Monday 16 September 2024

**COLOURING WITH CATS** #89 ~ Getting Your OMs on with Mandalas on Mondays ~ It's All Happening In Mewton-Clawson

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Supurr Monday greetings beautiful furriends

Hiya guys, how was your weekend, anything good happen?  Ours was purretty laid-back, it was a beautiful day on Caturday, but a rather dull day on Sunday; Smooch and Pandora spent some time outside, and if mew want to see Pandora's supurr slow-mo video, pop to insta and check it out.  

Melvyn and Fudge are under house-arrest at the moment because Fudge decided to go marauding into next doors garden, upsetting a few burds and ruffling some feathers, and young Melvyn came home wet through and naked missing his collar, and we still haven't got to the bottom of that mystery, so they aren't going out anytime soon!

So Fudge spent Sunday like this...

Colouring with Cats ~ Getting Your OM on with Mandalas on Mondays ©BionicBasil® Cinnamon Role Fudge

And young Melvyn sulked in the kitchen...

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And as mew can see, Sauce had no sympathy at all! OOPS! MOL


Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now...  but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.




Don't mew feel better already?  I know we do!


All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, unless otherwise stated.

Here's this weeks mandala

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And here's our finished version...

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Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Balloon.  


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as we'd really, really love to see your finished mandalas.


Don't forget mew can download our free Colouring with Cats ~ Books One, Two and Three here, if mew haven't already done so:

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So on that note we'll say bye for now and see mew on Wednesday with another installment of The Midweek News.

Until then


Keep Calm and Colour OM!


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Sunday 15 September 2024

Distinguished Gentleman Smooch's Selfie on The Sunday Selfies and Caturday Art Blog Hops

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Pawesome Sunday greetings furiends

Welcome to another BBHQ selfie selection. This week, Smooch is in the spotlight.

Distinguished Gentleman Smooch's Selfie


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Just look at that face.

Mew know the P.A. dad often chuckle about Smooch's name, because they couldn't have picked a better one for him. If ever there was a cat with an utterly smooch'a'licious face, it's Smooch! MOL

Oh, and here's a fun fact... 

He started off as Smoochie, then we realised he liked Smooch better, and now he loves being called Moo. Or Moo Moo, sometimes we call him Smoo-cha-chums, he has more names than he knows what to do with! MOL

What an epic dude he is.

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We're also joining in Athena's Fabulous Art Hop so do stop by and show off your pawesome arty-farty skills.

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Do mew know, we just can't get enough of the Watercolour GFX effect, it just makes things look so meautiful and purrfect. I don't think we've ever loved an effect more than this.

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The effect was created with Befunky - A.I. enhancer, Watercolour GFX + changes to contrast, vibrance and highlights.

We also turned this fab arty-farty picture into a puzzle, so do stop by the puzzle page and take the Puzzle Challenge, see if mew can beat our time of 8 mins 22 secs. 

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Anyhoo it's time for us to go and start snoopervising the filling of the new raised beds in the vegetable garden. It's still a work in progress but we're nearly there, on the homestretch so to speak, and we're quite chuffed that the P.A. has made provision for two large pots of catnip ready for next spring. Hopefully, the neighbourhood cats won't know it's new location, as they keep coming in at night to raid our supplies! MOL

Smooch, the main dude today, is already parked in front of oven waiting for lunch to get underway, as we have guests again.

Do join us again tomorrow, when we're back with a suprise Colouring with Cats post as the weather is turning, the nights are drawing in rather fast and we need some new activities to do to while away the time.

We do hope mew have an epic day, and remember to...
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 Angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer ~ visit them at their pawesome blog:







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Friday 13 September 2024

Welcome To Friday Fluffers ~ Showcasing The Latest Batch of Photo Bloopers From The BBHQ Archives **STARRING PANDORA** in ~ Is This My Best Side? Er... No, It's Not! ~ What Do Mew Mean I Look Like an Ewok? ~ Shocked That The Clown Collar Looks so Bad!!! **PLUS** Friendly Fill-Ins

Welcome to

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Happy Friyay Fab Pals

Welcome to our Friday Fluffers post where we showcase a selection of photo bloopers, or photo fails from BBHQ, the photos that we thought would neffur see the light of day, buried deep, deep, deep in the archives on Level 12 of our secret bunker, with no chance of ever being seen on the interwebs for the world to see... UNTIL NOW!

Are mew ready for some fun outtakes from The B Team? Of course, mew are!


First, this week is... 

Is This My Best Side? Er... No, It's Not!


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Pandora, we think mew need to try the other side! MOL!


Next up is...

What Do Mew Mean I Look Like an Ewok?


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She's such a hairy beast!


And finally... 

Shocked That The Clown Collar Looks so Bad!!!


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Even Fudge is horrified! MOL



This week, we're also joining in Friday Fill-ins with the fabulous 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.

1. _____________________would make me happier than _______________________.
2. ________________________ raises my blood pressure.
3. I have a lot of _________ that I don’t use.
4. I never seem to have _________ when I need it.

The P.A.'s answers are...

1. More cats would make me happier than not, although hubby is adamant that six is the limit at BBHQ. So six it is, but I'm sure one day I'll get the limit raised... 

2. Stupidity and lack of common sense in others raises my blood pressure. I've noticed that practical common sense is a very rare commodity these days, and abject stupidity seems to rule supreme.

3. I have a lot of flip-flops that I don’t use. I wear flip-flops around the house when I'm at home and have a little hamper where I keep them all.

4. I never seem to have tape measure when I need it. Isn't it always the way when you want to measure something!!! LOL

                                         

We do hope mew enjoyed today's fluffers, and we'll be back next Friyay with more funny photos.

