ByDon

Almost all of the nearly 400 restaurants here in Key West will deliver their food. But for some reason, Grace and I do not take advantage of this service. I know that my employees here will have cups of coffee delivered as well as lunch but I must have lived in the boonies too long to feel okay about that.

Our citrus tree got trashed by Irma so we planted another this week. We are determined to grow tropical fruit in our yard or I may have to move back to the frozen northland. We currently have mango, lemon, lime, pineapple, banana, orange, and grapefruit but no food! Well, it did take me about 25 years to finally grow apples in Vermont so I will just have to be patient.

This next week has the lighted bicycle and lighted boat parades which are part of the Key West holiday celebration. Grace keeps trying to spell something out with some lights on our fence but I guess we need some new lights.

Thank you so much for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,
Don & Emily

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