Here in Canada we are always looking for anything that will give us some hope Winter will soon be over and we can look forward to some warmer weather. So on February 2nd. we celebrate Groundhog Day. A groundhog is an ugly looking furry rodent which weighs about 13 pounds, is about the size of a small dog, just taking a guess, not very good at judging sizes. It eats grasses and clover and some garden pests. the only harm it does is makes big holes to hibernate in during the Winter months. Supposedly, by the beginning of February it pokes its nose out of the ground to see if it is Spring. If the sun is shining and he can see his shadow, he heads back down to stay warm for awhile longer because it will be a long time before we will see Spring. If he does not see his shadow, Spring will be here in six weeks. Spring will be here in six weeks whether he sees his shadow or not. Wiarton, Ontario is where Willie lives, so we rely on the weather there at the time he comes out, which may not be the same everywhere in Ontario or in the U.S. as they also have a ground hog that predicts early Spring or not.
We had rain overnight and early this morning, which has now turned into wet snow. The forecast is for light snow today, if this is light snow I don't want to see what it is like when it really is snowing. During the next 48 hours we can expect 24 cm. to accumulate. Good thing Hubby put new belts on the snow blower and now it is ready to clean off the driveway later.
I have snowdrops planted under the tree in the front garden, now some of the snow has melted around the base of said tree, I can see them poking some leaves above the ground and just a little bit of white which will be the flowers when they open.
Lazy day today, as we stayed up much too late watching the tube, nothing pressing to do today, so we do not much of anything, just necessities.
Yesterday was a lovely day so took a nice long walk, it was nice to be able to go down the street and walkways with worrying about slipping.
Stay warm or cool as the case maybe.
Awwwww... don't you ever again call groundhogs "ugly". *hahahaha* They're precious!! I love it when one of them moseys on through our property. I don't see them nearly as often as I'd like.
ReplyDeleteWe have a foot of snow already, with 4-6 more inches predicted. Spring seems a very far away right now. Yesterday it got up near 50*F though so you could have fooled me that spring already arrived. What a difference a day makes.
Keep warm~ Andrea
Snow hasn't arrived here yet but it has been sprinkling rain since late morning. I am just looking out for when it turns to freezing rain so have tucked the car away in the garage. Wiarton Willie would definitely not have seen his shadow if he had been here!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to see signs of Spring regardless what your groundhog tells you!
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