Monday, April 27, 2015

Not entirely welcome ...

Mr. and Mrs. Duck came calling this afternoon. They aren't really welcome around our pool because ... let's just say they aren't very tidy.  This time we scared them away just by taking pictures.

Mr n Mrs duck

I grabbed one more shot as they flew away.

Fly away

Monday, April 13, 2015

Birthday Pie!

Today is Mr. L's birthday.  He's not into cake, so I baked him a lemon meringue pie.

This was the first time I got to use my new pie weights.  What fun!

Pie weights

I should take more pictures of the "work-in-progress."

Here's the final result.

Lemon meringue pie

Happy Birthday, Mr. L!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

New Cozies Just for You!

Don't you just love the first Tuesday of the month -- NEW BOOKS!!!  Hey, and I'm leading the pack with a new audiobook.

HotMurder-400ONE HOT MURDER:  Victoria Square Mystery #3

At the height of the heat wave, a tragic fire strikes Victoria Square. Wood U, a small store selling wooden gifts and small furniture, is destroyed. But the fire may just be a smoke screen—for murder. A body is found among the charred wreckage, and the victim didn’t die from smoke inhalation. He was shot. Now—despite making Detective Ray Davenport hot under the collar—Katie Bonner is determined to smoke out a coldhearted killer…

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And from my BFF and Cozy Chicks Blog sister Ellery Adams

Lemon pies-smLemon Pies and Little White Lies: Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery #4

Ella Mae LeFaye’s Charmed Pie Shoppe has become a phenomenon beyond her wildest dreams, providing the enchanted town of Havenwood, Georgia, with spellbinding desserts and magical pies. Her personal life is also heating up as she takes on the responsibilities of leadership within her magical community. In fact, the only thing weighing her down is the fact that handsome Hugh Dylan won’t return her calls…

Still, when Havenwood is rocked by a series of mysterious deaths, Ella Mae must put romantic longings aside—especially when she realizes that the mystical symbols left at each crime scene are dangerously personal. Now she will have to whip up all her supernatural skills to uncover a killer out to settle an ancient score—before the murderer devastates everything Ella Mae is determined to protect…

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And from another of my Cozy Chick Blog sisters, Duffy Brown

Demise In Denim-smDemise in Denim, Consignment Shop Mystery #5

When Reagan Summerside turned the first floor of her old Victorian home into a consignment shop, she never imagined she’d be harboring a fugitive in her attic. But after a dead man is found in a bathtub and local lawyer Walker Boone is accused of doing the dirty deed, she suddenly has a new houseguest.

Having the lawyer who took her to the cleaners in her divorce settlement—and who has been getting under her skin ever since—in close proximity is enough to drive Reagan to distraction. For the sake of her sanity—and Walker’s freedom—they need to put their heads together to find out who is trying to get the lawyer out of the picture . . .
 
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