Caturday Art-Dreamscope

Today I am featuring a photo from a blog post I did way back in the day of an orange kitty that was featured.

I took this photo:

and turned it into this:

From an app that I learned about on Tuesday from our friend Ann, at Pawsitively Pets called Dreamscope.   Check out Ann's amazing photos here.

I love the unusual creations that can be made with this app, but what I don't like is that it doesn't feature a cropping option or an option to add text. I had to go to ribbet.com to crop my old text out  and to add new text in.

In fairness, I used the app on my laptop and not the phone. I am going to see if there is a download available for the phone and see if it offers more editing options.

See more amazing Caturday Art here!

SPEAKING OF ART...sometimes it pays to follow a WOOFIE!!!! You can enter Dakota's CanvasPop give-away too, but HURRY, it's ending soon! NOTE:Exceptionally handsome woofie NOT included in give-away!!
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Pay it forward and Share the Love, with Pawsitively Pets Valentine's Day Fundraiser

Wouldn't you LOVE a photo like this done of your pet(s)?

I knew you would say yes!!

Click here
to find out how YOU
can help "Share the Love"

Fun Friday... "I'm Cool!!"

Hi every kitty and woofie! It's Cody!  While cruising the blogs on January 1st, what did I find? This!

My furiend, Ann, at the super "cool" blog, My Pawsitively Pets, created an infographic of the "10 Coolest Pets with blogs in 2012".

While reading the infographic I wasn't a bit surprised to see the  blogs that I saw mentioned, (that being said, there were MANY, MANY COOL PETS with blogs that weren't on this infographic but you can't fit all of them here....it would go on furever!) but what DID surprise me Mom was surprised, I wasn't the least bit surprised,  was to see ME mentioned!! YEP! ME! The "Codester!!" You notice it didn't say the "10 Coolest Peeps with Blogs and their pets" Nope! No way! If it had, Mom would be kitty poop out of luck, that is for sure!

What a "Cool" way to begin the New Year! Anyway, I am honored and all of that fake modesty kinda stuff, but hey, I know I am a "Cool Cat!" Glad to see that Ann realizes that!

Speaking of Ann, her blog hasn't been around all that long, and I must say that Ann blogs as if she has been around furever! Her blog is set up with a super attention to detail unlike ours, it is attractive, well-written, it is full of information, fun, and is about all sorts of animals, not just dogs and/or cats.

Ann is super knowledgeable and I think that's cause she is a registered Vet Tech! I still love her regardless of that "V-E-T" stuff in her title.

 Be sure to visit her blog right here!

 Ann, thanks for recognizing just how "cool" I am and I am honored to be in the company of all of those "cool" pets with blogs!

Oh, Ann, one more thing, if you make an infographic of old, lazy, slacker peeps with blogs,  who eat too much, complain too much, and have the brains of a flea, be sure to include my Mom in that one, ok?

Love, Cody, "One Cool Cat"

"Walkin' in a Kitty Wonderland" with Purina, Winners!!!

To be sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland:

Cameras click, are ya listenin'?

In the lane, snow is glistenin,

A beautiful sight,

You could win some  Fancy Feast and Friskies that's right!

"Walkin' in a kitty wonderland!"

Happy Friday everyone! It's Cody, and I have been waiting and waiting to announce the winners of the Purina "Walkin' in a Kitty Wonderland" photo contest, but wasn't allowed to spill the kibble until I had the official word, but now I can!

This was a super hard contest to judge. ALL of the photos Mom and I received were winners in our book. It was soo hard to judge that guess what? Mom and I didn't judge it! We're not as stupid as we look! Since we knew a few of the kitties who entered, we decided to show Dad the photos and let him pick the winners so that it would be fair so that the blame would fall on HIM!

The first place winner is:

"BUBBA!!!"

Bubba was submitted by Sarah

Sarah has a most thoughtful blog :

Click here to visit Sarah's blog

The GRAND PRIZE WINNER has  their photo added to a special

 holiday photo album on the Petco Facebook page  that  features

ALL OF THE WINNERS from the Purina Blogger Community's contest!!

