The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **Delightful Daisies** ~ Melvyn's Catservatory Sun Puddle, Parsley's Checking Out The Clean Patio, and Fudge's Flat Out ~ **PLUS** More in The BBHQ Bunker!!! MOL

This week on the news: delightful daisies, sun puddles, patio inspections, flat-out snoozing and Essential Elevators

 Furbulous Floofy Greetings, Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday, and thank mew so much for stopping by. Pull up a chair, get comfortable, and let’s dive into what’s been happening at BBHQ over the last few days.

The Weather Report

Well, we did get the rain; it wasn't quite biblical, but the courtyard did get flooded to over ankle height. How do we know this? Because the P.A. had to go and shut the library door, and she waded through it while we all watched on from the catservatory! MOL 

It rained very heavily on and off, with several rather dazzling lightning storms, and a lot of thunder for a few days, but we did get a nice Bank Holiday Monday. 

Going forward, it remains unsettled, but so it goes; at least we aren't freezing or boiling, which is always a blessing! MOL

This Week's Flower Offering

Delightful daisies at BBHQ

These have done so well in the little flower box under the gazebo. There are three in total: this one, a blue one, and a white one. They are so pretty, but this yellow one is our favourite!

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

First up in the news...

Melvyn's Catservatory Sun Puddle

Melvyn found a lovely early morning sun puddle to bathe in... just look at that face; he's feeling so money supurrmarket right now! MOL

Next up in the news...

 Fudge's Flat Out

Well, if mew can't go in the garden, then a snooze on the sofa is happening...

Philosophy according to Fudge! MOL

Finally this week...

Parsley's Checking Out The Clean Patio

Parsley did an epic job of snoopervising a bit of patio cleaning... he said, and we quote, "Yep, good job!" MOL MOL

What's your favourite photo today?

Today's Really Random Photo

This is the bunker's main purrsonnel lift or elevator; what could possibly go wrong?

🛗 Essential Elevators

Getting around seventeen levels of BBHQ requires something a little more substantial than your average lift.

Enter Essential Elevators ~ a heavily reinforced, military-grade elevator big enough for ten fully armed cats, assorted equipment, and whatever questionable artefact somebody has decided to bring home this week.

It’s fast. It’s reliable. It’s virtually indestructible.

Its A.I. is also incredibly snarky.

Ask politely for Level Nine, and it may question your life choices before closing the doors. Press the wrong button and expect commentary. Press the emergency stop and… actually, just don’t.

There is one other tiny quirk.

Essential Elevators occasionally ignores the floor mew selected and takes mew somewhere else entirely.

Not because it’s broken.

Apparently, it simply knows better.

As Posie and Snowie discovered when they requested Level Eight and were cheerfully deposited on Level One instead, Essential Elevators really does live up to its unofficial motto:

“The only elevators to take mew where mew didn’t know mew wanted to go!”

So today I’m going to Level Nine.

At least, that’s where I’m hoping to end up.

Ping!

Oh fluff...

Yep... bunker life is unpredictable! MOL

We'll be back again on Friday with Melvyn, and more from the 'Oddity '- who knows what will happen next?

 

Do join us then, as mew know how much we love your company.

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

The B Team's Selfie

Melvyn's Mewsings Episode 4

Basil's Bunker Tour Ep 3 ~ The Broom Cupboard

Parsley's Epic Tank Pawty

Pandora's September Meow'o'Scope

We hope mew have a furbulous day, and remember to always...

...and epically epic!

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **Glorious Geraniums** ~ Parsley's Damp Stretch on The Sofa, Fudge's Checking Out The Catmint, and Smooch's Relaxing in The Garden ~ **PLUS** More in The BBHQ Bunker!!! MOL

This week on the news Damp Cats, Catmint, Garden Vibes and Bunker Adventures

Supurr Floofy Greetings Pawesome Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Happy Wednesday, and thank mew so much for dropping by. Pull up a chair, get comfortable, and let’s dive into what’s been happening at BBHQ over the last few days.

The Weather Report

OH MY COD!!!! Mew'll never believe it, but it's stayed cool, so much so that a discussion about making a fire or putting on the heating was had! MOL

It's been rather refreshing, to say the least, and we've had a little more rain too. Though we have a truly dreadful, Biblical forecast for later on tonight and into the small hours of Thursday, so we'll be on flood watch.

