Does Phil Feel Lucky?
Phil’s official forecast as read 2/2/08 at sunrise at Gobbler’s Knob:
Here Ye! Here Ye! Here Ye!
On Gobbler’s Knob on this fabulous Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2008
Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators,
Rose to the call of President Bill Cooper and greeted his handlers, Ben Hughes and John Griffiths.
After casting a weathered eye toward thousands of his faithful followers,
Phil consulted with President Cooper and directed him to the appropriate scroll, which proclaimed:
“As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me.
Six more weeks of winter it will be!”
So I guess it is 6 more weeks of winter, ho hum. Of course I have always found this to be funny because if he does not see his shadow then it is six more weeks until spring. Either way you cut it, it is six more weeks. Of course that is the first day of spring, Ostara,….the pagan easter. At my house Harvey the Ostara bunny likes to visit and hide his wonderful eggs! Of course if you are pagan this all makes sense, and I am sure I will explain it around Ostara. So you will just have to wait.
But I do love that there really is a Punxsutawney Phil, he even has his own website. I must say, I really love how fat he is.
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