The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ MEET POOTLE ~ Smooch's Fur Is Glowing, Parsley's On The Patio, Fudge Says No To The Flannel, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday, furry floofers, and are mew ready for this week's BBHQ hot gossip? Of course mew are!

Let's start with the weather. After last week's slight drop in temperature for a couple of days, it skyrocketed again into the early 30s; the actual temperature was 34 degrees Celsius. We were melting, the fur was frizzy, and all in all, we didn't like it much. 

The P.A.'s air con unit in her office at work went on the fritz, and her office was a rather heady 39 Celsius. There are no opening windows and just a small extractor fan. She has other fans, but decided to go home just after lunch as it was unbearable.

Tuesday, we actually got rain, and not just three fat drops; it rained in a nice, sedate way for about three hours, but that isn't going to fix the garden, which looks more like the Serengeti than rural England right now! MOL

Anyhoo, let's move on and introduce mew to Pootle, the newest hedgehog at BBHQ, and he's just a baby... so tiny, it's outrageous!

He appeared just a few days ago and has been loving the snacks we leave out.

Just for context, he's about one and a half tennis balls in length.

What a little sweetheart.

Oh, and as the garden is more crispy than ever, we have got a lovely painted lady butterfly to show mew instead of a load of scorched flowers.

The butterflies have suddenly appeared in droves and are fluttering about everywhere, which is rather lovely.

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

First up in the news this week

Smooch's Fur Is Glowing

Smooch was on the bench the other day, and the sun was so bright his fur was glowing!!! MOL

Next up in the news

 Parsley's On The Patio

Parsley enjoyed a quiet moment on the back patio. 

This was taken a couple of weeks ago before the lavender gave up, crawled out of the wall, and has now relocated itself under a tree! MOL

In other news

 Fudge Says No To The Flannel

Fudge must have been speaking to Amber about the warm flannel.

He'd stuffed his nose in something and wouldn't let the P.A. clean it... so mew know what's coming don't mew?

Yep, the ambush approach, any minute now! MOL

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

This week Melvyn is modelling the third bandana of July. And mew voted for In The Jungle!

What a cutie, oh, and good news. W.D.G. accepted the gift basket and has now moved down to Level Eight in the bunker, and is having a great time in the biosphere... we knew it would all come right in the end! 

Which one should he model next?

Here's the July Bandana collection, and we chose another really fun selection for mew this time.

And we've decided to give mew six to choose from, even though we only needed five, OH MY COD, the utter excitement of it all! MOL

The July Collection:

1. Popcorn Purrlease

2. MerCats 

3. Catastic Cats

4. In The Jungle

5. Pink Flutterby's

6. Cactus Crazee

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

That's us done for today. We'll be back on Friday, so do join us then, as mew know how much we love your company.

And if mew missed any other posts for the last week, here are the links:

The B Team's Sunday Selfie

Amber's Latest Book Review

Behind the Floof - Podcast Ep 2

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

 

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The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Smooch on Morning Garden Pawtrol, Pandora's Stealth Operation, Parsley's Zonked Out, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday, furry floofers, and welcome to this week's hot gossip. Firstly, let's give mew the weather report. It cooled down somewhat from the scorching 33 degrees Celsius a week ago, on Monday, the 3rd of July, and we were quite happy about that, as it had been way too warm. So, we've had mid-twenties, and on Monday, it got down to just 20 degrees. It felt cold, as the wind was blowing a bit wildly. Sunday, it rained on and off for most of the day, so the parched garden and trees really enjoyed that.

And talking of rain, or the lack thereof, the poor garden is parched, the flowers are wilting, and the trees are even shedding leaves. Yep, it's a bit hardcore, as normally English summers are a total washout; we get a couple of nice weeks and then it just rains, but this year is the total opposite. We think it's because of the moon being out of phase, and speaking of which, we haven't seen it recently! Have mew?

So here's this week's flower picture, the only one worth showing is the supurr happy daisies, as they're not wilting! MOL

Aren't they pretty?

Additionally, we've noticed a significant increase in butterflies over the last week or so, along with more bees, which is truly lovely.

And the hedgehogs are still visiting every night for snacks. So far, after awakening from their winter hibernation, they've eaten nearly 20KG of kibble! MOL

Here's one of the little snack hogs, or as we call him/her, Fuzzle, at the watering hole!

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

First up in the news this week

Smooch on Morning Garden Pawtrol

Smooch enjoyed a nice morning pawtrol yesterday, the wind had eased up and it was really rather clement.

