"It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat."

Maybe Theophile Gautier, who made that statement, just needed some catnip.

I'm working on some cat toys and I picked up supplies today, including catnip. I brought it home to run it by the cats. Rascal (the Orange Behemoth) spent some time lovingly licking the carpet where I sprinkled the leaves and he's been sleeping in that spot ever since.

I tried to grow catnip once. Mysteriously, all the stalks were nibbled down to little nubs, and then this happened:



That's Oliver curled up in the catnip pot!