Next Saturday, February 2, Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog, will stick his head out of his home to determine if he sees his shadow or not...I never did understand this tradition, but I think if he doesn't see his shadow that's a good thing. It signals that there are 6 more weeks until spring!
Anyhow, however you wish to interpret the groundhog weather forecaster's fate, the official pronouncement from the official website of the revered varmint from western/central Pennsylvania goes:
"Six more weeks of winter, or an early spring... which will it be? If Phil sees his shadow on Saturday, February 2nd, we can expect six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow signals an early spring."
So there you have it!
Now, being the reasonable and always reasoning guy that I am, I reckon there would be six more weeks of winter before spring anyhow...no matter how you calculate it! So give or take a day or two. Who really cares?
I celebrate the arrival of spring when the temperature gets warmer, when there is an aroma of budding flowers in the air, when I can repose my winter clothing, when the days are noticeably longer, when I see more than crocuses flowering...or is it croci!
In any event, this year I want to celebrate with old Phil! I want to see more than one hundred thousand points at the bottom of my profile picture by February 2! That will make t
his leap year of 2008 extra special.
I'm talking as a blogger now. That 100,000 points will signal the end of my 'basic training'...I will enter the 'Spring' of my blogging career...and I will be celebrating with a furry creature that I have tried on numerous occasions to eradicate from my little corner of the world!
Come February 2, 2008 I guess it won't get much better than this!!!
Phil, here's to ya!!!
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