The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Three Cats One Small Box, Smooch and Parsley Pondering Which Way To Go Next and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana **PLUS* This Weeks Top Videos

Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

The weather has been glorious at BBHQ over the last few days, and the alliums in the new corner garden have bloomed, just look at these, aren't they purrty?

Such a vibrant shade of purrple!

And here's a close-up, because we know mew want one! MOL

The gorgeous frilled tulips are now long gone, and the alliums are taking pride of place at the moment. There are lots of other flowers to emerge yet, although the P.A. can't remember what she planted, and is looking forward to seeing what blooms in the coming months.

There's been a lot of weeding happening, as they've just exploded everywhere, and we've also been planting some new plants which have been grown on since being delivered as small plugs earlier in the year, so with a bit of luck the BBHQ garden will be blooming marvellous this summer.

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

First up in the news this week

Three Cats One Small Box

What a dilemma, one small box and three cats.

All we needed was somepawdy to start playing some fun mewsic, and we could have all scrambled to see who got in the box first when the mewsic stopped!

Mewsical boxes are a go at BBHQ for the next suitable box to arrive! MOL

Next up in the news

 Smooch and Parsley Pondering Which Way To Go Next

After all the box excitement, Smooch headed into the courtyard to see what Parsley was doing, and then they couldn't decide which way to go next!

In the end, they both went in separate directions with Parsley heading to the gazebo for a snooze on the sofa, and Smooch heading to the main gates to be the BBHQ watch cat for the afternoon.

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Well, it was a tie on last weeks voting between the Pickly Catcus and the Stars and Moon bandanas. So the P.A. placed both on the kitchen island and Melvyn broke the tie by choosing the Prickly Catcus! 

Doesn't he look cute, not prickly in the slightest! 

We tried a new video feature this week, and mew can check out Melvyn strutting his stuff on:

TikTok

Instagram

YouTube

 

Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new bandana selection for May, and this month mew've got five to choose from.

The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:

1. Stars and Moon

2. Echinacea Blooms

3. Tea Party Special

4. The Cute Caticorn

5. The Prickly Catcus

There's only the Stars and Moon bandana left for next week, and we'll also be sharing the new picks for June, there will be four brand new ones to choose from!

 

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Check out this week's top videos:

The Bandana Dilemma - TikTok

Pandora Being Gorgeous - Instagram

Fudge taking A Garden Stroll - YouTube

That's us done for today, we will be back tomorrow with the second post in our new Quick Cat Guide series, and Amber will be here on Friday with another fab book just for mew and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

The B Team's Bunker Selfie

Brain Training with Basil

Surprise Post

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Purrty Pandora's Garden Selfie, Smooch's Epic Sun Puddle, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana **PLUS* This Weeks Top Videos

Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

OMC Guess what we found the other day? Well, knowing us it could be literally anything! MOL 

So let's narrow it down a little for mew. Here are a few clues:

Who are The B Team? 

What do The B Team do?

What do The B Team love?

Ok, Ok, let me explain...  While we may look like normal, fluffy house cats most of the time, in our other profession, The B Team are an elite kitty commando fighting force, who on average save the world about once a month, but obviously that's classified intel and mew know we can't talk about all of our missions. And finally, we love our bunker and arms and munitions and all the military toys, so what does this have to do with anything?

Well the other day while scrolling TikTok, mew'll never believe what we saw. There's an account who's created A.I. images and when I say we had to do a double take, if mew watch the video links I'm sharing, mew'll know why.

Kitty Commandos - Video One

Kitty Commandos - Video Two

Kitty Commandos - Video Three

If mew have read any of our adventure stories, and have ever wondered what we look like when we're kitted out for action and adventure, this is pretty much an exact representation.

Seriously, it was like someone had breached our bunker, read some of our classified files, walked around our supply rooms and took photos of everything!  We were blown away by the art, like literally astounded, it is beyond incredible and we'd love to use images like this in our stories.

Check it out and let us know what mew think? 

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

First up in the news this week

 Purrty Pandora's Garden Selfie

Pandora doesn't often let us take photos of her as she is just so fast, the minute she sees a camera, she's like the Road Runner, MEEP MEEP! MOL

But the other day she sat purrfectly poised on the arm of the sofa under the gazebo, and let us take a few really purrty pictures!

Next up in the news

Smooch's Epic Sun Puddle

Smooch was delighted to find this incredibly warm hotspot the other day under the gazebo. 

He was absolutely loving it!

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

This week's winner by a whisker was the Tea Pawty Special bandana, and what a truly scrumptious bandana it is!

Doesn't he look cute?

And check this blooper out! 

We just had to share it, as it made us MOL and MOL and MOL!!!

Watch Melvyn strut his stuff on the BBHQ Catwalk:

 TikTok

Instagram

YouTube

 

Which one should he model next?

