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Jack Frost and Old Man Winter have been busy this year
Obviously, it’s not easy to predict the weather.
Obviously, it’s not easy to predict the weather.
None of the woodchucks in various part of Ontario or the marmot in Quebec saw their shadow on February 2, or more commonly referred to as Groundhog Day. This means we will be getting an early spring. Stateside the rodents did see their shadow so they are in for another six weeks of winter weather.
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As I have often said, there is no better place to live than Canada, for a large variety of reasons including smarter groundhogs.
German-speaking Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants brought with them to North America the tradition of predicting spring using hibernating mammals. In their home country a badger was the rodent that would forecast the arrival of spring. Originally in Germany it was a bear but........