Halloween

ME-YOWL-O-WEEN WITH KITTIES BLUE

 

 

We’ll be partying with angel Sammy and Teddy today at Two Spoiled Cats. Mau and Teddy will be enjoying Halloween at Cat Scouts as well. And Lily Olivia will be hanging out with her gal pals at Crotchety Cougars.

Even though we’ll be out and about, Mom has promised to keep the snack table well stocked all day for anyone who pops in to visit. And Mau baked an endless supply of candy cakes.

Enjoy, but try not to hork on the carpet. We’ll do that when we get home!

 

 

Giveaway

If you missed yesterday’s post, Kitties Blue is giving away a copy of Jackson Galaxy’s new book, Total Cat Mojo. This is a must read for anyone who shares their home with a cat or is considering adoption. By clicking on the link to yesterday’s post at the bottom of this page, you can read my review and leave a comment for the opportunity to win a copy. Giveaway is open Worldwide. Random.org will be used to select the winner.

 

HAPPY ME-YOWL-O-WEEN!

LISBETH DOES A WITCHY SELFIE ON NATIONAL CAT DAY

Sunday Selfies: Week #168

My humans say I can be a little bitchy, er witchy! I do have a tendency to be hissy and growly when others get in my way. Because of this and the fact that Halloween is now just two days away, Mom couldn’t keep her paws off of my very lovely selfie. Pffft!

 

Lisbeth celebrates National Cat Day and Halloween.

 

To add insult to posting me in a witch’s had, I heard a rumor about a rude and unflattering thing Astrid said about me in her post yesterday. If anyone knows what that was, please let me know in the comments. Other than spilling their guts that it happened, no-one will tell me what she said.

Enough about Astrid. She’s not worth my time.

National Cat Day – USA

Today is National Cat Day, which is celebrated each year on October 29. It was created in 2005 by Colleen Paige, Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Welfare Advocate. Since its inception, National Cat Day has helped save the lives of more than one million cats.

Paige established this day in an effort to assist the public in recognizing the number of cats needing to be rescued. Additionally, the day encourages cat lovers to celebrate the cat(s) in their lives for their companionship and the unconditional love they willingly give.

The National Cat Day web-site lists 20 things we can do today to celebrate and help kitties. I’ll be spending extra time today snuggling with and giving all the Kitties Blue special attention and love. As we have a full house and cannot add any kitties to the family, I’ll be sending a donation to our favorite rescue, Barn Cat Buddies.

In conjunction with #NationalCatDay, BLUE BUFFALO is sponsoring the “Purr-fect Purr-sonalities” PHOTO CONTEST. You have until 11:59 pm (ET) tonight to enter. Winners will be notified by November 11th and announced on social media when all winners have responded.

To enter, log onto Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter and include #BlueBuffalo and #NationalCatDay with your uploaded image of your cat, depicting their best PURRsonality trait.  Photo must be of your own cat. Once a photo is submitted, it cannot be changed or modified. To purrticipate, you must live in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Canada. You must be at least 18 years old at the time of entry.

Three “PURRfect PURRsonalities” winners may be featured on the Blue Buffalo Facebook page and will receive an assortment of Blue Buffalo products, Blue Gear and National Cat Day Gear.

Blog Hop

I cannot think of a better day to purrticipate in our Sunday Selfies blog than National Cat Day. And don’t forget to ask for some of your favorite treats as a reward for taking your selfie and in celebration of this special day. Also invite your friends to join us. The more the merrier.

Of course, you don’t need to be a cat to join in the fun. All anipals are welcome and encouraged to join the hop. If you are new to hopping, here are some guidelines:

  • The link to add your selfie to the hop is below.
  • You also will find below the code to use if you’d like the hop to appear on your blog.
  • You do not need to post on Sundays to join.
  • The hop remains open for entries through Thursday midnight.
  • Please be so kind as to display our badge and/or link to The Cat on My Head.

With purrs and paw-pats, Lisbeth (with kisses for my sweet boyfriend Charles)

p.s. Please join us tomorrow for Mom’s review of Jackson Galaxy’s new book, Total Cat Mojo, and leave a comment for the opportunity to win a copy.

 



ASTRID’S ME-YOWL-O-WEEN RANT

Friendly Fill-Ins:Week #77

Friday has rolled around again, so that means it is time for fill-ins. This is a blog hop hosted by our friends, Annie (McGuffy’s Reader) and Ellen (15 And Meowing). Each week, the first two sentences to be completed are selected by Ellen and the second two by Annie.

If you’d like to participate, both Annie and Ellen post the potential fill-ins on Thursday. To join the hop, you need to go to McGuffy’s Reader. You can go there now by clicking on the badge to the left.

My completions are in teal italics. Number four was completed by Astrid, and she selected orange for her completion.

