Fun Feline Finds for Halloween from Etsy

Meows from Mudpie!

This year Mommy got an early start and pulled out our Halloween decorations in late September! Even though she already has more than she could ever use she's always looking for more, and one of her favorite places to shop for Halloween goodies is Etsy. There are so many creative people out there creating pawsome kitty items, and we thought we'd share some of our favorite finds (for both humans and cats) with you today!

Halloween Cat Metal Yard Stakes

Cat Ghost Lady Fine Art Print

Cat Ghost Night Light

Beeswax Pillar Candle

PomPom Cat

Black Cat Ornaments

Garland

Cat Detective Halloween Costume

Mystical Cat Bath Bomb

Ghost Cat Neon Sign

Frankenstein's Monster Catnip Toy

Kitty Tombstones Catnip Toy

We hope you enjoy our Halloween picks, and don't forget, if you find something here you like and make a purchase using our affiliate links, I get a little money for my piggy bank!

Watering Hole #SundaySelfie

Meows from Mudpie!

Mommy cracks up when she sees me drinking like this, laying down with my head hanging over the side of the water bowl...

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Blue Swirl Mudpie #CaturdayArt

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And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. I take a nap with Mudpie when I feel overwhelmed.

2. My favorite streaming service is TBD. This is a very timely question because I just got my first Roku device last week! So far I'm loving the Garfield prime time specials I haven't seen since I was a child on Peacock, and making a list of tons of free content on Tubi I want to watch.

3. I try to help any animal in need when I can.

4. I could tell a scary story about riding in a car headed the wrong way into oncoming traffic in Montreal. (I wasn't driving.)

Feline Friday: Invasion of the Halloween Stuffies

 

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Unboxing September's CatLadyBox

 The theme of September's CatLadyBox was Purrin' Patch...here's what was inside!

Featured Cat Lady Artist:

Leeza Hernandez

Purrin' Patch Tee:

It seems like every month lately I've been saying this is the cutest CLB shirt yet, and that's the case once again. The old truck, the cat riding in back with the pumpkins, the cat-themed menu and activities...adorable beyond words. Not to mention the fact the Purrin' Patch is dated Est. 2015 and I adopted Mudpie in 2015!

Cat Welcome Mat:

Can't wait to put this on my back step, but I plan to wait and use it in the spring. 

(Photo courtesy of Amanda Flower, one of my favorite cozy mystery authors/cat ladies. I love how she used it outside one of her feral cat shelters.)

Meow & Go Tote:

I always use reusable totes when I go shopping so this will be added to my repertoire. 

I especially love this one because the colors are so autumnal, the kitties resembling torties and calicos.

Cat Cookie Cutter:

'Tis the season for cat-shaped cookies!

Meowy Maple Leaf & Purrin' Spice Candle Catnip Toys:

Both toys are so adorably festive. As a Vermonter I especially love the maple leaf!

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Looking Good & Feeling Fine #SundaySelfie

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Caturday Art

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And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. I would love to find an easier way to dust. My house is filled with small items that collect dust, and I'm terribly allergic! 

2. My October list includes finishing up my Halloween decorating, shopping for new Christmas decor and voting early.

3. I know better than to eat raw onion. Dad loves onion sandwiches, but they repeat on me for hours.

4. Hurting an animal should be illegal. Technically it is, but the penalties are nowhere near harsh enough.

Feline Friday: Sweet Dreams

 

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Bell, Book and Corpses by T.C. LoTempio ~ Blog Tour with Book Review & Giveaway

It’s Halloween trick-or-treachery when murder pays a visit to a cursed mansion in the new Nick and Nora mystery . . .

Waincroft Manor has long been tied to rumors of witchcraft and fatal curses, and to Nora Charles, that makes it the perfect place for a Halloween fundraiser. But her first trip to the deserted old mansion turns out to be truly ghoulish when she discovers a dead body. What’s more, the corpse is laid out in a coffin—with two bite marks on its neck. Then the autopsy comes back showing that the body was drained of blood, and there’s no stopping the local gossips from whispering the word vampire to anyone who will listen.

Determined to dispel the rumors and save the fundraiser, Nora sets out to prove the murderer was quite human after all. Sifting through the clues, she learns of a bitter family rivalry that spans generations, and a more recent conflict that may point to the motive for the murder. And when Nick spells out a clue that proves to be the missing piece of the puzzle, Nora knows she’ll have to watch her back—because there’s a killer out there who wants to keep some secrets buried, and they’ll happily bury Nora right along with them . . .

Purchase Link

Looking for the purrfect cozy to get into the Halloween spirit? Look no further than Bell, Book and Corpses. This 7th book in the Nick & Nora mystery series has it all - a creepy old mansion, rumors of witchcraft, curses, paranormal investigators, a dead body in a coffin, and vampires! 

This story can easily be read as a standalone, but for newcomers to the series, Nick and Nora are a crime-solving team to be reckoned with. Nora runs the family sandwich shop, Hot Bread, while also working part-time for the online magazine Noir, where she writes about unsolved mysteries. Nick, a shining star among feline detectives, reveals key clues to Nora with the help of his favorite toy, Scrabble tiles.

