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Monday, 23 March 2026

**LOVE TO COLOUR?** Colouring with Cats #139 ~ Getting Your OM’s on with Mandalas on Mondays ~ Pandora Welcomes Mew To Monday

A vibrant mandala banner in pink, yellow, and white featuring a large ornate central mandala with radiating lines and dotted accents. The background shifts from soft yellow to bright pink in a smooth gradient. Decorative vertical borders with circular motifs frame the sides. Stylised text reads ‘Getting Your OM’s On!’, ‘And Unleash Your Zen Harmonies’, and ‘Mandalas on Monday’. Two Om symbols sit in the lower corners, and the ©BionicBasil® mark appears at the bottom.

Mindful Monday Magic with Pandora: Colouring Mandalas, Finding Your OM, and Unleashing Zen Harmonies at BionicBasil.com


Supurr  greetings, meautiful furiends

Today, Pandora is back to welcome mew to Monday, as she said, after my epic selfie yesterday, 
I think I should take another turn on the blog today! MOL

Nope, we weren't going to argue with that! 

Pandora - A long‑haired black‑and‑brown cat sits on a colourful blanket with red and pink patterns, mid‑yawn, showing an expressive open mouth. Behind her are a white cushion, a black sofa, and a brick wall with a cat tree. This photo is used for “Mandalas on Monday” at BionicBasil®, with Pandora welcoming readers to a new mindful Monday moment.

This is what she thinks at the start of the week, but never fear, Smooch is here!


We hope that mew're ready for the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now...  but if mew've forgotten, stop what mew're doing for a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Breathe in
Breathe out

Smooch is here again to offer mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.



Don't mew feel better already?  I know we do!


All the mandalas featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.

A horizontal page divider featuring bright vertical light‑spectrum lines in vivid colours against a dark background, creating a sleek, modern visual break between sections.

Here's this time's mandala.
A detailed black‑and‑white mandala titled “Mandala #139” features intricate symmetrical patterns radiating from a central floral design. This printable colouring page is part of the “Mandalas on Monday – Colouring With Cats” series at BionicBasil®, offering a relaxing, creative mindfulness activity for cat‑loving colourists.

Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.


And here's our finished version. This time, we used a palette of pinks, magenta, and oranges.

A brightly coloured mandala titled “Mandala #139” features vivid pink, purple, red, yellow, and orange tones arranged in intricate, symmetrical layers. The design radiates from a central floral motif and is framed with a white border and black outline. This finished artwork, coloured by Cathrine Garnell, appears in the “Mandalas on Monday – Colouring With Cats” series at BionicBasil®

Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Bubblegum. 


A horizontal page divider featuring bright vertical light‑spectrum lines in vivid colours against a dark background, creating a sleek, modern visual break between sections.

Don't forget mew can download** our **FREE** Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.

A bright pink book cover titled “Colouring With Cats – Getting Your Om On and Unleashing Your Zen Harmonies” features a central mandala with the text “Mandalas on Monday.” The design includes decorative borders, Om symbols, and the note “Book One – featuring 10 beautiful mandalas for you to colour.” The book is by Cathrine Garnell and reflects a relaxing, mindfulness‑themed colouring series from BionicBasil®A light‑blue book cover titled “Colouring With Cats – Getting Your OM On and Unleashing Your Zen Harmonies” features a colourful circular mandala at the centre with the text “Mandalas on Monday.” Pink and white decorative borders frame the design. The cover reads “Book Two – Featuring 30 easy mandalas for you to colour” and credits the author, Cathrine Garnell. The overall style is bright, calming, and mindfulness‑focused.A bright green book cover titled “Colouring With Cats – Getting Your OM On and Unleashing Your Zen Harmonies” features a pink‑and‑purple mandala at the centre with the text “Mandalas on Monday.” Decorative borders frame the design. The cover reads “Book Three – featuring 20 gorgeous mandalas for you to colour” and credits the author, Cathrine Garnell. The overall style is vibrant, calming, and mindfulness‑focused.A purple book cover titled “Colouring With Cats – Getting Your OM’s On and Unleashing Your Zen Harmonics” features a radiant circular mandala at the centre with the text “Mandalas on Monday.” Decorative borders and Om symbols frame the design. The cover reads “Book Four – Featuring 16 of our favourite mandalas for you to colour” and credits the author, Cathrine Garnell. The overall look is vibrant, calming, and mindfulness‑focused.
Colouring With Cats Book IV

[**see our download policy here]


So on that note, we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we're back with our Midweek News Round-Up. And if mew missed any posts since Friday, here are the links:


Sunday Selfies with Pandora

Until then

Keep Calm and Colour OM!

