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Wednesday, 18 February 2026

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **RAIN'A'PLENTY HAS GONE INTO REMISSION TILL TOMORROW** ~ Fudge Snuggling on His Cushion, Pandora Found A Sunspot, and Three for One Snacktime with Pandora, Fudge and Smooch~ **PLUS** Melvyn's Modelling

A vibrant collage featuring a row of expressive cats at the bottom aka The B Team, set against a pink background with hearts, bunting, and cherry blossom branches. The central text reads “Midweek News Round Up with The B Team @BionicBasil®.” To the right, a cat with its mouth open appears to be speaking, with a speech bubble that says “WHAT’S THE GOSSIP THIS WEEK?” The backdrop includes newspaper clippings, creating a playful and engaging theme perfect for feline news updates. at www.bionicbasil.com

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up!

How's your week going? 

Well, we've had a couple of dry spells, and by dry spells, we mean it stopped raining for a few hours.

Honestly, this weather is far too wet for us! MOL

It was dry all of yesterday, but today, the rain is back, and it will be mostly wet for the next few weeks. And here's the absolutely hilarious thing. They are already predicting droughts for spring and summer - yep, we couldn't believe it either. We know that last winter, 24/25, it was very dry and that continued throughout the year, but we've had a year's worth of rain just in 2026. And it's going to continue well into March on the long-range forecast. Lucky us!!! 

And yes, we may need an ark.

Here's a throwback to April 2025 - Pink Frilled Tulips in Bloom

A round black planter sits on a bed of pebbles, filled with blooming spring flowers including pink frilled tulips, white and purple tulips, and deep pink hyacinths. Behind it are more yellow tulips, green foliage, a large ceramic pot, and a red British‑style telephone booth, creating a colourful April garden scene. At www.bionicbasil.com

The bulbs are coming along quite well; we just hope they don't rot or die from soggy soil. There is gravel drainage at the bottom of the pots, so we are hopeful most will survive, as we are so looking forward to seeing this again in April. It's so pretty.

The P.A. finally finished pruning all of the roses in the BBHQ garden yesterday, and now she has to give them an early feed, usually granular or pellets, to help them bloom all summer.

Anyhoo, let's look at what the heathens have been up to this week.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

First up in the news 

Fudge Snuggling on His Cushion


Fudge, an orange tabby cat with bright green eyes, sits on a colourful floral quilt, looking directly at the camera. Behind him is a pink multi‑level cat tree, a potted plant, and other cosy cat furniture, creating a warm indoor space designed for feline comfort.

Fudge loves the giant floor cushion. He gets snuggled here while the P.A. does her writing and offers useful prompts and suggestions as she works on the new B Team Adventure.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

Next up in the news

Pandora Found A Sunspot


Pandora, a long‑haired cat with dark brown and black fur, sits perched on the armrest of a wicker outdoor chair. Sunlight highlights her coat as she enjoys a warm garden sunspot. Behind her are bare shrubs, a reflective silver garden ornament, a wooden planter marked “JEPPE’S,” and a solar light on the tiled patio.

As we said earlier, there have been a couple of days with no rain, and brief sunny spells, and here's Pandora under the gazebo enjoying one of those fleeting moments!

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

In other news...

Three for One Snacktime with Pandora, Fudge and Smooch


Three cats eat side‑by‑side from their own bowls on mats placed along a wooden floor next to a radiator. From left to right: a long‑haired dark tortoiseshell cat, an orange cat with a fluffy tail, and a white cat with black spots wearing a red collar. Each cat is focused on its meal, creating a calm, domestic feeding scene.

These three needed extra mid-afternoon snacks the other day... 

All mew could hear from the laundry was:

    Nom nom nom… Slurp… Nom nom nom! MOL

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


This week mew chose: The White Hearts with glitter ribbon, and Melvyn loves it!

Melvyn the tabby cat, wearing a red and white Valentine themed bandana, standing on a pink catwalk at BBHQ.The White hearts with glitter ribbon bandana.

Sorry, there's no video this week; we had a minor camera malfunction.

Apologies for that as mew know how much we love sharing Melvyn's catwalk strut. 

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

Which one should he model next?


Here's the Valenitne's Bandana Selection.