    1. I  would like to interview Jackson Galaxy in person. I’ve interviewed him by telephone. If you missed the series of posts from that interview, you can read them by clicking on these links: Jackson Galaxy Interview; Jackson Galaxy Interview Part 2 & Catify to Satisfy Review; and Jackson Galaxy Interview Part 3. I’d like to interview him about his new book, TOTAL CAT MOJO, which I will be reviewing here on Monday. That’s a post you won’t want to miss, as I will be giving away a copy of the book.
    2. I would like to be interviewed by Ellen. She’s an animal lover and seems very genuine. 
    3. Halloween night is not for kitties. Too much noise and too many rug rats ringing the doorbell.
    4. (Astrid asked to complete this fill-in, and I couldn’t turn her down, as she was not a happy camper.) Once Halloween is over, I am going to shred and burn this stupid bumble bee costume…unless I can get my paws on it before then. Okay, so I admit I look cute, but I showed Mom exactly what I thought of it. I’m surprised it isn’t covered in blood. I was so mad, I didn’t even want the treats I was offered!

 

“I pleaded with my daddy to save me, but he was complicit in this dastardly deed.”

 

“They certainly could have found a better backdrop for these photos.”

 

“Pretty good stink-eye, don’t you think?”

 

We hope you will join us again tomorrow for some Caturday Art.

MORE PRE-HALLOWEEN SELFIES AND REMEMBRANCE

Sunday Selfies: Week #167

Our mom was reeling with incredulity when three of us came forward and volunteered to take selfies for today’s post. Of course, she selected the ones I took. After all I am the cutest! She has saved the others in her Sunday Selfies folder for future posts.

 

 

I wish someone would tell her that Halloween is still 10 days away. I would have liked a nice pastel frame to show off my magnificent tortieness, but alas, I am at her mercy when it comes to how my photos are displayed. I’ve heard a rumor that I may find Halloween particularly distasteful this year, and I have seen why. Mom has purchased an actual tortie-sized Halloween costume that she thinks she’s going to convince me to wear. I think some zombie must have eaten her brain, as that ain’t ever going to happen.

All of us Kitties Blue already have our virtual costumes and are ready for Angel Sammy and Teddy’s Teaser Halloween Party (Two Spoiled Cats). So obviously, I do not need a real costume. I will keep you up-to-date on what is certain to be a fiasco.

Before asking you to hop, my brofurs, sisfurs and I would like to remember and honor a beautiful lady. Brian’s sisfur, Sascha, who had been ill for quite a while, received her wings on Friday.

Remembering Sascha

 

 

Sascha was having health issues for quite sometime, especially during the past month. She even had to spend several days in the hospital. She was fortunate to be able to come home to celebrate her Gotcha Day on October 9. Sascha will be missed by all of us and so many others. We are fairly certain most of you have visited Sascha’s family and left your condolences. But if not, you can click on her photo to visit Brian’s Home. We are sending purrs, prayers, love and our sympathy to the entire family.

Blog Hop

Now it’s time to hop and show off your selfies. Those of you who join us regularly, know what’s what. If not, here are some tips for linking up.

  • The link to add your selfie to the hop is below.
  • You also will find below the code to use if you’d like the hop to appear on your blog.
  • You do not need to post on Sundays to join.
  • The hop remains open for entries through Thursday midnight.
  • Please be so kind as to display our badge and/or link to The Cat on My Head

With purrs and paw-pats, Astrid

 



COUNTESS & COUNT CATCULA

Countess Catcula Giulietta

 

Count Catcula Mauricio

 

BWAHAHAHA! Did we frighten you? If we made you wet your furs, let us know in the comments who you think is scarier, Countess Catcula Giulietta or Count Catcula Mauricio.

Our friends, Peaches and Paprika and their Mom Carol made a fun Halloween slideshow. Stop by their blog to see lots of you friends celebrating Halloween.

 

 

Happy Halloween from

 

Kitties Blue

 

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#NATIONALCATDAY ART WITH ASTRID

#NationalCatDay

7ee089_a2ba57cdc6a04f6c80dd0bc7d0f486e7mv2-jpg_srz_228_227_85_22_0-50_1-20_0-00_jpg_srzToday is National Cat Day (#NationalCatDay), which is celebrated each year on October 29. The day is sponsored by the Animal Miracle Foundation. It was created in 2005 by Colleen Paige, Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Welfare Advocate. Since its inception, National Cat Day has helped save the lives of more than one million cats.

Paige established this day in an effort to assist the public in recognizing the number of cats needing to be rescued. Additionally, the day encourages cat lovers to celebrate the cats in their lives for their companionship and the unconditional love they give.

The National Cat Day web-site lists 20 things we can do today to celebrate and help kitties. I intend to wear my cat ears and one of my many cat t-shirts and spend extra time giving all the kitties special attention and love…as if they’d let me do anything else.  We are supposed to have very warm weather (80 degrees F), so I’ll be able to enjoy the day on the catio with Kitties Blue. As we have a full house and cannot add any kitties to the family, I’ll be sending a donation to our favorite rescue, Barn Cat Buddies.

