WELCOME TO THE BASILVERSE! This is BBHQ, a creative studio run by cats, where real feline life meets epic imagination. Explore adventures, book reviews, blog hops, cat hacks, crafting, colouring, fashion, brain training, and more. Join us for fun and all things cat. Stay as long as mew like... the door is always open! Purrs from your furbulous hosts, Wing Commander Basil & The B Team! 🐾🐾
A pawesome selfie starring the legendary Wing Commander Basil. Mission-ready, dangerous as fluff, and always prepared for the next Basilverse adventure! MOL
Meowvellous greetings, pawesome furiends
Welcome to BBHQ on this delightful Sunday!
And this week, as I haven't been the star of the show for a while, I thought I'd share my new pawtrait. Yep, this is what I look like mission-ready. Dangerous as fluff, and the epically epic commander I am! MOL
Wing Commander Basil's Locked and Loaded Selfie
Mew know, we've been writing The Basilverse for over 14 years, serialising 10 B Team adventure stories including Amber's Dear Prudence Saga.
There's a new one being written now that is hilarious, and hopefully we can start to share it in August. The P.A. just needs to get a couple more chapters written, so she's not under pressure to write a chapter a week like she usually does; she can get a few done ahead of the launch, and then we can start serialising again.
OH MY COD ~ HOW EXCITING?
EPICALLY EXCITING! MOL
Guys, just know we write these stories for mew, for your enjoyment, and just because the P.A. laughs her socks off when writing them doesn't change the fact that, primarily;
THEY ARE FOR MEW!!!
We'll let mew know when it's going to go live, and just a little teaser, the title is so much fuch, can mew guess?
We're also joining Athena's Fabulous Art Hop,so do stop by and show off your pawesome arty-farty skills.
We are LOVING this EPICALLY EPIC effect!
The effect was created with Befunky - AI Enhancer, Faded Watercolour GFX+ with no other changes.
Click here to dive intothis cat-tastic puzzle starring the ONE AND ONLY WING COMMANDER BASIL! It’s a floof-tastic test of feline furbulousness, and guess what?
We crushed it in just 10 minutes and 17 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!
Well, after all that fun, I don't think there's much more to say today... the P.A. is tired and is off for a siesta in the garden while we pawtrol! MOL
We'll be back in the morning with a supur fun post, but it's a surprise for now, but do join us as mew know how much we love your visits to BBHQ, it really makes our day!
In the meantime, don't forget to...
... and utterly furbulous!
Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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 and Cooper Murphy ~ visit them at their pawesome blog:
Sorry, Amber's not here today, there was an interruption in the book supply chain this week and the book she'd got her heart set on sharing had been checked out of the library and not returned.
As mew can imagine this caused quite a stir (#understatementofthecentury) and Amber has had to have a few days off to recover from the stress, she'll be back next week as usual once we've found the book and cod help the poor sap who didn't return it on time!
So today we're revisiting8 Things About...
8 Things About WHAT though we hear mew ask. Well, it could be 8 things about anything, but today it's all about...
8 Things About Melvyn
FYI the original post was originally shared on the 28th of March 2019.
1. Melvyn arrived at BBHQ on the 12th January 2019, although he didn't appear on the blog until our Valentine's edition of Crafting with Cats, and he was approximately one and a half years old when he arrived.
He was not used to having toys or catnip before he arrived at BBHQ, but he's been making up fur all of that since his arrival.
2. He really loves his furry orange carrot.
This is one of his favourite toys.
3. Melvyn is a little bit of a weirdo, want to know why? Of course mew do, just watch the video below...
See what we mean, what cat carries his collar? he doesn't even like to wear one, just play with it and he likes to take all of our collars too, and even the spare ones out of the tin! Both Smooch and Fudge have lost collars to The Melvynator, one yellow and one green! OOPS MOL!
The Melvynator knows exactly where our collars are kept in the cupboard in the laundry when we're not wearing them, and the minute he hears a bell, he's there trying to collar-snatch our clothes! **UPDATE** He's still obsessed with collars today - March 2021.
4. He has the most golden eyes we've effur seen. Seriously they're like glowing citrines, just look.
5. Melvyn is like the Harry Potter of Cats, instead of a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, he has a lightning bolt of white fur down his back, so this is definitive proof that Melvyn also survived Voldemort ~ Fluffing Fluff, that's seriously hardcore dude!