   The GRAND PRIZE WINNER  will also receive:

Now because Sarah and Bubba reside in Canada we were faced with a unique problem. The coupons  for the  free variety pack of Friskies or Fancy Feast that Sarah was supposed to receive wouldn't be valid in Canada, so instead of the coupons, she will receive:

• A Fancy Feast Holiday ornament
•  A Fancy Feast Coffee Mug 

CONCATULATIONS!!!

NOW FOR OUR FOUR RUNNERS UP!!

EACH ONE WILL RECEIVE:

• A coupon for a free variety pack of Friskies or Fancy Feast- a $15 value (only good at Petco)
• FIVE coupons for a free can of Friskies or Fancy Feast (only good at Petco)

CONCATULATIONS TO:

KATIE!!

of the hilarious blog:

Click here to visit Katie!!

Next we have:

"Zip"

submitted by Peggy

Next the oh so "shy"

Judi  and her kitties

from the fun blog:

The GUIDO Gazette

click here to visit her blog

Last but not least we have:

"KKM"

Submitted by Ann

from the informative and fun blog:

Click here to visit Ann's blog

A HUGE

THANK-YOU

TO ALL WHO ENTERED!!!

Be sure to check out
ALL of the winners
by visiting 
Petco's
Facebook Page

Also thanks to Purina

and Petco

for such a fun contest!

A Heartfelt THANK YOU- A little bit "Wordy" Wednesday

There are a lot of contests out there that many of us enter that offer prizes such as money, pet supplies and blog "notoriety", just to name a few. I recently entered a contest that for me, was probably the most emotionally rewarding of any contest that I have entered thus far.

My friend Ann Paws who is the author  of one of my favorite new blogs:

Click here to visit!

 had a contest where we had to submit a photo of what our PETS are thankful for.

For me, this was a no-brainer. My "boyz" are MOST thankful for EACH OTHER. This photo was my entry:

Cody and Dakota have a most unique relationship. I couldn't be more blessed, nor could THEY!

They are playmates, partners in crime and conspiracy, companions when my husband and I aren't home,  they visibly worry when one of them is gone from our home even if it is just for an hour or two.  At night, by choice, they  sleep in close proximity of each other. My vet often tells me how he marvels at the intensity of their bond. Don't tell them that cats and dogs aren't supposed to get along. They exhibit care and concern for each other that many of us could learn from. All of this, and my method of "introducing" them  completely defied "conventional" blogging and textbook guidelines. I listened to my heart, which rarely steers me wrong.

There were 3 winners of this contest and my photo of Dakota and Cody was the GRAND PRIZE WINNER! I am honored and elated that my photo won the contest! What thrilled me the most was that the "judge" of this contest was Anns'  8 year old daughter, Lily:

Photo courtesy of:
http://mypawsitivelypets.blogspot.com/2012/11/thanksgiving-photo-contest-winner.html

What was special to me,  was this was TRULY a "fair and unbiased" judge who not only didn't know any of the entrants, she just loves animals! There was no "hidden agenda" here! You know what they say, "out of the mouths of babes." Lily said that my photo was  "adorable."

You can't fool a child. Children are often our harshest critics. They respond on an emotional level,  a child can sense dishonesty and those with less than stellar intentions a mile away. Ironically, our pets also have this ability. Want to know if a person is GENUINE? Introduce them to your children or your pets.

Being the winner of the "GRAND PRIZE" for this contest didn't bring money, or pet toys or supplies or even a shiny statuette. The prize is THIS lovely badge that I am displaying with enormous pride:

this is PRIZE ENOUGH for me! I don't have mad photography skills,  or the latest camera loaded with bells and whistles. What I DO have are a dog and a cat whose affection for each other lit up that photo and made my message clear.

My "prize" was my work touching the heart of a child. To me, that is the GREATEST gift of all, and in the spirit of Thanksgiving....I THANK YOU LILY from the bottom of my heart.