The toys are coming out again.

Good morning everyone.  What a wonderful day it is in the Cat Household.  Today the pets are breaking out their special gadgets for another holiday celebration and the cats are having a wonderful time chasing and tossing them.  Why even the older cats are getting involved in the games.  Here is Shadow (the troublesome newbie) getting his fair share of problems because the other cats have begun to bury him in the hat and stockings that always seem to come out.  Think he will be lost?  Naw, the Cat Household isn't that lucky......

That newbie is trouble with a capital "T"!

Well, all is well on this crisply cool day in November.  The Cat Household is waking up slowly and and stretching out the kinks from their unusual sleep positions.  Here is Shadow as he.....wait, WHAT IS THAT?  Oh no, Shadow is stuck to it!  Will he ever be free?  Will he find a way out of this horrible situation?  Will he receive help from the human that seems to be guiding this horrid object?  "Shadow, don't give up!"  Do you  think he is stuck that way forever?   *SIGH* it's that curiosity of his.  Someday it will take his ninth life if he isn't careful.

Time is slowing down now that the cooler weather is here...

The Cat Household is really getting into their napping now.  The wind has picked up and Jack Frost has begun to paint his beautiful designs all over the windows.  All of the cats have their different dreams that come to entertain during the cold seasons like Cocoa and his writing and Mittens and his becoming a super hero.  Here Tigger is really into his dream.  Let's take a peek and see what he is dreaming about.

The Cat Household is getting ready for their big feast.

The Cat Household has been prepping (with many naps in the sun) so they are ready for that all important feast that is coming up.  In fact, following the usual family tradition, they have begun to pull out the decorations for Christmas so that they can be put up after the Thanksgiving Holiday ends.  Here they are now, napping away, why isn't that cute, Tiger has found himself a warm soft pillow in the sun.  Oh, and below that, he is demonstrating the proper use of those little stockings you find all over the stores at this time of the year. What a lovely day this has turned out to be.

Image by Nemo

The newbie strikes again.......

Things are pretty quiet at the Cat Household today.  The cats are all resting nicely (morning naps are so refreshing, don't you think?).  So peace and quiet is reining here today.....Not again.  That newbie is soooo much trouble.  Here he is hogging the stockings and has even claimed the Santa hat that Cocoa usually wears for his blog.  Oh, how outrageous is that?  It can't be allowed to happen.  Everyone, gather in a circle around him and get those things away, he hasn't been here long enough to have earned them!  Let's get closer, uh, ah, look at those eyes......hmmm, I think we might want to humor him and wait until he tires of holding them, don't you?

The Cat Household has begun to settle down after their Halloween excitement and.....

Some images are by Nemo and can be found on
Pixabay--others are © Cheryl Simonds

Each of them is enjoying their much needed cat naps.  Tigger is truly enjoying his sleeping time.  Look at that smile.  I wonder what he is dreaming of; could it be another cat; could it be his fellow housemates; could it be his own beauty?  I wonder what it could be.  Oh yes, just look at that.  It is really not hard to see it now.......

The Cat Household is back to normal, or it was.....

Normal at last!  The Cat Household has begun to settle back into their routine and they are loving the peace and quiet after the active (and very loud) Halloween excitement.  Although Thanksgiving and Christmas are now very close, the cats feel that those two holidays are more for relaxing and playing quietly at home than racing about trying to come up with unique outfits that will scare but be easily worn.  And so, here at the Cat Household they sit about and resume their quiet.........what in the world is Mittens doing?

"Mittens, get that flip-flop out of your mouth this minute!"

"Can't, it tastes so **nomnomnom** good."
"Oh how could you, it must be awful?"
"MMMMMMMMMM, sides it strengthens my teeth."
"*******sigh*******, We can dress him up, but we can't take him anywhere!"

With the Holidays coming.....

I wanted to add a few words of advice to all you cat owners out there.  Below you will find a list of items that can be very dangerous to your cat.  Be careful with these items and be sure to keep them well out of your cat's reach:

Feel free to enlarge this chart for your information.
This is by no means all of the things that cats can
get into and get injured.  

Also, check out any plants you wish to bring into the home to see if they are poisonous to cats (for example:  poinsettias are deadly).

The Cat Household is back to normal, or is it?

Once more the Cat Household has settled down to a regular routine, but with all the spooky things going on, they have had to limit the treat intake.  They hid the candy where it couldn't be found and put up notices for all to see.  That way the candy can be doled out in measured amounts to avoid any issues that might arise from the excess sugars.  Yesterday it was Dakota's turn to hand out the sweet treats, but....what happened to her eyes?  Wait, I think I see a note, yes, see it?  Right above her head?  It says "who fed the cat?" Oh, Dakota, you were supposed to hand it out not eat it.......

