Groundhog Day

Well today is Groundhog Day. Though, not a true holiday still a fun day to give us something to look forward to as the Holidays are over and the cold days have set in and spring seems so very far away.  Now here in California, we have some cool (but still sunny) days nothing to complain about and nothing compared to what the rest of the country gets in the winter so an early spring is probably more important to them… we here just have fun with the idea of a groundhog being able to predict the weather.

Every February, millions of cold Americans anticipate the emergence of Punxsutawney Phil from his Pennsylvania home, Gobbler's Knob. Phil then has an important decision to make. If Phil sees his shadow, he returns to his hole, to face a longer cold winter. If no shadow, spring will arrive early! That always seemed backwards to me as if the sun is out and he see his shadow it would seem that the sun is going to be out and therefore an early spring, but since when do things have to make sense. Well today 2/2/2011 Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, so come on spring!

I am not a Bill Murray fan but love the movie Groundhog Day. In it Bill plays Phil, a weatherman who during a hated assignment of covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney. He finds himself repeating the same day over and over. After much self destructive behavior he finally does some self reflecting and when the loop is finally broken he is a much different man on February 3rd then he was on February 2nd.

The plan for tonight is bagel pizzas and watching a showing of Groundhog Day. Glenn has no scheduled meeting so unless something unexpected comes up I might get a quite evening home with my honey. (A day I wouldn’t mind repeating over and over!) Hope you have a wonderful day and don’t forget to thank Punxsutawney Phil when spring comes early this year.

**Both photos from Wikipedia