This is the 1st week of the “First Frost” season for Colleen Chesebro’s #TankaTuesday challenge based on the 24 Japanese seasons.
Although we don’t have a first frost in October ever in Arizona, and some years no frost at all, there are other aspects of the season that we do share with the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, as Colleen points out. She mentions Halloween and All Saints. I, of course, think of Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. Two years ago I created a nicho to celebrate the day and the lives of my kitties who had passed over the rainbow bridge. https://writersite.org/2021/10/06/making-after-loss/
This year I bought a Count Dracula costume for my black cats. I wanted to capture Meesker’s little white fangs, but unfortunately, he is not a model. My daughter had to add in the fangs for me. Meet Count Meeskula!
My old lady Kana, on the other hand, is quite the ham. She loves dressing up. She does not have fangs, though. Meet Countess Grannyula!
So when I saw that black cats for luck is a kigo I knew I would write about them!
MEESKER AND KANA
We’ve entered
a time to ponder
new darkness,
more shadows,
and celebrate the season
of lucky black cats.
A good poem and lovely Vampire Cats.
Hehe, thanks, John!
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Hahaha. Hard to be serious when looking at Count Dracu-cat
They both took themselves pretty seriously haha!
Your daughter is a clever one making those teeth:)
I will tell her you like them! I was so disappointed he wouldn’t show his fangs!!!
Oy, the poor kitties! I can’t imagine any of the 20 or so cats I’ve had in my life tolerating being dressed up. Bad enough when they had to wear the cone of shame…. I like the poem though!
You can stop feeling sorry for them! Meesker didn’t mind a little cape. It was the photo he didn’t want. And Kana loved it. She likes the attention. Now Lily on the other hand hated me putting a costume on her so I stopped right away. And I wouldn’t even try that with Perry or Sloopy.
Gotta love black cats!
Such little beauties!
I enjoyed the photos and the tanka!
Thank you, Ellen. I should have mentioned that it’s a shadorma!
Super cute!
All my furbabies are cute :).
You have done the kitties and the challenge proud! #luckyblackcats
Thank you so much, Annette!!!
I wondered about those little white fangs!
Hehehe. His look very much like those.
I LOVE the pics and costumes! They are photogenic. We have bat wings here and Coco has the fangs 🙂 great poem to go along with it.
Awwww, bat wings and fangs :). Thank you so much!!!
I like this poem. It’s so timely, and kind to black cats (who are often hard done by).
Thanks, Anneli! They are! And the shelter I used to volunteer at never adopts out black cats in the month of October, just to be on the safe side.
I wouldn’t even have thought that, but thank goodness they thought of it!
I know. Some shelter on Facebook told me the stories about black cats and Halloween (sacrifices, etc.) are urban legend. Um, no, there are sickos and sometimes people’s black cats disappear at Halloween time. Seen/heard it often enough just in Phoenix.
Terrible!
Yeah.
Very well done
Thanks, Derrick!!!
Love it! Love the poem, love the costumes, love the pics, love it all. What cutie pies!
You are right–they are cutie pies!!!! Thanks so much!
Very sweet, Luanne, and cute photos.
Thank you, Merril!
You’re welcome, Luanne!
Spooktacular!
Happy Halloween, Elaine!
Love the poem, the wonderful black cats and fab costumes!!
The “fangs” were terrific, too…bravo!
Hah, thanks, Sheila! They are such good kitties to put up with me!!!
The photo of Meesker is hilarious. Indeed, these are two lucky black cats … lucky to be with you!
Aww, thank you! They are good furbabies.
This reminded me of when I was little and I always liked to dress up my cat in baby clothes. Then, I proceeded to take the cat for a walk in the stroller. I cannot say that the cat was always appreciative of my efforts. 🙂 Great poem and photos!!!
LOL! You don’t have a photo of you doing that, do you? That would be something to see!!! Thanks, Linda!
I had a neighbor with two black cats, and they were both wonderful and distinct characters. Definitely good lucky! (K)
Oh, I am sure they were!!! Mine are so different!
Lovely post Luanne and the cats look amazing 💜💜💜🍁🍁
Thank you so much, Willow!!! The cats always look amazing ;).
They don’t they 💜💜
Luanne, your cats are adorable! I love your photos! Your shadorma captures the mystery of the season. La Dia de los Muertos is the perfect day to celebrate your furry babies that have passed. 🙏🏻
Thank you, Colleen!!!! My babeeez.
Hi Luanne, this is a fun Halloween poem. Your cats look very interesting in their Halloween finery.
Awww. Lucky black cats are the best. The fangs are purrfect. Lol. Happy Halloween.
I hope your black cats bring you lots of luck this Halloween.
Haha, and always, too, right?! They bring me lots of throwup .. . .
Oh, no, Luanne…. I’m having a kewtness OVERLOAD! 😀 <3
~David
Hehe, They are so cute!!!
They are adorable!😻
Hehe they are!!!