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Wednesday, 30 August 2023

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Pandora's Purrsonal Training, Parsley's Flat Out, and Fudge's On A High - Again! **PLUS** The Brand New Bandana Collection For September

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Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Can we have a drumroll purrlease?

Mew remember the barn/shed doors, of course mew do! MOL

But if not, or it's your first time visiting BBHQ, here's a little recap on the rotten old doors, which the P.A. thought she could just use a bit of wood filler on and then repaint them. That is until Cat Dad removed the weatherboard at the bottom and revealed the full extent of the rot.

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Just look at the new ones, aren't they epically epic?

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Look at that shiny red paint, so many levels of pawesomeness! 

The P.A. still has to paint the door frame white, and then use a little bit of black gloss on the screws in the new hinges, but all in all, we're thrilled. Cat Dad did a truly furbulous job of making and hanging them. So these should last a few decades, obviously with routine maintenance and painting.

When the frame is finished, they'll get a wash and dry, so they'll look even more shiny. They got quite dusty sitting under the carport for the last couple of weeks as we waited for the paint to go off and harden.

But overall, we're delighted.

Anyhoo, let's look at this week's top headlines.
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First up in the news this week

Pandora's Purrsonal Training


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Pandora was snoopervising in the fitness room the other day, she said it was her turn. 

The P.A was going to use the mini-trampoline, but Pandora had other ideas, so while Pandora purrched on the trampoline the P.A. was made to do sit-ups and push-ups, jeez Pandora's a fierce trainer! MOL
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Next up in the news

 Parsley's Flat Out


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Parsley spent his day snoozing in the window on Caturday, as the field at the back was getting mown, so all cats had to stay indoors until the tractor and monster mower had departed.

He was pretty fluffed off, but he said, "I did enjoy the extra snooze!" 
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Finally this week

Fudge's On A High - Again!


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Fudge, oh Fudge, why?

Why is it vitally impawtant that mew ascend to great heights?

Although, in today's photo, he's only on the canopy above the library door, normally he'd be ambling along the ridge of the roof behind him! MOL

So the P.A. was thankful for that, as sometimes he just sits on top of the carport looking down into the main street below, for all and sundry to bask in his magnificence.

A few weeks ago, there he was on top of the carport his gingerliciousness on display for all to see, and a family with small kiddies were walking by, and a little girl starts screaming about the 'pinger' (ginger) cat on the roof. 

Needless to say, she wanted to take Fudge home and her parents had purrsaude (carry) her out of sight, as Fudge walked along the ridge and watched them vanish around the corner.

Yes, he's turning heads in Mewton-Clawson, but only when he's on the roof! MOL

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EXTRA, EXTRA!


It's almost time for Melvyn to start modelling again after his summer break, and he's really looking forward to strutting his stuff again on the BBHQ catwalk!

Which one should he model next?


Here's the brand new bandana collection for September.

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The September collection, in a clockwise direction, starting from the top left:

1. Got A Foxy Feeling

2. Teal Stars

3. Cats, Bats and Ravens

4. Bear Necessities

Let us know your top pick in the comments below, and Melvyn will do his thing next week! MOL
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That's us done for today. We'll be back tomorrow with Parlsey's 11th Birthday Pawty and Rave plus another epically epic giveaway, and then again on Friday, so do join us then, as mew know how much we love your company.

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



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Wednesday, 28 June 2023

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Parsley Pays No Heed To Fierce UV Warning, Smooch and The Ant Hill Mob, and Melvyn's Wearing This Week's Top Pick Bandana **PLUS** This Week's Top Videos **AND** The Brand New Bandana Collection For July

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Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

We were a little short on time last week, so there wasn't much of a gardening update. 

Two weeks ago, we showed mew the new veggie garden under construction at the back of the house, down the narrow strip. And we also mentioned that Cat Dad had sacrificed scarified the lawn.

Anyhoo, the lawn had Round Two of scarification on the following Saturday, and Cat Dad filled another ton bag of moss.

Mew can see him wielding that electric beast on TikTok, just click here to view the video. He then used a mini spreader to sow the new grass seed, and now we're waiting as germination takes between 7 and 21 days.

The P.A. also planted the runner beans into the pots with the garden arches, she'll make a video for next week, and she also planted some peas, mew can watch that video on TikTok here. The pea seed was quite old, from a crop a couple of years ago, so she wasn't hopeful, but she was pleasantly surprised that six days later the majority of them sprouted. And after two weeks they look like this:

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They've grown 3 to 4 inches or 8 to 10 cm in a week.

Here are the runner beans. They've grown about a yard, or metre high in the last couple of weeks.

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® The B Team's Runner Beans - runner beans growing up a garden arch.

The P.A. is using garden arches as supports this year, as her garden canes are not tall enough. Buy some taller ones mew say - she did, and accidentally had them delivered to work instead of BBHQ. And they wouldn't fit in the back of Cat Dad's van, so he cut them off, and now they're no taller than the previous ones! (Mew couldn't make it up! MOL)

The Catnip grown from seed in Mid-April is also flourishing, take a look at this! 

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® The B Team's Bionic Catnip - catnip plants, bionic catnip plants, home grown catnip

So it's all systems go in the BBHQ garden at the moment! MOL

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

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First up in the news this week

Parsley Pays No Heed To Fierce UV Warning


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It was pretty scorchio at BBHQ over the weekend, and most of us stayed indoors during the daytime. That is except for Parlsey when he escaped.

