely happy caturday

    Reply
  17. Brian says:
    September 12, 2015 at 8:44 am

    You look gorgeous sweet Lisbeth!

    Reply
  18. The Swiss Cats says:
    September 12, 2015 at 6:25 am

    Really cool effect ! Purrs

    Reply
  19. Summer says:
    September 12, 2015 at 1:33 am

    Cool art – but the original is also a really, really nice photo!

    Reply
  20. prancer pie says:
    September 12, 2015 at 12:41 am

    We like the screen in the background, too. Very artsy, Lisbeth!

    Reply

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I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
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When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
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We suspect you were imparting your
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I was completely smitten.

Now at only six years old,
You are getting ready to leave,
Soon you will have your wings.
I’ve already started to grieve.

You’ve fought hard for the past year,
And I’m not ready to say good-bye.
I can’t imagine you not in my life
I am so sad…today I had to cry.

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For my six years with you.
You’ll live in my heart forever.
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YESTERDAY

Many yesterdays have passed since
You gained your angel wings. Today
Is six months since you left us behind
To remember and mourn. Our hearts
Continue to hurt, and we miss
You as much as the day you left.
Giulietta whined from the catio
Yesterday as I worked in the yard.
I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
Fiona, please do not ever forget
You are still and always will be loved.

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ONE YEAR MISSING YOU

One year has passed since you flew away,
And I still think of you everyday.
I see your sweet face in my mind’s eye
And wish we’d never had to say good-bye.
It’s nice you’ve sent us kitties needing a family,
But my dearest love, we are now at capacity.
You thought it would take more than one cat
To take your place in our habitat.
We love Cooper Murphy and baby Sawyer dearly
But thinking either could replace you makes me teary.
You were one-of-a-kind and will stay in my heart
Until the day I join you and we’re no longer apart.
When once again I can hold you in my arms
And revel in all your love and feline charms.
Together with you and all who have passed.
I will spend eternity contemplating how blessed
I was to share my life with my furry children,
Each and every one of you one-in-a billion.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2017

UNTIL

I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.

© Giulietta Blue 11/01/17

ONE OF A KIND

I don’t know how to say good-bye.
I thought you were invincible; though,
You used up many of your nine lives.
You ruled us all with an iron paw;
Never took “no” for an answer
And always got your way.
If not, you’d bark to signal your
Displeasure and sometimes raise a paw.
I always joked that you were bi-polar.
When I told people you were a calico
They immediately understood what I meant.
Today was unnaturally quiet in the house.
Can a home seem empty with eight cats?
I will miss waking up at night to find you
Sitting next to me and staring at me.
I will miss you yelling at us as you did
When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
When kitten Sawyer befriended you,
We suspect you were imparting your
Wisdom and secrets for controlling us.
Time will tell if he was a good listener.
But whatever he may have learned,
Neither Sawyer nor any other cat
Can or will replace you in our hearts.
Lily Olivia, you were one-of-a-kind.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 01/03/2018

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