Can it really be December? The early sunset and lights on the palm trees say it is. 
The snowbirds are starting to flutter onto the island and tons of holiday activities are piling up on my calendar. I'm looking forward to events like the Hometown Holiday Parade and the Lighted Boat Parade and lots of Christmas music. 
This week I attended the lighting of the Christmas tree on the harbor--utterly charming if not exactly rivaling the tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City!
Miss Gloria and I decided we really don't have room for a Christmas tree on our houseboat's deck--not if we ever want to sit out there. And it's our favorite place in the world to lounge with the cats and watch the world go by. Even the annoying schnauzer next door can't ruin the mood when the boat's rocking gently and the breeze is blowing and I see on my news feed that six inches of snow has been dumped on my hometown in New Jersey, with more on the way.
So anyway, I went shopping for a mini Norfolk Island pine treeat the MARC plant store instead. Here's who I found shopping at the same time. What do you suppose he was buying?
To celebrate the holiday season, and thank you for buying books and reading them, we'll be giving away a Key West mystery to someone who comments today.
MURDER WITH GANACHE will be in bookstores on February 4, but hurry over to enter the contest at Goodreads for 3 signed galleys!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Hayley, Evinrude, Miss Gloria and all the Key West gang--including Lucy and Tonka!
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I would assume the little guy is looking for bugs of some sort ---- or maybe the plant itself! He is a cute little guy though! Thanks for great opportunity!!! [email protected]
ReplyDeleteRight now it's just raining in New Jersey. I'd like to try for Murder With Ganache.
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Its -4 degrees in South Dakota and we have about 2 inches of snow where I live. There was supposed to be a Christmas Lights parade this evening but it has been cancelled due to the cold. I'm glad you're able to enjoy the Christmas activities in a much warmer climate. [email protected]
ReplyDeleteI'm a transplant from New Hampshire to Charleston, SC. I love the fact that today I get 80 degree temps as opposed to the year they cancelled school because of snow. Christmas decorating is much easier in SC than NH too, as my hubby noted putting up the outside lights in a t-shirt compared to bundling up and hoping the ladder doesn't slip in ice or snow is a pleasure!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to SC!
DeleteI would like to read Topped Chef. We are in the process of moving and will be living in a motel for the next few weeks so I have to get my Christmas decoration fix from the decorations the motel puts up and any other businesses I visit. I do have a string of lights in our motel room to help a little. It will definitely be a different Christmas for us this year!
ReplyDeleteElaineE246(at)msn(dot)com
I would love to win one of these books. I would like to win either Death in Four Courses or Topped Chef please.
ReplyDeleteI started this series with Topped Chef and loved it, so now I need to go backwards and read either An Appetite for Murder or Death in Four Courses. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity. kuzlin(at)aol(dot)com
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy: Read the first and would love to read Death in Four Courses. thanks, mlarkin(at)reitmr(dot)com.
ReplyDeleteIt's -6 with a -21 windchiil here in MN. I'd like the first book in the series if I should win. It's on my wishlist, as are the others. Enjoy the warmth as we freeze our bunnies off. :)
ReplyDeletekpbarnett1941[at]aol.com
I'd love to have An Appetite For Murder! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt's raining here now but it will soon turn to snow!
mittens0831 at aol dot com
I would love to win any of the books as I am a new reader to this grouping. I read all the time 2-3 books at a time, and I am adding this list to my get-to-know authors. Happy Holidays too!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win any of these books...all unknown quantities to me. Key West is such a wonderful place; I've been there twice, so far.
ReplyDeleteAww nookies, now I am hungry for ganache.... if I can't get the book, can I get a cupcake?
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ha ha gg, sending the cupcake off now:)
Deletemerci!! *clapclapclap* with jimmies :D
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