The farm on the quiet side of town

Powder Hill Road climbs out of Enfield past fences and fields, and right at the top sits a white farm building with a painted cow on the sign. That is the creamery. The board says it plainly: fresh made, here on the farm.

It is a seasonal place, the way ice cream should be. The window opens in the middle of March and stays open every day from 12 to 9 until the cold chases everyone back inside. In between, the picnic tables fill up, the tractor playscape earns its keep, and the line at the window becomes half the town.

The round Collins Creamery sign with the painted cow

The painted face cutout sign with the cow, sheep, and ice cream cone at dusk — The cutout sign at closing time. Kids have been putting their faces through that cow for years.

Part of the neighborhood

Thousands of neighbors follow the farm just to hear when the season opens. Fourth of July specials, Mother's Day waffles, Easter ice cream pies, opening day in March: the creamery keeps the town's calendar in scoops.

Come once for the ice cream. Come back because eating a waffle cone at a picnic table on a hill is the best version of a summer night in Enfield.

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