The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Fudge's Glowing in a Sun Puddle , Smooch's in The Crystal Room, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Two Top Pick Bandanas

Epic Greetings Furbulous Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

Well, we did have an exciting end to last week, Storm Babet decided to pay us a visit on Friday. Now we're pretty used to being on weather watch, as we've been flooded several times before, but the water literally came out of nowhere. At 10.30 a.m., it was just raining, and then an hour later it was like this, and literally lapping against the workshop doors.

Luckily we have a water pump which pumps the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool per hour.

That little pump ran for 7 hours straight, from midday until just after 7pm, that's an awful lot of water. Just for context a pool that size is approx 460K gallons. And by just after 8pm Cat Dad and the P.A. called time as the water had receded enough for them to leave.

We also have a custom-built flood defence on each of the workshop doors on the lowest part of the site, and that is further bolstered on the inside by sandbags.

However, if we hadn't had the water pump, those defences would have been rendered useless as the sheer volume of water would have moved up and around the building until it eventually found a way in and quite pawsibly flooded Nanny and Grampaw next door.

So we were so, so incredibly lucky.

Even the roads were impassible in places, and a lot of the villages were cut off. The main road at work had several places that were at least 18" to 24" deep for long stretches. The P.A. had to get her cousin to fetch her from Mewton-Clawson in his 4x4, as her car would have just drowned in deep water. And her old beat-up, landrover is at work waiting for a new chassis. A fat lot of good it was there! MOL

But we managed, though sadly a lot of people nearby were not so lucky, some were even rescued from their homes with a cherry picker. Getting flooded is terrible, and we send oodles of pawsitive vibes to all those affected and wish them a speedy cleanup and return to normal. 

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

First up in the news

Fudge's Glowing in a Sun Puddle 

After all that rain last week, we did get a brief spell on sunshine on Monday, and Fudge was lapping it up.

So much so, he was nearly glowing! MOL

Next up in the news

 Smooch's in The Crystal Room

Smooch was getting ready for a snooze in the crystal room, and discovered that the P.A. had got the Haunted House out.

And that reminds us, the new Halloween Crafting with Cats project is currently under construction, so if all goes to plan we'll share it on Caturday, but if not, it will be Monday.

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Here's BBHQ's Top Model, wearing the last two bandanas from the October Collection.

The Orange Spider Webs Bandana

The Halloween Hearts Bandana

Sadly due to the unforeseen circumstances with the flooding, we just ran out of time to do any videos this week, many apologies for that! 

But Melvyn will be back on the catwalk for next weeks post.

Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new bandana collection for November. 

Mew have four choices for next month, as Melvyn is utterly exhausted from October's gruelling 8 x bandana schedule, so much so that he's needing extra naps! MOL

The November Collection

1. Shrooming Marvellous

2. Coffee Break

3. Celebrating Day of The Dead (November 1st)

4. Gingerbread Skelebobs

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

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: 

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Love To Read? Book Reviews with Amber at The Mewton-Clawson Library #177 featuring **SUPERSTAR CATS** byJ ulie Tottman PLUS Friendly Fill-Ins + **Top Tip To Survive Firework Noise**

Hello gorgeous library guests 

and 

Welcome to the Mewton-Clawson Library at BBHQ 

Thank mew for joining me in the stacks today, and OH FLUFF it's Bonfire Night again!

For our overseas readers, click the link here to read all about the nefarious Gun Powder Plot of 1605.

Fireworks are freely available for the general public to buy in the U.K. which Dad finds completely hilarious as in Australia it's a serious offence for private citizens to buy, own or set off fireworks, anyhoo, so all and sundry can purrchase fireworks and mew know what that means? Idiot flufftards let them off anywhere and everywhere, and not just on the 5th of November. 

On Wednesday, some total numpty was letting them off in the next village for about an hour, and I'm going to get my very sarcastic voice happening now; we can't wait for tonight, tomorrow night and Sunday night, and purrhaps even into next week as foolhardy fluffers unite in setting them off in their gardens.

There are petitions to stop fireworks from being sold to members of the public, but the government does nothing and the problem/madness/danger continues.

