Spooked!

Charlotte is still being good about sticking to her diet, but hasn’t been as vigilant about getting in her evening walks of late. So when she and Daisy Mouse finally did head out for some exercise last night, after several weeks off, it came as a bit of a shock—not just how hard it is to get moving again, but also how dark it’s become, right after dinner.

Besides being pitch black, the neighborhood has been all decked out in fairly frightening Halloween finery since Charlotte last saw it—making for a bit of a nervous viewing experience, I think. (She and Daisy were home in record time.)

But while Charlotte’s cast her vote for “no more evening power walks,” the rest of us are getting ready to cast our own votes on a matter of a bit more importance, eh?

With the 2012 presidential election happening so soon after Halloween, some of us who entered the current Blown Covers Contest took the suggestion to try combining the two themes—Halloween & the election—in one or more of our sketches. Just for fun, here’s mine.

I figured that no matter which candidate you are rooting for, the economy is a huge issue and concern, is it not? So I drew an alarmed (and alarming) green ghost, meant to suggest the “dead” dollar, anxiously observing the two candidates-as-jousters.

And while we’ll all have to wait for the results of that contest, the Halloween Blown Covers Contest results are already in progress. You can browse through (and comment on) all 104 drawings in the slush pile—some political, some not—plus admire the Runners-up revealed so far (including a wonderful Halloween cat by my colleague Kim Murton). More Runners-up will be posted every day on the Blown Covers site, through October 19th, when the Halloween-themed winner will be revealed. So, lots more eye candy ahead!

—And more doodles from me, soon. 🙂

Thanks, as always, for stopping by The (Not Quite) Daily Cat Doodle, and have a great Monday!