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® February 2024 Bandana Collection - Valentine's Day

The February Valentine's Collection:

1. Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing

2. Red hearts with red fringing

3.  White hearts with glitter ribbon

4. Red heart with red tassels

Next week, he'll be wearing the final one for this wonderful Valentine's month.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

That's us done for today. Amber will be back on Friday with another meowvellous book, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

Sunday Selfies


Amber's Latest Book Review




Wishing mew a pawesome day, and remember to always...

Bright pink text with a bold red shadow spells out “STAY FLUFFY” across two lines in a playful, stylized font. The cheerful design radiates warmth and whimsy, perfect for spreading a lighthearted, feel-good message.

... and utterly furbulous!

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 


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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.
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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

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Sunday, 15 February 2026

**VALENTINE'S SELFIE** The Sunday Selfies and Caturday Art Blog Hops at BBHQ **FEATURING** Fudge's Furbulous Valentine's Selfie

A cheerful pink Valentine's collage features four cats in the foreground, each with unique fur patterns and colours. The background is decorated with heart shapes and radiating lines, creating a playful and affectionate vibe. Small black-and-white cat polaroid selfies surround the central text that reads “Sunday Selfies ©BionicBasil®,” celebrating feline charm and personality in a whimsical, social-media-inspired style.

Furbulous Sunday greetings furiends

Welcome to another BBHQ selfie selection, this week, well, Fudge is back with this! MOL  

He said, and I quote, "We really need to do this one again, because it's so fluffing epic!"

Fudge's Furbulous Valentine's Selfie


Fudge's An orange tabby cat lounges regally on an ornate vintage-style chaise longue with dark blue upholstery and elaborate gold carvings. The cat, Fudge, is stretched out comfortably, looking relaxed against a backdrop of wooden paneling that enhances the luxurious, portrait-like setting.

He knows all the lady cats will be swooning over this! MOL

Well, we can't argue with that now, can we? MOL

A decorative divider featuring a cupcake with pink frosting and a red heart topper, surrounded by symmetrical red and pink heart shapes. The festive design evokes themes of love and celebration, making it ideal for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions.

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

A stylized close-up portrait of a tabby cat with vivid green eyes, framed by a green border. The cat’s face is artistically rendered with textured effects, emphasizing its eyes, nose, and whiskers. Text on the image reads “Caturday Art Blog Hop” and “athenacatgoddess.com,” suggesting a creative community celebration of feline-themed artwork.

Just look at this!

An orange tabby cat lounges regally on an ornate vintage-style chaise longue with dark blue upholstery and elaborate gold carvings. The cat, Fudge, is stretched out comfortably, looking relaxed against a backdrop of wooden paneling that enhances the luxurious, portrait-like setting.

The effect was created using Befunky - AI Enhancer, GFX Pastel, and small changes to exposure, highlights, and contrast.

Click here to dive into this cat-tastic puzzle starring the ginger floofmeister himself, Fudge. It’s a floof-tastic test of feline finesse, and guess what? 

We crushed it in just 14 minutes and 06 seconds. Can mew beat our time? 

Of course, mew can! MOL

A decorative divider featuring a cupcake with pink frosting and a red heart topper, surrounded by symmetrical red and pink heart shapes. The festive design evokes themes of love and celebration, making it ideal for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions.

Anyhoo, it's time for us to go and get ready for lunch, and then this afternoon it's movie time.

Do drop by tomorrow when we have something fun to share, and no, we can't tell mew because it's a surprise! 

We do hope mew have an epic day, and remember to always...
Bold red text with soft white and pink shadows spells out “STAY FLUFFY” in a playful, rounded font. The design conveys a lighthearted and comforting message, perfect for adding a touch of whimsy and warmth.

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team


Black paw print sign off





A decorative divider featuring a cupcake with pink frosting and a red heart topper, surrounded by symmetrical red and pink heart shapes. The festive design evokes themes of love and celebration, making it ideal for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions.

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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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **RAIN'A'PLENTY IS THE NEW SNOWMAGGEDON** ~ Smooch Is Making An Enquiry, Pandora Didn't Want To Share The Snuggle Mat, and Parsley's Brief Sunspot ~ **PLUS** Melvyn's Modelling

A vibrant collage featuring a row of expressive cats at the bottom aka The B Team, set against a pink background with hearts, bunting, and cherry blossom branches. The central text reads “Midweek News Round Up with The B Team @BionicBasil®.” To the right, a cat with its mouth open appears to be speaking, with a speech bubble that says “WHAT’S THE GOSSIP THIS WEEK?” The backdrop includes newspaper clippings, creating a playful and engaging theme perfect for feline news updates. at www.bionicbasil.com

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up!