Supurr zen purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
















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Sunday, 22 March 2026

The Sunday Selfies and Caturday Art Blog Hops at BBHQ **FEATURING** Pandora's Deck Selfie

Four illustrated cats pose together in front of a bright field of yellow tulips. From left to right: Fudge, a ginger cat; Parsley, a black cat; Smooch, a white cat with black markings; and Melvyn, a brown, black, and white tabby. Around them are scattered black‑and‑white Polaroid‑style cat selfies, and above the group is a white sign with a paw print and the text “Sunday Selfies ©BionicBasil®.

Early‑spring vibes on the BBHQ deck; green shoots, sleepy garden pots, and Pandora striking a purrfect selfie pose.

A bright spring border made of lush green grass dotted with evenly spaced yellow tulips in full bloom. The flowers stand upright with open petals, creating a cheerful, fresh, and vibrant decorative frame.

Furbulous Sunday greetings furiends

Welcome to another BBHQ selfie selection. This time, Pandora said it was her turn, and here is the little furry feline on the deck. It was a bit overcast the other day, but mew can see the pots in the background, yes, there is life, and hopefully, this next week or so, colour will burst forth. 

We're quite excited to see, as these were only planted in autumn/fall, so we have no idea how colourful they may be! #excitingtimes #worththewait 

Pandora's Deck Selfie


A long‑haired tortoiseshell cat sits on a wooden deck, looking back over her shoulder toward the camera. Behind her are terracotta plant pots with green foliage against a brick wall, creating a calm outdoor garden setting. This photo is titled “Pandora’s Deck Selfie” for the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop at BionicBasil.com, featuring Pandora from The B Team.

Smooch and Fudge were just out of shot, and she warned them, "Don't come any closer, mew'll ruin it!" MOL

Oh yes, she can be quite bossy at times, just like Amber. But for Cod's sake, don't tell Amber we said that, as all library privileges will be revoked faster than mew could say:

I'll have a niptini, shaken, not stirred, with a spring of catmint on the side! 

MOL MOL

A bright spring border made of lush green grass dotted with evenly spaced yellow tulips in full bloom. The flowers stand upright with open petals, creating a cheerful, fresh, and vibrant decorative frame.

We're also joining in Athena's Fabulous Art Hop so do stop by and show off your pawesome arty-farty skills.

Cute cat graphic for the caturday art blog hop

AI Artified photo of -A long‑haired tortoiseshell cat sits on a wooden deck, looking back over her shoulder toward the camera. Behind her are terracotta plant pots with green foliage against a brick wall, creating a calm outdoor garden setting. This photo is titled “Pandora’s Deck Selfie” for the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop at BionicBasil.com, featuring Pandora from The B Team.

The effect was created with Befunky - AI Image Enhancer, Watercolour GFX 3 + slight colour changes to hue and saturation.

Click here to dive into this splendiferous arty masterpiece starring Pandora, posing on the deck. It’s a floof-tastic test of feline finesse, and guess what? 

We crushed it in just 6 minutes and 50 seconds. Can mew beat our time? 

Of course, mew can! MOL

A bright spring border made of lush green grass dotted with evenly spaced yellow tulips in full bloom. The flowers stand upright with open petals, creating a cheerful, fresh, and vibrant decorative frame.

Anyhoo, it's time for us to go and get outside, the garden is calling most strongly, well, we have to go and snoopervise the P.A. as she's 'doing things' that need our expert guidance before she cuts the catmint in the millwheel by the pond too much.

If this happens again this year, we're not sure if Fudge will keep it together! MOL

As always, Smooch is getting ready for lunch ... he keeps staring at the oven with wanton aggression whilst growling intermittently. The P.A. said he will have to wait until she's finished in the garden, and no, we can't repeat his reply! MOL 

Then we'll be commenting and hopping around everypawdy's blog catching up as we do every Sunday, because there aren't enough hours in the week at the moment.

We'll be back bright and breezy in the morning, and look forward to your company then with 'something', we're not sure what, so we'll just say SURPRISE! 

We do hope mew have an epic day, and remember to ...

Stay Fluffy text banner, bold type with shadows in green and yellow
... and utterly furbulous! 

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

black paw print to sign off post





A bright spring border made of lush green grass dotted with evenly spaced yellow tulips in full bloom. The flowers stand upright with open petals, creating a cheerful, fresh, and vibrant decorative frame.

