After two days of gray rainy weather and staying inside and enjoying hunkering down, today the sun came out and it warmed up, and I just HAD to get outside. I decided to go to Millbrook (if you're a regular reader you know I love this little village) because they have nice sidewalks to walk around, and I knew I could enjoy the sunshine, go in a few shops if I felt like it, and hear the sound of leaves crunching under my feet and smell that "fall smell" of dry leaves baking in the sun. So I blew off some household chores and took a "mental day", you know what I mean?
Millbrook is a rare place, at least in my neck of the woods, in that most of the businesses here are still "Mom and Pop" owned. Not a hotbed of top franchises, that's for sure. Even the bank is individually owned - it's the "Millbrook Bank", can you believe it? Inside they still have a big old fashioned vault - it's really cool, and it's beautiful. One time I took my daughter in to show her and a nice clerk came over and let her try to move the door to the vault to show her how heavy and solid it is. Ain't no one getting in THAT vault!
Anyway, it was a very relaxing afternoon - just a gorgeous fall day. Here's a sign I saw in one of the shops (Keeper's Market) - I think it will give you a good idea of why I find Millbrook to be so quaint. :-)
The end.
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