Treat Truck Summer

Truck Treat Summer takes me back to some of my earliest childhood memories, before we ever moved to a rural farm in the mid-south. As a youngster, I lived in a California neighborhood, and one of the surest signs of summer was hearing the jingle of the ice cream truck making its way down the street. The minute that music started, all the neighborhood kids would come running, coins in hand, hoping to catch the truck before it rolled on.

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That feeling of excitement has stayed with me all these years. This collection is a little piece of that memory ... sunny days, sweet treats, and the simple kind of joy that did not need much to feel special. We even had a cherry tree in our backyard, and I can still remember climbing it and eating cherries in the summer heat, which makes this collection feel even more like home to me.