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:


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Monday, 16 March 2026

**FREE PUZZLES**ST PATRICK'S DAY 2026** Brain Training with Cats #98 with your Epic host ~ Professor Basil P.H.D. **PLUS** An Epic Throwback To May 2018

A festive St Patrick’s Day banner featuring Professor Basil dressed in a green top hat and bow tie, standing in front of a crossword‑style puzzle background. Shamrocks, green balloons, and rainbow accents surround him, and a speech bubble says, “It’s time to give those little grey cells a workout!”

St Patrick’s Day brain training puzzles for cat lovers, featuring free printables and a fun 2018 throwback from Professor Basil.

A symmetrical St Patrick’s Day–themed divider featuring a heart made of green shamrocks in the centre, flanked on both sides by stacks of gold coins and scattered shamrocks.

Happy Monday guys

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!


(for tomorrow! MOL)

We’re getting the shamrocks shaking a day early because mew know I wasn’t going to miss the chance to don my finest green top hat and put your little grey cells through their paces.

And because it’s a special edition, I'm rolling out a totally top fluff throwback from May 2018 - a supurr epic moment featuring yours truly posing with Ramsbottom. A true BBHQ classic.

No, we don't have Ramsbottom anymore; we tried to sheep-nap him, but the P.A.'s brother fetched him back! MOL

Now grab your lucky charms, settle in, and let’s get puzzling!

Basil, a white‑and‑tabby cat wearing a red collar, sits on a bright green lawn in the garden. Behind him stands a large black ram sculpture among lush foliage and trees. The scene is sunny and peaceful, capturing a throwback moment from May 2018.

This was an epic photo shoot for a book review way back in 2018 for HarperCollins, who very kindly sent Amber a book about a sheep-herding cat called Bodacious. If mew want to see the original post, click here.

And we can tell mew this, paw on heart, HarperCollins never read a book review like this before!!! MOL

A symmetrical St Patrick’s Day–themed divider featuring a heart made of green shamrocks in the centre, flanked on both sides by stacks of gold coins and scattered shamrocks.

It's time to get those little grey cells working.

Here's the answer key to last time's Sudoku #64
 
A completed 9×9 Sudoku grid showing the full solution for Puzzle 64, presented as part of Professor Basil’s Brain Training Valentine’s 2026 edition.

A symmetrical St Patrick’s Day–themed divider featuring a heart made of green shamrocks in the centre, flanked on both sides by stacks of gold coins and scattered shamrocks.

Are mew ready for this week's puzzle?

A St Patrick’s Day–themed Sudoku puzzle titled “Basil’s Easy Sudoku Puzzle #65,” decorated with shamrocks, green balloons, and a cat wearing a green leprechaun hat and bow tie. The partially filled 9×9 Sudoku grid is displayed in the centre with a festive green border.

Just click right-click to save and/or print the puzzle. 

The answer key will be on the next B.T.W.C. post, which I'm thinking will probably be for Easter.

A heart shape made entirely of layered green clover leaves in varying shades, creating a textured, nature‑themed St Patrick’s Day–style divider.

Here's this week's wordsearch.

A St Patrick’s Day–themed word search titled “Basil’s Bonkers Wordsearch #93,” decorated with shamrocks, balloons, and a rainbow. A cat in a green outfit appears at the bottom beside a pot of gold. The puzzle grid is shown on the left, with a themed word list on the right.

Just click right-click to save and/or print the wordsearch.

A symmetrical St Patrick’s Day–themed divider featuring a heart made of green shamrocks in the centre, flanked on both sides by stacks of gold coins and scattered shamrocks.

And finally, here's this week's jigsaw puzzle.

Ai Artified photo - Basil, a white‑and‑tabby cat wearing a red collar, sits on a bright green lawn in the garden. Behind him stands a large black ram sculpture among lush foliage and trees. The scene is sunny and peaceful, capturing a throwback moment from May 2018.


It took me 8 mins 39 secs...  How did mew do?

A heart shape made entirely of layered green clover leaves in varying shades, creating a textured, nature‑themed St Patrick’s Day–style divider.

I hope mew enjoy today's puzzles, and The B Team will be back on Wednesday with the Midweek News Round-up, so join us for all the gossip! Until then...

Keep calm, and puzzle on

and be ...
Bold green text with a yellow shadow reading “Epically Lucky” in a playful, upbeat style.

... and utterly furbulous!

Professor Basil 


Black paw print sign off







A symmetrical St Patrick’s Day–themed divider featuring a heart made of green shamrocks in the centre, flanked on both sides by stacks of gold coins and scattered shamrocks.
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