Monday, 21 April 2025

**EASTER EDITION 2025** Brain Training with Cats #94 with your Epic host ~ Professor Basil P.H.D. **PLUS** An Epic Throwback From June 2018

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Happy Monday guys

HAPPY EASTER MONDAY!

Welcome to another furbulous Brain Training sesh on the blog, and as it's Easter, mew know where I'm going with this! MOL

And here's my epically epic throwback from June 2018, and the weather that day was utterly glorious, just look at that sky!

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What a day that was!

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

Here's the answer key to last time's sudoku #60


IF MEW WERE HERE EARLIER MEW WOULD HAVE SEEN THE MESSAGE BELOW AND NO ANSWER KEY ABOVE.

But great news, I sent the P.A. to work today (Easter Monday) to rectify this missing answer key! MOL

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MESSAGE AND APOLOGY

I did run into a bit of a technical glitch here (on Good Friday), which I'm rather embarrassed to admit, especially being the greatest cat commander of all time. 

However, even the greatest commanders sometimes have to admit and accept their failings.

Mine today is this: the answer key mew're looking for is actually on the P.A.'s computer at work, not this one! #Whoops #OhDear

But never fear, I can rectify that on Wednesday, and therefore the panic is now over, mew're welcome! MOL MOL
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Are mew ready for this week's puzzle?

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The answer key will be on the next B.T.W.C. post, which will likely be at the end of May.

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Here's this week's wordsearch.

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And finally, here's this week's jigsaw puzzle.

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It took me 8 mins 04 secs...  How did mew do?

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I hope mew enjoy today's puzzles and The B Team will be back on Wednesday with the Midweek News Round-up, so join us for all the gossip! Until then...

Keep calm, and puzzle on

and don't forget to...
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Sunday, 20 April 2025

The Magical BBHQ Annual Easter Egg Hunt on The Sunday Selfies Blog Hop and Caturday Art Blog Hop

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Furbulous Sunday greetings furiends

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Here's our epic B Team Easter selfie. 

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We were totally blessed on this year's Magical Easter Egg Hunt as a mini portal opened and the Aqua-Aurora butterflies emerged; this is a highly auspicious omen, which hasn't happened in decades.

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

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We love this ethereal, dreamy, arty effect!

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We also turned this fab arty-farty picture into a puzzle, so stop by the puzzle page and take the Puzzle Challenge. See if mew can beat our time of 10 mins 28 secs. 

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Anyhoo, it's time for us to go and be total heathens on the garden, and make sure the P.A. and Cat Dad find the eggs we've hidden! MOL MOL

We do hope mew have an epic day, and we look forward to your company in the morning when we're back with more supurr fun Easter Brain Training with Cats.

In the meantime...
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Don't forget to join in the pawesome Sunday Selfies Blog Hop with

 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, 18 April 2025

**FELINE FICTION FIX EASTER EDITION** Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #318 featuring **Easter Egg Theft** Jim and Ginger Cozy Mysteries Book 7 by Arthur Pearce **PLUS** Friendly Fill-Ins

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Hello furbulous library guests 

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ on Good Friday! 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today. And I had planned a total eggs-stravaganza, but sadly, that all fell to pieces.

I'm so sorry for the lateness of today's post. The P.A. has had a horrendous two weeks at work; it's been totally fluffed, due to external sources creating a mammoth amount of admin work that had already been done, but due to the level of utter incompetence by third parties, it's turned into a total cluster fluff of epic proportions. 

We'll try to hop in all the Blog Hops in the next couple of days, and many apologies for missing last week's, and now mew know why that happened!

I'll have to continue the Prudence saga next week, when hopefully things have calmed down, and we can return to normal.

I'll leave mew with a supurr throwback of yours truly from 2009, and we'll just dive right into today's post!

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I was in my prime here! MOL

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The P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.
1. My plans for Easter (or Sunday) include _______________________.
2. My favourite Easter treat is ________________.
3. _________ is a healthy food I genuinely enjoy.
4. _________ is an age I wouldn’t mind being permanently.

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

1. My plans for Easter (or Sunday) include _______________________. Well the way I'm going right now, I'll be staying in bed all day and hiding!

2. My favourite Easter treat is a dark chocolate egg.

3. _________ is a healthy food I genuinely enjoy. I enjoy all healthy foods, what can I say! LOL

4. 49 is an age I wouldn’t mind being permanently.

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Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!

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Easter Egg Theft


Jim and Ginger Cozy Mysteries Book 7

by
Arthur Pearce

       Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:      

A former librarian turned private investigator. A witty orange cat. A priceless Easter egg stolen from a museum in a charming seaside town full of secrets.

During Oceanview Cove's annual Easter Fair, the town's prized artifact – a jewel-encrusted golden egg – vanishes from the museum. Deleted security footage, a disabled alarm system, and a mysteriously indisposed guard point to a meticulously planned heist. Jim Butterfield and his feline partner Ginger face their most sophisticated case yet.

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If, like me, mew enjoy cozy mysteries that whisk mew away to charming seaside towns filled with secrets and a sprinkle of humour, then Easter Egg Theft is the perfect treat for mew this Easter!

This is the seventh instalment in the Jim and Ginger Cozy Mysteries series, and yes, I will be returning to the start of the series in the coming weeks (it's so much fun!), but I wanted to share an Easter read for mew today, and this fits the bill purrfectly! Jim Butterfield, our lovable former librarian turned private investigator, teams up with his sassy orange sidekick, Ginger – a cat whose sarcasm could rival the best stand-up comedians. This dynamic duo faces their most intriguing case yet when the prized artifact of Oceanview Cove disappears in the midst of their annual Easter Fair. With deleted security footage and an inexplicably unavailable museum guard on the scene, it’s clear that this theft was planned by somepawdy who knows exactly what they’re doing. As Rex, the town’s most underwhelming sheriff, proves useless (again!), Jim and Ginger muster their investigative wits and delve into the world of drone parts and suspicious ships that have mysteriously popped up in the harbour. I particularly loved the connection to their previous adventure at the boat racing tournament – a clever nod that keeps mew on the tips of your paws, piecing together the puzzle like an Easter egg hunt! The sense of community and the quirky characters, with old furiends with hidden talents, re-enter the picture just in time for Easter celebrations, adding layers of warmth and charm that make mew feel right at home in Oceanview Cove. The writing is infused with humour that keeps the pages turning faster than mew can say chocolate bunny, and the interactions between Jim and Ginger are laugh-out-loud funny. This is a delightful mix of mystery, humour, and heartwarming moments. If mew’re looking for a cozy mystery that combines a clever plot with quirky characters this Easter, mew’ll be hooked by Jim and Ginger’s antics. Trusted with the job of recovering this priceless object, they’ll have mew completely entertained until the very last page! Don’t miss this charming addition to your cozy mystery collection – it’s a real egg-ceptional Easter read!

A supurr addition to this highly entertaining series!

And the entire series is available on Kindle Unlimited at the time of posting.

Paperback:  259 pages
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Ratings of:

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Other Fun Blog Hops to Join in Today


          Brian's Home   Catblogosphere    Feline Friday   Nature Friday    Flashback Friday   Friendship Friday          
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I really hope mew enjoy the book if mew choose to read it.

It's time for me to say BFN or bye-for-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just for mew, and don't forget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page.

Until next time...

Keep calm and read more books

Amber 


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