On the second day, of the fourteenth month, of the year two-thousand and twenty, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.
That means that we will have six more weeks of winter. It is some much-needed happy news for the people on the East Coast who watched nearly two feet of snow fall down on them yesterday.
2020, the year that keeps on giving.
Oh, and I know that today is Groundhog’s Day; but haven’t we been living Bill Murray’s version of it since March?
The North East had a pretty mild winter, that was until Punxsutawney Phil told the world on February 2nd that there would only be six more weeks of winter. Ever since he saw his shadow, it has been nonstop snow in that part of the country. So much of the white stuff has fallen, records it has broken so many records in the area and there is no end in sight.
Well the town of Merrimack, NH is not happy about being buried under all of that snow and they decided to take it out on someone. Not Mother Nature, but Punxsutawney Phil. They feel he gave them hope that Spring was coming in six weeks, but he just didn’t tell them that it would be snowing all the time with freezing temperatures as a daily affair until then. So they decided to put a warrant out for his arrest. Can’t say I blame them for going after him, can you?
Just imagine if he didn’t see his shadow; and they thought were getting an early Spring? I think there would be a new Punxsutawney Phil living in that tree for Groundhog’s Day in 2016.
BTW the forecast for Merrimack is for snow over the weekend and it will not be above 30 degrees until next Thursday. Brrrrrr!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilPepfopsU0
All over the country, poor innocent Groundhogs were forced out of there homes, picked up by a stranger and then paraded around like a prize in front of crowds of people. They don’t know why this happens to them every February 2nd, but for the most part they have come to accept this fate. That was until today.
In the town of Sun Prairie, Wisc, there was a new guy who was assigned the duty. His name is Jimmy and he was not instructed what was going to happen to him this morning. No one told him that when you are brought close to the Mayor’s ear, you are supposed to pretend to whisper into it. Instead Jimmy bit Mayor Jonathan Freund’s lobe.
You would think that this would be enough to make this Groundhog’s Day celebration the most memorable one in the country today, but there was even more to his story. According to WISC, when he was talking into the Mayor’s ear before he got a little taste of it, the elected official thought Jimmy told him he didn’t see his shadow which means they are getting an early Spring. But when Jimmy’s handler was being interviewed by the press, he said Jimmy did see shadow and they would be getting 6 more weeks of Winter.
So how much cold weather will this town have to endure, the city released a statement and went with the injured Mayor’s declaration. When it comes to how he is doing? We don’t know, he is enjoying the press on his Facebook page, but has yet to comment on his injury. When it comes to whether or not Jimmy will be back next year, we will have to wait 364 days to find out. But I hope he is back because the first timer definitely left his mark (in more than one way) on Groundhog’s Day and I can’t wait to see how he tops it year after year after year.
Forget Punxsutawney Phil, this is the Groundhog how deserves his own movie!
Punxsutawney Phil was awoken early this February 2nd to see if spring is here to stay. Or would winter be forecasted for 6 more weeks from today. When he left the comfort of his tree, the sun did not cast a shadow on he. Then the crowd of 10,000 screamed with glee knowing winter’s days are a used to be!
Happy Groundhog’s Day to all and to all the spring collection is waiting for you at the mall!
