Happy Groundhog's Day!

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Or Imbolc, Candlemas, or just Winter is Halfway Done!   Its been a long one and looking forward to the spring.

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That groundhog looks like a rabbit! 

 

 

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One of my favorites.

Phil predicts six more weeks of winter.  He saw his shadow. 

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Ned: Ned... Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well? 

Phil: Ned Ryerson? 

Ned: Bing! 

Phil: Bing.

Staten Island Chuck, Punxsutawney Phil provide conflicting Groundhog Day predictions

The dividing line for an early respite from winter is the New York-Pennsylvania border — or so say the furry gurus of Groundhog Day.

Famed forecaster Staten Island Chuck failed to see his shadow Thursday, sending a warming message to New Yorkers that the arrival of spring was just six weeks away.

Yet Punxsutawney Phil, the granddaddy of the groundhog prognosticators, offered more chilling news from his Keystone State home: Six more weeks of winter were imminent.

The Staten Island Zoo denizen delivered his annual prediction without the help of Mayor de Blasio, who famously fumbled the rodent’s predecessor three years ago.

“We doubt the groundhog will be heartbroken,” City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Ramos said about the mayor’s no-show. Mayor Bloomberg was bitten by an earlier incarnation of Chuck during the 2009 ceremonies.