SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER... Groundhog Day 2013: 'Punxsutawney Phil' Predicts Early Spring! Ahhhh Spring, my favorite season. It is rare for Phil to predict an early spring. I will take it! I finally was able to watch it all in person ... or ... I should say freeze and watch. It was a very pleasant and breezy 2°F up on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Today, they celebrated Groundhog Day's 127th year. They said we were one of their biggest crowds so far. I thought of … [Read more...] about Punxsutawney Phil Predicts an Early Spring
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In Hoping for That First Sign of Spring …
Today, I am thinking about sunshine (I miss it) and the excitement I feel when I see that first sign of spring. The robin poking around in the yard. The tiny green bud of a flower poking through the snow. Sigh. It made me think of Shakespeare... Shakespeare’s Sonnet XVIII Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And … [Read more...] about In Hoping for That First Sign of Spring …