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Wednesday 1 February 2023

Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Parsley's Wearing a Fancy Top Hat, Fudge Helping with The Valentine's Crafting with Cats Project, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana - Pink Flamingos **PLUS** New Valentine's Bandana Selection for February

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Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How's your week going? 

Happy February! 

We finally got our bare root plants potted up yesterday, and we're hoping to sow some seeds this weekend. Although we've run out of compost and we need dad to go to the garden centre and get us some. We've also got two new raised beds with a cloche on, so that will really help this spring with our planting programme.

We've also been hard at work on our latest crafting post, and mew can get a sneak peek with Fudge in our second story. We think mew're really going to like this one, the rest of our supplies arrived on Monday, so we can really get stuck in now, although we must say, the P.A. did get stuck on a vital component last night and had to walk away while she thought about the dynamics and architecture of it. Obviously, mew have no idea what we're talking about but all will be revealed very soon!

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First up in the news 

Parsley's Wearing a  Fancy Top Hat


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We found this fun throwback of Parsley from Spring 2021 when he was modelling the fancy top hat we made.

We may make some more hats this year, do mew have any ideas for us?

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Next up in the news

Fudge Helping with The Valentine's Crafting with Cats Project


We've been hard at work in the BBHQ craft room working on our brand new Valentine's Crafting with Cats project for 2023.

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Fudge Helping with The Valentine's Crafting with Cats Project, ginger cat fudge, checking out the latest craft project for size

Fudge was on paw on Tuesday just to check the size was ok, can mew guess what we're making? 

He gave it a paws up, so we're good to carry on.

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And finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


Finally, the Pink Flamingos bandana got its airing on the BBHQ catwalk.

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Check out Melvyn's new move, a paw shake as he struts his stuff.

Check out his videos on:




Each one has different mewsic. 

Which one is your favourite this week? 

We really laughed at the TikTok one! MOL

Which one should he model next?


We forgot it's Valentine's season, and as we were going through Melvyn's extensive bandana wardrobe we realised that we didn't have any that fitted the Valentine brief.

So we had to banish the P.A. to the craft room late yesterday afternoon, and she rustled up this selection for February. Luckily she had several fabrics with hearts on and a few different trimmings, and this is what she came back with.

We hope that Melvyn approves! MOL

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The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:

1. Red heart with red tassles

2. Multi coloured hearts with lilac fringing

3. Red hearts with red fringing

4. White hearts with glitter ribbon


 Let us know in the comments, and Melvyn will model it on next week's post

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Check out this week's top videos:

There was a little kerfuffle at BBHQ this week, as Smooch slobbered all over the catnip cushions and Fudge took great exception to this!



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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 BBHQ Best Cat Blogs of 2023

Three-for-One Sunday Selfies

Valentine's Crafting with Cats Rerun - Heart Crinkle Mat

Valentine's Crafting with Cats Rerun - Catnip Toys

In the meantime


Epic purrs

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 













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Wednesday 25 January 2023

Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Who's In The Cat Cave? Cat Cave Antics, Fudge and Pandora Snuggling on The Sofa, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana - Steampunk Cats

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Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

How's your week going? 

It's been rather nippy here the last few days, and on some days the frost hasn't even budged. We've had to defrost the birdbaths and top up all the feeders most days as more and more feathered furiends are coming into the garden.

We were hoping to get some of the bareroot plants potted up, but it's been way too cold, so they're still in a cardboard box waiting for a warmer day.

And we've just started our Valentine's Special Crating with Cats project, we think mew're going to love what we made this time, we think it's hilarious. We'll also be rerunning all our previous Valentine's craft projects starting next week, so if mew're in the mood to get creative, we've got mew covered.

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First up in the news 

CAT CAVE ANTICS

Mew may remember a few weeks ago we reviewed the Catnap cave? Well, it's been such a big hit with The B Team and here's both Melvyn and Smooch using it in their own styles!  MOL

melvyn the tabby cat snoozing in his catnap cave bed. The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Melvyn Loves The Catnap Cave

Melvyn got inside to snuggle.

Tripawed cat Smooch, decides to turn the catnap cave into a snuggle nest.The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Smooch Loves The Catnap Cave.jpg

Whereas Smooch decided that he wanted to nest on it and flattened down the top.

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Next up in the news

Fudge and Pandora Snuggling on The Sofa


As it's been a little fresh in Mewton-Clawson this week, much time has been spent snuggling in the sitting room, and this was Fudge and Pandora the other day.

Ginger cat Fudge, and fluffy siberian torti Pandora snoozing on the sofa.The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil®Fudge and Pandora Snuggling on The Sofa

They know where to get when it's cold, on the sofa next to the woodburner! MOL

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And finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


After last week's voting the Steampunk Cats bandana won by a whisker, so here's our top model doing his thing! 

