Sam saw no shadow
The winter storm yesterday left us w/ a mess to clean up. Everything was fine this morning, I was getting ready for work, but to my surprise, they cancelled the school again:(…Arvin was thrilled of course!
We had some good news from our four-legged friend in Shube’s Wildlife Park, where they keep Sam, the groundhog. Today is Groundhog Day. Sort of a folklore were ppl go and check w/ the famous weather-forecasting rodent.Sam didn’t saw his shadow, w/c means spring is just around the corner.Good news for us, sunworshippers…but not everyone agrees, some are hoping for more snow for skiing and stuff like that.
How Groundhog Day Started:
The legend of Groundhog Day is based on an old Scottish couplet: "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year."
Every February 2, people gather at Gobbler’s Knob, a wooded knoll just outside of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Residents contend that the groundhog has never been wrong.
The ceremony in Punxsutawney was held in secret until 1966, and only Phil’s prediction was revealed to the public. Since then, Phil’s fearless forecast has been a national media event.
The groundhog comes out of his electrically heated burrow, looks for his shadow and utters his prediction to a Groundhog Club representative in "groundhogese." The representative then translates the prediction for the general public.
If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, it means spring is just around the corner.
Approximately 90% of the time, Phil sees his shadow.
Phil started making predictions in 1887.
February 2nd, 2006 at 3:57 pm
good info! that’s why that UPS guy told me yesterday that it’s groundhog day 2day daw…hehehe!
February 2nd, 2006 at 4:05 pm
yeah, da!murag kasabihan lang man na nila diri..over in Pennsylvania daw, Phil saw his shadow today and went back to his burrow while our Sam here did not. so i don’t know kung it’s true.
February 4th, 2006 at 7:11 am
hi there, been awhile since i visited this place.i missed some of ur posts
in our case here, Bukeye Chuck of Marion saw his shadow so we probably have 6 more weeks of winter, dunno but the pasts years,tinuod bya! heheh…poor thing for my flowers, most of them are peaking out na unya feb. pa…hope they will be OK.
February 4th, 2006 at 9:14 am
thanks for visiting lise, yeah that’s wat they said, these rodent’s predictions are always true…but no matter what, there’s only 6 weeks of winter anyways..beside’s our Sam here prob didn’t saw his shadow coz it was cloudy after that storm we had the day before:) hehehe, who knows! my crocuses had started to sprout too, those ones beside my house, probably bcoz of heat of the house..but now it’s covered again.don’t know if they’ll be find comes spring.