Our nearest neighbours would set them off in their front garden, not only for Bonfire Night but also for New Year's Eve, and the number of times the spent fireworks would land on our roof was amazing, did they care, not a hoot! 

The P.A. also knows someone who let their teenager set some rockets off a few years ago, and they zoomed onto their house roof and set fire to the house. 

And still the government does nothing about public safety, which makes us severely MOL as mew can't even climb on a stepstool in work premises without a weeks full training and a certified certificate, yet anyone can light the touch paper on a firework, which could potentially blow your fingers/hand off.

Top Tip To Survive Firework Noise

Anyhoo, rant over, we're just going to put on an old western movie, and this is a top tip if mew don't like fireworks. 

Those old westerns with the shootouts at the OK Corral and the stampedes etc are epically brilliant for disguising firework noise. We've been using this method for years with great success.

Try it and let us know how mew get on. 

 And this is my purrsonal opinion on the general public being allowed fireworks.

Today the P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.

1. Something I lost and was never able to find was _________.

2. When I _________, I want to _________.

3. _________ doesn't bother me.

4. I don't handle _________ very well.

The P.A.'s answers are...

1. Something I lost and was never able to find was: OMG so many things, but the most bizarre was an amethyst earring. And I know you guys want to know more about the ghosts and weird paranormal stuff here at BBHQ and what it's like living in a haunted house, so here's a little taster and I'll reveal more spooky stuff soon. 

I took the earrings off while sitting at my dressing table, and I had them in my right hand. My hand was closed tightly over them so I didn't drop them as I walked to the other side of the room to put them back in my jewellery box. Are you ready? 

I lifted the lid on my jewellery box, opened my hand to put the earrings in their little compartment, and one had vanished. It had completely disappeared, I combed the carpet, crawled under the bed, unmade the bed, remade the bed etc, I even got the metal detector out to locate it but it had gone and to this day it's never been found. 

I think I know where it ended up, let me know in the comments if you want to hear my theory, as that wasn't the only spooky or unexplained disappearance.

2. When I do housework, I want like to listen to an audiobook.

3. Not going out at the moment doesn't bother me. Other than to work or getting essentials which Amazon don't carry in stock, I'm happy at home with the cats and staying away from covid. 

4. I don't handle blood and guts very well. What I'm saying is, I'd make a rubbish nurse or a doctor.

Other Fun Blog Hops to Join in Today

         Catblogosphere        Feline Friday        Nature Friday        Flashback Friday     Friendship Friday       

                                                

Let's see what I've got to show mew this time!

This week's top book pick is...

Mewton-Clawson Library Copy

SUPERSTAR CATS

by

Julie Tottman

       Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:      

Trick-training is a fantastically easy way to bond with your cat, keep them active and entertained, and give you a laugh too! In this clever little book from Julie Tottman, you'll discover:

How to teach your cat the basics they need to begin.

Easy and impressive tricks for all shapes, sizes and attention spans.

FAQ and step-by-steps to make your trick-training sessions super simple and fun.

Julie Tottman is a movie/tv animal trainer with over 20 years of experience and has worked on Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, which are some pretty impressive credentials.

So what did I think about Superstar Cats? 

I thought it was really fun; after a short bio, there's a quick guide on how to use the information in the book which then leads into Top Tips for Success, so mew and your kitty get the most out of the tricks presented. 

Now I'm a bit old for all this, being 19+ now, but for instance, young Melvyn would be a purrfect candidate for training, and there are so many simple tricks and they all involve getting treats, I really like that bit. Maybe I can just get a pawful for just reading the book!??? MOL

I'm going to suggest that Melvyn does some training as he's totally obsessed with one wand toy, and it might take his mind off it and staring at the cupboard for 2 hours a day.

 So if mew're looking to expand your Kitty CV aka Resume, then this book could be right up your alley.

A great gift for any cat lover, or for any kitting wanting to expand their purrsonal repertoire.

My Rating Scale

Ratings of:

SUPERSTAR CATS

Overall Enjoyment

I really hope mew enjoy the book as much as I did if mew decide to read it.

It's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just for mew, and don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page.

Until next time...

Keep calm and read more books

Amber 

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