Showing posts with label Smooch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smooch. Show all posts

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Smooch Snoopervising The P.A., Fudge Is On Pawtrol, Parsley's In A Flower Jungle, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana

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 Epic Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

We can't believe the weather; it's been supurr sunny again all week, though still cold at night, but even so, having the daily warms makes a huge difference, as normally, the weather this time of year can be vile and really, really cold!  So we're feeling epically blessed and full of gratitude for oodles of sun spots around BBHQ!

The Cheeky Squirrel at Nanny's

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Can mew see the cheeky little fluffer, like a grey ninja on the right side of the tree trunk?

The P.A. casually glanced out of the window at Nanny's last week when she saw movement down the bottom of the garden, so she zoomed right in, and this is what she snapped. The ninja squirrel who is responsible for the destruction of about six bird feeders since Catmas!!! MOL (At least he's well fed! MOL)


 WOOOO HOOOO The Hedgehogs Are Back

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And then last Thursday evening, while the P.A. was just about to switch the outside lights off, she noticed some plants in the garden border were moving. So she crept outside, as mew do late at night, and she heard loads of rustling, which she said sounded like miniature elephants  trampling on everything! MOL

Anyhoo, she waited and watched, then finally look who appeared?

Food was quickly put in place so refuelling could take place after a long hibernation, and two bowls a night are being scoffed.

She thinks it's Bip Bip, Meep Meep or Nippy from last year. Then last night, in the middle of the night while the P.A. was on nighttime patrol, she spied another one, so who knows, the trifecta may appear in coming nights! MOL

We'll share more flower pics next week, as so many are blooming, so we'll have a colourful splash next week. 

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First up in the news this week...

Smooch Snoopervising The P.A.


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Smooch really is getting his snoopervisor status happening. When he heard that the P.A. failed miserably to get Chapter Twenty One of The Purrminotr finished last week. On Monday, he took it upon himself to make sure that the P.A. sat at the computer and finished twenty one and twenty two, and he didn't move until they were done.

Every time, the P.A. said, "Dude, I just need to think about this for a minute!"

He replied. "Fluff no. Mew, just keep those fingers typing. I'll tell mew when mew're finished!" 

So mew can thank Smooch for two chapters this week! MOL

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Next up in the news...

Fudge Is On Pawtrol


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Fudge is still feeling pretty hissed off about the catmint plants. If mew missed the story so far, click here to catch up.

So he's taken to patrolling the entire garden, checking on everything to see if there's any change! MOL

We can reveal that growth is still slow; however, with all the sunshine and a little bit of water, the plants will catch up in the next couple of weeks.

But in the meantime, we're going to, the P.A. is going to set some catnip seeds, and if mew have never grown catnip before, click here to read our definitive guide to growing your own!

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In other news...

Parsley's In A Flower Jungle


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Parsley was sitting in the garden border on Monday afternoon, enjoying all the flowers and the warmth.

And if mew're wondering why there are some dead lupin stalks still sticking up on either side of him, well there is a very good reason for this.

The P.A. doesn't clear the garden borders much until late April/early May because the ladybirds and other insects use the hollow lupin stalks and other places as their winter hibernation hotel. If mew clean up too early and then the weather turns bitterly cold - which it can do in the UK - then the bugs have nowhere to retreat to.

And fluff knows the insects need as much help as possible these days, as their numbers are ever decreasing. 

That's why, at BBHQ, we wait until the weather is warmer to tidy up.

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And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Last week, the most votes were for Blooming Marvellous, the number five pick. So here's Melvyn looking utterly epic!

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He pranced around BBHQ like a little show pony wearing this one! MOL

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Which one should he model next?


Here's the 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:

 Fudge's Selfie


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














Also, we'll be posting Chapter Twenty Two on Caturday. It's getting so exciting, and we know mew won't want to miss it, as we're nearly at the grand finale. WOOO HOOOO! It's only taken six months so far to get to this point!!! MOL MOL

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

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Wednesday, 2 April 2025

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Pandora's Response to Smooch Wanting His Basket, Smooch Is Not A Happy Camper, Fudge Has A Question, 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 April! 

What another glorious week at BBHQ! The sun has been shining, meaning we've had oodles of sun puddles coupled with lots of lounging in the warms.

But it's still horribly cold at night, but we can deal with it because the days are so sunny! MOL

Oh, and just look at this, the hyacinths have bloomed!

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If mew missed the long road to bloomage, click here to catch up.

They bloomed fully on the weekend; they are the first ones. There are some pinky coloured ones that are about to emerge, and all the tulips and anemones are gathering steam now, so perhaps in the next week or so, there'll be a blooming marvellous display.

We can't wait to see that, and of course, we'll be sharing it all here, so mew can enjoy the flowers too!

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First up in the news this week...

 Pandora's Response to Smooch Wanting His Basket


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When Smooch is outside in the garden, he always goes and gets in 'his' basket at some point for a snooze. But the other day, Pandora had beaten him to it.

And this was her response when he asked her to vacate...

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Next up in the news...

 Smooch Is Not A Happy Camper


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Smooch was not a happy camper when he arrived for his lunchtime catnap to find Pandora firmly ensconced in his basket.

It did get resolved later in the day, but Smooch says he's implementing measures to stop the future usurping of said basket! MOL

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In other news...

Fudge Has A Question


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Remember last week? When Fudge was willing the catmint to grow.

He was mightily fluffed off when he saw a pot full of hyacinths blooming and looking supurr colourful and pretty.

So he asked them why are they in full bloom and is the catmint is in some sort of stasis?

He waited twenty minutes for an answer, but none came, so in his frustration, he went and verbally blasted the catmint.

Needless to say, the catmint remained in its 'stasis' state and refused to be taunted into growth by Fudge. Who is now sulking somewhere in the bunker! MOL

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And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


Last week mew voted for The Cute Pink Cats bandana.

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Sorry, the photo is a little blurry, Melvyn was supurr effervescant yesterday and couldn't keep still! 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:

 Amber's Selfie


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










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

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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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