We'll let mew know what happens!

This Week's Flower Offering

Glorious Geraniums at BBHQ

Just look at that pink; it is divine, and in the centre it's as if the petals have been brushed with scarlet and white. These are utterly stunning in real life.

Mew know geraniums are one of our favourite summer flowers; they never disappoint, as long as you look after them! MOL

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

First up in the news this week

Parsley's Damp Stretch on The Sofa

Parsley got a little damp in the garden, then decided to dry himself off on the sofa.

He said, and I quote:

"Dude, I was just stretching!" 

Yeah, of course mew were!!! MOL

Next up in the news

Fudge's Checking Out The Catmint

So Fudge was inspecting the catmint plant on the back patio, as the P.A. had given it a little trim the other day. He wasn't very happy... he's rather precious about the catmint plants.

After taste-testing several leaves, he declared.

"It's fine, I can deal with that!" 

MOL MOL

In other news

Smooch's Relaxing in The Garden 

Smooch was enjoying a little catnap on the rear deck as the late afternoon sun is really nice here.

He said, though, he was actually snoopervising the P.A. while she was cleaning up the raised beds at the side of the summer house.

Of course he was!!! MOL MOL

What's your favourite spot today?

Today's Really Random Photo

 Basil in BBHQ Bunker with The P.A.

Oh, this did tickle me no end... the what-if picture...

The P.A. in the bunker, creating MOG1 for some kittens who just happened to need a home and found their way to BBHQ... no, there are no new kittens at BBHQ, just in case mew're wondering.

And of course I had to try the kitten-sized version of MOG1 ~ I think it really suits me! MOL 

That's us done for today. Melvyn will be here on Friday, so do join us then, as The Oddity is really odd, and we're hoping it won't be a parcel-bursting nightmare!!!

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

The Sunday Selfie

Basil's Bunker Tour Ep 3 ~ The Broom Cupboard

Melvyn's Mewsing Series 2 ~ Ep3

August's Meow'oScope

We hope mew have a furbulous day, and remember to always...

...and epically epic!

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

 

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**BRAND NEW** 🐾 Basil’s Bunker Tour ~ Epsiode 3🐾 ~ Level One Spotlight ~ **NEXT STOP** PANDORA'S BROOM CUPBOARD ~ WHERE THE REAL MAGIC HAPPENS

Welcome Back to BBHQ, mew marvellous floofers

Oh, excellent timing, how did mew know??? MOL

I’ve just finished telling Melvyn that no, he cannot put The Oddity in my office for the foreseeable future!

And if mew’re wondering why the lights flickered just now…

That was definitely unrelated. Probably!

Anyhoo, welcome back to the bunker, now seventeen levels of brilliance*, bedlam, and baffling decisions made by cats who should absolutely know better by now.

(*Yes, we got a surprise upgrade in June!)

Previously, on Level One, I showed mew my office, the tapestry, and a few artefacts I definitely didn’t “liberate” from other dimensions. Today, we’re heading deeper into BBHQ, and trust me, things only get more… interactive from here.

Then I took mew to the Control Room, BBHQ's command centre, the holo-table, Snowie's laser-focused comms stare, Vera's judgemental humming and Humphrey’s enthusiastic wiring extravaganza in the Boardroom. Mew survived the blinking lights, the secret door, and the exact spot where a data crystal once tried to blind us all with a beam of pure white light.

But today, floofers… Today we’re going somewhere far more ethereal.

Somewhere wholly unpredictable, and that once made the lights flicker for three days straight.

Yes.

We’re going to Pandora’s Magical Apothecary.

A place disguised as a humble broom cupboard, mop, bucket, suspicious smell, the works.

Except it’s not a broom cupboard. Not even close.

Before we begin, please sign the waiver and read the pamphlet.

⚠️ Tour Safety Guidelines

✨ Don’t touch the crystals ✨ In fact, don’t touch anything.✨

✨ Definitely don't wave any wands ✨ Don’t sniff the potions ✨

✨ Don’t open the DO‑NOT‑OPEN jars ✨ Don’t step inside the pentagram ✨

✨ Don’t lick anything ✨ Don't drink anything ✨

✨ Don’t ask the mop about its committee✨

✨ And for cod sakes do not read from the Book of Shadows ✨

✨ And if Pandora says “Oops”… run ✨

Follow me and stay close.

