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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Smooch Enjoying A Meautiful Sunspot, Fudge's Horror at The Catmint Taking Too Long To Grow, Fudge's Using Sheer Force of Will To Make The Catmint Grow, Parsley Trying to Avoid Fudge's Outburst, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

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 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday fluffies, and what a glorious few days it's been. We've had some supurr sunspots, and we also had a nice rainy Caturday afternoon. And we say nice rain because, after the initial cloudburst, it was a slow and steady pitter-patter, NOT the usual deluge, which then means flooding; it was just what the garden needed, as it's been so dry. 

So much so that the P.A. had to get the hosepipe on to fill all the birdbaths around the garden and then water some of the pots on Friday morning. So the rain was a nice blessing.

We thought mew like like to see some more BBHQ flowers. Below are some violas, which are an incredible shade of purple with electric blue centres; they are totally mesmerising in real life.

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And here are some pretty primroses; these grow all over the garden, self-set, so they pop up in the Spring like little colourful surprises in the most random of places. And then, when they've finished flowering, the P.A. moves them into the garden borders for next year.

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We love that shade of yellow, it's just so fluffing happy, it's almost criminal! MOL

Righty ho, after all of that, here's this week's top headlines.

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First up in the news this week...

Smooch Enjoying A Meautiful Sunspot


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This was Smooch on Monday lunchtime, completely zonked out under the gazebo, with not a care in the world.

Meanwhile, below, Fudge was having all on not to flip the fluff out!

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Next up in the news...

 Fudge's Horror at The Catmint Taking Too Long To Grow


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On Monday lunchtime, while Smooch was taking it easy, fully reclined in a lovely little hotspot shown above, Fudge was freaking out by the summerhouse and as another catmint plant had been pruned.

"I DON'T FLUFFING BELIEVE IT!" he shrieked. "IS NOTHING SACRED IN THIS GARDEN ANYMORE?"

Parsley, who was watching through the foliage from the path, decided to keep very quiet - see below.

At the time of snapping the above picture, Fudge was locked in a deep internal battle, trying to control his overwrought senses from going into a complete meltdown.

Smooch, being the ever-helpful dude he is, shouted from his epically stress-free reclining fest under the gazebo. "Fudge, dude, would mew like to come help mew with some breathing exercises?"

Sadly, we can't print the reply! #ohdear

The chief pruner, aka the P.A., has declined to comment on this matter until further investigations have been carried out.

>^.^<

 Fudge's Using Sheer Force of Will To Make The Catmint Grow


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Mew may remember a few weeks ago that Fudge was traumatised by this particular plant being pruned. If mew missed it, click here to catch up.

In utter desperation last week, he tried employing the sheer force of will method to get the catmint growing! 

Just look at the epic levels of concentration happening; mew could literally feel the energy radiating off him. It was utterly astounding.

But sadly, several days later, the catmint has not responded in the manner he was hoping for! MOL

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In other news...

Parsley Trying to Avoid Fudge's Outburst


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Parsley, who by pure chance was sitting on the path minding his own business, while Smooch was under the gazebo and Fudge was freaking out.

He decided in this moment to close his eyes and lock on to those zen harmonies from earlier in the day when he joined in with Smooch's breathing exercises on the latest Colouring with Cats! (see link below).

He also decided that if he couldn't see Fudge, Fudge couldn't see him, and thereby, he wouldn't get dragged into the new Catmint Gate unfolding at BBHQ! MOL

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And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Melvyn is modelling the last of the March bandana collection, Spring Vibes, and he's absolutely loving it! 

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He's feeling so fluffing epic; it's not measurable by any instrument on Earth! MOL

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Which one should he model next?


Here's the brand 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:

 Smooch's Selfie


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

And if mew weren't here on Caturday, mew may have missed Chapter Nineteen - link below - we posted two last week as the chapters weren't very long, but for Cods sake, don't miss tomorrow's episode!











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

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Wednesday, 19 March 2025

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Smooch's Post Lunch Clean Up, Fudge's Making A Plan For The Garden, Pandora's Joining In Tongue-Out-Tuesday, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

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 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday from BBHQ. The weather has not been too bad, with a few sunny spells, although it is still cold at night. We did get a picture of a lovely clear blue sky yesterday, so if mew've been blanketed with clouds and are missing the sky, we've got mew covered! MOL

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Majestical for sure. We can't wait for the trees to pop, not literally. Obviously, we're talking about the leaves opening and their exquisite little canopies fluttering in the breeze; oh, Spring, do hurry, hurry, hurry!  

A few weeks ago - 26th Feb - we shared a photo of one of the new hyacinths which had just started to emerge. Well, things are really hotting up, as just look at this one.

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As we said previously, they are a selection of mystic purples, and this one looks like it's going to be a magical colour for sure when it blooms. We did think they'd be a bit further along by now, but then it has been very cold at night, so they're probably just on a slow emergence at the moment. But we'll keep mew posted, as we can't wait for the reveal! 

Look at this!

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® The P.A. Made A Cute Crystal Suncatcher for The Garden

The P.A. hasn't been in the BBHQ Craft Room for months as it's too fluffing cold. Anyhoo, the other day after she'd left the door open for a couple of hours and the sun had warmed everything up. She ventured in and decided to make a little quartz crystal suncatcher for the garden.

