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

 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

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

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. 

First up in the news this week...

Smooch Snoopervising The P.A.

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

Next up in the news...

Fudge Is On Pawtrol

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!

In other news...

Parsley's In A Flower Jungle

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.

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!

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

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. 

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! 

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

Colouring with Cats

Amber's Latest Book Review

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:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

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...

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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