This picture is actually part of today’s prize: the “Ice Cream Pastures” puzzle. We like it because it reminds us of a scene straight out of Lancaster County…except for the psychedelic cows. Although they do sort of remind of us of our Giant Swirly Cow.
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73 Comments
Funky Cows & Funky icecream great combination.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:41 pmDuring the winter my wife and I like to do a puzzle in front of the fireplace with a cup of hot tea and a bowl of ice cream. So keep us in mind for the puzzle or even better, the ice cream!
December 27th, 2007 at 4:43 pmSeeing the colored cows, brings up the question “Can cows see color? Someone pointed out that fish and birds obviously must be able to see color since they use color to attract mates, but cows?
December 27th, 2007 at 2:37 pmLove the swirley cows, it makes a nice painting for the kithen
December 27th, 2007 at 2:23 pmWhat an awesome photo. I wonder if Turkey Hill comes from different colored cows because it is so much better? Happy holidays, I would love to win a prize.
December 27th, 2007 at 3:16 amreally like the cows!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:01 amPUZZLES! YES! Our family LOVES to make puzzles so why not a group of colorful cows?
December 27th, 2007 at 12:32 amMy daughter’s favorite color is purple! She would love the purple cow puzzle.
December 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pmwow I am so glad that I did not win this puzzle.
December 26th, 2007 at 7:44 pm100 pieces is about all that I can handle. it would take me a long, long time to do 1000 pieces.
i seem to recall seeing cows like these back in the seventies. the recollection is kind of fuzzy, but these cows do seem familiar.
December 26th, 2007 at 6:51 pmI love all the colorful cows.Happy Holidays.
December 26th, 2007 at 6:35 pmReally cool puzzle!!
December 26th, 2007 at 5:56 pmanother unigue prize. Hope I win this one.
Hope everyone had a Blessed Christmas.
December 26th, 2007 at 2:49 pmOnce again I’m puzzled by this entry. No pun intended. It’s an interesting picture, I guess there’s something for everyone. It reminds me of cows you would get strawberry milk from. I pray you all had a blessed Christmas. This was a fun thing to do for the past 12 days. I think I hit atleast half of them. Remember, after Jan 1st it’s frozen yogurt and light ice cream for everyone.
Amy
December 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pmI love the colorful cows….So that’s where the great colors in your ice cream flavors come from !!!
December 26th, 2007 at 2:15 pmI love the cow puzzle….very cute indeed
December 26th, 2007 at 2:07 pmI love the cows! Having grown up on a dairy farm of Holsteins, I recall the chore of going to the pasture and bringing the cows to the barn to be milked. What a surprise it would have been to encounter those colorful cows instead of the usual black and white to bring home.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:29 pmI love the cows!
December 26th, 2007 at 12:16 pmPuzzles and Ice cream, the sweetest combination of all! Send me the Puzzle!
December 26th, 2007 at 12:05 pmPuzzles are my favorite stress breaker.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:01 pmIs this where purple passion ice cream degins?
December 26th, 2007 at 11:41 amWe love jigsaw puzzles. I have a great collection - even some antique wooden ones. This would make a great addition if I win one!
Merry Christmas to all and best wishes for a very Happy New Year!
December 26th, 2007 at 11:36 amOk, I was really worried I was doing something wrong yesterday or that maybe seeing colored cows was all in my head! HA HA!
Ya know, a certain cheese company says that happy cows come from California, but I say that the happiest cows ought to be the ones who are chosen to make Turkey Hill Ice Cream! I’d be GREEN with envy too!
December 26th, 2007 at 11:36 amLove the puzzle! My husband would love to do this. He’s a puzzle freak.
December 26th, 2007 at 11:26 amThis would make a great picture to frame! Love the colors!
December 26th, 2007 at 11:25 amMy parents alwasy get a puzzle for the family to do at the start of each year. It stays on a table in the dining room and anytime you are at the house and have time, you add a piece. This would be a fun puzzle to do!
December 26th, 2007 at 10:45 amI haven’t done a puzzle in ages,, that Crazy Cow one looks like it would be fun! Too bad cows don’t come in crazy colors like that,,, think what they would add to the country site scenery! lol Lancaster is beautiful but those cows would sure be a tourist attraction! lol Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I’ll bet if you left Santa some Turkey Hill ice cream with those cookies, he left you some REALLY nice presents!
December 26th, 2007 at 10:37 amMerry Christmas everybody! That puzzle is so cute. Hope I win it.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:31 amMy kids would love the puzzle - and more bowls of Turkey Hill Ice cream!
Merry Christmas !
December 26th, 2007 at 10:27 amMy daughter would love this puzzle. Can you imagine if cows could really turn colors? Now that would be a wacky scene! Ha-maybe back in the 60’s there were multiple sitings of such things!!
Remember being a kid & wondering if chocolate milk came from chocolate cows?? What would come out of this herd?? Of course little cherry duetto cow supplies the cherry duetto for TH!
Hey, my coconut creme pie flavor fell to #5,,,drat!!
December 26th, 2007 at 10:24 amI HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND THAT ALL HAVE A FANTASTIC & HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:18 amlove that puzzle!!
December 26th, 2007 at 9:54 amReally glad it is fixed. Love the cows, reminds me of being in a large crowd of people.
December 26th, 2007 at 9:50 amGreat puzzle! This would be a lot of fun to put together while enjoying a big bowl of Turkey Hill Ice Cream! Now that would be fun!!
December 26th, 2007 at 9:32 amGlad it got fixed, would love to have this puzzle.
December 26th, 2007 at 9:23 amglad it got fixed
December 26th, 2007 at 8:54 amThanks for the 12 days of Ice Cream - it was fun. I especially like the puzzle and appreciated the link for its purchase.
