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AN EARLY SPRING, ANYONE?

So good ol’ Punxsutawny Phil saw his shadow and thus predicted 6 more weeks of winter.  The very same day General Beauregard Lee did not see his shadow in Georgia so they will enjoy an early spring.  Since Florida is closer to Georgia I hope that means an early spring for us–as long as we don’t end up with a looooong, hottttttt summer!  I like my temperatures to range between 70 and 80 degrees.

And so what ABOUT Florida anyway?  Do we have no famous (or even infamous groundhogs?)  And if we DID have one what would his/her name be?  Miami Miranda? 

Miami Miranda

 How ’bout Weeki Wachee Walt? 

Weeki Wachee Walt

 Or perhaps Pensacola Pork Chop?

Pensacola Pork Chop

"Flamingo" by Nightjar

And maybe we would really rather have a flamingo prognosticator.  It would certainly cast a much more interesting shadow. 

Speaking of shadows…  Since we had such contradictory responses from the more celebrated groundhogs, my class and I decided to have our own sighting.  We stood in front of the overhead projector and looked for our own shadows.  I believe everyone saw their shadows except for the 2 students who were afraid to look.  Soooo…. does that mean 6 more weeks of winter (well, 5 now that a week has already gone by) or an early spring because Georgia is getting one, or does it simply mean we look on the calendar and see that the first day of spring hasn’t changed one bit due to ground hog day? 

I’m so sorry to be getting this blog in a week late, but it takes time to ponder the intricacies of the sciences.  From now on I’ll just leave that up to the local meteorologists to figure out.  THEY are welcome to consult with Punxsutawney Phil or Beau or Porkchop as much as they want.  Just get us through this winter as quickly as possible.