Overnight Snow

They said we'd get more snow overnight and they didn't lie. It is only February, after all. We got about four inches of the stuff. I especially like the way it clings to the retaining wall stones. I think it looks like frosting. It got up to 34 degrees today and it was partly sunny in the afternoon so a lot of the snow melted. I didn't have to shovel or snowblow because I was waiting for the plow to come by before going out, and, in the meantime, my neighbor shoveled my driveway. Thanks, MD! The plow still hasn't come but I'll handle the plow drift when it piles it up.

 

My fears about the Freebie Friday promo last night were unfounded. This morning I had an email from the support guy, Victor (my new best friend), saying that my books were in the Chirp catalog and available for the promo. He put a link in the email so I could see them in my Chirp Audiobook Dashboard and then I got my usual Freebie Friday email and there was The Seaview front and center on the cover page and second on the list. Open For Business and Spies Don't Retire are available with it as a bundle with a deep discount. I looked a few times today to see if there was any way to check how many downloads there'd been but I couldn't find anything. That's okay, I'm just excited to see it. Think how many people saw it and read about it and saw my name. I'm over the moon! BTW, if you're interested you can go to chirpbooks.com, sign in for an account (there's no membership fee), and download a copy. The promo runs through Monday.

 

Today's flower is a Tulip. It was fun to draw and I like the way the leaves turned out. A tulip isn't a very complicated flower so I feel pretty good about it.

 

To bleed off some of the Freebie Friday excitement, I spent most of the morning finishing up a couple of short stories and then scheduling them into early March. I like to have them posted so I don't have to scramble to load one up every week. Speaking of Substack, I got an email from them saying that one of my writing friends, AC, recommended Stories That Need to See Daylight to her readers. She had nice things to say about my writing. Thanks, AC, I like your writing too.

 

At Friday Night Knitting I worked on the ribbing of the Melt the ICE hat #2. Six inches is a long time to rib, I'm telling you. My fingers and forearms are tired from three hours of knit 1, purl 1. Only one more inch of ribbing and then I knit a little stockinette before starting the crown decreases.

 

I mustered up my guts this afternoon and called DM at OtherWorlds Books & More in Sturgeon Bay. When I spoke with him a couple weeks ago I mentioned that I had a new book coming out soon and he offered to host a launch event for me. Well, I called today to ask if he meant it. He did, so I'll be up in Sturgeon Bay at OtherWorlds Books & More on Saturday, March 7 from 10am to 2pm with many copies of Anneke's Legacy, my new lighted palm tree, and the flamingo head sunglasses holder. Come see me if you're in the area. I hope the weather cooperates.

--Barbara