The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **BLACK TULIPS & RAINBOWS!!!** ~ Fudge Says - NOPE, Smooch Chillaxing Under the Gazebo, and Parsley Inspects The Lawn ~ **PLUS** Melvyn's Modelling

 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up ~ your weekly dose of kitty chaos, garden goodness, and countryside curiosities!

Happy Wednesday, gorgeous furiends, and thanks so much for dropping by. Settle in, get comfy, and let’s dive into what’s been happening at BBHQ this week.

Let's start with the weather report; it got very warm last Friday, which continued into Caturday and Sunday, then late Monday it went supurr overcast, at the time of typing this, and we got about eight really chubby drops of rain. Then it dropped 7 degrees Celsius on Tuesday with grey clouds and an unpleasant breeze. Good news though, later in the week it may, and I say this loosely, may get warmer - here's hoping! 

What's the weather report where mew are right now?

And finally these are the black tulips we mentioned last week, well we say black, in reality they are very, very deep purple, but we think they're black.

And here's the frilled version, although they look a very deep red/burgundy, but in real life they look pretty black.

There are still a few more to pop around the garden so we'll share those soon.

Oh we have to show mew this, from the 17th April, we missed it last week, but just look at that rainbow ... it was a double but even a digital camera couldn't capture the meauty of it! 

And then nanny got a surprise, look at this.

About a dozen sheep and lambs turned up to graze the meadow at the back of nanny's garden, and look closely, there are two little black lambkins, seriously they are so cute.

One of the older lambs got out on the drive the other evening, and had to be coerced back into the meadow with tasty snacks. Luckily, the drive has two gates that are always closed so it couldn't get out any further.

We still don't know how the woolly fluffer got onto the drive because the wooden, four bar fencing has wire stapled to the inside of it to prevent such escapist behaviour! MOL

Oh and here's a fun fact, Nanny used to have her own lamb when she was a child, called Hector. 

And we forgot to show mew this last week, honestly it's been so busy the last four weeks, that the P.A. keeps forgetting to share stuff.

So the P.A. declared a BBHQ Emergency a week last Sunday evening, aka the 19th of April.

She said and I quote. "I can't watch TV anymore, it's garbage, brain rotting fodder, and I am so over spending two hours scrolling through stuff to end up watching nothing."

I said. "Ok, what's the plan?"

She replied. "Remember that whimsy puzzle from ages ago, like 2015?"

I gave a half shrug, I didn't, but I didn't want the P.A. to think I couldn't remember. "Sure, great times!"

"Well, I'm off to puzzle, I'll be in the craft room if anypawdy needs me."

And yes, she and Cat Dad headed off and redid the 2015 whimsy puzzle. The next day the one in the photo above turned up, 500 pieces. Yep, it seems that it's a permanent puzzle pawty at BBHQ as she's now got two more plus one from nanny... mew know where this is going don't mew?!!!! MOL

Anyhoo let's look at the news this week...

First up in the news this week...

Fudge Says - NOPE

So Fudge had a bit of a 'wig' on (slang for slightly bad tempered) the other day as he wanted to go outside just as the P.A. was leaving for work.

Obviously, he wasn't allowed as there's no free roaming cats here. So when the P.A. arrived home and offered him safe passage into the courtyard via the catservatory. 

He said, "NOPE!" MOL

Next up in the news...

Smooch Chillaxing Under the Gazebo

Smooch got himself stretched out on the sofa under the gazebo on Caturday. He was waiting for the freshly washed throws to be put on the seat cushions... yes, he loves being first on the clean blankys! MOL 

And he said. "Don't forget to tell everypawdy it's my birthday on Friday, we're kicking off early so teleport in anytime as it's going to be a spectacular start to the pawty season!"

There mew have it, don't be late on Friday! MOL

In other news...

Parsley Inspects The Lawn

Cat dad mowed the lawn, and we use the term lawn rather loosely here at BBHQ, because for some unknown reason, this area prefers to be more moss than grass, so moss it is, oh, and clover.

Anyhoo after the moss was mown, Parsley did his inspection, and gave Cat Dad paws up for the first cut! MOL

And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Well, mew guessed this week's bandana correctly!!! MOL

Blooming Marvellous!!! 

Look at the little fluffer, doesn't he look adorbs!!! 

Which one should he model next?

Here's the new May collection. And yes we know there's only four Wednesday's in May, but we thought it would be fun to give mew five bandanas to choose from, and Melvyn loves this collection.

The May Collection:

1. Lilac with Pink Flowers  

2. Purple Flowers 

3. Blue Butterfly    

4. Dark Cherry Blossom 

5. White Cherry Blossom 

Leave a comment with your top pick for next week!

That's us done for today. 

Amber will NOT be back on Friday with another pawesome book, she will be here on Caturday instead, as Friday is Smooch's 15th Birthday Pawty, and mew won't want to miss that!

If mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

Sunday Selfies

Monthly Meow'O'Scope

Amber's Latest Book Review

What The Fluff ~ BBHQ Q&A Episode 3

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

... and utterly furbulous

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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