Bwahahahaha! Sarameg made me laugh and laugh.

Byron's nose is not wet, but my hand now is since he sneezed on me when I tried to touch it.

Mia is hiding under the bed looking suspiciously at me, so her nose remains a mystery.

My bath caddy can hold bath goodies, a book, a candle and a glass of wine.

I so need one of these.

Just out of college, I had an apartment with no tub, just a shower, and swore I would never do that again. I've actually turned down some pretty decent apartments due to no tub. My tub in my apartment now is right on top of concrete, so it tends to be really cold. I have to use all the hot water in the heater, plus a few teapots full of boiling water to get it warmed up enough to be comfortable. It's enough effort that I don't do it all that often, but it makes a world of difference to know that I can.

And I, personally, can pimp mint as being quite ignorance friendly. I abandon mine at random times and most of it just keeps on making more baby mint plants. Great stuff.

I have to do this again. I so miss the mint. And basil. Yes, must. have. herbs.

And... I completely forgot about Live8, but am enjoying some of the alternate lyrics.

Love the upside down plants. It always sounds wrong, but they look so natural that way.

My psycho-kitties both are fine with nose touches and belly rubs. Now, picking up one or moving in the presence of the other is grounds for panic, and they both occasionally come up and dig their claws into your leg for no reason whatsoever, so I think it evens out.

eta: Both noses are damp, but I don't think dry is bad for cats if they're not hot. I used to have a cat that always had a pretty dry nose.

Dudes. You must not be doing it right. If you hold out a pointy finger at cat nose-height chances are about 88% that the cat will come "touch noses" with your finger. Even stranger cats will come to the pointy finger. It's a thing.

Herbs are wonderful. I have a pot of golden sage I need to divide; it's five separate plants, I noticed today, and I swear it was only one when I bought it. I have the French and English lavender sharing a planter, and pineapple sage, silver-edged lemon thyme and red creeping thyme in another--but what you smell first is the curry. It's gorgeous too, all feathery silver-grey. My strawberry pot is like Calli's, with chives growing out the top but oregano poufing out everywhere else. Except my chives have already bolted and dropped their flowers. And there's the planter full of patchouli. I didn't know patchouli was a single plant! I thought it was a blend of several essential scents, but this is more "patchouli" than any perfume or incense I've ever smelled--and it smells better than products made with the scent. And then there's the lemongrass, the lemon verbena, and the English and the tiny grey-leaved wooly thyme. I'm missing basil this year, though. I don't know how that happened.

Oh, I forgot to mention the bigass tub of rosemary. It's still greening up after bronzing and then going yellow in the spring. It's got tons of new leaves, though, plus lots of new growth on the tips. I've got a huge ziploc full of dried leaves from last year's clippings. We use it a lot.

I just can't find decent herbs here. I'll have to order some seeds, but I am lazy.

I'm in a Cheech & Chong mood and amusing the hell out of myself with this conversation by pretending every thing is a euphamism.

I'll bet Hec is wondering right now why he's got a cold chill running down his spine.

It was kind of like being askye's cat. Catscroll catscroll catscroll...HAIRCUT...catscroll catscroll.

Actually I played with a cat a fair bit today. One of the grown kittens from JZ's cat Matilda. Very pretty tortie. She didn't bite or scratch, which seems admirable in a pet.

Perkins! We ate sushi, but it wasn't with you.

Is she the one who actually didn't flee Annabel?

Yep, that's Shiva.

Perkins! We ate sushi, but it wasn't with you.

Sigh.

I know. :(

But! We both had sushi!

Is she the one who actually didn't flee Annabel?

Yep, that's Shiva.

Most mellow cat I've ever seen.