It’s time fur Caturday Art with Athena. We don’ have any long detailed instructions of our foto shoppin’ techniques; cuz well, we don’t have foto shop and mommy…well she don’t have a clue ‘bout how to maneuver those apps. She’s always ‘fraid she’s gunna mess sumfin’ up dat she won’t be able to change back. Trust me, she’s come a long way since we began all this, but she’s still no foto editin’ Picasso. So on with da show.
Happy Caturday to you all. We hope you’re havin’ as warm and bootyful weather as we be havin’. Mommy seems to be a tad unner da weather, so we’ll be by to visit as soon as we can. Me’s off fur a stroll with mommy now, hopefully a little vitamin D via mr. Sunshine will do us sum good.
Well Furiday is here and we’s all welkumin’ in da weekend. We was gunna take today off, but it’s another special day in da Cat Blogosphere so we kuldn’t let it go wiffout sayin’ a little sumfin’. You know when we got started in Blogville we knew absolutely nuffin’. We don’t member exactly how we furst found out ‘bout BlogPaws or da Cat Blogospere, but we found ‘em purretty early on. While BlogPaws is a community fur all pet bloggers and has things like conventions and such; da Cat Blogosphere is a smaller group of just us Cat bloggers.
Da Cat Blogosphere is a place where we can go and link up and see other cat bloggers posts as well. It’s a place dat lists all da special days we celebrate here in Blogville. And when there’s a birthday or blogoversary or even a death, you know you can count on it bein’ posted at da Cat Blogosphere. But hey, it’s not run by a machine. Sumpawdy has to be respawnsible fur puttin’ all dat infurmation together and postin’ it fur all of us to see. And let me tell you, it’s not an easy job. We only have our blog to keep up wiff and we get behind and furget things here all da time.
We thought we shuld give a little background ‘bout da Cat Blogosphere cuz altho’ we found it early on, we’s recently talked wiff more than a few kitty bloggers who didn’t know it was here. Paw on any Cat Blogosphere in red to go right on over and check it out fur yous self. Ifin you have any special days you want listed on da calendar, all you have to do is submit ‘em. You know like birthdays, gotchadays, blogoversaries and da like. And dat brings me back to da part ‘bout it not bein’ a machine. There’s a real live purrson who takes care of all those calendar listings and postin’ da daily link up.
Who’s dat you ask? Y it’s Little Isis’ daddy Mo of course. And da special day me was talkin’ ‘bout earlier? Well today be Mo’s birthday. Dat’s right, da cat man behind da Cat Blogosphere is havin’ a birthday. We wanna say a meowsy big Fank You Mo. You’s membered to list our blogoversary yesfuday and our birthdays and gotchadays too. Just as you member fur all da other cat bloggers. We also wanna wish ya’ a very Happy Birthday. We sure hope it’s Purrfect.
As we do wiff every post, we’s linkin’ up at da Cat Blogosphere today and we’s also joinin’ Rascal and Rocco fur da weekly Pet Parade. Go by and give Mo a meow and a purr, we know he’d purreciate it. Keepin’ up wiff all us kitties is a lot of work, and he duz a great job of it.
Do you member how and how far into your bloggin’ career you found out ‘bout da Cat Blogosphere?
Yep, sure nuff. Can you believe it? 2 years we’s been part of this wunnerful world known as da Blogosphere. We’s met so many pawsum peeps and anipals. Wanna know what me’s furst posty sed wiffout havin’ to go fru me’s archives? Well here it is.
Deztinee Izabella (yep dat’s da title)
Meowllo and welcome to Deziz World. Love ya’
Yep, dat was it. And it took us 8 drafts to get it. Not sure what we kuldn’t get right. Back then da fotos we uploaded were so big (file size) we was gunna run outta storage space afur da furst year. MOL We’s still workin’ on updatin’ all da old postys with smaller versions of da same fotos. Anyways, me’s 2nd posty wasn’t much better. Wanna see it?
Laramie Alexandra “Lexi”
This is my sisfur Lexi. She is a great sisfur and helped train me to be a service cat fur our mommy. She is still as active as a kitten, and we love each other very much. Wez love and adore our mommy and enjoy helping her everyday. We can’t wait to get to know all of you. Purrlease follow Deziz World to become part of our adventures.
Yep me took 2 whole postys to innerduce us and only 2 peeps liked ‘em and we got 8 comments each. You didn’t know me was ever dat short winded did ya’? Me’s next kupple postys was tellin’ ‘bout how we ended up together wiff mommy, and how confusin’ this bloggin’ stuff was. It’s so amazin’ how much can change in just a short time. Now lookit us; 2 years later and we’s “Influencers”. Writin’ reviews, havin’ give aways, and mommy’s even learnin’ to edit our fotos. But bestest of all…
We met all of you!!!