Let’s begin the tour.

🚪 The Door That Pretends to Be Normal

Here we are, the unassuming door next to my office.

Mop. Bucket.

“Cleaning in Progress” sign.

A faint smell of disinfectant and mild judgement.

But look closer.

See that shimmer around the frame? That’s Pandora’s warding spell, the same one Fudge poked once, yelped, and declared:

“OW! What the fluff? That’s rather zappy!”

He’s not wrong.

If mew touch it, mew get a tickle.

Pandora?

She just flicks her paw and the ward goes pop.

Like this.

pop

Right then. Inside we go.

✨ The Reveal ~ Bigger on the Inside

Now… behold.

A swirling, shimmering pocket‑dimension of magical wonder.

Let me just say, it’s unlike anywhere else at BBHQ. It’s almost otherworldly. Think:

Vast Magical Empawrium

Ancient and sophisticated

Carved Ebony built-in everything

Crystals that make mew go, how big?

And a sprinkle of “don't step in the circle unless mew want to teleport somewhere totally random for an undetermined amount of time!”

This space oozes energy. Step carefully, as the room likes to rearrange itself when no one’s looking.

The room also expands and contracts, so some days it's much, much bigger and others, it can seem relatively normal, yes, I know that's actually quite hard to believe - normal and The Basilverse don't really go together, now, do they?!! MOL

Ebony bookcases stretch floor to ceiling, crammed with tomes so old they probably predate whiskers. A carved ebony counter holds bottles of herbs, potions, powders, and things that hum ominously.

Crystals fill cabinets in neat, glowing rows. The air smells faintly of stardust, parchment, cinnamon, star anise, catnip, of course, and “don’t ask what that is.”

🔮 The Crystal Henge

Now, mew might think this centre space is empty.

It isn’t.

Pandora waves her paw, mutters something indecipherable, and...

WHOOSH

A radiant purple glow fills the room.

The amethyst crystals erupt from the floor in a purrfect circle, contained within a silver ring.

A pentagram lies beneath, aligned precisely to the Magisterium of Magic.

For a moment, the entire Apothecary seems to hold its breath.

Then the crystals begin to hum.

A low vibration thrums through the floor beneath our paws, and the air crackles with static, making every whisker stand to attention. Tiny sparks of violet light dance between the crystal points while shadows flicker across the ebony cabinets in entirely the wrong direction.

Pandora gives the nearest crystal an approving nod.

Miss Warts gasped when she first saw it:

“Pandora, this is utterly magnificent…”

And she wasn’t exaggerating.

This is where Pandora brews her most powerful spells, and where she summoned the warding mixture that blasted zombie cats off the stairwell door like furry fireworks in Claws of Terror.

This is where magic happens.

Do not step inside the circle. Unless mew want to be teleported, transformed, or given homework.

🧪 Potions, Charms & DO‑NOT‑OPEN Jars

Around the room mew’ll find:

Bottles that glow

Bottles that vibrate

Bottles that hum the theme tune from Dr Mew

Bottles labelled DO NOT OPEN (SERIOUSLY)

Bottles labelled ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR FUDGE

Pandora knows exactly what everything does. The rest of The B Team does not. This is why we are not allowed in here unsnoopervised.

Melvyn comes for magical lessons with Pandora. Like her, he is an Ethereal Magi. They are the last two in our universe, so very rare indeed.

If mew would like to read Melvyn's origin story, click here or click The Purrminator banner in the left side bar.

🌀 Closing the Door

Right, floofers, mew’ve survived Pandora’s pocket dimension.

Mew didn’t get zapped. Mew didn’t get teleported.

Mew didn’t open anything labelled DO NOT OPEN.

Gold star and a certificate ~ well done mew!!! MOL

And don't forget to go and join in today's fun Blog Hops at www.comedy-plus.com and at Mosaic Monday

Next time, we’re staying on Level One and heading to a place that looks harmless…

…but absolutely isn’t.

Bring snacks. Bring courage. Bring an anorak and perhaps a torch.

And remember:

Stay alert. Stay fluffy. And if mew hear bubbling noises coming from the broom cupboard…

No, mew didn’t! MOL

Link to Episode Four ~ Coming soon...

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

...and utterly furbulous...

Wing Commander Basil 

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