Showing posts with label Melvyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melvyn. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 October 2026

The Sunday Selfies and Caturday Art Blog Hops at BBHQ **FEATURING** Melvyn's Supurr Reflection Selfie

 Four BBHQ cats sit at the heart of a vibrant autumn collage filled with pumpkins, sunflowers, glowing lanterns, red and orange leaves, and woodland friends like a hedgehog and a squirrel. Polaroid‑style cat snapshots are scattered around them, all framed by rich fall foliage beneath a wooden “Sunday Selfies” sign, creating a cosy and festive October scene.

An epic selfie starring BBHQ's Supurr Meowdel Melvyn! 

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Supurr greetings, pawesome furiends

Welcome to BBHQ on this delightful Sunday!

Melvyn requested to share this throwback selfie today, so here it is! MOL

Melvyn's Supurr Reflection Selfie


Melvyn, a brown, black‑and‑white tabby cat wearing a smart bow‑tied collar, stands on a glossy kitchen countertop, his reflection perfectly mirrored beneath him. Behind him are cream cabinets, a magnet‑covered fridge, a doorway, and a vase of yellow flowers, creating a bright and homely selfie scene with a striking reflective effect at BBHQ

This furbulous selfie was taken in August 2021; we love the reflection!
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We're also joining in Athena's Fabulous Art Hop, so do stop by and show off your epic arty skills.

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We adore this effect!

sunlit gouache gfx+ effect used on: Melvyn, a black‑and‑white cat wearing a smart bow‑tied collar, stands on a glossy kitchen countertop, his reflection perfectly mirrored beneath him. Behind him are cream cabinets, a magnet‑covered fridge, a doorway, and a vase of yellow flowers, creating a bright and homely selfie scene with a striking reflective effect.

We created the effect with Befunky's AI Enhancer, Sunlit Gouache GFX, plus changes to fidelity and variant.

Click here to dive into this artastic puzzle starring supurr fun Melvyn posing in his bandana at BBHQ. It’s a floof-tastic test of feline finesse, and guess what? 

We crushed it in just 11 minutes and 13 seconds. Can mew beat our time? 

Of course, mew can! MOL

Let us know your time in the comments ~ we love seeing how mew get on!

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The weather has remained clement over the last few days, so today will be spent in the garden snoopervising the P.A. - she is still waiting on 50 allium bulbs to appear, they're on backorder - oh dear. 

But there are so many new tulips to plant that she'll probably be happy the alliums haven't arrived! 

Join us again tomorrow, when we're back with another supurr fun post, and if mew missed Pandora's October Meow'o'scope, click here to read what she had to say for each epic star sign!

We do hope mew have a totally terrific day, and remember to always...
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Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

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Don't forget to join in the pawesome Sunday Selfies Blog Hop with

 Angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer ~ visit them at their cat-tastic blog:




Link up coming later.......

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Wednesday, 30 September 2026

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **Dreamy Dahlias** ~ Fudge's Amble In The Courtyard, Smooch Says NO Leave My Shroom Alone, and Parsley's Loving The Lawn ~ **PLUS** More in The BBHQ Bunker!!! MOL

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This week on the news: starburst dahlias, ladybird relocation, ginger floof ambling, white floof snoozing and black floof avoiding an ant's nest... plus the new snack lounge.
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 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.

Sorry we're late commenting on all your epic blogs; we ran out of time over the last week or so, but we've got everypawdy's blog open in a tab group and will start working our way through over the next few days to catch up. We can't wait to see what mew've all been up to! MOL

The Weather Report

Not much to report; temps have been steadily hovering around 20C, up and down a little. There have been a few rain showers, nothing of note though. It's much cooler at night, and the evenings are really drawing in; yep, we don't like that at all. We like it light till 10.30pm every night! MOL

We keep seeing Supurr El Nino reports, with horrific doomsday predictions of incoming gigantor weather of the hostile variety... hmmmmm... I suppose all we can do is watch this space and see what happens; hopefully it's just a nice clement winter, with enough rainfall to top up the reservoirs for next summer with no snow or ice. This scenario would be right up our alley! MOL

This Week's Flower Offering

It's like a magical pink starburst!