Guess we will have to skip Dakota when her turn comes around once more.  Sorry Dakota, but you become a different cat when you eat too many treats.

Cats love their water...

Cat's, like all animals, need plenty of hydration to remain healthy.  Be sure to give your feline companion fresh water daily (and clean the bowl as often as possible to remove the slimy covering of spit that accumulates while the cats drink).  Your cats (and all your pets) will thank you for it.  PS:  See how much Tiger likes his water.......

Tricks or Treats are over and.......

Looks like Tiger truly enjoyed his tricks or treats.

The Cat Household went out for their annual tricks or treats and came back with huge buckets strapped to their backs and filled with all sorts of catnip treats.  I bet they won't be too active over the next few months, or will they?

Now that the Halloween fun is over for another year, you should be aware that most candies are dangerous for cats (and most animals) so the kids shouldn't share.  Also, all those bright colored, crinkly papers that the treats come in can also be dangerous.  These things are seen as toys and are often tossed about and ripped up (and many times pieces are swallowed).  When disposing of candy wrappers, please be sure to place in a covered container so that the animals can't find them.  

Salty is a bit upset.

You see, the cats in the household don't really like his chosen costume and they have been making fun of him all week.  In fact, Mittens actually told him that he looked girlie and un-scary.  He even went so far as to tell Salty that he should just go as he is because that is scarier than any costume he could come up with.  Salty retaliate with a bit of his own wit by telling Mittens that the stupid 'cat mask' he chose is stupider than any of the other costumes and if anyone was un-scary it was him.  Mittens, enraged by that comment, told Salty....oh....it's sooo awful but.....okay-Mittens told Salty that he was-----acting human!

Halloween is almost here...

With Halloween drawing close, the felines of the Cat Household wanted to spruce up their yard so that the area was spooky and frightening for those little devil's who would be brave enough to enter their domain for a taste of something sweet.  I think they did pretty well, what do you think?

It's Dakota's turn and has she gone all out...

Here Dakota is modeling her costume for the Halloween frights.  She has powdered herself up with whites and grays as well as donned sharp teeth and red, red eyes.  She has even donned her silver necklace to show her power as a Countess.  Then she proceeded to surround herself in the latest Halloween decor.  What do you think of her costume?  Remember, she is very shy and would be terribly upset if you didn't appreciate all the hard work she has done so please try to be enthusiastic.

Are they asleep or just challenging each other?

Have you ever noticed that the cats seem to sleep their entire day and most of their nights away?  They curl up anywhere and just fall asleep at the drop of a dime--just look at them, sleeping away, or are they challenging each other to see who can sleep the longest?  Hmm, I think they are working too hard at that challenge, just look, they have been asleep so long the spiders have moved in.....

Halloween is close, who's costume is next?

Well, here is Tiger, he went all out and even insisted that his works of art (pumpkins) be displayed with him.  He recruited the help of some of his best friends to dangle pictures of bats and birds so that he would have a real spooky picture.  How do you think he looks in all his make-up?

"So it's dumb looking,
I like it!"

Another costume in the Cat Household....

So not to be outdone, Tigger has been working very hard on his costume for Halloween.  He has even hired some rather nasty looking goblins to follow him about and look really scary.  Wow, he even has the pumpkin patch looking rather scary.  Uh, Tigger, watch out for the spiders, oh and the ghosts, and......oh now I'm really scared...

Mittens tried to change his costume and....

Mittens was so horrified that all he had for a costume was a mask and all the others were going all out on their costumes, that he decided to go seeking for a new costume that would wipe the others right out.  He searched in the bedrooms and under the beds.  He searched in the closets and under the towels.  He searched in the bathtub and behind the toilet.  He searched in the kitchen and.....oh, what did he find there?  He found the scariest pumpkins in the world.  Just look....oh, don't mind the sweater, Mittens was cold so he donned a sweater to stay warm as he searched.....

Pumpkin image by PublicDomainPictures
Mittens was added after the fact  LOL

Another costume, what do you think?

Dusty prepared his costume very carefully and then he descended, just as the sun was going down, upon his fellow felines to see how well he did.  His fellows were properly frightened by his appearance and ran to find a hiding place before the Zombie Feline could catch them.  What do you think?  Is he scary enough?

No felines were injured in the creation of this image.

Costumes again?

The cats have been working very hard to create just the right costume for Halloween.  Each of them has been arguing that they should be the one to display their costume here.  I had to make a choice, and I think Cocoa's is the creepiest so I chose him.  What do you think?

Count Cocoa