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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up **RAIN'A'PLENTY IS THE NEW SNOWMAGGEDON** ~ Smooch Is Making An Enquiry, Pandora Didn't Want To Share The Snuggle Mat, and Parsley's Brief Sunspot ~ **PLUS** Melvyn's Modelling

A vibrant collage featuring a row of expressive cats at the bottom aka The B Team, set against a pink background with hearts, bunting, and cherry blossom branches. The central text reads “Midweek News Round Up with The B Team @BionicBasil®.” To the right, a cat with its mouth open appears to be speaking, with a speech bubble that says “WHAT’S THE GOSSIP THIS WEEK?” The backdrop includes newspaper clippings, creating a playful and engaging theme perfect for feline news updates. at www.bionicbasil.com

Epic Wednesday Greetings Furiends

Welcome to the BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up!

How's your week going? 

We did get a couple of sunspots, very briefly. Parsley is enjoying one below, but then it rained. And rained. And rained some more. Then it got colder. Then it warmed up a couple of degrees. Then got even colder. All in all, a really horrid weather week.

And all the low-lying fields are like lakes, totally flooded. Years ago, when this happened, and then it froze really hard, the P.A. would go ice skating; she said it was great fun. We said, nah, mew can keep that! MOL 

Good news, though, the Spring bulbs are growing rather quickly. Maybe by the month's end, we'll have a bit of colour. The P.A. still has some roses to prune, but it's too cold and damp; she needs a portable heat lamp to keep her warm while she's in the garden! MOL

And if mew've missed Spring as much as we have, here's a little throwback to April 14th last year... because we all need colourful flowers to look at.

A round black metal planter sits on a bed of multicoloured pebbles, filled with bright red tulips and lush green foliage. Behind it, another planter holds pale purple tulips. Large windows reflect more plants and garden décor, creating a vibrant, springlike scene

Aren't they pretty, and the purrfect colour for this week!

Anyhoo, let's look at what the heathens have been up to this week.

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First up in the news 

 Smooch Is Making An Enquiry


Smooch, a white cat with black markings on its head sits indoors, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. The cat is perched on the P.A.’s lap. Behind them is a softly lit living room with a television screen glowing blue, a white cabinet holding a plant and a framed cat photo, and a pink cat tree.

Smooch got on the P.A.'s lap. He does this after dinner every night. The pawrents retire to the upstairs sitting room. Smooch is first on the sofa, usually Fudge turns up within a few minutes, then Melvyn. 

So Smooch has about four minutes to enjoy a completely uninterrupted brush session.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.
Next up in the news

Pandora Didn't Want To Share The Snuggle Mat


Two cats sit together on a patchwork quilt draped over a plaid couch. On the left is Pandora, a long‑haired tortoiseshell cat lounging comfortably, while on the right sits Fudge, an orange tabby looking directly at the camera. Behind them are patterned cushions, a white textured pillow, and a bookshelf in the background, creating a warm, homely scene.

Pandora was enjoying her nap on this snuggle mat when Fudge decided he wanted to snooze there ...  poor lambkin, there's only about another ten snuggle mats all over the house, but no, he wanted the brown one.

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

In other news...

Parsley's Brief Sunspot


Parsley, a sleek black cat, sits in a sunny outdoor spot on a brick surrounded by gravel and dried leaves. Sunlight highlights the shine of his fur as he rests beside a wooden waterbutt.

Parlsey found a sunspot and enjoyed it for five minutes before the clouds came and ruined everything! 

Then it rained ... again ...

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

And finally, this week

Melvyn's Modelling The Top Bandana Pick


Melvyn's modelling Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing bandana, doesn't he look absolutely spiffing?

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® Melvyn Modelling The Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing

It all started off so well, but then Fudge had to pounce and cause a kerfuffle! MOL

Check out his videos on your preferred social media channel:



Apologies for no YouTube video this week; the P.A. accidentally filmed in wide shot mode, and YouTube wouldn't allow any mewsic to be applied in that format... oh dear... and yes, we have reprimanded her for this heinous oversight. 

Which one is your favourite this week? 

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Which one should he model next?


Here's the Valentine's Bandana Selection.

The BBHQ Midweek News Round-Up ©BionicBasil® February 2024 Bandana Collection - Valentine's Day

The February Valentine's Collection:

1. Multi-coloured hearts with lilac fringing

2. Red hearts with red fringing

3.  White hearts with glitter ribbon

4. Red heart with red tassels

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

A festive divider featuring a central pink cupcake topped with a red heart, flanked by pink gift boxes adorned with hearts and swirled pink lollipops. Smaller red hearts surround the arrangement, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed celebrations.