As he happily approached the gazebo, Fudge asked him, how his recently vacuumed basket was going?

We can't repeat Smooch's reply! MOL

Next up in the news

Pandora's Stealth Operation  

Operation: Catch The Really Humungous Pigeon!

The other day, Pandora was on a mission as there's a pigeon the size of a small pterodactyl at BBHQ, and quite frankly, she just doesn't like it!

In other news

 Parsley's Zonked Out 

Parsley was flat out and totally zonked by the window late last week, and he was really enjoying those summer wiffles! MOL 

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

This week, Melvyn is modelling the Catastic Cats bandana, as voted for by mew last week.

He's looking epic as always! 

Now this is the really strange thing. We thought Melvyn had modelled everything from his bandana collection at least once, if not twice; however, this one, we can find no record of it ever being worn before, unless in the computer fritz that happened the other week, it's accidentally got deleted???

It's on the far right, sixth row up from the bottom... We were sure he had worn it before, as we wanted to share the videos if he had!

And here's a quick, W.D.G. update: the invisible BBHQ monster, who did live behind the sofa, has now moved out into the shed. Don't ask us why, although there was a note that said, he's sulking because he didn't get invited to Melvyn's pawty last Friday. We left another note in reply, saying:

'Dude, we thought mew were there, even though we couldn't see mew!'

Melvyn is currently preparing a gift basket to help smooth the situation.

Which one should he model next?

Here's the July Bandana collection, and we chose another really fun selection for mew this time. And we've decided to give mew six to choose from, even though we only needed five, OH MY COD, the utter excitement of it all! MOL

The July Collection:

1. Popcorn Purrlease

2. MerCats 

3. Catastic Cats

4. In The Jungle

5. Pink Flutterby's

6. Cactus Crazee

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

That's us done for today. We'll be back on Friday, so do join us then, as mew know how much we love your company.

And if mew missed any other posts for the last week, here are the links:

The B Team's Sunday Selfie

Melvyn's 8th Birthday Pawty

Behind the Floof - Ep 1

Amber's latest Book Review

In the meantime, don't forget to...

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

 

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Welcome to The BBHQ Mid-Week News Round-Up **HEDGEHOG ALERT** Meet the BBHQ Hedgehogs, Amber & Pandora's Pawty is Still Raving AND What's Melvyn Done Now?

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to our mid-week news round-up!

Mew may remember last week that we mentioned we had three hedgehogs in the garden. We did mention some time ago on the blog that we hadn't had any hedgehogs in the garden since the great flood of 2013, so when a few weeks ago one appeared we were delighted, and then another appeared and another.

We can't tell mew how happy we are to have a family of three hedgehogs in the garden. Obviously, they all have names now, as mew can't be at BBHQ and not have a name.

The smallest one is called Wriggles, as he wriggles about. Then the mid-sized one is called Snuffles as he snuffles when he eats and the largest one is called Prickles, and we think that's pretty self-explanatory!

They visit every night for food and water. Sometimes they are all together and others they arrive separately.

Watch on YouTube

Oh, and mew can hear our dad yawning while Wriggles is eating! MOL

There are plenty of slugs and snails in the garden, so if they want to munch on those they can. We just hope that they keep coming until they go into hibernation and that we'll see them again in the Spring, but in the meantime, we'll try to get a few more videos when they come to visit for snacks.

**Further Update**  A fourth hedgehog appeared on Monday evening, the same size as Wriggles, so we need another name, what do mew think we should call this one?

Next up in the news this week is, Amber and Pandora's Halloween Pawty is still in full swing, no one can say The B Team doesn't know how to rave on! MOL 

They've got a giveaway happening, so if mew haven't entered already, click the link and go join in the fun.

There's plenty of food and drinks available too.

Last up this week, just look at that face, guilty much Melvyn?

What do mew think sparked that level of guilt? MOL MOL

Answer coming on next weeks post.

Last week the P.A. decided to make some videos of our previous Halloween Crafting with Cats projects, she still making more but here's a peek at a couple.

What do mew think?

Well that's us done for today, Amber will be back on Friday with a fab Halloween book just for mew, and if mew missed Monday's Colouring with Cats we shared a supurr interesting crystal, called shungite, click the link to find out more.

And just to let mew know that we'll be sharing our 2021 Halloween Crafting with Cats on Caturday, and when mew see what we made this time, let's just say mew won't want to miss it! 

Epic purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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