The ice cream returns!

Every year, as the grey and chill settle into the November air, our local ice cream window (connected to a coffee shop) puts up a sign informing us that the ice cream is "on vacation."  Much like the closing of the local Dairy Queen when we lived in New Hampshire, this ushers in the winter season in a very unmistakable way.

In past years, the ice cream has returned around mid March.  This year, we had a mild winter (my apologies to my American and Canadian readers), and are having an early spring.  Happily, the coffee shop owners noticed and the ice cream returned on Saturday.

We saw the signboard out and were drawn to that window for some of the cool and creamy stuff.  Here's Marika with her first cone of the year:

Now that the ice cream has returned, it really feels like spring time.

Here's wishing you lots of sunshine and warmth wherever you may be,

--Hadley