While Mom was cleaning, she found some home grown 'Nip, and it fell on the floor. I had myself a little 'Nip Fest!
Um, Mom... I think it's time to move my 'Nip plant to a more, shall we say -secure- place on the porch.
Lookit where my 'Nip plant was this morning when Mom got up. She says it was the wind, but I am not sure I believe her.
You all know the dried stuff is good.
The fresh stuff is pretty good too! Sometimes the littlest things can be the best!
Lookit! My own personal 'Nip is growing!
Lookit! Mom got her quilt for the Doll Quilt Swap, and her partner sent ME treats! She sent me red heart-shaped 'Nip Raviolis! OH! They are SO awesome, as you can see!
It was a new scratching pad, loaded with 'NIP!
Oh my, oh my, oh my oh...
Mom and I both got packages from the man in the bloo shorts. Mine was from my friends Isis, Summer, Babe, Jeannie, Bob & Romeo from Florida. It's a giant 'Nip-stuffed Candy Corn Toy! Woo hoo!
Mom got a squillion zippers.
I still think she's crazy.
Oh yeah, it was good.
Here are the trees today. Not much change on the Japanese Maple, but that other maple in the background is turning orange nicely. Dunno if it will turn bright Red though. Some years it does, some years it doesn't. It depends on the weather.
Mom has to wait until the sun comes up so she can take a picture, and it doesn't come up until after 7 o'clock local time. This is why my posts are kinda late.
There's some boring stuff in it for Mom, (like fabric) but something caught my nose right away!
It's 'Nip!
A very special 'Nip toy in Tuxie colors! I have been sniffing it, rubbing up against it, and batting it all over the house!
Naturally I had to check it out.
And she got some things she claims to be pots, but they look kinda flat to me. She is gonna plant her seeds in them. You all know how she is a Basil freak. She has some Catnip in there for me, but look....
Lookit how many packages of seeds! Only ONE of them is 'Nip!
For those of you who selected dates in April, here is what the back yard looks like. The snow pile there is still at least two gizzys high (that's 3 feet in bean measuring.)
Now, excuse me, I uh, um... I got stuff to do.
Hmm.... what's this all about... Mom, why are you giving it a haircut?
That just doesn't look right.
This is the letter I got with my 'Nip:
Isn't that sweet?
So is the 'Nip, I gotta tell ya. I sniffed it, ate it, and rolled around in it.
This morning, Mom got up real early and went out. When she came back, she had lots of this junky stupid stuff:
My very own pot of 'Nip. Mom says it will grow real big, and I can have 'Nip leafs whenever I want.
Sundays are for napping. I am on the comfy recliner on top of Jasmine's quilt.
Last night, Mom took my nip out of the hallway, where it had been drying. MY VERY OWN, HOME-GROWN NIP. As you can see, I got into it right away, making sure it was ready. 
Mom stuffed my very favorite mink mousie full of my wonderful home grown NIP. She even added the Nip flowers, which are very good and VERY potent. You can see how eager I was to get my paws on my mousie.
Finally, when it was stuffed FULL of my wonderful, home-grown NIP, Mom let me have the mousie to play with. And I really, really, really had a lot of fun batting it around, and chasing it all over the house.
She tied it all up and hung it in the hallway. This is what it looked like when she cut it:
And this is what it looked like this morning, all droopy:
I told her she had to take it down, that it was DYING! Mom told me not to get my knickers in a twist, that the plant was still growing, and now looks like this:
That made me feel a -tiny- bit better, but then I saw this picture (which I borrowed from Kelly's blog)
And now I am so jealous I practically can't stand it. LOOKIT ALL THAT WONDERFUL NIP! It is surrounding Kelly! I wish I could roll around in my very own Nip patch. That's what I want NEXT year... a giant Nip patch I can roll around in.
SOMECAT CHEWED MY NIP! SOMECAT SMOTHERED MY NIP!!
We tried to figure out a way to keep it outside so it could grow into a big, beautiful 'Nip plant. Mom did figure out a way to keep that bad somecat away from MY 'Nip.
She hanged it.
Fold in half so it makes a square, right sides together. Sew the side opposite the fold, using at least a 1/4" seam.
Line up the seam with the fold, like in the picture. Now sew across one of the other ends.
Turn the sack inside out. A chopstick is good for getting the corners turned out correctly. Don't push too hard or you might poke a hole in the corner!
Fill with 'Nip. Mom uses "Cosmic Catnip." As you can see, I am supervising and testing the Nip. Somecat has to do it.
When the sack is good and full of nip, bring the raw edges together so the sack is shaped like a pyramid. This seam will be perpendicular to the one on the bottom.
Turn the raw edges in, and pin.
Sew the pinned edge shut. Trim threads, remove pins.
Ta-da! One nifty pyramid shaped 'Nip Sack. Ready for one Secret Paw, which will be on its way to a very special cat by the time you are reading this.
Clean the mess made by one nipped-out cat.
HEY! I resemble that remark!