How's your week going? 

We did get a couple of sunspots, very briefly. Parsley is enjoying one below, but then it rained. And rained. And rained some more. Then it got colder. Then it warmed up a couple of degrees. Then got even colder. All in all, a really horrid weather week.

And all the low-lying fields are like lakes, totally flooded. Years ago, when this happened, and then it froze really hard, the P.A. would go ice skating; she said it was great fun. We said, nah, mew can keep that! MOL 

Good news, though, the Spring bulbs are growing rather quickly. Maybe by the month's end, we'll have a bit of colour. The P.A. still has some roses to prune, but it's too cold and damp; she needs a portable heat lamp to keep her warm while she's in the garden! MOL

And if mew've missed Spring as much as we have, here's a little throwback to April 14th last year... because we all need colourful flowers to look at.

A round black metal planter sits on a bed of multicoloured pebbles, filled with bright red tulips and lush green foliage. Behind it, another planter holds pale purple tulips. Large windows reflect more plants and garden décor, creating a vibrant, springlike scene

Aren't they pretty, and the purrfect colour for this week!

Anyhoo, let's look at what the heathens have been up to this week.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

First up in the news 

 Smooch Is Making An Enquiry


Smooch, a white cat with black markings on its head sits indoors, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. The cat is perched on the P.A.’s lap. Behind them is a softly lit living room with a television screen glowing blue, a white cabinet holding a plant and a framed cat photo, and a pink cat tree.

Smooch got on the P.A.'s lap. He does this after dinner every night. The pawrents retire to the upstairs sitting room. Smooch is first on the sofa, usually Fudge turns up within a few minutes, then Melvyn. 

So Smooch has about four minutes to enjoy a completely uninterrupted brush session.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.
Next up in the news

Pandora Didn't Want To Share The Snuggle Mat


Two cats sit together on a patchwork quilt draped over a plaid couch. On the left is Pandora, a long‑haired tortoiseshell cat lounging comfortably, while on the right sits Fudge, an orange tabby looking directly at the camera. Behind them are patterned cushions, a white textured pillow, and a bookshelf in the background, creating a warm, homely scene.

Pandora was enjoying her nap on this snuggle mat when Fudge decided he wanted to snooze there ...  poor lambkin, there's only about another ten snuggle mats all over the house, but no, he wanted the brown one.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

In other news...

Parsley's Brief Sunspot


Parsley, a sleek black cat, sits in a sunny outdoor spot on a brick surrounded by gravel and dried leaves. Sunlight highlights the shine of his fur as he rests beside a wooden waterbutt.

Parlsey found a sunspot and enjoyed it for five minutes before the clouds came and ruined everything! 

Then it rained ... again ...

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


Melvyn's modelling Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing bandana, doesn't he look absolutely spiffing?

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Melvyn Modelling The Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing

It all started off so well, but then Fudge had to pounce and cause a kerfuffle! MOL

Check out his videos on your preferred social media channel:



Apologies for no YouTube video this week; the P.A. accidentally filmed in wide shot mode, and YouTube wouldn't allow any mewsic to be applied in that format... oh dear... and yes, we have reprimanded her for this heinous oversight. 

Which one is your favourite this week? 

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

Which one should he model next?


Here's the Valentine's Bandana Selection.

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® February 2024 Bandana Collection - Valentine's Day

The February Valentine's Collection:

1. Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing

2. Red hearts with red fringing

3.  White hearts with glitter ribbon

4. Red heart with red tassels

Tell us your top pick for next week in the comments!

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

That's us done for today. Amber will be back on Friday with another meowvellous book, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

Sunday Selfies


Amber's Latest Book Review




Wishing mew a pawesome day, and remember to always...

Bright pink text with a bold red shadow spells out “STAY FLUFFY” across two lines in a playful, stylized font. The cheerful design radiates warmth and whimsy, perfect for spreading a lighthearted, feel-good message.

... and utterly furbulous!

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 


Black Paw Print











A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.
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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

Graphics created with paid licence www.canva.com  

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