The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Smooch Getting His Zen Harmonies Happening, Parsley's Epic Grounding Session and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana **PLUS** SUNSPOT OF THE WEEK ~ Fudge & Melvyn Waiting For A Sunspot!

Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the first BBHQ July midweek news round-up!

Last week, we had some tremendous warms, but this week, we're 10 degrees cooler, and there are no sunspots in sight—just check out Melvyn and Fudge later in the post.

Apparently, it's going to get sunnier again next week. One thing is for certain, British summers are a wholly unpredictable thing! MOL

So, with a rather dull and lacklustre week in the weather department, we thought we'd share some colour in the form of some of the gorgeous roses at BBHQ. 

We have planted five more shrub roses, which came as a bundle and without a clue of what colour they might be. We're excited to see what they look like in bloom, although we're not expecting that reveal until next year. 

And we planted a rather special one called Raspberry Ripple by Harkness, mew can see the picture at www.roses.co.uk, this one is doing quite well as we got it in the ground a couple of months ago, and if it blooms this year we'll definitely get a picture as we can't wait to see that epic effect on the petals! MOL

We'll be back with more photos of the Highland Adventure next week.

Anyhoo, let's look at this week's top headlines.

First up in the news this week

Smooch Getting His Zen Harmonies Happening

Smooch, who was rather disgusted at the lack of sunspots at BBHQ this week, decided to go and restore his zen harmonies on the huge mandala cushion in the crystal room.

He was quite grizzly about the temperature drop and growled all the way to the cushion. 

Luckily his zen harmonies were soon restored -Thank Cod! MOL

Next up in the news

Parsley's Epic Grounding Session 

Parsley decided to do a spot of earthing or grounding on the lawn. If mew don't know what grounding is, check out this post from way back in 2017 to find out more.

He was really in his zen harmony zone here!

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

This week, Melvyn is modelling the first bandana of July. Mew voted for Mr Sunshine last week.

He did the cutest roll on the catwalk this week!

Check out Melvyn strutting his stuff on your preferred social media channel:

TikTok

Instagram

YouTube

Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new bandana selection for July, and this month mew've got five to choose from.

The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:

1. What Sign Are Mew? (Melvyn's a crabby Cancer ruled by the moon!)

2. Echinacea Dreams

3. Top Banana

4. The Cat Bug

5. Mr Sunshine

Tell us your top pick for next week in the comments!

EXTRA, EXTRA!

Check out this week's sunspot of the week

Melvyn and Fudge Waiting For A Sun Spot

As previously mentioned, there were no sunspots whatsoever at BBHQ over the last few days, but that didn't stop Fudge and Melvyn from trying to will one into existence while reclining in the catservatory! MOL

Better luck next week is all we can say! 

That's us done for today. We'll be back tomorrow with Melvyn's 7th Birthday Pawty and Rave, and then again on Friday, so do join us then, as mew know how much we love your company.

And if mew missed any other posts for the last week, here are the links:

The B Team's Sunday Selfie at Tintagel

Mancat Monday with Angel Humphrey

Brain Training with Cats

Amber's latest Book Review

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

 

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Brain Training with Cats #86 with your Epic host ~ Professor Basil P.H.D. **PLUS** An Epic Throwback To June 2012

Happy Chewsday guys

Welcome to another fab Brain Training sesh on the blog today.

And here's an epically epic throwback from June 2012 in a never seen before photo, when I was up the tree in the courtyard.

This still is the favourite tree of everypawdy at BBHQ, and it's huge now. Back in 2012, it was half the size! MOL

It's time to get those little grey cells working!

Here's the Answer Key to sudoku puzzle #52

Are mew ready for this week's puzzle?

Just click right-click to save and/or print the puzzle. 

The answer key will be on next time's post.

Here's today's wordsearch. And this time, I thought it would be fun to use the names of the world's rarest gemstones.

Just click right-click to save and/or print the wordsearch.

And here's this week's jigsaw puzzle, featuring me obviously in a supurr arty pic.

Look, I've got blue eyes! MOL

It took me 10 mins 32 secs...  How did you do?

I hope mew enjoy today's puzzles. The B Team will be back tomorrow with the Midweek News Round-up. If mew missed yesterday's Mancat Monday with Angel Humphrey, click here, or The B Team's Selfie click here and click to catch up on Amber's latest book review.

I'll be back in a couple of weeks with some more epic Brain Training but in the meantime...

Keep calm, and puzzle on

Epic purrs

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Mancat Monday at BBHQ with Angel Humphrey **PLUS** We Bet Mew Didn't Know This Surprising Fact

Welcome To Mancat Monday 

And mew know what that means? It's pin-up time!

Today Angel Humphrey is here sharing all his uber manlycatness. 

Doesn't he cut a truly epic specimen of a ruggedly handsome mancat?

We can almost guarantee all the lady-cats in the blogosphere will be swooning over this gorgeous house-panther pin-up! 

We Bet Mew Didn't Know This Surprising Fact About Humphrey? 

Humphrey was always quite the character. He was a big cat too, though not quite as big as Parsley who's our reigning heavyweight at 6.5kg or 13.88lbs. That aside as black cats go Humphrey was magnificent and very handsome.

He arrived in Mewton-Clawson on the 4th of February 2000; we can only remember the exact date as it was the day before the P.A.'s Birthday and was actually her grampa's birthday.  She went to the rescue after her furst cat, C.J. Catkin departed at the furry young age of 3 due to complications aftur being poisoned by some total flufftard who hated cats near the P.A.'s old house.

So she arrived at the lady's house who rescued all the stray/feral cats locally and did all the TNR [she still does today] to find a lonely black cat sitting in a pen next to a tiny tabby.

Brenda said, "The black cat is called Max, and the full tabby is called Tammy. No one will want either of them because people generally don't want a black cat and the tabby is completely terrified of everyone."

Fifteen minutes later Max and Tammy* were adopted and in the SUV on the way home to BBHQ.

Aftur that complete digression, we bet mew didn't know that Humphrey was originally called Max!  He didn't like the name. In fact, he didn't respond to it all as he said it didn't suit him in the slightest and that Humphrey was the purrfect fit! MOL

Have mew ever changed your name?

So we'll leave mew to admire Humphrey and see mew tommorow with more Brain Training and again on Wednesday with The Midweek News Round-Up. Until then...

Keep calm and do manly-cat things! MOL

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