That's us done for today. Amber will be back on Friday with another meowvellous book, and if mew missed any other posts, here are the links:

Sunday Selfies


Amber's Latest Book Review




Wishing mew a pawesome day, and remember to always...

Bright pink text with a bold red shadow spells out “STAY FLUFFY” across two lines in a playful, stylized font. The cheerful design radiates warmth and whimsy, perfect for spreading a lighthearted, feel-good message.

... and utterly furbulous!

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team 


Black Paw Print











A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.
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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

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Monday, 9 February 2026

**VALENTINE'S 2026** Brain Training with Cats #97 with your Epic host ~ Professor Basil P.H.D. **PLUS** An Epic Throwback To July 2016

Professor Basil, a tabby and white cat wearing a black bowler hat with a red rose and a red bow tie, sits in front of a large black‑and‑white crossword puzzle background. He’s surrounded by red and pink heart‑shaped balloons and a bouquet of pink roses. A speech bubble beside him reads, “It’s time to give those little grey cells a wurkout!” The scene is styled like a playful, academic-themed poster for a brain‑training activity. At www.bionicbasil.com

Happy Monday guys

Welcome to another furbulous Brain Training sesh on the blog today, and since it is Valentine's Day on Caturday, I've got a Valentinesy theme for mew.

And this week I'm sharing a throwback from July 2016, when the world was an epic place! MOL

A close‑up side profile of a tabby‑and‑white cat, Basil, with green eyes, looking attentively to the right. The lighting highlights the texture of the cat’s fur, showing soft tabby markings on the head and ears and bright white fur on the face and neck. The background includes a textured carpet and part of a piece of furniture, creating a warm indoor setting. At www.bionicbasil.com

I was in a very contemplative mood that day.

Just look at that focus! MOL

A decorative Valentine’s‑themed divider featuring a central cupcake with pink frosting topped by a red heart. Surrounding it is a symmetrical arrangement of pink and red hearts, creating a festive, romantic design. The style is playful and sweet.

It's time to get those little grey cells working.

Here's the answer key to last time's Sudoku #63

A completed 9x9 Sudoku puzzle with each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid filled with the digits 1 through 9, arranged without repetition. The grid is neatly organized, showcasing a correctly solved puzzle with clear numerical placement - at www.bionicbasil.com Brain Training with Basil.

A decorative Valentine’s‑themed divider featuring a central cupcake with pink frosting topped by a red heart. Surrounding it is a symmetrical arrangement of pink and red hearts, creating a festive, romantic design. The style is playful and sweet.
Are mew ready for this week's puzzle?

A Valentine’s‑themed Sudoku puzzle titled “Basil’s Easy Sudoku Puzzle #64,” set against a pink and red background decorated with roses and heart‑shaped balloons. At the top, a cat wearing a red hat with a rose looks forward. Below is a partially filled 9×9 Sudoku grid with numbers placed in various cells. The website “www.bionicbasil.com” appears at the bottom.

Just click right-click to save and/or print the puzzle. 

The answer key will be on the BT next post.

A decorative Valentine’s‑themed divider featuring a central cupcake with pink frosting topped by a red heart. Surrounding it is a symmetrical arrangement of pink and red hearts, creating a festive, romantic design. The style is playful and sweet.

Here's this time's wordsearch.

A Valentine’s‑themed word search titled “Basil’s Bonkers Wordsearch #92,” set against a background of pink and red hearts and roses. On the left, a cat wearing a red top hat and bow tie appears mid‑meow. In the center is a red‑bordered word search grid filled with uppercase letters. To the right is a list of Valentine‑related words to find, such as “arrow,” “bouquet,” “chocolate,” “romance,” and “sweetheart.” The website “www.bionicbasil.com” appears at the bottom.

Just click right-click to save and/or print the wurdsearch.

A decorative Valentine’s‑themed divider featuring a central cupcake with pink frosting topped by a red heart. Surrounding it is a symmetrical arrangement of pink and red hearts, creating a festive, romantic design. The style is playful and sweet.

And finally, here's this week's jigsaw puzzle.

AI filter on - a close‑up side profile of a tabby‑and‑white cat, Basil, with green eyes, looking attentively to the right. The lighting highlights the texture of the cat’s fur, showing soft tabby markings on the head and ears and bright white fur on the face and neck. The background includes a textured carpet and part of a piece of furniture, creating a warm indoor setting. At www.bionicbasil.com


It took me 8 mins 36 secs...  How did you do?

