Epic Greetings Furbulous Furiends
Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Woooo Hooooo! Finally, it's here, and WE MADE IT!!!! MOL
Here's to a truly terrific, pawsitively pawesome, epically epic 2025!
On Friday's Festive Photo Fails, the P.A. mentioned that
Cat Dad bought her two prints for Catmas, and we asked which cat mew thought would be on the cat-themed art?
But nopawdy got it right because, as mew can see below, it's a supurr cute black house panther; therefore, it's Parsley! MOL
Just look at these; honestly, the P.A. looked like the cat who'd got the cream when she opened them!
She said, and I quote verbatim, "Fluff me, these are EPICALLY EPIC!" And then she added, "Best fluffing present ever!"
We've been following the artist on TikTok for quite a while and loved the colour palette and style of the artwork, but there weren't any cats, and mew know what we say at BBHQ: The Wurld is Way Better with Cats! MOL
Anyhoo, then by some total freak of fluff, on the TikTok feed in mid-December popped up the picture on the left called A Cat in Moonlight - yep, that is a furbulous title for sure. And then fluff me as if by magic, a second one appeared. The one on the right is another in The Cats in Moonlight series. Well, mew can't just have one on its own, so both were quickly dispatched to BBHQ and are now sitting on the kitchen sideboard until the P.A. takes them for framing.
Mew can't catch your breath at how pawesome they are in real life, the colours/tones, the light, the shadows, the depth, the details, just everything is so sublime, a recipe for art purrfection in our humble opinion, and the P.A. is hoping more will follow. Paws crossed! MOL
If mew want to see other artwork, click the link below.
(FYI, this is not a paid or sponsored or affiliate link.)
Anyhoo, after waxing lyrical for the last minute, let's look at this week's top headlines at BBHQ.
First up in the news
Where's Pandora?
Pandora went into stealth mode with a supurr obfuscation spell. However, she missed a bit.
Can mew see it?
We'll give mew a moment....
No?
OK, look at the base of the yew tree on the left, just above the back edge of the millwheel.
Yep, that's her epically fluffy tail arcing most gracefully, we must add, out of the tree.
Please don't ask what she was doing; we don't know, but apparently, the invisible monster who lives at the back of the sofa aka Were-Dee-Go or W.D.G. (if mew watch Melyn's modelling videos, sometimes W.D.G. is about! MOL), anyhoo so W.D.G. has been moving silently and invisibly around BBHQ, so maybe Pandora, and we can only surmise had moved into the astral or invisibility realm so she could... what?
a. see him in all his monsterly glory
b. was hoping by being invisible, W.D.G. wouldn't see her?
c. it had nothing to do with W.D.G.?
d. she just wanted to operate in stealth?
Or if mew have any idea's do let us know in the comments!
Next up in the news
Parsley, Pandora & Fudge Are Plotting
Don't ask me what these three heathens were doing or plotting, as I have no idea. The only thing I can hope for is that it doesn't involve tanks, any weapons, a new mission or my secret catnip stash being discovered! MOL
In other news...
Smooch Is Sleeping It Off
If mew're wondering why Smooch is flat out on the shroom in catnap land, we can answer this!
And it has something to do with our EXTRA EXTRA segment below!
Yep, he got a little bit effervescent with the extra strong catnip and crashed! MOL
I have two words; fluffing lightweight! MOL
Finally this week
Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick
Melvyn's modelling the final pick for December, and mew chose Jingle All The Way to start the New Year!
Sadly, after the video was created in TikTok, the usual witty text commentary vanished during the posting phase, so apologies for that, but Melvyn is still looking supurr epically cute, and he's really looking forward to 2025, as he is sure that a modelling agency will finally sign him up!
Check out Melvyn's videos on your preferred social media channel:
Which one is your favourite this week?
Which one should he model next?
Here's the bandana collection for January.
Top row from left to right.
1. Off To Space
2. Zero Fox Given
3. Smart Cats
4. Owl at The Moon
Tell us your top pick for next week in the comments!
EXTRA EXTRA!!!
Jessie's Extra Strong Catnip
Oh my cod, a couple of weeks ago, the pawesome peeps at Jessie's Catnip** sent us a bag of the green stuff to try, and as we're Mewton-Clawson's most furmative authority on catnip, it was an offer we couldn't refuse.Well, mew know we are catnip connoisseurs at BBHQ, so trying this was a must, as we love a bit of extra strong catnip.
And it lived up to ALL expectations and exceeded some, too. Mew've already seen Smooch, who's still in his catnip coma reverie after an early morning binge session.
Parsley, Melvyn and Fudge all experienced the epic hallucinogenic properties, with a full-on manifestation of a unicorn; yep, it's true; take a look at the evidence below. If that's not a unicorn manifestation, then I'm not Wing Commander Basil! MOL
JESSIE'S CATNIP, SO GOOD IT MAKES MEW SEE UNICORNS!!! MOL
Fluff me, I couldn't believe it either, but there's no denying that anything which makes mew see unicorns has to be purretty epic.Fudge even made a New Year's wish in the unicorn's ear, "Please, can we get a repeat order of Jessie's Extra Stong Catnip!?"
And there mew have it, if mew looking for unicorns, just ask Jessie!
And if mew're looking for some fabulously fur-tastic, whisker tingling, supurr strong catnip, just ask Jessie!
Jessie has mew covered.
And on that note, furry many thanks to Jessie for making our New Year's Eve Pawty so much fun. Thank mew, mew are EPIC!
**Disclosure ~ Even though we were given this item free of charge for a review, our review is completely honest and reflects our own experience with the product.
That's us done for today. Amber will be back on Friday with another meowvellous book to kick off the 2025 book review season, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:
Meowy Catmas!
Pre-New Year's Stonehenge Selfie
Festive Photo Fails
Check out the latest episodes of The Purrminator in Melvyn's epically epic origin story:
Sadly, due to unforeseen time constraints, Chapter Eight is not quite finished, so many apologies for that, and we'll resume the adventure next Thursday.
Once again, New Year's Blessings to mew all, and remember to always...
Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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