In Honor of Strawberry Ice Cream
Thought of the Day:
“It’s a rare plant,” he said, touching the sprig in my open hand. “Flowers, fruit and leaves all together at the one time. The white flowers are for honour, and red fruit for courage – and the green leaves are for constancy.”
Diana Gabaldon, “Drums of Autumn”
Thinking Outside of the Box:
Today is Strawberry Ice Cream Day and I can hardly think of a better reason 
to celebrate. Now, it is true that my favorite flavor is Haagan Daz Coffee; that is an ice cream I will go out of my way to find. A close second is Breyer’s Rocky Road. But recently, I have tried to curb those chocolate cravings (something that good must be bad for you?) and I have tried something I never really gave a fair shake to before. Strawberry ice cream.
The verdict? I like it. A lot! Now, I must confess the thought crossed my mind that hot fudge on that strawberry would be heavenly but I dismissed the idea (didn’t have any hot fudge, anyway) and I have found the strawberry to be quite good.
It isn’t a deep thought. It isn’t out of the box in the least. It is merely a thought discovered within a carton of something I hadn’t tried before. I didn”t know about strawberry ice cream and I certainly didn’t know there was a day to observe how good it is. My advice? Go buy some in your preferred brand, get a good movie and a spoon, and just enjoy!
Just think about it.
Some Last Thoughts:
“Remember the Viper: ’twas close at your feet, How you started and threw yourself into my arms; Not a strawberry there was so ripe nor so sweet As the lips which I kiss’d to subdue your alarms.”
Robert Bloomfield
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It”s getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn’t matter much to me
Let me take you down, ‘cos I”m going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout.”
John Lennon/Paul McCartney
“Strawberry Fields Forever”
“One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.”
Golda Meir
On the strawberry: “Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.”
Dr William Butler
Interesting Visits
A wickedly wonderful recipe for strawberry ice cream
The Original Strawberry Facts Web Site
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