mr.cone

i am currently in upstate new jersey and apparently today is a day of celebration for the people in the area as it is the day that the "closed of the season" ice cream stores re-open

the humor exists in the fact that
...there is still mounds of snow in the parking lots
...lakes are still frozen enough for people to stand on them but yet there is enough open water that the swans are also returning
...the average temps this week are still somewhere around the 30 degree mark
...the line of people waiting to get there first taste of spring in a soft serve ice cream cone were still wearing down jackets, hats and the occassional pair of gloves

and yet the stand is open, people are buying and sitting down on the frigid wooden picnic benches and thinking of the heat of spring and summer that are on their way