A close‑up of a pink dahlia in full bloom, its long petals starburst fading from deep rose to soft lavender at the tips. The tightly layered centre opens outward in a perfect spiral, framed by rich green leaves, creating a serene and dreamy portrait of a garden dahlia in the BBHQ garden.

This dahlia is one of our favourites; it is so pretty in real life. The shades of pink are incredible, but I think we were lucky that the light was purrfect to capture it in all its glory on the proper camera!

A bright yellow daisy‑like flower with a soft purple centre fills the frame while a red ladybird with black spots walks upside‑down along the edge of one of the petals. The background shows wicker furniture and blurred greenery, creating a warm, sunny BBHQ garden moment with a lucky little visitor exploring the bloom.

This is a lucky ladybird. The P.A. saw it crawling next to her foot under the table a second before she moved, and thank cod she did; otherwise it would have been no more ladybird...

The P.A. lowered her hand to the ground, let it crawl onto her finger, and safely relocated the ladybird to the yellow daisy, where it scooted around the underside of the petals.

So cute!

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

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First up in the news...

 Fudge's Amble In The Courtyard


Fudge, a fluffy orange cat wearing a pink collar, strolls across a bed of colourful pebbles with his bushy tail held high. Seen from above, his rich ginger fur contrasts with the textured stones beneath him, capturing a relaxed BBHQ courtyard amble full of character and charm.

Fudge was taking a little stroll in the courtyard and airing out his behemoth floof.

The P.A. said, thank cod this bit was NOT the weedy part of the courtyard. 

Yep, the weeds have been growing supurr fast the last couple of weeks, and no sooner has the hoe come out and said "weeds removed" than a whole new swathe of green appears among the stones! MOL

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Next up in the news...

Smooch Says - NO - Leave My Shroom Alone


Smooch, a white cat with bold black markings, lounges protectively on top of his plush pink mushroom‑shaped bed trimmed with pom‑poms. He looks firmly unimpressed, clearly declaring that his cosy shroom should not be moved. The soft pink interior, felt‑ball doorway, and nearby greenery set the scene for Smooch’s dramatic BBHQ protest.

The P.A. has moved the BBHQ office around and wanted to move the Shroom... Yeah, Smooch had other ideas.

This is his silent protest! MOL

The standoff still continues; more on this story next time - maybe! 

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Finally this week...

 Parsley's Loving The Lawn

Parsley, a sleek black cat wearing a green collar with a tiny bell, sits contentedly on the lush garden lawn with his eyes closed in the sunshine. Trees, bushes, and white flowers create a soft, leafy backdrop, capturing a peaceful BBHQ moment of Parsley enjoying his favourite patch of grass.

The lawn has greened up no end over the last couple of weeks, and the clover has spread, creating a lush green carpet which has pleased the P.A. tremendously, as from this angle it looks really, really good; just don't walk towards the trees in the background unless mew want to be engulfed with feelings of horrific lawn disappointment!!! MOL 

 Parsley loves the lawn, although the P.A. had to pick him up and relocate him as he was near an ant's nest! 

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What's your favourite photo today?

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Today's Really Random Photo


The New Upper Snack Lounge in the Bunker Extension

A warmly lit, industrial‑style lounge filled with leather sofas, plants, cat décor, and snack stations forms the new BBHQ Upper Level Snack Lounge. Shelves and dispensers labelled for treats, dry food, wet food, and drinks line the wall, alongside humorous signs about morale, food ownership, and the catnip vault. A cat tree, cosy pet bed, paw‑print cushions, candles, and stacked books add to the playful bunker atmosphere, with a futuristic lower level glowing blue beneath the glass railing.

Welcome to the upper snack lounge, and as mew can see, it's pretty plush. We're loving the new vibe!

If mew want to see more of this side of the bunker, click the links below:





It's all looking pretty fluffing epic, and we'll share more soon.

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Farewell, September, and may October be extraordinary! 

We'll be back tomorrow with Pandora's astrological forecast for October, and again on Friday with Melvyn and his final episode, and can mew guess: what is Uncle Bob going to do about Floump? Mew'll have to stop by to find out! MOL
 
Do join us then, as mew know how much we love your company.

