Its funny because this summer there have been very few butterflies in my area, so when I seen this little fellow flying around off to get my camera I went. Hope to see more before summer is over.

Catnip

This is your cat on drugs.

Fat cat rolls around on floor in catnip pile.

A lifer plant for me. I bleieve it si catnip. The flowers are very different from other mints withtheir very dissected lower peetal. Pelican Pointe, Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. 8 August 2024

Mystery is captivated by the catnip on the sunny balcony. Her eyes reveal that she is somewhat buzzed on her nip patch and dreaming of a steak treat chased down with catnip tea.

Snapshot - Now we know why plants keep dying in this pot

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jasper obviously didn't.

Cat and catnip--enough said.

Another shot from yesterday of Ozzy after enjoying one of Auntie Maria's catnip toys...Mai Tai wants to join the fun!

I put some catnip in hubby's slipper, so not sure if it's the catnip or foot odour that he is high on!

Little Pie (but I shall call her PotPie) ;) playing with one of Maria's (Sunstones) catnip toys.

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Or how to get maximum catnip with minimum effort!

A dear friend of ours in Virginia sent a great package of magic our way for Christmas- among everything were these delightful paws and toys, filled with catnip! Oh my! SO wonderful and yes, we almost have a war of who will keep the paws! She was a great support during the time we rescued Holly from the truckstop in Mississippi, and also while Holly delivered her 6 kittens and raised them!

Wendy rests in a warm corner after a session with the catnip.

Yes, Kiwi rolled in the catnip. . .

HTT!

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Catnip - it does a kitty good. . . or does it?? I'd say kitty's tripping. . . .

Looks best in lightbox.

.. after her spot on treatment!

The catnip bush in my garden is blossoming! I marvel at the detail in these small, purple flowers.

Devils Point (47, 119, 23) - Moderate

This is your brain. This is your brain on catnip!

If you don't tell them, who will?

I came up with the new title 2/23/2020 - put it on FB & Bruce Miller brought it home (the last 2 lines being my previously provided title):

“They'll nip you when you haven't said a word.

They'll nip you when you're staring at a bird.

They'll nip you when you're hunting down a mouse;

They'll nip you all around the freakin' house.

Well, I would not be so ill-equipped:

EVERYBODY MUST GET NIPPED!” - Bruce Miller

This weekend, relaxation took the form of making these adorable, catnip-filled felt toys. When you use a template to trace the cutouts (you can print the templates I made for this project!), it's actually very easy to put them together.

Teenie loves her catnip!

I decided to grow catnip in a dollar store toothbrush holder. Toothbrush holders are always so cute! The cats can't get to the soil this way either.

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A catnip eye view of Toby.

There's a video to go with this when I have time to download it. Dilly insisted this went up now!

"Yes, I will have some more of that catnip, thank you!"

Finnegan enjoys regular dried catnip...so when I saw a fresh plant in the store the other day I splurged on it. LOL! What fun he had with the 'pure' stuff!

Happy Furry Friday! :-)

Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography