by
Kath Rutledge
of
the Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries
by
Molly MacRae
Geneva
and I were talking the other day and she asked me a good question. Why haven’t
I ever posted many pictures of Blue Plum here on Killer Characters? I didn’t have
a good answer for her, although it could just be that we've had so many other things to
talk about. I take turns blogging with other folks from Blue Plum, and we’ve all
sprinkled pictures of knitting and food and lots of cats and whatnot into
our posts. And once Joe did a post with a lot of pictures he took in the woods. But Geneva was right, we’ve
never posted many pictures showing the town we all love. So here you go –
welcome to beguiling Blue Plum, Tennessee.
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| Main Street in Blue Plum - getting ready for the 4th of July |
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Apartments on Fox Street across from the courthouse |
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| I love the colors and architectural grace notes |
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| Isn't this a great front porch? It's right on Main Street |
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| Here's the courthouse cupola |
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| This is the gazebo in the park behind the courthouse |
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| And here's a nice place to sit in the park. Don't you love the mural? |
So there are some of my favorite views of Blue Plum (Geneva's favorite is the gazebo). But did you notice something missing? No pictures of the the Weaver's Cat! If you'd like to see my fiber and fabric shop, and more pictures of Blue Plum, stop by our author's Pinterest page (prepare to drool over the goodies in Mel's cafe).
Don't you love small towns? I feel very lucky to live in Blue Plum. Do you live in a small town, or is there one you'd like to move to?
Giveaway! Leave a comment by midnight June 24th for a chance to win a copy of one of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries (your choice). Please include your email address.
Molly MacRae is the author of the award-winning, national bestselling Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries and the Highland Bookshop Mysteries (the first book in that series, Plaid and Plagiarism, comes out in December 2016 and is available for pre-order now).
Molly MacRae is the author of the award-winning, national bestselling Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries and the Highland Bookshop Mysteries (the first book in that series, Plaid and Plagiarism, comes out in December 2016 and is available for pre-order now).
Visit
Molly on Facebook and Pinterest, connect with her on Twitter @mysteryMacRae, or find her the first Monday of each
month at Amy Alessio’s Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts.
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I recognize Jonesboro as it is only 20 miles from me! Have never read any fiction that is staged in my area and would love to win this. I have also added it to my TBR list. brichardson0056@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteHow cool, Becky! It's such a pretty part of the country. We lived just outside Jonesborough for about 20 years and miss it terribly. Thanks for stopping by the blog today.
DeleteLove small towns and stories set in them. Can't wait to read this one!
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Me, too, Judy. Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
DeleteThe town I grew up in had an interesting run of similar old buildings! Looking forward to the new book! Thanks for the chance to win!
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It's the quintessential small town look, isn't it? So cozy!
DeleteWhat beautiful pictures. I live in a small town between two large cities. Blue Plum is wonderful.
ReplyDeletedebby236 at gmail dot com
Thank you! I could have posted more and more and more. :)
DeleteI grew up in a small town during the years one could ride a bicycle and explore everything. Seeing your pictures brought back a flash of memories ..... Towns where time stopped, so are idyllic....as are your books.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debra! It's a slice of time, a slice of memory (and in a cozy mystery it's often a slice of a knife - yikes!) Thanks for stopping by the blog today.
DeleteThe town I live in is small but the town's around here run into each other so unless you're local you can't tell where one ends and the next starts.
ReplyDeletesgiden at verizon(.)net
Even small towns have sprawl. Nice places, though. Thanks for stopping by the blog!
DeleteI live in a big city, but I love visiting small towns. I would love to move to a small town someday.
ReplyDeletekaren(dot)kenyon(at)rogers(dot)com
Small towns are like comfort food, don't you think? Thanks for stopping by the blog today.
DeleteGreat post! Looks like a great read. New author/book. Looking forward to reading this. Hoping sooner rather than later. Is on my TBR. Beautiful cover. Loved the pictures. Thanks for the chance to get this sooner. Della at deepotter@peoplepc.com
ReplyDeleteThanks, Della!
DeleteI love small towns. We are looking to love right now but have three Grandchildren to consider. I would love to win your book. I am putting it on my the list. Thank you for this opportunity!
ReplyDeleteAh, grandchildren are a good consideration! Grandchildren and small towns are pretty nice combination, though. Thanks for stopping by the blog today.
DeleteI love small towns. We are looking to love right now but have three Grandchildren to consider. I would love to win your book. I am putting it on my the list. Thank you for this opportunity!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures... Love old towns with their unique architecture especially on the oldest structures. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of your book
ReplyDeleteCarol Smith
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Thanks, Carol. There were so many more pictures I could have posted!
DeleteThe buildings remind me of some of the small, old, Eastern Oregon towns that relatives live in. I love the old painted brick buildings.
ReplyDeletellcejka at gmail dot com
I've never been to Eastern Oregon. I'd like to get out there sometime. Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
DeleteThe buildings remind me of some of the small, old, Eastern Oregon towns that relatives live in. I love the old painted brick buildings.
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Love small town cozy mysteries I look forward to reading this book! raeganlady(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteSmall towns and cozy mysteries are a good match, aren't they?
DeleteLooks like a good read, thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeletejademoss17@gmail.com
You're welcome. Thanks for stopping by the blog!
DeleteGreat photos.
ReplyDeleteSjgolding@sbcglobal.net
Thanks! It's hard to take a bad picture in Blue Plum.
DeleteGreat photos.
ReplyDeleteSjgolding@sbcglobal.net
Lovely photos and a charming town. Just the right setting for fun and adventure!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maggie!
DeleteLove the pictures, One year when we went on vacation & we stopped at all the small towns on the way. We had lunch & went in the shops. had such a great time. I would love a chance at this mystery, Thanks for your generosity. lindamay4852@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI love traveling across country on the old roads through the small towns. It gives a completely different flavor to travel, doesn't it? Thanks for stopping by the blog!
DeleteI have one of your books in my "reading or else" pile for the summer. Love southern towns and mysteries together, but then to add knitting into the mix - you have just captured my heart! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAnd you mine with your kind words. Happy reading and happy knitting!
DeleteGrowing up, my hometown had 12,000 - 20,000 people. Now there is more than 160K. I miss the smallness, you know?. Thank you for the chance to win. Dmskrug3(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a huge jump, Danielle. It must be a great place to be, or it wouldn't have grown like that. But wow!
DeleteGorgeous pictures. I want to live there. Reminds me a little bit of our town growing up. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletesallycootie@gmail.com
Thank you! I'm sure you'd enjoy living in Blue Plum.
DeleteBeautiful pictures! Looks like a place I could live.
ReplyDeleteCome visit! I'll take you to Mel's for lunch.
DeleteWonderful photos. I love small towns. I grew up in a large city and live in a medium one now which is getting too big. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteSmall towns have a lot of the same problems as big cities, but they seem more manageable. And cozier!
DeleteI live in a very large city. I can't imagine myself living in a small town but I love to read books set in small towns. Your pictures are beautiful, they might convince me to change my mind!
ReplyDeletecindy226@gmail.com
Thank you! There are definitely advantages to big cities, too, though. Best of both worlds? A small town just the right distance from a big city.
DeleteIt's just like I pictured. I would love to visit Blue Plum someday.
ReplyDeleteYou should! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, Cathy!
DeleteThanks for sharing the pictures! Blue Plum is charming ~ bobandcelia@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's a town dear to my heart.
DeleteGreat photos love small towns! I went to school in what used to be a small town and then bused back to a rural area for my foster home. But the small town is a large tourist area now and a few authors have visited the town then wrote a few cozies with that town mentioned. ptclayton2@aol.com
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yeah, tourists are an interesting combination of opportunity and problem. But how can we fault them for discovering how great our small towns are? Thanks for stopping by the blog!
DeleteI would love to win a book! Thanks so much for the chance!! I grew up in a small town in CA. lindaherold999@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love small towns in California!
DeleteA delightful post and special photos. Small towns are so appealing. I love visiting them. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThey are appealing, aren't they? Thanks for your kind words.
DeleteI've not seen this series before, but I'm excited to read it!
ReplyDeleteJust in case I win, contact me at tsnowbird(at)gmail(dot)com
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DeleteThank you for the giveaway opportunity!!! Jillian.lauder@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for stopping by!
DeleteThank you for a tour of Blue Plum...gorgeous pics! I'd love to live in a "Mayberry" type of town. I've visited Kelseyville, CA & would love to live there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win Molly's book!
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Did you know that there really is a Mt. Pilot, NC? That was the "big" town that the Mayberry folks visited. It's a cute little place. Thanks for the tip about Kelseyville, CA!
DeleteGreat tour. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
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ReplyDeleteAlmost identical to my hometown of Huntingburg, Indiana. I love small towns.
ReplyDeletecjreynolds52(at)comcast(dot)net
Indiana has some cute little places. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteThis is one of my favorite series!
ReplyDeleteYou are very kind! Glad you like it!
DeleteLove the pictures! Grew up in a smaller part (Morgan Park) of a larger town (Duluth) - if that makes sense - back in the 40s.
ReplyDeletekpbarnett1941[at]aol.com
It does make sense. Small areas of larger cities can definitely have the feel of a "town."
