There have been some strange, weird oddities going on around here which always seem to happen at this time of year. It’s no surprise though with Halloween just around the corner.

Ghostly cats, paranormal activity and creepy grimaces have all become the norm around here.

Take a look for yourself.

Dax seems to be half ghost half cat. Maybe he’s walking through some kind of paranormal portal?
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Spooky and Dax have each picked out a costume for themselves this year for Halloween. Spooky wanted to be a big cat and is going as a siberian tiger. Spooky is still working on his roar!

Dax went for something really scary and is going as a Skull-Cat Savage Warrior creature. Oooh, scary stuff, are you scared? I’m scared!

Here are Spooky and Dax in their Halloween splendor.

Spooky in his Siberian Tiger Halloween Costume

Dax in his Skull-Cat Savage Warrior Halloween Costume

See our Cat Halloween Costumes for 2008

In the true spirit of Halloween we have rounded up 10 free pumpkin stencils that are just purfect for cat lovers. Instead of spending a bunch of time looking through all the free pumpkin stencils on the web we decided to help you save some time and put our favorite cat pumpkin stencils right here on BOC for everyone to see.

These pumpkin stencils range from easy to intermediate. Depending on how ambitious you are you may want to keep things simple and go with the easier petterns.

Of all the many Cat Pumpkin Stencils available for free on the internet we liked these ones the most and thought they would look terrific on your Halloween pumpkin!

Here are your free pumpkin stencils. Grab them and get carving. Happy Halloween!

1. Puss ‘n Boots

2. Cat Face - click ‘Gallery Index’ in the center area and then the first pattern ‘Cat Face Pumpkin Carving Pattern’.

3. Black Cat

4. Scar - This is the big bad cat from Disney’s Lion King!

5. Pumpkin Cats - The Martha Stewart site has a clever way to make pumpkin cats out of all your pumpkins

6. Cat in the Moon

7. Halloween Cat Stencil

8. Black Cat

9. Cat Face

10. Starry Night

If you need some help getting started there lots of help online. You can go here to Pumpkin Carving 101 or search for ‘Pumpkin Carving. Best of luck!

I’m becoming slightly concerned about the band. They seem to be putting in a lot of couch time these days.

It’s not like the cats are on the couch all day with a remote in one paw and a brew in the other, but if I didn’t know any better I think they’re turning into couch potatoes. Is it a cat thing? A passing phase? Maybe so. Maybe they’ve always been couch potatoes and I haven’t noticed.

We have 2 big pretty comfy couches and there’s always a cat on one or both of them. Oh look there is Jade on the couch now. There’s Spooky on the other one!

They’re totally ignoring their cat bed, which has to be just as comfy. If I was a cat I’d sleep there. I guess nothing beats a big soft couch to snooze on.

Here they are in training for couch potatoes 101. I think some new daily activities are in order. Do they make cat treadmills?

It’s a big Couch Potato Cat Party on the big white couch!
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Jade always comes into the computer room every night for a visit when someone is working late. Most of the time I assume she’s looking for a late night snack.

Tonight I think she had a different agenda. She jumped onto the desk and started hitting the keys on the keyboard. She then just looked at me as if to say, “This room isn’t big enough for the two of us, so one webmaster has gotta go and it ain’t gonna be me.”

Frankly, I think she’s been coming in to see me all those nights so she can learn how to run a web site and eventually boot me out. Nah! She’s too nice to plot against me like that. Right?

Anyway, here’s Jade in the midst of her hostile take over.

Jade moves in to assume complete control.
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So which is it? A couch that eats cats or a cat that eats couches? Looks like it’s the first one.

I was walking through the family room and found Spooky in a unique spot. It was something I had not seen before and was a bit of a shocker. At first it looked like the couch was devouring my Cat. Then an instant later I thought Spooky had some how gotten his head stuck under the Couch.

Realizing it was neither, I took a few shots. That’s when Spooky finally moved out from under the couch and gave me a “what?” sort of look, as if I was the one doing the weird stuff.

Silly Spooky Cat.

Help! The couch is eating my Cat!

Spooky emerges unscathed. Were you hinding from the other cats? Having a bashful moment? That was a new/weird thing for you.

Cats love sun baths. Our cats are no different. Every sun beam that comes in the house usually has a cat in it. There are lots of places in the house to catch a few rays but the best spot in the house for soaking up the sun is in the south side of the kitchen.

In the mid-afternoon the Sun streams through the backdoor of the kitchen and also through the large window right next to the backdoor. The big matt at the backdoor gets a big blast of sun.

What can be better than some brilliant sun rays on a nice warm rug where the cats can stretch-out, hang-out or simply take a nap? And they do just that, big time!

Here’s the best part. The cat food and water bowls are right under the kitchen window. No wonder it’s turned into one of the cats top 10 favorite things to do.

Jade can’t resist the warm sun beam that streams into the kitchen in the afternoon

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Jade is our little tortoise shell cat. She is a cat of many moods and faces as are most cats for that matter. Truly a wonder of feline-dom. When Jade was a kitten she loved visitors. Now she runs and hides from anyone coming in the house. She used to be a very outgoing, social cat but now Jade comes out of her little hiding spots only when we are visitor-less or she’s hungry.

If jade is anything she is entertaining and an attention grabber with all her different antics. Too bad our friends never get to see how much fun she really is.

Here are some pictures of Jade from kitten to cat. More pictures of Jade the cat are coming up in future posts!

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We had a relaxing few days at the end of our trip just hanging around Sita’s place and doing whatever. It was nice not having to worry about anything for a while. It’s sort of what a cat’s life is like; at least for Sita.

While we were relaxing on the porch watching the late afternoon sun dip down behind the trees and enjoying a cool drink, Sita decided to join us and do some of her own relaxing too.

Sita’s home is a nice secluded, quite place that’s perfect for kicking back and cleansing the soul. For a few hours, time stood still and we didn’t have a care in the world. It was a cool Cat Zen place to be.

This is our final post on Sita, and it’s a good one! Lot’s of pics of Sita’s enjoying her Cat Zen afternoon on the porch and a couple other spots around the house.

Our stay with Sita and her family was amazing. We’ll be looking forward to our next visit and getting away from it all again.

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OK, I can hear it now. “So what, they’re just eating bowls”. Good point; but let me set the scene for you. We used to have what we thought were nice eating bowls with little fish guys on the side. They were half the height of the new bowls and about the same width.

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