Well, we made it through January — that’s the good news. The bad news is that January is followed by February. I’m really looking forward to spring, or at least warmer weather. Tomorrow is Groundhog Day… every year I usually write about Groundhog Day and every year I write about the same stuff — because, well, that’s what happens on Groundhog Day.
As just about everyone knows, if a groundhog sees his shadow tomorrow, there will be six more weeks of winter, if he doesn’t see his shadow, we’ll have an early spring. Of course these rules don’t apply to just any groundhog — only to Punxsutawney Phil. He’s the only authorized true weather forecasting groundhog. No matter what other groundhogs may tell you, they are impostors.
Punxsutawney Phil has been making weather predictions for more than 131 years, so that makes him pretty old (and probably pretty wise.) If you’ve read this blog every year, you know that Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip — before getting that name, he was called Br’er Groundhog.
So in anticipation of tomorrow, I predict that Phil will see his shadow and we’ll have six more weeks of winter… and I also predict if he doesn’t see his shadow, we’ll still have six more weeks of winter.
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