DeleteLovely pictures. My hometown used to qualify as a small town, I'm not sure it does anymore. There's a big city pretty close by and it seems to have spread out our way in last decade or so. That's not necessarily a good or a bad thing, but I kind of miss when things were quieter around here. Thank you for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleterobbfan141729@yahoo.com
Sprawl seems to catch up to us all, doesn't it? There's a vibrancy when more people and businesses move in, but then you kind of miss the slower pace and quiet. Ah well. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteThis is a new series to me. Love the fact that it takes place in a haunted yarn shop. Can't wait to read. Definitely adding to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I hope you enjoy the books.
DeleteNice photos. I enjoy this series very much.
ReplyDeleteagavigan@cox.net
Thanks!
DeleteThis is a new series to me. Love the fact that it takes place in a haunted yarn shop. Can't wait to read. Definitely adding to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteI live in what a lot of people think is a small town but I disagree. It is filled with so mush great stuff that it can't possibly be considered 'small town'.
ReplyDeletejenne.turner@unt.edu
I love that!
DeleteBeautiful pics, and I love your books ! Thank you for the opportunity to win one ! kathambre@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy, on both counts!
DeleteSmall towns may be small in size but are jam packed with character, not just in the buildings and such but the many interesting people who live within. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this giveaway. robeader53@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely, Robin!
DeleteI haven't read any of this series but would love to try it.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. Looks like a wonderful town.
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Thank you, Mary. The town of Blue Plum is dear to my heart (and to my author's heart, too).
DeleteLoving the pictures thank you.
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Thanks for stopping by the blog!
DeleteI have just loved this series. One of my favorites. The pictures are just lovely. I want to live there! Thank you for a chance to win! Have a wonderful weekend! Doodlesink@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words, Kristina! I'm pretty sure our author, Molly, would like to live in Blue Plum, too.
DeleteI live in a small town and love it. (Hollister, CA) Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeletebabemomara@att.net
I've seen pictures of Hollister. Nice place!
DeleteI do live in a small town and I love it. We have a mural also on a downtown Building and our town looks a lot like this except we are right on top of a mile wide River...Thanks for the chance to win this...
ReplyDeleteMarilyn ewatvess@yahoo.com
Your town sounds enchanting, Marilyn!
DeleteI live in a medium-size community but I love small towns.
ReplyDeletepeggyhyndman(at)att(dot)net
Medium towns can be well-done, too. :) Thanks for stopping by the blog, Peggy!
DeleteI live in a small town, much smaller that Blue Plum. I grew up here and I'm so glad to be raising my family here. Small towns are wonderful and I would love to visit Blue Plum. utaker555@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYou're a lucky duck to be able to raise your family in your hometown! Small towns have a great atmosphere, don't they?
DeleteI don't live far from Jonesborough, TN and I want to read this series! Thanks for the giveaway!!!
ReplyDeletesharonbabyme@yahoo.com
It's a beautiful corner of the world, isn't it? Love upper east Tennessee!
DeleteI love stories set in small town USA- especially a cozy mystery! Thanks for the picturesque scenes that aide in setting the scene while I am reading! Thanks for the chance to win! luvs2read4fun@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Thanks for stopping by the blog, Amanda!
DeleteLoved the pictures. I wanted to sit in the gazebo and enjoy the peace and quiet and walk down Main Street window shopping. Thank you annettena@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteYou'd love it, Annette. And you can actually do it, if you visit Jonesborough, Tennessee, where our author lived for almost twenty years.
DeleteI like working in large cities and actually grew up in a large city, but always spent the summer in a small beach town. I live in a small town now and do love small town living! I would love to win any of these books!! My email address is: Pucsbride13@gmail.com. Thank you!!! You are awesome!
ReplyDeleteYou've been converted. Wonderful!
DeleteI am no longer able to travel due to a back injury! These wonderful books take me on a journey I would never be able to have! thank you so muh!
ReplyDeleteThat's the magic of books. Nothing like them in this world. Thanks for being a reader!
DeleteHaving grown up in a small town (Eagle River, WI.) I really enjoy reading books about them. Gorgeous pictures, and I've been wanting to go back and visit Tennessee again, so now I have another place to go. kimheniadis (@) gmail (.) com
ReplyDeleteWith all those lakes, Eagle River must have been a great place to grow up. Wisconsin and Tennessee are my two favorite states.
DeleteSmall towns have a special pull. That idea that you can walk from home and around the town, and meet all the people, talk to friends, have a cup,of tea. Add in a haunted yarn shoppe,many you've got me. The small town I would love to see is Cabot Cove, ME. I spent a lot of time watching it...
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be fun to walk around Cabot Cove with Jessica Fletcher? Fun side note - in the book Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice, Jessica's bedtime reading is Lawn Order - a book by our author, Molly MacRae. How cool is that?
DeleteAnd the winner of the random drawing is . . . Traveler! Congratulations, and thank you all for your comments.
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