Thankful Thursday with Thimble and a T(abby)-Rex

It's Thursday, and you better believe Thimble is ready for Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.

Today, Thimble is grateful for spooky toys. She's also thankful for glamour shots in the sun, for which she's always happy to pose.

You can barely see the toys in that lighting, though, so Thimble did agree to a slightly dimmer version as well.

In case you still can't tell, those toys are in the shape of a piece of Halloween candy, a ghostly donut, and a rotten banana. The kitties got those for past Halloweens, and I've already bought their new goodies for this Halloween. I probably get them new toys for holidays more for me than for them, but if it makes them happy for even a couple minutes, I'm good with that.

Oh, and if you're curious which of those three toys Thimble prefers, it's the rotten banana. I believe it's a CatLadybox toy, and it has a level of catnip that Thimble finds perfect. She loves the regular nip nanners, so it's only fitting for her to like the rotten version as well.

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Now, how about the fill-in statements for tomorrow's Friendly Fill-Ins challenge? Yes, let's share those. My amazing co-host Ellen of 15andmeowing came up with the first two, and I came up with the second two.

1. My hometown is _________.

2. October is a good time to _________.

3. If I saw the ghost of _________, I would _________.

4. You couldn't pay me to wear a _________ costume.

We'll see you tomorrow, friends!

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Spooky Doodle of the Day

For Halloween last year, I drew individual doodles of each of my furry babies in costumes. The doodle I'll be sharing on Halloween itself this year will star all of my kitties as well as pup Astrid in those costumes again, but that's another week away. This year, I'm working on doodles starring all of my parents' kitties in Halloween costumes. Today you get one of Thimble's littermates, that being her big boy of a twin named Trapper. He gets to be none other than a dinosaur.

I started planning these doodles last Halloween, and my dad was getting into it and giving me ideas. He suggested his boy Trapper be a T-Rex, and I thought that sounded perfect.

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Tip of the Day

Today's tips is another one to help keep anxious or excitable furbabies calm and safe on Halloween night. This tip involves a couple more things you can do in order to help your kitty or pup from becoming scared or agitated when trick-or-treaters are active. For example, if your cat or dog is scared or becomes excited at the sound of the doorbell, then one option is to disconnect it on Halloween night. If you hand out candy on Halloween, you can also use options such as placing the candy dish outside for trick-or-treaters to grab some loot themselves, sitting outside to hand out candy, or simply staying near the door and watching for trick-or-treaters so that they won't need to knock or ring the doorbell. As we've mentioned in previous tips, there are still ways to enjoy Halloween and its festivities while also keeping your kitty or pup as calm and safe as possible. This might mean taking some extra precautions and finding a method that works for you and your furbaby, but it is doable.