What is your favorite place to go in your city? – An easy question from the Daily Writing prompt.
I don’t live in a city. I live in a town called Woodstock. And my favorite place is The Snowball Stand. We have been here for more than a few decades and that has been a staple of our life. Well, mine and the kids, my better half is more of an ice cream person.
Neighborhood kids have worked there for generations including mine. It’s such a refreshing treat on a warm day (I can eat’em on cold days also). It’s a small spot, but a popular one. Owners have changed a few times and each time they keep adding things.
The new owners are keeping it open longer and serving hot drinks (cider, hot chocolate) and selling pumpkins and Xmas trees till they close in December. Then there is that painful period till they open I believe in mid to late March again when I get to start redeeming the gift cards the kids get me a Xmas for more snowballs. And the cycle of life continues.
I even stop at their parking area and take photos periodically of the fields and woods of the Howard County Conservancy which is right across the street from The Snowball Stand. Like the shot below. It’s a beautiful and relaxing view when I have the time to consume one there.
Caution – Brain Freeze is a real condition. I get it every time.
Photo by Mike Hartley
