Happy New Year

I can't believe how warm the weather is. My friends in Florida have rain this week, but it is sunny and pretty warm here. Sugar and I have been taking walks and picking up trash. It is mostly from people working on new houses. Makes us mad. We have lots of birds at our feeders. I helped Sugar make an apple pie today and applesauce from apples we picked in October. She let me add the brown sugar and cinnamon. Yum. We are going to curl up by the fireplace and read books on New Years Eve, unless Linda Salisbury and her husband come over for leftover pie. We might have to make another one if we eat this one first. Happy New Year Everyone, and write me.

Saw the bear

We have finally seen the black bear. Our neighbor, Florence, called last night while we were having a small dinner party. She said to look out our window in the hot tub room because he was standing up at her sunflower feeder. So we all rushed to the window and could see him in the shadows. Then he dropped to all fours and went over to where our floodlights were on behind the new picture window, walked around where we could all see him. When I went to get a camera, he took his big paw and bopped one of the pink plastic flamingoes in the back yard. I was sorry to have missed that. We were all very excited.

I have one more booksigning before Christmas--this Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at Jabberwocky Children's books in downtown Fredericksburg. See you there!

Bear and books

This has been a busy season. We had a wonderful trip to Florida, but caught colds there. Have had a lot of booksignings, with more to go before Christmas. I'll be at Marshall Farms Corner this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2, and back at Jabberwocky in Fredericksburg from 1-3 on Saturday, Dec. 23.

The black bear came again last night and knocked down bird feeders, the martin house, another scarecrow and solar lights along the driveway. Bad bear. We knew he was in the neighborhood but has left us alone for a while. We are sure the cats have seen him, but we haven't.

Put up the Christmas tree yesterday. It is the best tree ever--something I say every year, but Bailey and Sugar agreed when they stopped by after supper.

Hope you are enjoying the newest book.