Wednesday, 9 April 2025

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Smooch Snoopervising The P.A., Fudge Is On Pawtrol, Parsley's In A Flower Jungle, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

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 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

We can't believe the weather; it's been supurr sunny again all week, though still cold at night, but even so, having the daily warms makes a huge difference, as normally, the weather this time of year can be vile and really, really cold!  So we're feeling epically blessed and full of gratitude for oodles of sun spots around BBHQ!

The Cheeky Squirrel at Nanny's

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Can mew see the cheeky little fluffer, like a grey ninja on the right side of the tree trunk?

The P.A. casually glanced out of the window at Nanny's last week when she saw movement down the bottom of the garden, so she zoomed right in, and this is what she snapped. The ninja squirrel who is responsible for the destruction of about six bird feeders since Catmas!!! MOL (At least he's well fed! MOL)


 WOOOO HOOOO The Hedgehogs Are Back

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And then last Thursday evening, while the P.A. was just about to switch the outside lights off, she noticed some plants in the garden border were moving. So she crept outside, as mew do late at night, and she heard loads of rustling, which she said sounded like miniature elephants  trampling on everything! MOL

Anyhoo, she waited and watched, then finally look who appeared?

Food was quickly put in place so refuelling could take place after a long hibernation, and two bowls a night are being scoffed.

She thinks it's Bip Bip, Meep Meep or Nippy from last year. Then last night, in the middle of the night while the P.A. was on nighttime patrol, she spied another one, so who knows, the trifecta may appear in coming nights! MOL

We'll share more flower pics next week, as so many are blooming, so we'll have a colourful splash next week. 

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First up in the news this week...

Smooch Snoopervising The P.A.


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Smooch really is getting his snoopervisor status happening. When he heard that the P.A. failed miserably to get Chapter Twenty One of The Purrminotr finished last week. On Monday, he took it upon himself to make sure that the P.A. sat at the computer and finished twenty one and twenty two, and he didn't move until they were done.

Every time, the P.A. said, "Dude, I just need to think about this for a minute!"

He replied. "Fluff no. Mew, just keep those fingers typing. I'll tell mew when mew're finished!" 

So mew can thank Smooch for two chapters this week! MOL

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Next up in the news...

Fudge Is On Pawtrol


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Fudge is still feeling pretty hissed off about the catmint plants. If mew missed the story so far, click here to catch up.

So he's taken to patrolling the entire garden, checking on everything to see if there's any change! MOL

We can reveal that growth is still slow; however, with all the sunshine and a little bit of water, the plants will catch up in the next couple of weeks.

But in the meantime, we're going to, the P.A. is going to set some catnip seeds, and if mew have never grown catnip before, click here to read our definitive guide to growing your own!

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In other news...

Parsley's In A Flower Jungle


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Parsley was sitting in the garden border on Monday afternoon, enjoying all the flowers and the warmth.

And if mew're wondering why there are some dead lupin stalks still sticking up on either side of him, well there is a very good reason for this.

The P.A. doesn't clear the garden borders much until late April/early May because the ladybirds and other insects use the hollow lupin stalks and other places as their winter hibernation hotel. If mew clean up too early and then the weather turns bitterly cold - which it can do in the UK - then the bugs have nowhere to retreat to.

And fluff knows the insects need as much help as possible these days, as their numbers are ever decreasing. 

That's why, at BBHQ, we wait until the weather is warmer to tidy up.

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And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Last week, the most votes were for Blooming Marvellous, the number five pick. So here's Melvyn looking utterly epic!

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He pranced around BBHQ like a little show pony wearing this one! MOL

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Which one should he model next?


Here's the new April Bandana collection, hot off the sewing machine in the BBHQ Craft Room. These were made on Monday teatime under the expert eye of Fudge, who was hanging around the craft room and needed a distraction.

 As spring is now officially here, we chose some more colourful and bright bandanas for this month. 

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The April Collection:

1.  Ballooning with Furiends* ~ Blue 

2. Spring Freshness

3. Peony Purrfection 

4. Cute Pink Cats

5. Blooming Marvellous

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

*Melvyn modelled the Ballooning with Furiends with a white background last September, and we've been waiting to make the blue version since then. We just checked out the videos we posted in September, and there's a really cute 'get ready with me' where he's prepping for the catwalk run; OMC, it's so cute! 
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That's us done for today. 

Amber will be back on Friday with another pawesome book, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

 Fudge's Selfie


Check out the latest episodes of The Purrminator, as tomorrow, we'll be back with Chapter Twenty One in Melvyn's epically epic, supurr exciting origin story:














Also, we'll be posting Chapter Twenty Two on Caturday. It's getting so exciting, and we know mew won't want to miss it, as we're nearly at the grand finale. WOOO HOOOO! It's only taken six months so far to get to this point!!! MOL MOL

Hoping mew have a furbulous day, and remember to always...

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Monday, 7 April 2025

**COLOURING WITH CATS #108** ~ Getting Your OM’s on with Mandalas on Mondays ~ Parsley's Epic Zen Harmonies

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Supurr Monday greetings beautiful furiends

Today we've got the Zen Master himself, showing exactly how zen mew should be after this post!! MOL

 Parsley's Epic Zen Harmonies


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Just look at the EPIC EXPERT LEVEL happening above, Parsley's got the moves happening 
for the harmonies to just flow! 

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We hope mew've all had a totally epic weekend, and that mew're ready for 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 forgotten, stop what mew're doing for 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, and Fudge feels a lot less homicidal than he did a few minutes ago!

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All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.

Here's this weeks mandala.

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And here's our finished version... this week we used some lovely citrus tones with a splash of olive and deep teal. We also used a couple of grey tones too.

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Coloured with glitter gel pens.

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Don't forget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.

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On that note, we'll say bye for now and see mew on Wednesday when we're back with more Midweek News,
and if mew've missed any other posts, just check the Latest Posts List in the right sidebar.

Until then


Keep Calm and Colour OM!


Supurr zen purrs

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Sunday, 6 April 2025

Fudge's Catmint Selfie Throwback on The Sunday Selfies Blog Hop and Caturday Art Blog Hop

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Furbulous Sunday greetings furiends

Welcome to another BBHQ selfie selection, and today Fudge is here with a fun throwback
from April 4th last year, when the catmint was looking a little more bushy than it is this year! MOL 


Fudge's Catmint Selfie Throwback


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If mew have missed the grim progress of the catmint since it was pruned, click here to catch up.
 
Fudge is still hopeful that this plant will start growing soon, and he says if it doesn't, the P.A. has got to grow some new plants STAT! MOL

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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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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 9 mins 05 secs. 

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We're off on a supurr quick Pawtrol around the BBHQ perimeter this afternoon after Smooch has sorted, organised and made sure lunch is on time.

Then Melvyn is going to make sure that the P.A. get's a headstart on the chapters for The Purrminator, as he promised mew two for this week as the P.A. failed dismally to produce one last week. (Blame Cat Dad's Birthday for getting in the way!! MOL)

We do hope mew have an epic day, and look forward to your company in the morning when we're back with more supurr fun Colouring with Cats, so come and get your zen harmonies happening ready for the week ahead.

In the meantime...
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