December 26th, 2007 at 8:48 amLooked for the peaches and cream cow and finally found it.
December 26th, 2007 at 8:28 amThat’s a beautiful picture, but I’d hate to be even slightly intoxicated when I looked at it. Hope all had a Merry Christmas.
December 26th, 2007 at 8:14 amMoooooooooo!!!!!!!!! I love Ice Cream and beautiful Lancaster.
December 26th, 2007 at 7:21 amWOW!
December 26th, 2007 at 7:09 amPurple my favorite color.
December 26th, 2007 at 6:16 amHappy New year
happy new year- remeber ice cream is good for you- so make it a resolution to eat more
December 26th, 2007 at 5:22 amIt reminds me of The Wizard Of Oz — the part where Dorothy is in Oz and there is a ” horse of a different color” (the horse would keep changing colors) Maybe this is “The Wonderful World Of TurkeyHill” & it’s cows of different colors. LOL:)
December 26th, 2007 at 2:28 amI thought I would have been the first to comment on this great puzzle, but found out there was a glitch all day. Well, I love it.
December 26th, 2007 at 2:03 amI love the cow puzzle. I would enjoy doing it while eating a bowl of ice cream.
December 26th, 2007 at 1:49 amGlad you deglitched it, but by now I’ve forgotten what I was going to say….
December 26th, 2007 at 12:45 amAn interesting jigsaw. I don’t know the size but our limit is 500 pieces (my husband does most of it) since it would take my husband too long to finish a larger one and I would want my dining room table back.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:42 amWow, these cows must’ve eaten some of the coolio Turkey Hill flavors like the Raspberry Chocolate and Mint Chocolate Chip. Kinda like flamingos eating red shrimp. They say “You are what you eat!”
December 26th, 2007 at 12:36 amAt last, I can post! My hubby grew up on a dairy farm in western PA. He has Holsteins in his blood. I’d love to present him with this puzzle.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:05 amTHIS WOULD BE A GREAT PUZZLE FOR ME AND MY GRANDCHILDREN,JUST FOR SOME QUALITY TIME.
December 25th, 2007 at 11:36 pmI am a puzzle man. I would love to do the Ice Cream Pastures puzzle while eating a bowl of Turkey Hill ice cream
December 25th, 2007 at 11:29 pmI just love the puzzle
December 25th, 2007 at 11:17 pmThat’s a really neat picture. Very reminiscent of Lancaster County.
December 25th, 2007 at 11:03 pmFACT: All I want for Christmas is an “Ice Cream Pastures” puzzle, some Turkey Hill Ice Cream and Peace On Earth……..and maybe lots of money…lol
December 25th, 2007 at 11:01 pmthose psychedelic cows are more like pastel cows
December 25th, 2007 at 10:43 pmI love puzzles and this one is not only adorable, but looks just like it would come from “Turkey Hill” and reminds me of their “flying” cows!
December 25th, 2007 at 10:10 pmWow-must have been eating too much ice cream-those cows are wearing some funky colors-is it true that chocolate milk comes from brown cows? only kidding-this was a lot of fun-Merry Christmas to all and have a Happy and Healthy New Year with lots of Turkey hill ice cream-just had some Dutch Chocolate ice cream-really yummy!
December 25th, 2007 at 10:02 pmThat is very cute.
December 25th, 2007 at 9:42 pmI bought a T-shirt with cows of all colors the last time I visited Lancaster, PA. Love the puzzle!
December 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pmHmmm… all my cows are black. I guess I could make do with Holsteins, though. I grew up with them.
Yep, really… truth be told- ANY cow is just awesome!
December 25th, 2007 at 8:43 pmThat view looks so much like Lancaster County. My kids and I have used finger paints to put handprints on my Mom’s paint horses. I bet you could paint cows with finger paints or some other washable non-toxic paint. Maybe vegetable dye like Easter eggs. But the runoff probably isn’t good for the Chesapeake Bay, so let’s not try that.
December 25th, 2007 at 8:23 pmThe cows are very nice. However when my sister was in grade school and colored an elephants toenails pink, her teacher had a fit. So imagine what she would say about these wonderful cows! I just love the country and the puzzle looks like fun.
December 25th, 2007 at 7:44 pmIt sure seems like they should be an interesting ice cream base
December 25th, 2007 at 7:19 pmThis is a very sweet puzzle. My 2 year-old LOVES cows and would adore the picture, altho JACKSON up there seems really … interested … as well.
Thanks for coming back and fixing the page on Christmas!!
December 25th, 2007 at 7:13 pmI love puzzles and this one is so cute!
December 25th, 2007 at 6:51 pmI have been enjoying the postings since they started. And all they flavors I have tried are wonderful - the Dutch Chocolate is ALMOST as good as the Bittersweet from my sister’s ice cream store!
December 25th, 2007 at 6:01 pmFACT: All I want for Christmas is an “Ice Cream Pastures” puzzle, some Turkey Hill Ice Cream and Peace On Earth…
December 25th, 2007 at 5:50 pmFACT: All I want for Christmas is an “Ice Cream Pastures” puzzle and some Turkey Hill Ice Cream…
December 25th, 2007 at 5:49 pmFACT: All I want for Christmas is an “Ice Cream Pastures” puzzle…
December 25th, 2007 at 5:47 pmI love puzzles.
December 25th, 2007 at 5:28 pmI absolutely LOVE this puzzle..I grew up on a dairy farm in NH…these cows are so fun. If I don’t win, is this puzzle for sale anywhere?
December 25th, 2007 at 5:15 pmMerry Christmas
Jennifer
Hello all! Yesterday there was a glitch that didn’t allow comments to be posted to this blog entry. Sorry about that. It seems to be working now, so if you’d like a chance to win this funky puzzle, feel free to leave a comment now!
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