HE IS THE CAT WHO LIVED! MOL
6. Melvyn has a lovely temperament and is such a happy little camper, much like me his, great, great, great, great uncle Basil, take a look at this... mew can feel the happies radiating from him!
7. Melvyn was originally called Malcolm, although we felt this didn't suit him at all so he promptly got a new name. And yes, he's also called The Melvynator, like The Terminator only better! MOL
and finally...
8. This was Melvyn's furry furst day at BBHQ... typical Fudge...
MOL, it only got better from there on in!
And that sadly brings us to the end of 8 Things About young Melvyn, we do hope mew enjoyed getting to learn a little more about my nephew. But if mew have a specific question about him, ask us in the comments.
1. I never have time to finish writing all my books, try as I may I have about 10 works in progress that I keep rotating when I get stuck on a particular plot.
2. My sewing machine can do lovely embroidery, a totally random fact to throw in the mix today! LOL
3. Pet adoption and welfare is a cause that is dear to my heart.
4. At this very moment, I'm in the catservatory, and I'm thinking about one of the books I've got on the go/writing, and it needs something harrowing/scary/traumatic to happen next and I'm stuck, so I'll go and make a cup of tea and then cogitate a while as I watch the birds stuff their faces at the feeders in the garden.
I had the Astra-Zenica Covid vaccine on Monday, and all went well. I felt really tired on Tuesday and my arm is still a bit sore but apart from that I can't say there were any adverse effects. My next one is in June.
Many thanks for joining at BBHQ today and we hope mew liked Melvyn's post, join us again on Sunday when Smooch is here sharing his sad selfie.
Until then...
Pawesome purrs Basil & The B Team
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8 Things About WHAT though?! we hear mew ask. Well fabulous furiends it could be 8 things about anything, but today it's all about...
8 Things About Melvyn
1. Melvyn arrived at BBHQ on the 12th of January, although he didn't appear on the blog until our Valentines edition of Crafting with Cats, he was approximately one and a half years old when he arrived.
He was not used to having toys or catnip before he arrived at BBHQ, but he's been making up fur all of that since his arrival.
2. He really loves his furry orange carrot.
This is one of his favourite toys, the P.A. got it from the dudes at Katzenworld when she saw them at the Birmingham Pet Show last year - dudes if mew're reading this, we need another furry orange carrot stat! MOL
3. Melvyn is a little bit of a weirdo, want to know why? Of course mew do, just watch the video below...
See what we mean, what cat carries his collar? he doesn't even like to wear one, just play with it and he likes to take all of our collars too, and even the spare ones out of the tin! Both Smooch and Fudge have lost collars to The Melvynator, one yellow and one green! OOPS MOL!
The Melvynator knows exactly where our collars are kept in the cupboard in the laundry when we're not wearing them, and the minute he hears a bell, he's there trying to collar-snatch our clothes!
4. He has the most golden eyes we've effur seen. Seriously they're like glowing citrines, just look...
5. Melvyn is like the Harry Potter of Cats, instead of a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, he has a lightning bolt of white fur down his back, so this is definitive proof that Melvyn also survived Voldemort ~ Fluffing Fluff, that's seriously hardcore dude!
HE IS THE CAT WHO LIVED! MOL
6. Melvyn has a lovely temperament and is such a happy little camper, much like me his, great, great, great, great uncle Basil, take a look at this... mew can feel the happies radiating from him!
7. Melvyn was originally called Malcolm, although we felt this didn't suit him at all so he promptly got a new name. And yes, he's also called The Melvynator, like The Terminator only better! MOL
and finally...
8. This was Melvyn's furry furst day at BBHQ... typical Fudge...
MOL, it only got better from there on in!
Melvyn has settled in beautifully and has made a wunderful addition to The B Team. He'll be starting at our Kitty Kommando Academy soon, as he's still not been into the bunker and guess who's in charge of his training?
And that sadly brings us to the end of 8 Things About young Melvyn, we do hope mew enjoyed getting to learn a little more about my nephew. But if mew have a specific question about him, ask us in the comments and we'll reply.
If mew missed our previous '8 Things About' posts, here are the links:
Thanks effur so much fur stopping by today, and Parsley will be up next with another Pet Peeves post on Caturday, as Amber is hosting The Mewton-Clawson Historical Society ~ M.C.H.S. again tomorrow in the library. And if mew need a puzzle or two to do, stop by my puzzle page later as there are 3 new ones to do.
Pawesome purrs Basil & The B Team
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