It’s a full moon today.
The next one will be on 2nd September, and the following month we will have not one but TWO full moons, with the first taking place on 1st October and the second on the 31st.
A full moon on Hallowe’en is a rare thing, only occurring once every 19 years or so. There have been a couple of Hallowe’en full moons in my lifetime but, regretfully, I was unaware of them at the time. So, in many ways, this will be the first one for me, and I intend to make the most of it as if it were the only one.
Long before Covid 19, Cat Daddy and I had talked about going away to celebrate, for instance to Mexico for El Día de los Muertos. But, with travel being unpredictable and likely to remain as such for some time, we will be at home this Hallowe’en. And, in many ways, this is the best thing, because how could we not celebrate a full moon Hallowe’en with a black vampire cat?
(Also: had we gone away, our poor, unsuspecting chat-sitteur(s) would have been stuck with Louis Catorze and his stupid shite, and that wouldn’t have been very fair.)
The downside, of course, is Catorze’s psycho behaviour. He is pretty unhinged at the best of times, but he is noticeably worse during the run-up to Hallowe’en and during full moons. So, with both events combining, we are going to need to stockpile our arsenal of defensive weapons: crucifixes, Valium, aluminium foil to cover the windows, the works.
Here is Catorze in a pose which, although terrifying, is a relief to have caught on camera, as people will finally start to believe me when I say how creepy he is. Even though the little sod was all the way outside, his stare was so intense and unnerving that Cat Daddy actually FELT it and called me to come and look.
And I think this is Catorze’s way of saying, “Bring it on.”
jesuisleroisoleil 
You have just given CCD and me a great idea. It’s out 2 year anniversary on Halloween. Day of the dead it is! I shall try to find a Louis as well!
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I’m not sure how much will be going on this year, though. 😐 We are deffo going to do it when we can be more sure of celebrations going ahead! 💀
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Oh yesss…..be afraid!
However, I’m sad the trip has had to be postponed! It’s going to be a strange one this year for many reasons!
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I hope we get to do it another year, when Catorze is too old and decrepit to be getting up to mischief in our absence!
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Catorze seems to be ready to play a roll in the new Scream movie…
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I can just imagine that! And his MO would be “death by punctured eardrums”.
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Brilliant photo!
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Thanks! Isn’t he scary? 😱
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None of The Tribe are black cats but we can still look scary! We had our Purrsonal Assistant do some research on full moons after reading your post. The full moons in our northern neck of the woods are so bright it wakes us up if the curtains aren’t closed. Evidently there is a sturgeon moon tonight. This moon is named after a HUGE scary looking fish that are found in some of our lakes. They are MONSTER fish! But that sill doesn’t answer the question in this kitty’s enquiring mind…why did they name a moon after a fish??!!
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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It’s fascinating to learn what the moons are called in different places. We call the August one (I think) the Corn Moon. The full moon here is still impressive at times but it doesn’t sound as magnificent as what you see. Maybe the 31st October one will be special, but we won’t be looking as we will have covered all the windows with aluminium
foil to stop The Mothership from beaming signals at Catorze.
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Hmmm, note to self, tell The Human to buy tin foil!
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Oliver
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If you lot are anything like Catorze, you are going to need A LOT OF FOIL. 👽
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Our Human is placing the bulk order with Amazon now.
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Two full moons in a month are what is meant by a “blue moon.” But we think staying home with Catorze on Halloween is a good idea. This whole year has been so weird anyway that venturing out on a day calculated to be evern more eerie sounds riskier than usual !
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I think us venturing out would be ok. Letting HIM out, on the other hand … 😱😱😱
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My name is Catorze
I stalk all outdoors
When near rise of moon
Signals I shall go soon
As my hood I stealth wander
Both my slaves worried ponder
And blame all the fright on la lune
😈
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🤣🤣🤣 Absolutely brilliant! Little sod was out all night (at The Back, not The Front) so goodness knows what he was up to! 🌝
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Thank you! Planning Committee meeting, probably…😸
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Great photo. I wouldn’t say he’s creepy necessarily. Maybe he has an intense presence 🙂
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Oh, trust me, he’s creepy. If you saw him in person/cat, you’d run screaming in the other direction.
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I’m not sure about running and screaming… maybe just some speed-walking and mild whimpering 😉
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We have done all of the above at some stage. 😐
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He really knows when it’s Halloween? That’s pretty creepy by itself
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Well, he’s never told me that he knows, but he certainly plays up and has extra oomph at that time.
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Must be in his blood
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