Who’s up for hibernation?
Anyone else feel like January lasted longer than 31 days? This past week was eleven days long, I swear.
Someone needs to reorganize the calendar. Making January one of the long months was unconscionable.
Unfortunately, moving the calendar labels around to make January only ten days long won’t make a bit of difference. The weather will be lousy regardless of the name or number you ascribe to the day. Januvember 45th or Febtember 31st, it’ll be cold with a 60% chance of flurries, a high of -3C falling to -11C overnight, and I’ll still eat more cookies than I should.
Today is Groundhog Day, as I’m sure you are all aware, thanks to the round-the-clock coverage of what Phil will do when he’s yanked unceremoniously from his cozy den. For us here in Nova Scotia, we have our own ground squirrel, Shubenacadie Sam, to make the seasonal prediction. Based on the weather prediction for today - a winter storm with snow and rain and high winds - poor Sam will not see his shadow and so we can look forward to an early spring.
I’ll believe that when I see it. It’s only the start of February. We’ll have winter until April, at least. Harrumph. Grumble, grumble, grumble.
But who can be crabby when gazing upon – ahem – true love?
Photo by abdullah ali on Unsplash
4 comments:
Fun post, Luanna! You captured the mood shared by many this year. Loved learning about Shubenacadie Sam! Phil saw his shadow, so the two rodent prognosticators seem to be in disagreement. Or maybe they only forecast for their area?
Judging by the storm that rolled in here in Oregon (hail, wind, rain) Sam is right.
Makes me envy our fellow writers and readers in the Southern hemisphere, where it is mid-summer and beaches beckon. SIGH.
Loved the post! and learning about Shubenacadie Sam!
Luanna, Shubenacadie Sam? Punxautawney Phil? Hmmm, whatever happened to John or Jane Smith? Today where I live it would depend on when Sam or Phil came forth. We've had bright sunshine (shadow) and rain (no shadow)...guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Fun post. I've never heard of Shubenacadie Sam. Good to know other countries/provinces have their own weather prognosticators. Though I think all these groundhogs are interesting characters--and even cute if they don't happen to be tearing up your yard--I rely on the human weather predictors and their phalanx of computer analysis. They aren't always right either but I think their track record is better and certainly more localized. :)
Now I wonder how many other groundhog predictors there are? Sounds like a fun research project for next year.
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