Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Violently happy

My hommage to Valeriana officinalis.

Although it seems so in this first video the main source of my excitement wasn't the little cushion, but the scattered filling of a tea bag I had ripped open shortly after it's offering. It's a calming good-night tea for humans and it contains valerian!

Very "calming" indeed! I wish I could dig right into the floor!
Boy, oh boy, I love valerian!

36 comments:

Freya's Staff said...

haha! You don't seem very calmed to ME, Sienna! :-)

Forever Foster said...

Hahaha! What great videos! You are such a pretty valerian head, Siena:)

Cheyenne -Millie said...

You are one wild kitty! We loves the videos!

Anonymous said...

Fun videos!

Anonymous said...

We've never tried valerian before....maybe we can get Momma to grow some in the garden with our catnips.......

jane & Alice

Tama-Chan, Benny, Vidock, Violette, Ollie, Heloise, Momo, Ryu said...

Who would have guessed that a teabag could be this much fun!!!

Your Friends,
Tommy, Tama-Chan and Sei-Chan

PS: Don't the Plague Ratsies come with valerian?

Parker said...

Woo-Boy, that looks wonderful!

Tuck said...

That looks amazing! I'm going to have to try some of that!

The Creek Cats said...

Siena, you are super silly and we love it!! We love the last pic of you with ears back!

We love our plague ratsie cause it contains valerian!

The Monkeys said...

That's the same stuff that's in the plague rats so we know how you feel, Siena!

You look totally adorable in the videos :)

Mishkat said...

Mom bought us a toy filled with valerian after we wouldn't leave her tea alone! It's definitely not "calming" for cats :)!

quiltcat said...

i wanna go home from work so i can see that video!

Monica the Garden Faerie said...

Yep, cats like Valerian--it was in the cat garden our mom created for For the Love of Cats, and it's in our own garden, too! :) ~James and Fiona

Angel, Kirby and Max said...

Siena, valerian is better than cat nip for some kitties. You look really wired up, not calm!

Anonymous said...

MOL Siena!!! You look like a Roly~Poly bug!!! Mmmmmm, Valerian!

las794 said...

Wow, maybe I should try valerian on Minnie! :D

Gemini and Ichiro said...

I thought Valerian helped people sleep. Obviously what do they know?

The Island Cats said...

A calming tea??? It must have a different effect on us kitties! We gotta get us some of that stuff!

Reese =^..^= said...

That look on your face says it all.

Cezar and Léia said...

ohhhhh Girls! I need to find Valerian NOWWWWWWWWWW!
Cool videos, so funny!
purrs
Luna

Daisy said...

Hey, valerian is one of the ingredients inside Plague Ratsies! No wonder it's so good!

Noll's Nip said...

WeeHee....I must get my paws on some of that stuff ;)

Peggy's Place said...

Oh hey, does't that valerian turn you back into a kitten??? fun, fun, fun.

Jasmim said...

Valerian look to be very good =)
You look great!

LZ said...

Wow, you are great at that!! Perhaps we should try some around here.

Chase

Misha said...

I do love me a bit of valerian! I'll have to send Mummy off to the supermarket to see if there any suitable tea bags.

BeadedTail said...

We've never heard of valerian but after seeing your videos, we needs to gets some!

La pandilla said...

Uyyyyyy que carita ponesssss , si que se nota que te ncanta la valeriana :D jijijiji

Quill and Greyson said...

Wow LSIF that was some reaction!!

Cory said...

You go girl!!! That looks like F-U-N!!!

Sweet Purrfections said...

That valerian is some good stuff! It's in my mom's herbal cool pad.

Estrella said...

Ho God! she is so funny! i didnt know that tea could do that, my cat used to go nuts with olive fruits until he got sterilized, dont know why it stoped, they looked so funny!
Your cat is gourgeous! so pretty. I invite you to visit my blog, i hope you enjoy it as i enjoyed yours!!

www.thatcrazycat.blogspot.com

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

Wow! That syuff looks ecitin!!! Mebbe we will get ta try some...

Laila and Angel Minchie said...

Siena, you are also doing a wonderful job of shining your Momma's floor.

Angel MoMo and Charlotte said...

Nip doesn't do anything for me but I have never tried valerian.

You look so cute with your ears back and wild eyes.

Cliff and Olivia said...

We love the videos :-) Valerian is wonderful! Olivia doesn't like it as much as I do - she's a nip girl.

It's a mystery why it calms humans...

Our Woman told me that she used to drink valerian tea and sometimes had some in her bag. And every time she visited her friend who had a big ginger mancat named Gaffa, he would gently remove all the things from her bag while sniffing them. When he'd finished emptying her bag (and sniffing everything) he'd jump on to her lap and snuggle until she went home :-)

Purrs,
Cliff

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