Mew see all the blinds were closed to keep the house cooler, and the P.A. went out the backdoor to hang some washing on the line, when she came back and opened the door, Parsley had positioned himself in complete stealth in the shadows within the porch, and as she checked for any sneaky cats through the window, she missed our black panther. Who, as soon as the door opened shot outside like it was 'freebie day' at the Catnip Factory!

Seriously, he's really fast and rather sneaky when he wants. So anyhoo, the P.A. tracked him down on his way along the path to the summerhouse, mew can just see a little black furry shape taunting her near the roses. 

She explained to him, that he needed to come back inside, as; 

A: She was about to burst into flames! (We think the P.A.'s a little vampiric as she is so pale and avoids the sun). 

B: Because it was a super high UV index. 

C: Black absorbs heat, and he's black! 

D: The risk of sunburn or heatstroke could be quite likely for heat-lightweights like us! 

And E: All of the above.

Needless to say, he replied with a rather blase, "Fluff Mew!" And promptly headed off under a shady bush. Several minutes later, he was sat under the gazebo at the patio doors, waiting for the door monitor to open them so he could return to the cool breeze of the fan.

Seriously mew couldn't make it up! MOL

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Next up in the news

 Smooch and The Ant Hill Mob


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Smooch went out around 6.30pm on Sunday evening as the wind had got up and really cooled things down no end. So while he was languishing on the rather sparse BBHQ lawn (See above for video of what happened to the lawn) on a little patch of green with a weed flower the P.A. hasn't yet removed.

He's just got himself in a really comfy spot, when the Ant Hill Mob appeared. Yep, the lawn has multiple ant hills and Smooch had sat on one.

Luckily the P.A. was there to brush them off him and move him to a better location, an ant-free one, on the bench on the deck.

The ants are really quite hostile, the P.A. has noticed when she's weeding the borders around the edge of the lawn, they come out of nowhere and are suddenly crawling all over her hands and arms.

As mew can imagine in true BBHQ tradition, this will soon be remedied.

Smooch offered to get the flame thrower out of the bunker, yet, surprisingly the P.A. declined the thoughtful offer, citing that she didn't want crispy, burnt flower borders.

So we've put it to Angel Humphrey in his brand new R & D Laboratory (Research and Development) to come up with a solution to the aggressive Ant Hill Mob.

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Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


Melvyn finally got to wear the Purrtastic Peach Blossom bandana, and doesn't he look such a sweetie?

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He's really got his catwalk strut on this week, and even did a partial jog! MOL

Though on his final walk, he only made it halfway up the catwalk and had to stop, citing he needed treats immediately and somepawdy to fan him! 

Cod help us if he ever gets an agent...

Check out Melvyn's catwalk runs here :



 
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Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new bandana collection for July.

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The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:
1. 100's and 1000's of Purrs
2.  Luscious Leopards
3. Popcorn-Tastic
4. Crazy Daisies

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


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

The B Team's Westbury White Horse Selfie

Brain Training with Cats

Fudge's Birthday Pawty and Giveaway 

Mew've still got time to enter Fudge's epic giveaway, the cut-off time is 5pm GMT today.

And don't forget it's Melvyn's 6th Birthday next Tuesday, and we'll be pawtying hard again! MOL

Until Friday...

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Thursday, 22 June 2023

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Pandora's Nesting, Milling About with Fudge, and Melvyn's Wearing This Week's Top Pick Bandana **PLUS** This Week's Top Videos

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Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

We're still raving in the BBHQ bunker celebrating Fudge's 8th Birthday, so if mew haven't visited already, just pop by and leave a comment to enter his pawesome giveaway! 

We ran out of time this week to share a full gardening update, but not to worry, we'll have a bumper edition for next week!

But we thought we'd share this beauty with mew, just so mew can get your BBHQ garden fix! MOL

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A meautiful Peacock flutterby!

Anyhoo, let's look at this week's top headlines.
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First up in the news this week

 Pandora's Nesting


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The P.A. wanted to vacuum the cat tree, but Pandora was nesting, so the cat tree is nearly as hairy as her at the moment! MOL

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Next up in the news

  Milling About with Fudge


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Fudge was getting ready for his pawty guests to arrive at BBHQ yesterday, so he was milling about on the millwheel near the front gate.

Just so mew know, it's a total riot at The Nip Nirvana Lounge right now, Amber was- well we'll stop right there and see if she tells mew all about it tomorrow in her post! MOL

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Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


The Fairy Magic bandana won by a whisker last week, and Melvyn did a stellar job modelling it! 

The Midweek News Round Up©BionicBasil® Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick - Fairy Magic

Doesn't he look epically epic?

He really enjoyed this week's catwalk run, just look at him go, and see if mew can spot Parley lurking! MOL

Check out Melvyn strutting his stuff on:



 
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Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new bandana selection for June.

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The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:
1. Astrology For Cats
2. Purrtastic Peach Blossom
3. Bee Fabulous
4. Fairy Magic

Melvyn will strut his stuff wearing the final choice for June of Purrtastic Peach Blossom next week, and we'll also be sharing the brand new top picks for July!


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That's us done for today, Amber will be back tomorrow with another fab book review and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

The B Team's Giant's Causeway Selfie

Brain Training with Cats

The B Team's Quick Cat Guide 

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