I will be using #NationalCatDay to post on social media and encourage all our cat blogging friends to do the same.

Caturday Art

For today’s Halloween-themed art, I used an older photo of Astrid.

 

Astrid's #NationalCatDay art.

 

caturdayartbannerTo create the art, I used LunaPic to add the Halloween effect, “dark.” I loved the ethereal effect, but wanted Astrid’s eyes to standout so colored them using PicMonkey and then added the frame using piZap. I should have removed those two cabinet handles from above her head, but I didn’t really notice how bad they looked until I had completed the project.

This is our entry in Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty’s Caturday Art Blog Hop. To view the other submissions and/or enter some art of your own, click on Athena’s badge.

Sunday Selfies

Cat4-001With Halloween almost here, Kitties Blue are going to take advantage of another opportunity to do something special for tomorrow’s selfie. They haven’t shared with me who will be doing the selfie and in what direction they are going with the design…creepy, cute, zombified, vampirish…

Of course, to participate, you do not need to do anything theme-based. And remember, all anipals are welcome to join the hop. Please invite all your friends to join us. As the saying goes, “The more the scarier merrier”

p.s. I will share my macaroni and cheese recipe tomorrow. It is from scratch but super quick and easy!

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TRICK OR TREAT FILL-INS

Friendly Fill-Ins: Week #25

FriendlyFillInsWe are once again participating in the Friendly Fill-Ins hosted by 15 And Meowing‘s Ellen and Annie from McGuffy’s Reader. Ellen always selects the first two fill-ins and Annie the second two. If you’d like to join in this blog hop, you can add the link to your post on Annie’s blog.

My completions are in teal italics.

1. The first thing I check when I go online is usually e-mail. I scan it to see if there is anything that requires an immediate reply.

2. My signature dish is macaroni and cheese. I make it with sour cream.

3. My Halloween night is usually over by 8 p.m. when we turn off our outside lights.

4. Trick or treaters are not polite like they were when I was kid. They rarely say, “Trick or Treat” or “Thank you.” They just hold out their bag or pillowcase and expect it to be filled with candy with no words exchanged. That drives me crazy. I’ll usually just stand in the door and do nothing until they say something.

 

trick or treat

 

I think Mauricio might be fibbing just a bit. I cannot remember the last time any of the Kitties Blue said, “Thank you!”

 

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SHADOW CATS ON CATURDAY

Caturday Art

I don’t do much decorating for Halloween. I have a couple of nice folk art pieces that I’ll put out if I remember. But for some reason, I have gotten inspired to create Halloween art on the blog.

Lily Olivia was featured in yesterday’s Halloween-themed post, and she is back today. I started with the wisp effect in Dreamscope and added some additional texture and a surprise image with PicMonkey. Finally, I used piZap to add the frame.

 

Shadow Cats

 

Did you find the surprise image? If not, try moving away from your computer screen or looking at the image from an angle.

This is our entry in the Caturday Art blog hop hosted by Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty.  To view the other entries and/or submit one of your own, click on Athena’s badge.

Sunday Selfies

Cat4-001Well…tomorrow will be week #115 for our Sunday Selfies Blog Hop. The number of submissions last week was on the low side with less than 50. I suspect that was due to it being Feral Cat Day. If you didn’t join us last week or haven’t submitted your selfie in a while, please come back. Kitties Blue and your other friends miss you. That said, the kitties and I hope to see a terrific turn-out tomorrow. Who will be here as your host remains to be seen. No kitty has raised its paw to volunteer.

 

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IS CANDY CORN A VEGGIE?

 Friendly Fill-Ins: Week 24

FriendlyFillInsWe are joining our friends and hosts, Ellen (15AndMeowing) and Annie (McGuffy’s Reader) for this week’s fun Halloween-themed fill-ins. This is a blog hop. If you’d like to link up, visit Annie’s blog. My completions are in teal italics.

1. One Halloween, I dressed as a cheerleader. I never was one, but Mauricio currently is one for Cat Scout University. He’s also Cheermaster for the Wolverine’s Patrol and has written many cheers. He’s accentuated his uniform just a bit for Halloween.

 

candy corn meme

 

2. My favorite comedian is Jeff Dunham and his gang of misfits, especially Walter and Peanut.

 

 

3. My scariest Halloween was when one of the kitties ran out the front door when some trick-or-treaters arrived. I do not remember now which cat it was, but I was totally freaked out. 

4. Candy Corn is my favourite Halloween treat.

 

candy corn meme

 

We’ll be back tomorrow with Caturday Art and a press release from Jackson Galaxy on a very important topic for all cat caregivers and advocates.

 

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