Freund's Farm Market

East Canaan CT - With a sign that says, "Do you need Pie Therapy?",how could I not stop. Freund's Farm Market is chock full of stuff from baked goods, gifts, tee shirts, flowers, you name it. They even do catering, if you are having a wedding they can do the food, flowers, and can even supply the Justice-of-the-Peace. Click ==>HERE<== to go to their website.


This is the side of the building, just walk through the flowers to the entrance.


A large supply of gifts,you can even buy "Cow Pots" made with composted cow manure. For these pots they won a green thumb award in 2007 from the Mail Order Gardening Association.


Here is my favorite...Baked Goods. I did not go for the "Pie Therapy" just Cookie Therapy that day.


My choice, a very thick Oatmeal Cookie with three kinds of fruit baked inside.



The Chickens.


The fruits of the chicken's labor...Rachel's Radiant Eggs, Fertile, Fresh, Free Range, and other "F" words.


Last but not least, the greenhouse overflowing with wonderful plants.

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The Old Creamery Grocery

Cummington, MA - This is THE meeting place in the Cummington area. They seem to have anything you want from groceries, baked goods, liquor, organic fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, even pottery. I was referred to this place by E.M. Smith, the potter I wrote about an few days ago, he was very adamant that I go here...he was right.


View behind the counter, in the back you can see the workers making sandwiches, quiche, and other goodies.


This is the "Little Gallery" where local artisan's work is displayed.


You can see all the people in the restaurant area, some are here just for lunch, others use this area as a meeting place, I even saw a few girls working on their laptops(Wi-Fi?)



This was my lunch, a "When Pigs Fly" sandwich along with a Blueberry soda.

BLANDFORD COUNTRY STORE

Blandford, MA - On one of my roadtrips I stopped at the Blandford Country Store. I was greeted by the friendly owners and we chatted for a while. One thing that struck me was that they knew everyone that came in and talked to them like they were old friends; as you would expect in a general store.




This is a photo of the inside of the store. In the back is a deli, I got it on good advice that they make a great sandwich. If you look in the lower left corner in the white boxes, those are Mrs. Murphy's Doughnuts from Southwick, MA, they put Dunkin Donuts to shame.




This is the cafe section of the store, it has a general store ambiance with old farm implements hanging on the wall as artwork from local artist. There is even a historical wall with photos loaned from the Blandford Historical Society.




And if you just want to hang out with a cup of coffee and a Mrs. Murphy's Doughnut, go sit in the "Hardware Corner" and watch the world go by. So if you ever wander through Blandford, stop in the the Blandford Country Store.