Bell, Book and Corpses is chock full of twists and turns that kept me guessing until the very end. And the final reveal of what Nick was trying to tell Nora with his beloved Scrabble tiles put the biggest smile on my face! He is one brilliant, unique kitty (and could he be any more adorable on the cover?) Four paws up! 

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About the Author:

While Toni Lotempio does not commit – or solve – murders in real life, she has no trouble doing it on paper. Her lifelong love of mysteries began early on when she was introduced to her first Nancy Drew mystery at age 10 – The Secret in the Old Attic. She and her cat pen the Nick and Nora mystery series originally from Berkley Prime Crime and now with Beyond the Page Publishing. They also write the Cat Rescue series from Crooked Lane and the Pet Shop series, originally published by Midnight Ink and rebranded last year as “Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries.” Book six in the Nick and Nora mysteries, A PURR BEFORE DYING, is released this February from Beyond the Page. There is also a new series, Tiffany Austin Food Blogger, coming out in April.

You can cat-ch up with them at ROCCO’s blog, www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com or her website, www.tclotempio.net

Author Links:

Webpage: http://www.tclotempio.net

Blog: http://www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toni.lotempio.5

Twitter/X: @RoccoBlogger

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September Sunbathing #SundaySelfie

Meows from Mudpie!

Yep...I'm still working on my tan! 

*WINK*

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Caturday Art

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. I have had Covid one time.

2. There is no acceptable excuse for hurting an animal.

3. I wish fall weather lasted all year long.

4. I probably look silly when I walk the neighborhood with dad with a death grip on his belt, but I don't care. Anything I can do to keep him upright I'll do. 

Unsuccessful Selfies #PetPhotoFails

Meows from Mudpie!

Thank you for joining us for this month's edition of the Pet Photo Fails Blog Hop! After a wet, humid summer, we've had a pawsome month of weather. We didn't have a single drop of rain from the 9th to the 25th!!! I get to soak up the warm sun in the daytime and curl up on Mommy's nap at night. It's the best of both worlds! 

Both of my bloopers this month were taken while I was trying to snap a selfie. In the first one Mommy was trying to make it an ussie! 

Those are my bloopers...let's see yours!

 

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#ShineALight for Pet Adoption #RememberMeThursday

I have a cousin who worked for our local humane society back in the 1980s, and I will never forget the day she told me that on the day a dog was to be euthanized they would go out and get them a hamburger from McDonalds as one last special meal. If that doesn't simply gut you I just don't know what to say. I can't even type it without crying. Those innocent little angels deserved the kind of life your own cherished pets enjoy, but they were never given that chance.

We've come a long way since then - this same shelter now adopts out animals so quickly we're able to partner with shelters down south to save even more lives - but as a nation we still have a long, long way to go. The sad truth is, for over a million healthy, adoptable animals each year, help never comes. Thanks to awareness that number has consistently decreased in the last decade, but just one animal dying alone, forgotten in a shelter, is one too many.

That's why animal-lovers and animal welfare organizations across the globe will unite today with a Remember Me Thursday pet candle-lighting ceremony. The candles, which will be lit on the exact same day across the world, will honor the millions of pets who lost their lives without the benefit of a loving home and shine a light on the millions of healthy pets who are still awaiting adoption. The Remember Me Thursday global awareness campaign encourages individuals to light a candle this day (literally or virtually) and to opt to adopt, reducing the millions of orphan pets euthanized each year.

Orphaned pets can't speak for themselves. We are their only voice. Spread the word about Remember Me Thursday on Facebook, Twitter and other social media channels. Don’t forget to use the hashtags #RememberMeThursday and #SeeTheLight to share your thoughts and feelings about the importance of pet adoption.

CONTEST: Win life-saving funds or food for a rescue or shelter of your choice! Take a photo of your rescue pet and tag the picture with #RememberMeThursday and #ShineALight on social media to be entered into the challenge!

Whaddya Mean Summer Is Over??? #SundaySelfie

 

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Caturday Art

Visit more artsy kitties at Athena's Caturday Art blog hop!

And now our weekly answers for the Friendly Fill-Ins challenge, hosted by 15andmeowing and Four-Legged Furballs!

1. Stunning Keisha is a blog I enjoyed that is no longer there. Technically it's still there, but no longer being updated because both CK & TW are gone. I miss them both so much.

2. I won't ever attempt to grow cucumbers again. Last year I had two plants and ended up with a dozen cukes. Success! This year out of 4 plants I got ONE cucumber!!! I don't know what went wrong, but it's cheaper just to buy cukes in the store than all those plants for nothing.

3. I once injured myself while running. ALL of my injuries since childhood have happened because I'm always running.

4. I usually get 6-7  hours of sleep.

Meow Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy! It is Mudpie, pillager of squeezies!

Hand 'em over or I'll make you walk the plank!!!

Mommy's Running Outta Kitchen Floor

Meows from Mudpie!

Saturday afternoon Mommy came home from grocery shopping and I immediately plopped down on top of one of her shopping bags.

Spoiler: there was a 3 pound bag of my food inside!

5 days later and I'm still using it for a nap spot, so Mommy hasn't had the heart to pick it up. (Yes, the bag of cat food is still inside. Apparently I like lumpy beds.)

Notice my pizza box and grandpa's old coat in the background that I also love to nap on?

Mommy says she's running out of places to walk in the kitchen.