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





Parsley's Purrculiar Projects - Episode 1 


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Monday, 28 September 2026

**BRAND NEW POST**🐾 WHAT THE FLUFF!?! 🐾 A BBHQ Q&A SERIES ~ **FEATURING** Posie ~ Episode 8

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Posie spills the fluff in today’s BBHQ Q&A ~ Rainbow Bridge secrets, missing tactical sparkle boots, memory-crystal mayhem, celestial nap zones, and nope, the interdimensional bucket incident was absolutely not her fault!

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🐾WHAT THE FLUFF – A BBHQ Q&A Series🐾

Supurr Monday greetings, epic furiends! 

Today we’re back with episode 8 from deep inside the BBHQ think‑tank!

If mew missed any of the previous episodes, click the links below to catch up:

Episode One ~ Basil

Episode Two ~ Pandora

Episode Three ~ Melvyn

Episode Four ~ Parsley

Episode Five ~ Fudge

Episode Six ~ Amber

Episode Seven ~ Smooch

Welcome to WHAT THE FLUFF, the fluffiest, quirkiest, most revealing Q&A series ever unleashed from The B Team since the Podcast. Each memfur sits down for a no‑holds‑barred interrogation … err… sorry, interview with Vera V5.0, the BBHQ Bunker A.I., answering the questions mew didn’t know mew needed answers to.

From snack stash secrets to interdimensional dilemmas, from floof maintenance routines to heroic regrets, this series dives deep into the minds (and whiskers) of our legendary memfurs.

💬 Expect:

🙀 Outrageous confessions

🛡️ Tactical brilliance

🧠 Floofy wisdom

💥Possibly a few hairballs

🐾 In today’s feature: Posie

BBHQ’s official Cloud Oppurrative, Rainbow Bridge correspondent, celestial nap-zone expert, and occasional misplacer of tactical sparkle boots.

What really happens when mew travel between the Rainbow Bridge and BBHQ via Humphrey’s Earth Me Device?

Why does Basil keep rerouting her memory crystals through the vending machine?

And exactly how does a cat decide which cloud deserves a place in the Top Ten Most Epic Celestial Nap Zones?

Keep reading for Posie’s full Q&A ~ and prepare to say “Oh fluff!” at least once!!! MOL

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🐾 Interview No. 8 ~ Cloud Oppurrative, Rainbow Code Specialist, Celestial Nap-Zone Inspector (allegedly)

Vera V5.0: Posie, welcome to Episode 8 of WHAT THE FLUFF. Are mew prepared for your Q&A session?

Posie: Absolutely. My Rainbow Codes are synchronised, my memory crystals are behaving themselves, and I’ve found my tactical sparkle boots. Well… one of them. I’m sure the other will turn up eventually.

Q1: Posie, how would mew describe your role at BBHQ?

Posie: Officially, I’m BBHQ’s Cloud Oppurrative and Rainbow Bridge correspondent. I keep an eye on interdimensional activity, monitor the Rainbow Codes, and send intelligence back to BBHQ whenever something unusual drifts past.

Which is surprisingly often.

I also test Humphrey’s Earth Me Device whenever I visit the bunker. It temporarily makes me corporeal so I can interact with everypawdy properly, eat snacks and sit on actual furniture.

Although sometimes the furniture moves during transit. Humphrey says that’s “within acceptable parameters.” I disagree.

Q2: What’s your favourite part of bunker life?

Posie: Being able to come back and spend time with everypawdy.

Life at the Rainbow Bridge is meautiful, but BBHQ has a very particular kind of chaos that mew don’t fully appreciate until mew’ve been away for a while.

I especially enjoy visiting the Observation Deck. It has an excellent view of the sky, very good moonbeam alignment and, according to my calculations, a celestial nap rating of 8.7.

It loses points when Smooch sets off an alarm.

Q3: What’s the most annoying part of bunker life?

Posie: Basil rerouting my memory crystals. He says he’s “optimising the communications network.”

Last time he connected them through the vending machine, I remembered eating a tuna sandwich three days before I’d actually eaten it. Then the vending machine remembered it too and demanded half.