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We love his pose today, he's really working it! MOL

Check out his latest videos, each one has different mewsic:




Which one do mew like best?

Which one should he model next?


JANUARY'S CHOICES ARE BELOW.


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The options from the top left in a clockwise direction: 

1. Steampunk Cats

2. Mr Sunshine

3. Llama Drama

4. Pink Flamingos

Next week Melvyn will model the Pink Flamingos bandana, and we'll also be sharing the next top picks for February, so get your mittens ready to vote.


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Check out this week's top videos:

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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 Monday's post click here to catch up on some more Brain Training and the answer to last week's puzzle.

In the meantime

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Wednesday 23 November 2022

Welcome to The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Fudge Spies Something On The Roof, Parsley getting A Few November Warms and Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick **PLUS** BBHQ Q&A

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Supurr Wednesday Greetings Pawesome Furiends

Welcome to our weekly news round-up!

It's just been one of those months when things keep fluffing up, first it was the arson attack (See Q&A below for an update), next it was the broadband connection, and then this morning (Monday) a new two-poster ramp was being fitted in the workshop, well almost, as the surveyor missed a crucial part in the report. The concrete slab needed to be 160mm and it's only 120mm. Seriously guys mew couldn't write it! 

Anyhoo, we're going to see if we can change the two-poster ramp to a four-poster ramp if the concrete depth is sufficient, although it should be as a four-poster has been bolted there for the last couple of decades. We're just waiting to hear back now. But we really wanted another two-poster, but so it goes.

And as for the broadband connection, upon checking the fault this morning, the date has moved to the 29th of November, so that's a bit better than the original estimate of December 9th. Although, there has been no work since last Tuesday at the point of the problem. So it looks like it will be mended when it's mended. It's really rather slack of BT as it's not just Mewton-Clawson that on the blink, Fuskerton next door is also on the fritz including the post office, so all in all it's an utter cluster fluff.

First up in the news

Fudge Spies Something On The Roof

It was quite warm on Caturday, and Fudge decided to go on a little roof inspection.

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He spied a slipped tile with his exceptional whiskery senses!

So that means the roofing ladder will have to come out soon.

Next up in the news

Parsley getting A Few November Warms

As we just said, Caturday was a nice day and after the clouds fluffed off, we got some lovely sunshine.

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So Parsley took full advantage of those rays atop the cake aka the mill wheel pile. The top one is black granite which absorbs all the heat, so he knows exactly where to get for the best thermal effect!

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

The Glow Bugs bandana won by a majority on the last post, so here's Melvyn in all his modelling glory! MOL

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Each video has different mewsic; which one do mew like best?

Check out the latest Cat Walk in his TikTok video or in his Instagram video.

He's even started posting to YouTube; he's hoping some fancy cat meowdelling agency is going to sign him up! MOL

Which one should he model next?

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The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:

1. Mystical Unicorns

2. Glow Bugs

3. Gingerbread Skelebobs

4. Evil Eye Protection

 Let us know in the comments, and Melvyn will model it on next week's post

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If mew have any questions for us about anything, ask away, and we'll answer on next week's post.

Plus we'll also answer any questions left in the comments over the last few days in this section too.

We know many of mew are still wondering about the outcome of the recent arson attack at the P.A.'s work.

Here's the update, the police are still investigating and unfortunately the business is the patsy and its insurance will be paying for the damage for both the vehicles involved. The good news is that as the completely burnt-out 4X4 needed a new engine, its actual worth is considerably less than expected. And the second slightly damaged vehicle has now gone for repair and hopefully, the customer will have it back very soon. 

Memories of Eric and Flynn said on Amber's post

If you have anything like Airband in your area you should think about changing to them. They don't use phone lines but receivers instead

We used to have satellite broadband here, which we think is just like your Airband, we only moved to BT recently after the small company that was providing the service sold out and speeds dropped along with the customer service, but the prices were increased.


catladymac asked on Amber's post

Several years ago about this time Roby Sweet passed away. She had written the wonderful "Miss Cuddlywumps" series and had another one due out in November of that year...but that never came to be. We wondered if you knew anything about that, as we sure enjoyed the adventures of "Miss C" as well as the true story about her real housemates.

Amber has been planning on reviewing A Bump in The Road for quite some time; we borrowed a paperback copy from Erin The Cat Princess some time ago. Thanks for reminding us about it. Amber will schedule it into this season's reviews.



That's us done for today; do join us tomorrow for a quickie Thanksgiving post and if mew don't have time, Happy Thanksgiving and we hope your day is truly epic!

Amber will be back on Friday with another fab book just for mew, and if mew missed Monday's post, featuring our epic house panther Angel Humphrey, click here to catch up on all the gossip!  

Epic purrs

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