A decorative Valentine’s‑themed divider featuring a central cupcake with pink frosting topped by a red heart. Surrounding it is a symmetrical arrangement of pink and red hearts, creating a festive, romantic design. The style is playful and sweet.

I hope mew enjoy today's puzzles, and The B Team will be back on Wednesday with the Midweek News Round-up, so do join us for all the gossip! Until then...

Keep calm, and puzzle on

and be...
Epically Valentinesy Banner - Bold red text with a white shadow effect spells out “EPICALLY VALENTINESY” in a playful, exaggerated font, slightly tilted for a fun, festive Valentine’s‑themed look.

Professor Basil 


Black Paw Print to sign off the post











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Sunday, 8 February 2026

The Sunday Selfies and Caturday Art Blog Hops at BBHQ **FEATURING** Basil and The B Team's February Selfie

A cheerful pink Valentine's collage features four cats in the foreground, each with unique fur patterns and colours. The background is decorated with heart shapes and radiating lines, creating a playful and affectionate vibe. Small black-and-white cat polaroid selfies surround the central text that reads “Sunday Selfies ©BionicBasil®,” celebrating feline charm and personality in a whimsical, social-media-inspired style.

Furbulous Sunday greetings furiends

Welcome to another BBHQ selfie selection, and it's been a while since all of us were here. This week, we went down to the field to the bench and captured a wintry scene.

Basil and The B Team's February Selfie


Basil and The B Team. Seven cats sit closely together on a wooden bench outdoors in a wintry setting. Behind them are bare trees dusted lightly with snow. The cats vary in colour and pattern — including black, white, orange, and tabby — and a few wear collars with tags. They face the camera in a neat row, resembling a posed family portrait. At www.bionicbasil.com

It was fluffing cold, a little bit of an early frost, and we decided that the bunker was the place to be!

A decorative divider featuring a cupcake with pink frosting and a red heart topper, surrounded by symmetrical red and pink heart shapes. The festive design evokes themes of love and celebration, making it ideal for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions.

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

A stylized close-up portrait of a tabby cat with vivid green eyes, framed by a green border. The cat’s face is artistically rendered with textured effects, emphasizing its eyes, nose, and whiskers. Text on the image reads “Caturday Art Blog Hop” and “athenacatgoddess.com,” suggesting a creative community celebration of feline-themed artwork.

Ai Artified picture of Basil and The B Team. Seven cats sit closely together on a wooden bench outdoors in a wintry setting. Behind them are bare trees dusted lightly with snow. The cats vary in colour and pattern — including black, white, orange, and tabby — and a few wear collars with tags. They face the camera in a neat row, resembling a posed family portrait. At www.bionicbasil.com

The effect was created using Befunky: Watercolour 3 GFX + colour changes to hue and saturation.

Click here to dive into this cat-tastic puzzle starring most of The B Team, taking aselfie down the field. It’s a floof-tastic test of feline finesse, and guess what? 

We crushed it in just 8 minutes and 13 seconds. Can mew beat our time? 

Of course, mew can! MOL

A decorative divider featuring a cupcake with pink frosting and a red heart topper, surrounded by symmetrical red and pink heart shapes. The festive design evokes themes of love and celebration, making it ideal for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions.

Anyhoo, it's time for us to go and have a quick pawtrol around BBHQ. Nothing is planned for today, other than hopping in blog hops and a bit of commenting. The P.A. is really tired this week and wants a snooze on the sofa after lunch.

Do drop by tomorrow when the Valentine's Brain Training will be live, if mew missed the Catmas one, click here to go see the puzzles.

We do hope mew have an epic day, and remember to always...
Bold red text with soft white and pink shadows spells out “STAY FLUFFY” in a playful, rounded font. The design conveys a lighthearted and comforting message, perfect for adding a touch of whimsy and warmth.

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team


Black paw print sign off





A decorative divider featuring a cupcake with pink frosting and a red heart topper, surrounded by symmetrical red and pink heart shapes. The festive design evokes themes of love and celebration, making it ideal for Valentine's Day or romantic occasions.

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







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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

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A festive banner-style divider featuring five vertical pennants hanging from a string. The pennants alternate between red and pink, each adorned with a contrasting heart symbol in the center. Small red hearts anchor each end of the string, creating a cheerful and romantic design perfect for Valentine's Day or love-themed decor.

Graphics created with paid licence @www.canva.com & www.befunky.com 

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