Of all da pawsum things dat have come from us bloggin’, we count da furiends we’s made to be da bestest. We hope to follow in da pawsteps of those who were here afur us, and still be here in another 20 years or more. We luv sharin’ our lives and bein’ a part of yours. Da Blogosphere is a family, and one we’s purroud to be a part of. We share in da good times and da bad. Da happy and sad times and new additions and loss. No matter what, your friends in Blogville are here fur ya’, and dat makes us feel so blest. Sissy ain’t movin’ like a kitten anymore, but she’s still wiff us and we’s so grateful fur dat.
So we’s not havin’a big party today, but dat dusn’t mean we aren’t celebratin’. We do wanna Thank you all fur everything. We wuldn’t be here without ya’.
When was a time you were grateful fur your furiends in the blogosphere?
Well here we are half way thru another week. Lots of ya’ member our excitement last year when we were able to go to BlogPaws in Nashville fur da very furst time. Kittens, did we ever have a good time. It was a whirlwind and over way too soon, but we learned so much and met so many pawsum bloggers and company reps. Me had never been on any long trips like dat, but it was really fun. Sis Lexi luvved it. She luvs to travel and go on adventures wiff mommy. Now you may be askin’ your self just why me’s talkin’ ‘bout this, right? Well it’s cuz BlogPaws Arizona is comin’ up real fast and we wuld luv, luv, luv to go. But as most of ya’ also know we don’t have da green papers fur things like dat. But BlogPaws runs a contest every year called #BlogPawsorBust to give 3 bloggers da oppurtunity to win a trip to da pawsum conference.
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Now mommy has been tryin’ to find us a sponsor among da companies whose purroducts we use. Part of dat purrocess is bein’ turned down, and we know a lot ‘bout rejection dat’s fur sure. So over da holidays mommy opened us up a Zazzle store. We had big hopes of makin’ da greenies, paper not treats; fur BlogPaws and even to pay da VET and buy noms. But alas, we haven’t even made enuff yet to buy a bag of treats. MOL Course there’s a minimum you have to make afur they’ll even pay ya’ what yous made and we’s got a long way to go yet.
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Wiff our Blogoversary comin’ up it seemed da purrfect time to post ‘bout BlogPaws. A lot of ya’ noticed sum of da changes we made to our bloggy after returnin’ home from BlogPaws last year. And a lot of pawsitive things happened fur us. We’s been honored to work wiff quite a few different pet companies to bring products and give aways to you all. So we can only magine more pawsumness ifin we kuld go to BlogPaws again this year. Fur those of ya’ not furmiliar wiff what a BlogPaws conference entails let me just give ya’ sum highlights. There are gweat classes to teach ya’ ’bout bein’ a better blogger, takin’ better fotos, appealin’ to da brands and even how to make money. Guess mommy fell alseep in dat class. MOL You also get da chance to meet wiff reps from sum gweat pet brands. Member our review/give aways from last year? You know da Pet Safe toys, Pagoda fountain, SmartCat litter and more. And maybe da bestest part of it all is meetin’ up wiff your furiends in purrson.
So dat brings me to da contest. There’s gunna be 3 winners over all and 3 prizes.
1st prize: A trip fur 1 includin’ airfare, 4 nights at da host hotel and conference registration. (WooHoo)
2nd prize: 4 nights at da host hotel and conference registration.
3rd prize: 1 Blogger conference registration.
Fur sure we wanna win dat Grand Prize. To enter we have to submit a captioned foto wiff mommy and us at BlogPaws 2016 usin’ 1 of da 4 foto templates they purrvided. (Da fotos you’ve been lookin’ at) Here’s our purrdicament. Mommy can’t decide which one to submit. She had it narrowed down last night, but still kuldn’t decide on just one. You know her captionin’ and foto editin’ be lackin’, so she isn’t sure we have a winner yet. So me told her we shuld ask all of you to help us decide.
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You know we can’t wait to sit around in da #Phoenix Courtyard sippin’ lemonade and lookin’ out at da #Mountains and deserts. Da sky seems so blue and da #Clouds so soft and pillowy we kuld just stay outdoors fur hours. We luv horses and kuld spend a leisurely afternoon watchin’ da #Horses drinkin’ from da #Water troughs and listenin’ to da wind blowin’ fru da leaves on da #Trees. We might even be able to find a good tree fur climbin’. MOL Or maybe we kuld go ridin’ on one of those #Horses. Mommy luvs da desert and #Cactus, she grew up out West. #Cactus be so amazin’ how they can live in such hot and dry conditions by holdin’ in their water supply. Mommy sez their purrickly thorns are their way of of stayin’ safe. Not many animals includin’ humans can handle a #Cactus without getting’ stuck.
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Tell us which foto you like bestest and a caption ifin ya’ think you have one dat wuld be better. (We know sum of ya’ are gweat at captionin’ and memes are not mommy’s thing) We sure do purreciate you all helpin’ us out.
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And we have a winner fur da Morris’ Happy Kitty Kit. Ingrid Rickmar better known as Pipo and Minko of We Bees Siamese.
Service Cats U.S. 