Mancat Monday at BBHQ ~ Starring Parsley aka Mr Sauce **AND DID MEW KNOW THIS? HE'S GOT A REALLY BIG SECRET TOO!!!**

 

Happy Monday Supurr Floofy Furiends

It's Mancat Monday, and mew know what that means... it's a mancat zone! MOL  

Today, Parsley is here sharing all his rugged manlycatness, as we don't think he's featured on MCM for years either, like Melvyn last week! 

Isn't he a magnificent, handsome panfur! 

BBHQ'S HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HOLDER

He's got the most lethal patherene claws.

His hobbies include a bit of rock climbing!

Birdwatching and nature is another favourite pastime.

And he's also dabbled in the highly lucrative trade of catnip selling, although this particular batch nearly tipped him over the edge, or off the table! MOL

Did Mew Know This About Parsley?

Parsley is a gentle giant; he has such a kind nature, and he's the resident heavyweight at BBHQ, weighing in at approximately 6.7kg - 14.77lbs. And this year, when he went for his annual check-up and boosters, the vet had the nerve to say he was a bit heavy. Cat Dad soon put that straight and said to the vet. "Dude, he's on a bulking phase!" MOL

In 2014 when he first arrived at BBHQ, he was called Parsons as he had a faint ring of white fur around his neck like a priest's collar, so that's what they named him at the rescue.

The P.A. wanted to call him Magic, Merlin or some other really unimaginative magical black cat name but after trying out all the usual names and he responded to none, she realised that he wasn't going to be easy to name. Then one day she was looking through a gardening book and saw the word parsley and had an 'ah-ha!' moment, and that's how Parsley got his new name, and slowly that evolved into Parsley Sauce and then we found that he really loves the name Sauce, so most of the time we call him Sauce, or Mr Sauce.

And on different days of the week, he likes to be different sauces, such as mint, BBHQ, chocolate, steak, peri peri, seafood, black sauce aka HP, caramel, etc... it changes with his mood! But don't ever call him Mayonaise; yep, that one is a huge NO-NO! MOL #truestory 

And we bet mew're wondering what the really big secret is?

Well, he's a biscuit-making machine. Seriously, he's a one-cat biscuit factory! MOL

Check him out on TikTok. 

Just look at him go, and he makes the best biscuits ever. In fact, he's a bit of a biscuit aficionado or a biscuit connoisseur.

Thank mew for joining us today, and we'll leave mew to bask in the magnificence of all Parsley's manlycatness and look forward to your company on Wednesday when we're back with The Midweek News Round-up; until then...

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Parsley Panfur's Sedate Stroll on The Sunday Selfies & Caturday Art Blog Hops

Supurr greetings fabulous furiends

Welcome to another selfie selection, and today our epic house panther is here sharing;

 Parsley Panfur's Sedate Stroll 

Parsley adores being in the garden. He ambles about at Parsley-speed aka a bit snail-like and investigates everything as he goes along.

Mew may have seen his cat-nests in our midweek news. He also likes nesting in the catnip too! MOL

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

The effect was created with Befunky - AI Image Enhancer, Underpainting DLX, Oroton Style 1 + colour changes to hue and saturation.

We also turned this fab arty-farty picture into a puzzle, so do stop by the puzzle page and take the Puzzle Challenge, see if mew can beat our time of 6 mins 27 secs. 

Anyhoo it's time for us snoopervise the washing down of the summerhouse. It's too hot to paint again, but it's not too hot to do any washing down ready for painting this week. The P.A. hasn't done any more on the telephone box yet, as the conditions need to be just right for gloss paint, and it looks like it won't be until August by all indications of the long-range weather forecast, but we'll keep mew updated on any progress.

Join us again on Tuesday for another What's in The Box post, and see what fabulous feline goodies we're reviewing this time.

Wishing mew lots of snoozy snuggles

Supurr Sunday Purrs

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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, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer ~ visit them at their pawesome blog:

www.thecatonmyhead.com

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Parsley Panfurs Epic Outdoor Selfie on The Sunday Selfies & Caturday Art Blog Hops

Epic greetings supurr furiends

Welcome to another selfie selection and today mini panfur Parsley is here with:

Parsley Panfurs Epic Outdoor Selfie 

He was watching the birdies from his little purrch under the pine tree when the P.A. asked him if he could sweep up some of the pine needles, and he replied. "I think Fudge's tail would be better!" MOL

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

The effect was created with Befunky - AI Image Enhancer, Cartooniser DLX + changes to brightness and contrast.

We also turned this fab arty-farty picture into a puzzle, so do stop by the puzzle page and take the Puzzle Challenge, see if mew can beat our time of 15 mins 23 secs, which will be supurr easy as we were like a snail this week! MOL 

Anyhoo it's time for us to snoopervise the weeding in one of the garden borders in between the showers, what funny weather we're having this year! Then it's time for Sunday lunch, which is our favourite lunch of the week.

We do hope mew have a totally terrific day and look forward to your company in the morning when we're back with another epic Brain Training session.

Wishing mew lots of snoozy snuggles

Supurr Sunday Purrs

Basil & The B Team

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, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer ~ visit them at their pawesome blog:

www.thecatonmyhead.com

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Welcome To 8 Things About... And Today It's All About Parsley **Plus** TOP SECRET BONUS INTEL

  

WOO HOO pawesome furiends

So what's this 8 Things About??! we hear mew ask. Well, fabulous furiends it could be 8 things about anything, but today it's all about...

8 Things About Parsley

1.  Parsley arrived at BBHQ in September 2014, he was from the same rescue as the rest of us. His start in life is unknown until a kind lady began to feed in him in one of the Nottingham suburbs called Carlton. She lived in a block of flats near a busy crossroads and she wanted to keep him but the flat she rented didn't allow pets, so sadly she called the rescue and they came and got him.  At the rescue, they named him Parson as he had a feint white ring around his neck, it was guesstimated he was approximately 2 years old at this point. The P.A. originally wanted to call him Merlin or Magic etc, but after a few weeks none of those names seemed to suit him, and one day she decided to try Parsley and so another clawed herb was added to The B Team! MOL

2.  He loves the crystal room and can often be found lurking among the giant amethysts and at times climbing the larger ones, so he definitely has an affinity with the more spiritual side of things. 

3.  Parsley is one of the kindest and most gentle cats we've ever known (*except for one time, see bonus intel) and given his size, which is nearly 7kg or 15.5lbs he's a big cat. Though he never instigates any bother or tries to use his size to dominate, he's more of a lover than a fighter. 

4.  He also enjoys his own company and will often just hang out in the BBHQ office, secretly snoopervising the P.A. while she writes the blog.

5.  Parsley is also a keen nature lover and adores being in the garden or going on a little field excursion next door. He especially likes it when the field has been baled and he can climb them, a better vantage point for spotting bunnies or other wildlife.

6.  He's also an expert catnapper and adores to get snuggled in bed. He usually snoozes on a pillow next to the P.A. and dad every night and if anyone wakes up to get a drink in the night, he escorts the humans to the kitchen and back. 

7. Parsley was also in the ameowzing book Black Cats Tell All, written by Layla Morgan-Wilde to highlight the beauty and pawsitivity of black cats as they are still the least adopted from rescues and shelters. Which we find completely absurd, as we think black cats are epically epic, they are mini panfurs and who doesn't want a panfur? 

8. He also has a little white star on his chest, although a lot of the time mew can't see it as his collar hides it. Mew can just see it poking out from under the pumpkin collar. 

TOP SECRET BONUS INTEL

Parsley really hates having his back nails clipped, it's definitely mission impawsible! MOL

He also didn't like one of the male vets at our local practice, the P.A. says she's never seen him so aggressive ever, he went a bit berserk as he took an instant dislike to the man. Luckily that vet has now left the practice and there's no issue with any of the other vets. 

Isn't it strange how a soft as blobs cat can have such a fierce reaction to someone when they've never shown any aggression before. Obviously, that vet dudes aura was well out of whack for Parsley to react so out of character. And the moral of the story is, always trust your instincts. 

**Don't furget to stop by next Tuesday, the 31st of August as it's Parsley's 9th birthday and in true BBHQ tradition we'll be having an epic pawty and giveaway.**

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If mew missed any of our previous '8 Things About' posts, here are the links so far:

8 Things About Amber

8 Things About Humphrey

8 Things About Smooch

8 Things About Pandora

8 Things About Melvyn

8 Things About Fudge

8 Things About Angel Posie

8 Things About Angel Snowie

And that sadly brings us to the end of 8 Things About Parsley, we do hope mew enjoyed getting to know him a bit more, and we'll be back on Wednesday so do join us then as we've got another fabulous What's in the Box post to share.

Pawesome purrs

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