It turned out so cute and is now hanging from the deodara (pine tree), radiating happy vibes.

And now, let's look at this week's top headlines.

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First up in the news this week...

Smooch's Post Lunch Clean Up


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After lunch on Sunday, Smooch insisted on going into the garden, and several minutes later, we saw him sitting there, having a bath! MOL

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Next up in the news...

Fudge's Making A Plan For The Garden


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Fudge was in the garden the other day checking out the various borders, and this one on the path is bugging him tremendously.

The lavender has got a bit leggy and rather woody in recent years and is probably past its best.

He's thinking that we should do a bit of a redesign... but we'll keep mew posted as the P.A. isn't too keen on the idea; as she says, it still flowers really nicely, so who cares! MOL

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In other news...

Pandora's Joining In Tongue-Out-Tuesday


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Well, Pandora was feeling rather cheeky yesterday and decided to join in the Tongue-Out-Tuesday vibe! 

We call her The Phantom Raspberry Blower (if mew know, mew know!)!!! MOL 

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And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Last week, mew obviously all voted for The St. Paddy's Day bandana, so here's the little dude sharing all the luck of the Irish! MOL

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Doesn't he look epic?

Oh, and W.D.G. still hasn't arrived back at BBHQ; he's decided to extend his vacation a little longer!

As Melvyn's modelled this bandana before, mew can watch his previous catwalk strut on your preferred social media channel:

Which one should he model next?


Here's the March Bandana Selection, and as we're headed full steam into Spring, we chose some colourful and bright bandanas for this month. Plus, it's St Paddy's Day, too, and how could we not have one for that epic day! MOL

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The March Collection:

1. Spring Vibes

2. Pretty Garden

3.  Colourful Owls

4. St Paddy's Day

There's only one left for March, but worry not; we'll be sharing the brand-new collection for April next week!

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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:

 Melvyn's Selfie


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











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

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Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 













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Wednesday, 12 March 2025

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Parsley's Tiny Sunspot, Smooch And Fudge's Sunday Afternoon Snoopervising, Pandora's Not Daft, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

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 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday everypawdy, well the sun is shining today - Tuesday - although it's not as warm as it was on the weekend when the temperature reached a pawsitively heady 17 degrees Celsius! 

It was meautiful, and the same again on Sunday, although Monday returned to the normal chilly low of 8 degrees Celsius. 

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Caturday Tree Vibes In Mewton-Clawson

We don't know about mew, but we love trees, and this meauty above is on the way out of Mewton-Clawson, heading towards Fuskerton. And on Caturday, Cat Dad stopped on the way back to BBHQ after work to snap this. Isn't it epic? It lost a really big limb about three years ago, it came down after a storm and landed in the paddock over the hedge. Hopefully, it'll survive for many more years to come.

There are several interesting trees lurking about Mewton-Clawson, and we'll see if we can get some more snaps to share with mew over the coming months.

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

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First up in the news this week...

 Parsley's Tiny Sunspot


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Parsley found a supurr tiny sunspot to catch a few warms in over the weekend.

He adores chilling out under the gazebo, and is really looking forward to the summer months, so he can spend his days with Smooch snoozing in comfort! MOL

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Next up in the news...

Smooch And Fudge's Sunday Afternoon Snoopervising


The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Smooch And Fudge Sunday Afternoon Snoopervising

These two heathens were chief in charge of snoopervising on Sunday afternoon, and found the purrfect spot to observe all the garden.

They were a little hissed off as the P.A. did empty three of the millwheel centres and put new compost in and planted some ornamental grasses temporarily. As in the last couple of years, the catmint hasn't done any good at all, but that could be because in the summer ants take up residence, and perhaps damage the roots. So we're going to try this.

Oh, and don't worry, there's still copious amounts of catmint plants in other places around the garden!

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In other news...

 Pandora's Not Daft


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After the heady weekend warms, Monday as we said was a bit frigid, so the woodburner was stoked up and the sitting room was as Amber likes to say 'Totally Tropical!' 

So much so that Pandora decided that climbing right to the top of the cat tree and ensconcing herself by the ceiling would be beyond tropical. And it was, and she spent most of the day here snoozing! MOL

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And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Last week mew voted for the furbulous Colourful Owls bandana, and it looks EPIC!

Look, he's even waving to his fans in the garden! MOL

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Melvyn Modelling The Colourful Owls Bandana

Oh and good news, he got another postcard, this time from Madeira, and all being well W.D.G. will be back next week.

And the bad news is that Prudence is still on the scene, hopefully not for long, as Erin and Amber have come up with a supurr cunning plan, but mew'll have to stop by on Friday to find out what they've cooked up! MOL

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Which one should he model next?


Here's the March Bandana Selection, and as we're headed full steam into Spring, we chose some colourful and bright bandanas for this month. Plus, it's St Paddy's Day, too, and how could we not have one for that epic day! MOL

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The March Collection:

1. Spring Vibes

2. Pretty Garden

3.  Colourful Owls

4. St Paddy's Day

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

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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:

 Supurr Sauce's Selfie


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










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

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Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 













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