The adorable name of Izzy, don't let it fool you

We are under a severe winter weather advisory, and it's blowing a bigtime wind out there. I can see some snow mixed with the spotty rain. Her name is Izzy, and she's is freezing cold! It's not even that the temperature is so low, it's the wind involved that is pushing the "feels like" to "feels like hammered crap cold." It's not like I can stop it, so in anticipation of Izzy's arrival, we had a (very cold and damp) day out yesterday in a bigger city just a few miles away to gather up some goodies!

Lunch was a warming Thai curry. We were not overly hungry, so we split a Panang curry with brown rice, and was it ever good. I could eat Thai food several times a month and never, ever get tired of it. Same with Indian food and Himalayan food. Those spices and flavors never get old. 

Afterwards, we went to Daylight Donuts, just across the road from the Thai restaurant! How handy is that? Now, if you order a filled donut at Daylight Donuts, they don't fill it until you actually choose your filling. That way, you can get it in a Bismark style donut or a round glazed donut or a powdered donut. You get the picture. I got the Bismark (éclair style) donut filled with apple filling. My husband got the Bismark donut with Boston cream. I failed to get a picture of the donuts themselves, but here is the logo from their bag. Cute, eh??! Very old school.

                                            

We also went to The Fresh Market and found a few things to enjoy to make Izzy a bit less tedious. Raspberry pillow cookies, chocolate cherry cordial coffee, smoked mozarella pasta salad, seafood salad, and Kalamata olive bakery loaf of good, chewy bread are on the menu today, along with the new movie "The Tragedy of Macbeth." It is getting phenomenal reviews, and there is nothing like a good (fictional) murder story on a winter day! I studied Shakespeare in college many years ago, and I still love the music of the lyrics, the pre-Star-Wars twist of words that Yoda carried on (not nearly as well as Shakespeare, sorry fanboys, but that's gospel truth).

Take a look at this chalkboard art. It stands out in front of the Fresh Market to greet everyone. Isn't it adorable? The artist's name at the bottom right is simply "Beth '21." Whoever Beth is, she did a great job creating something warming and sweet and good. I love that they're still acknowledging the New Year. Stores are already full of Valentine and Easter stuff, and I guess that's okay (not really). But I love the lingering of the freshness of the New Year. I'm not quite ready to give that up, yet here we are already halfway through January.

                                      

On the way home, I noticed that the snow sky was building. Initially, the snow was supposed to roll in late Sunday afternoon (today). However, the timing has changed, and it's already starting to show up a bit. Rain and snow off and on, then steady snow later this afternoon. I'm going to turn on some winter lullabies to drown out the (very loud at times) wind and pour another cup of chocolate cherry cordial coffee. I happen to have a Peggy Ann's Butterfinger chess bar to go with it, so how fantastic is that?

Local buddies, be safe. The roads are supposed to have that thin ice that is only lovely if your intention is to go car gliding and crash. If you must be out - particularly later in the afternoon- go very slow. I think they salted in anticipation, but not every road in the county will get salted. Be extremely careful, even if you think the road got salted and looks safe.

Love to you on this 16th day of January 2022. I'll be busy praying away ice and heavy, wet snow, the two things that tend to cause power outage issues. May those of us in the path of the storm stay safe, keep our electricity, and find something enjoyable to do during the hunkering down phase. Heading to the kitchen, which I love dearly, ha ha.