Groundhog Day! :)

[RadishRose]

 

[oldman]

Here's a picture of Punxsutawney Phil with his handler.

 

[treeguy64]

It's just a bit of fun. I can tell you, having grown up in Pennsylvania, that there was always 6 more weeks of winter, regardless of what the groundhog predicted. No groundhogs here in Texas, and not much in the way of winter, either.

Au contraire, my fellow Texan:

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/wea...og-guest-predicts-an-early-spring-for-dallas/

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Meanderer]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Butterfly]

I always wonder how the groundhog feels about being dragged out of his nice warm home to participate in all that nonsense. Haven't the groundhog handlers been bitten a couple of times?

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Meanderer]

The Groundhog Song

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[debodun]

I am not surprised he usually sees his shadow with all the Klieg lights trained on him.

 

[Buckeye]

And today is the big day! I can hardly wait to see what the weather is going to be

 

[ronaldj]

well, what will it be? six weeks or a month and a half till spring.

 

[Meanderer]

Perry Como - Me And My Shadow

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Pink Biz]

Crowds gathered in Woodstock Sunday morning to see what Illinois’s own groundhog would have to say about an early spring.

Woodstock’s annual Groundhog Day festival kicked off with Woodstock Willie greeting the crowds and her shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter.

But, Sunday’s balmy forecast disagreed with a high of 52 degrees and sun predicted for most of the Chicago area!!

 

[Pappy]

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Catlady]

I read that he's right or wrong 50% of the time.

 

[Buckeye]

Yippee! We are going to have an early spring. Thank goodness.

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[debodun]

The "official" groundhog in Pennsylvania does not go by the shadow method any more. His handler sets him on a stump on which two scrolls rest. Whichever the groundhog supposedly indicates to the handler is picked up and read as a proclamation.