Spooooky Halloween Caturday to one and all! This week, we were visited by scary raccoon monsters, and the scariest of all creatures, a skunk.

But fear not, much cuteness was also observed.

Such as three cats in the cat house, two in a pile:

A short GIF of a sun dappled Porcini:

And you thought a pile of two cats was cute… see if you can handle three:

Three cats on the edge of the field:

I took this picture of an old iPad stand to see if it’d work for modern ones (it won’t; designed for the original only), and incidentally got a picture of Pepper in the shop, looking rather concerned at my approaching so close:

Here’s Pansy in the back of the shop, in the center of the picture, waiting for her food to dispense:

Since it was below freezing earlier this week, I hooked up the cats’ heated water dish. When the temperature is below freezing, it gets just warm enough to keep the water liquid (I then discontinued the other waterer, filled with leaves here):

Three cats outside… or maybe four; I think one is behind the shrub:

A family of raccoons visited the cat house, including going inside; fortunately no cats home at the time:

An app screenshot showing raccoons on the awning and inside the feeder:

Close-up of a raccoon inside:

Later that night, a skunk also explored inside:

The scent of those visitors didn’t scare off the cats, fortunately (must be a bug on the ceiling):

More snuggles:

Spud and Pommie in the cabins (Spud on the left):

A screenshot of Spud and Pommie in the cabins, Poppy in the house, and a very damp Paladout in the feeder:

Three cats in the house this morning:

Finally, the usual summary GIF of 74 photos this week:

A skunk, possum, and raccoon visited the cats, plus several in-person sightings of cats, and much cuteness and snuggles. It’s Caturday!

I think this is the first time I’ve seen a skunk visit the cat house. While watching it, I was fervently hoping that nothing would startle it; I’d never get that stink out:

A couple of hours later, a possum also visited:

Porcini and Pommie at the cabins:

An in-person sighting of Porcini when refilling the bird feeders:

I put an Eero Wi-Fi router back in the breezeway, so am now able to access that camera again. Without it, I can’t get that cam to load. Here’s Spud; he spends pretty much every night in that cabin:

Porcini and Pommie again:

Three cats:

Two cats inside the cat house. I had a spiel last time about the SD card for the cat house cam not working, but a few days later it started working again. So no need to replace it after all:

A screenshot of my cam viewing app, showing a cat in the cabins and two in the house:

Another screenshot, showing a cat outside the cabins, one in the house, and a possum in the feeder:

A raccoon invading the house; fortunately nobody was home at the time:

Here’s a sped-up GIF:

That sort of invasion worries me, as if a cat were on the top level when a raccoon came in, it’d be trapped, since the front and back doors are on the lower level. So, I have bought another cat door, the same as downstairs, and plan to install it in the middle of the back wall, probably on Wednesday, weather permitting (Sunday and Wednesday are my weekend days, but tomorrow looks like it’ll be rainy). Hopefully the cats don’t get upset at me modifying their house.

Poppy and Poppa:

Poppy wanted breakfast, so went around Poppa; he just sat there, without reacting. I’m glad he behaves nicely with our ferals:

Cat snuggles:

A raccoon approached the cabin where Pommie was sleeping; she was alert, but didn’t move, and the raccoon retreated. Phew:

A live sighting of Porcini sitting on an overturned bench, and Pommie drinking from the stream, with the cat house in the background:

A GIF of Spud running into the breezeway and up to the cabin:

I spotted Porcini in the kitchen garden (and she spotted me):

I also saw her on the bench by the fountain garden:

More cute snuggles:

Here’s a GIF of Porcini stretching, licking, and snuggling with Poppy:

A shorter, more smooth variation; can you stand the cuteness?!

Finally, a summary GIF of this week’s 87 photos; lots more great shots not included above, including cameos of Rory and me:

Welcome to Caturday! Cuteness! Paladin! Raccoons! Levitating cat! A random GIF! And more!

Dinner queue:

Porcini:

Pommie in her favorite place:

Pommie and Bella at the cat feeder:

Paladin watches Bella on the driveway:

Bella is curious, and approached:

Paladin and Bella curiously watching each other:

A closer look at Bella:

Pommie was comfy in her cabin, then raccoons approached; she hissed at them:

The raccoons circled around behind, and Pommie wisely retreated; you can see raccoon eyes between the cabins:

There was a mother and at least one kit:

Pommie was happy to go back later, though:

On a hot day, Pepper on her non-heated bed on top of shelves in the shop (there’s a heating pad on the nearby blue bed for cold days):

Spud thought he heard something in the breezeway:

Spud in his cabin:

Bella walking through the breezeway while Spud is sleeping in late:

Levitating cat! A frame of mid-run through the breezeway:

Breakfasttime:

Dinnertime:

Sparkletime — a GIF of the dappled sun through the trees by the cat house, which makes it very hard to spot cat activity when reviewing recordings around midday, as the camera is pretty much constantly registering motion (it does look nice, though):

For this week’s Caturday, we start with a not-cat, then a GIF of a day in the cat house, plus pictures of multiple cats in multiple places, a second GIF of Poppa and Pommie, checking on the shop cats, and finish with some nice shots of sunrise in the breezeway.

A raccoon visited the cabins; nobody was home at the time:

An animated GIF of a day in the cat house, with snuggles and other cats visiting; you may have seen the YouTube video of this timelapse:

Three cats waiting for food at the cat house:

A rare picture of four cats inside the cat house (probably just Spud missing; no boys allowed):

A cat walks down the breezeway, while another relaxes in the cabin:

Poppa spent some time hanging out with Pommie:

A GIF:

A late departure from the breezeway cabin; sometimes it’s nice to sleep in a bit:

Checking on Pepper in the front of the shop:

And Pansy in the back of the shop:

Classic Poppy face:

Need more lens flare! Sunrise this morning with Spud in the breezeway: