It's been rather rainy the last few days at BBHQ, and overnight there must have been a bit of a deluge as the Mewton-Clawson Main Street was flooded. A few years ago the council spent months and months digging up the main street to counteract this issue by adding new bigger pipes and the like. And it must have cost a small fortune, yet here we are, and some parts of the main street need waders to cross. So that was a waste of time and resources, but so it goes, at least they tried.
Anyhoo, last week we mentioned that the swallows were still here and that we still hadn't cropped the catnip. We think the swallows have now departed, as we haven't seen them since Sunday, but we'll wait a few more days, just in case they are still bipping about.
And just before we dive into this week's top news, take a look at this dahlia, the colour is just exquisite; a shade of violet-mauve. In fact, I don't think we've ever seen this shade of dahlia before, it was a new one for BBHQ this year.
Isn't it furbulous?
Anyhoo, let's look at this week's top headlines.
First up in the news this week
Smooch Got A Tick
The P.A. noticed that Smooch was walking strangely on his back leg on Friday night, though she couldn't see anything that could be visibly causing it, and then Cat Dad noticed it on Sunday.
Some filthy, little bloodsucking tick was in his fur on the back leg. It had been really gorging itself and had grown that much that it was now visible among the fur. YUCK!
Luckily, we have a tick-removing tool, so the P.A. got Smooch upside down, while Cat Dad twisted that bloodsucking fiend off him. Though poor Smooch did cry out as it was removed. And then that bloodsucker was despatched by fire into the netherworld.
Anyhoo, they cleaned and disinfected the area and are now bathing it daily to make sure there's no infection at the wound site.
And yes, we are aware of Lymes disease and other complications, so will be extra vigilant in the coming days.
Next up in the news
Parsley's On Pawtrol
So as Smooch is out of action as far as the regular BBHQ pawtrols go, Parlsey is taking over his shifts, and here he is taking his job supurr seriously!
He's a panfur on a one-cat mission, don't mess with The Sauce! MOL
Finally this week
Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick
He was a bit slow to start this week, as the weather has gone cold, and he was snoozing in his glamping tent, but once he got warmed up, he clawed it!
Which one should he model next?
We'll be sharing the brand new October Collection next week, and Melvyn will model the last of this month's pawesome collection.
EXTRA, EXTRA!
