Friday, May 04, 2012

Ice Cream & Our Walk

I don't miss much of the things back in New England.  Although in our town of Sterling there are at least 3 roadside ice cream stands including Rota Springs Farm, Sterling Ice Cream Bar and Meolas.


Rota Springs Farm
Sterling Ice Cream Bar



Even in the neighboring towns there seems to be many roadside Ice Cream stands such as Pinecroft Dairy in Holden and Kimball Farms in Lancaster.  Back home they seem to be everywhere!

I tried to find one out here in California, nada!  Yeah, you have the Baskin Robbins, the Yogurt chains, etc.  All brand new and in strip malls or shopping plazas.  No roadside ice cream!  I miss the ice cream!


After thinking about all the ice cream, Elly said we needed to go for a walk. Our "daily" walk is a 2 mile loop around the Bear Creek Community.  It is interesting to see the large houses and all the pretty flowers and landscaping.  Roses seem to be everywhere and are in bloom from now until November.  Here are a few picture that I took on today's walk

Bottle Brush Shrub

Pink Roses

White Roses

Wild Statice - Elly used to use this flower in her floral arrangements


Nice bunch of Roses

One of the huge houses on our walk

Another with a fancy entrance

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