Groundhog Day

No, my life is not a Bill Murray movie. And actually, I had forgotten that today was Groundhog Day until Ray reminded me tonight.

I guess the prediction from the famous PA groundhog is that we'll have six more weeks of winter, but I don't really feel like we've had very much of a winter yet. I'm half ready to start planting peas in my spring garden, only I have the bad feeling that some freak snowstorm in April will come and wipe out my fragile seedlings and I'll have to start all over again. No, better to wait until AFTER said freak snowstorm.

In other news, not only did I miss Chinese New Year (bad Chinese girl!), but I forgot all about Imbolc/Candlemas/St. Brigid's Day (bad witch!), which is February 1st, and which is directly related to Groundhog Day. All these holidays are celebrations of midwinter, looking ahead to a spring that is already peeking its head out of its proverbial hole. For those of us who despise the cold darkness of winter, this is a very exciting time. Mother Earth is just beginning to wake up. I just hope she doesn't press the snooze button with a freak snowstorm sometime in April.