Here's the bandana selection for May, and this month mew've got five to choose from.

The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:

1. Stars and Moon

2. Echinacea Blooms

3. Tea Party Special

4. The Cute Caticorn

5. The Prickly Catcus

There's only two left to choose from, tell us your top pick for next week in the comments!

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Check out this week's top videos:

Window Wiffles with Parsley and Chilling on A Mushroom with Smooch ~ TikTok

Fudge Eating Fresh Camint in The Garden ~ Instagram

Fudge Loves His Catnip Mice ~ YouTube

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

The B Team's Great Wall Selfie

Brain Training with Cats

Surprise Post

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

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The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ~ Early Cats Get More Breakfast, Smooch Pondering a New Crafting Project in The Craft Room, and Melvyn's Wearing This Weeks Top Pick Bandana **PLUS* The Winner of Smooch's Birthday Giveaway

Furbulous Greetings Supurr Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ midweek news round-up!

What a weekend, did mew watch The Coronation, wasn't it epic?  It was a truly spectacular spectacle, although we have read several disgruntled reports, which is a shame as when mew look at it from a logical purrspective, it is what it is, and just be happy to have witnessed it. The UK is pretty much one of the only countries left with such long-standing Royal traditions which we think is really nice in today's modern society.

We don't understand why some small factions of peeps want to eradicate heritage and try to rewrite history. We are all for forward movement and progress, but we can't change history no matter how we try, well not unless somepawdy steals our Time Travelling Telephone Box and goes messing with the timeline, but then would it really change for the better?

In our humble opinion, if we're allowed to have one anymore, that the best way to deal with history of an unpleasant nature is to learn from it and try not to make the same mistakes, not ram it up everypawdy that it needs to be eradicated. If things are deleted and omitted, then society can't learn and basically, that kind of thought process is akin to the events in the early 1940s when a certain person tried to take over the world and rewrite previous events, especially with the book burning and censorship that was being enforced.

It didn't end well for millions of innocent people, and yet today in 2023, eighty years later when we live in the most enlightened of times, with the best of everything compared to early generations, a small minority are deeply unhappy about how truly lucky we are. Everypawdy is entitled to an opinion, so if they all agreed to disagree, and purrhaps, they'd see life for how truly wondrous it is, and let's be kind and understanding to each other.

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

First up in the news this week

 Early Cats Get More Breakfast

Every morning, it's the same four kitties who are first on the scene for breakfast, while Melvyn and Amber are still in a kitty coma until mid-morning. By the time those two finally arise, this lot are already on their second and sometimes if not third breakfasts.

The early cat really does scoff all the snacks! MOL

Next up in the news

 Smooch Pondering a New Crafting Project in The Craft Room

Smooch was deep in thought on Sunday in the craft room.

He was pondering what we could make next for our summer crafting post and he thought by surrounding himself with previous projects, it might inspire him to new levels of crafting greatness! MOL

Mew can see three behind him:

The Scratch'n'Purrch Shroom

The Cat Tree Glow Up 

The Valentine's Cottage

And he was actually looking straight at: The Catmas Tree and the Haunted House. Mew can find all our previous crafting posts by clicking here.

Anyhoo, he's trying to come up with something really fun for the summer, and if mew have any ideas for him, leave them in the comments below.

Finally this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick

Last week, mew voted for the Cute Caticorn bandana, and here's Melvyn loving this week's modelling assignment!

He loved modelling this one, and mew can see in his videos how much he enjoyed today's catwalk run!

Check out Melvyn strutting his stuff on:

TikTok

Instagram

YouTube

 

Which one should he model next?

Here's the brand new bandana selection for May, and this month mew've got five to choose from.

The options from the top left in a clockwise direction:

1. Stars and Moon

2. Echinacea Blooms

3. Tea Party Special

4. The Cute Caticorn

5. The Prickly Catcus

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

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The Winner of Smooch's Birthday Giveaway

Drumroll purrlease...

via GIPHY

And the winner drawn out of the hat* is:

Mews Oz, Bean & Winston from Instagram

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!

MANY CONCATULATIONS!

If mew can email us your snail mail address at your earliest convenience, that would be epic. 

deardrbasil @ gmail . com

Thank mew to everypawdy else who entered, and don't wurry if mew didn't win this time; there'll be another giveaway on June the 1st, so stay tuned. And we've got another five throughout the next few months.

*And just in case mew're wondering how we pick the winner, we type the full list of names from the blog post and Instagram post, then paste them into the random name picker at www.miniwebtool.com, and it automatically picks the winner.

That's us done for today, we 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 Coronation Selfie

Brain Training with Epic Coronation Wordsearch

Surprise Post

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 

Don't furget to subscribe and never miss another post! 

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