Join us again on Sunday when we're here with our usual selfie selection, in the meantime...
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Wednesday 11 September 2024

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Melvyn Asks Amber For A Pay Rise, Fudge's Response To Melvyn Asking For a Pay Rise, Melvyn Asking Parsley For A Pay Rise, and Melvyn's Modelling This Weeks Top Pick Bandana **PLUS** NEW FABRIC ALERT!!!!

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 Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

What's the Mewton-Clawson weather been like this week? Well, it's been a mixed bag of MEH! Cooler, rain, wind, with the occasional sunny spell with more heat than a solar flare thrown in to keep things interesting.

Oh, and do mew remember that the P.A. purchased some new plants the other week? They were from an online garden place and, by all indications, had really great reviews and quality plants.

Well, things really went to fluff last week, as they were supposed to have been delivered on Tuesday, so the P.A. stayed in waiting for the delivery, and she was watching the camera to make sure she didn't miss it. Anyhoo, halfway through the allotted two-hour delivery time, a text pings up on the phone to say. 'WE'RE SORRY WE MISSED YOU, PLEASE RESCHEDULE.'

WHAT THE FLUFF!!!!

The doorbell never rang, nopawdy even stepped foot on the drive. Odd, yes? The P.A. contacted the delivery company via their online chat and was told that no one was in to accept the delivery.

This gets better.

The P.A. then responds with; I was here. They weren't. I have video footage of the time they said they'd attempted the delivery, and unless they were using a Klingon invisibility cloaking device, no one attempted anything.

The chat went suspiciously silent, and she waited and waited until the chat expired, and she had to start all over again.

The same thing happened again, and when the delivery company realised they'd been caught out, they came back with; the property was not accessible due to a road closure.

The Main Street was closed. However, the diversion from the point of closure back onto Main Street was less than a minute, but the driver refused to go on a tiny detour. 

Anyhoo, after waiting for three days and each time nothing arrived, multiple rescheduling calls and emails, the plants turned up on Friday. Well, four out of five boxes did; the fifth box still has not appeared at the time of writing this on Tuesday afternoon - it's still M.I.A. 

The plants which did arrive on Friday, arrived in a half-dead state, and the company had this to say after the P.A. sent them photos: I'm sure they will perk up and thrive for you and added that they looked healthy. 

 Let us show mew one of the photos:


Do these look healthy to mew? Wow, if that's what they think healthy plants are, there's no fluffing hope.

Sadly, the chrysanthemums above didn't survive the weekend and are now in Flower Heaven.

And there's a load more in similar condition.

So here we are, waiting for a resolution on the plants, as the company doesn't care that part of the shipment is still missing, and 70% delivered are only fit for the compost heap. Never again will the P.A. buy plants online from that company.

The moral of the story is don't buy plants online; it only leads to disappointment. 

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On a much happier note:

Guess what we saw the other night? 

A baby hedgehog, and he's tiny, so we're going to make sure that he has every chance of getting to the desired weight before hibernation sets in. He must be from a second litter; this has occurred before, so as we said, we'll endeavour to give him the best chance of survival possible. We've named him Chomps because he makes so much noise when he's eating. It's adorable! MOL

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Just so mew know how small he is, the bowl diameter is 5 inches or 12.5 cm. What a cutie! ❤️

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

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First up in the news this week

 Melvyn Asks Amber For A Pay Rise


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Poor Melvyn finally got up the courage to ask Amber for a pay rise. He's been interning at the Mewton-Clawson Library for about three years, and Amber hasn't really been a very good boss because she's spent any money she's managed to get her mittens on on books and not on the hired help.

And by the look on her face, Melvyn is going to be disappointed again! 


Meanwhile, on the other side of the sofa

 Fudge's Response To Melvyn Asking For a Pay Rise


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Fudge knows exactly what Amber is like with the library coffers. He knows that Melvyn has more chance of being on the cover of Mogue than Amber ever giving him any cold, hard cash!

OH DEAR!

But Fudge did say this to Melvyn. "Dude, Parsley's now the library manager. Go ask him."

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Next up in the news

 Melvyn Asking Parsley For A Pay Rise


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Oh, Amber is so sly! MOL

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Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


This week, mew voted for Melvyn to wear The Owl Be Seeing Mew Bandana!

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It was all fun and fluff on the catwalk at BBHQ this week. Fudge, who'd just washed Melvyn's ears, decided that he needed to snoopervise this week's catwalk.

He did cuff Melvyn around the ears at one point and made sure that he was always in the wrong place at the wrong time! MOL

Luckily, Melvyn, the ever-professional model, took it all in his stride!

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Which one is your favourite this week? 

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Which one should he model next?


Here's the brand new bandana collection for September, hot off the ironing board in the BBHQ craft room.

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The options are:

1. Owl Be Seeing Mew! 

2.  Catitude Graffiti

3. Panda-monium

4. Ballooning with Furiends

Only two left. Tell us your top pick for next week in the comments!

And guess what we got?

NEW FABRIC ALERT

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This is why Melvyn wanted a pay rise. He took out a small loan from Pandora to purrchase some new fabrics for his bandana modelling, as he said, and I quote, "Mew have to be unique, it's no good wearing what everypawdy else wears!"

So, for October, there will definitely be the 3D spider and bat fabrics used, and we'll see what other Halloween styles we have in stock, as there are lots.

What a cute fabric haul.

Well done, Melvyn, mew've got great taste!

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That's us done for today. We'll be back again on Friday, so join us then for more Fluffers and to see who's starring this week!

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