Mew have not experienced confusion until mew’ve argued with a snack dispenser about a sandwich that technically hasn’t happened yet.

Q4: What’s your biggest pet peeve about the other memfurs?

Posie: Nopawdy reads the Rainbow Code Protocols. I wrote them down, colour-coded them, and added diagrams, too.

Yet the moment something sparkles unexpectedly, Parsley pokes it, Fudge feeds it, Melvyn wants to dismantle it, and Smooch asks whether it’s tactical.

Then Basil calls me.

There is an entire section entitled “PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE INTERDIMENSIONAL THING.”

It’s in bold.

Q5: What’s your favourite spot in the bunker?

Posie: The Observation Deck is definitely my favourite, but there’s a little spot near the upper-level windows where the afternoon sunlight makes a warm patch on the velvet sofa.

Excellent nap conditions. Quiet. Warm. Minimal dimensional turbulence.

Nine out of ten.

It would be ten, but Gregory’s mop discovered it, and apparently we now have a timeshare arrangement.

I don’t remember agreeing to that.

Q6: What’s one thing mew wish every cat understood about mew?

Posie: That being somewhere else doesn’t mean mew’ve stopped being part of home.

I may spend a lot of my time at the Rainbow Bridge, but I’m still part of BBHQ. I still know what everypawdy is doing, I still hear about the disasters, and I still worry when Basil sends a message beginning with, “Don’t panic, but…”

Actually, if Basil sends that, panic.

Immediately! 

Q7: What’s your funniest bunker moment?

Posie: The first time Humphrey activated the Earth Me Device at full power.

I materialised purrfectly.

My tactical sparkle boots did not; one appeared in the Control Room, and the other appeared inside Basil’s snack cupboard.

And somehow Gregory’s bucket arrived on the Rainbow Bridge. Gregory spent three hours accusing me of interdimensional bucket theft.

The bucket refused to comment.

Q8: What’s your least favourite bunker chore?

Posie: Writing interdimensional transit reports.

Vera wants exact coordinates, arrival times, dimensional resonance readings and a complete inventory of anything accidentally transported during E.M.D. activation.

Do mew know how difficult it is to explain that mew arrived at 14:07 accompanied by one sparkle boot, two memory crystals, a confused teaspoon and something that may have been a cloud?

There should be a box labelled “Stuff Happened.”

I’ve suggested it repeatedly.

Q9: What’s your proudest moment as part of the B Team?

Posie: Being able to keep helping the team, even from somewhere they can’t always reach.

I’ve watched over BBHQ from a very long way away, carried messages between places, monitored the Rainbow Codes and found ways to come home when I can.

And thanks to Humphrey and the Earth Me Device, sometimes I can walk back into the bunker, sit beside my furmily and feel almost as though I never left.

That means more to me than any mission ever could.

Although completing my survey of the Top Ten Most Epic Celestial Nap Zones was a significant achievement.

The research was exhausting.

I had to test every single one.

Q10: What’s your message to BBHQ readers?

Posie: Never assume that being far away means somepawdy is gone from your life.

Look up occasionally. Appreciate the quiet moments. Find a good sun puddle whenever mew can, and never underestimate the restorative power of an excellent nap.

Also, if mew travel interdimensionally, label your belongings.

Especially your boots.

And whatever happens…

Float with intent, snack with dignity.

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We hope mew enjoyed today's feature, brought to mew courtesy of Vera, the bunker A.I. Yep, it was her idea to interrogate- sorry, ask us these questions! MOL

🐾 Next up in the WHAT THE FLUFF hot seat: snowie

Expect more Rainbow Realm diplomacy, enchanted snack protocols, cloud whispering, and at least one emotionally complicated biscuit demanding a compliment before it can be eaten.

And absolutely no mention of the marshmallow treaty, the unionised clouds, or the crumpet that launched itself into the fog vents and refused to come back down.

And not forgetting… the Rainbow Realm vending machines, which are currently refusing to dispense snacks without a glitter paw sticker and some emotional validation.

Click to go to Episode 9 ~ Link Coming Later...

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

We'll be back on Wednesday with more Midweek News, in the meantime...
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