Candlemas Or Groundhog Day?

If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Winter has another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Winter will not come again.
English poem (Anon)

• English fishermen: "When the wind's in the east on Candlemas Day / There it will stick till the first of May."
• An old German proverb: "The shepherd would rather see the wolf enter his stable on Candlemas Day than the sun"
• In Scotland: "If Candlemas Day be dry and fair / the half o' winter's to come and mair [more]."

Every year on February 2nd, groundhogs in Canada and the U.S. of A. emerge from burrows to help predict the weather for the coming months. Tradition dictates that if a groundhog sees its shadow, there will be another six weeks of winter. If it does not, that means spring is coming early.

 
In Canada, our celebrity rodent meteorologists: Shubenacadie Sam, in Nova Scotia; Wiarton Willie, in Ontario.  Sadly we lost Balzac Billy in Alberta just days before this year’s Groundhog Day, festivities there have been cancelled.

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Ontario's Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog,  did see his shadow (darn) so it means for us, 6 more weeks of winter.
 
Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam did not see his shadow this morning as he scurried from his tiny shed at a provincial wildlife park northeast of Halifax.

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Punxsutawney Phil, the famous America groundhog meteorologist of central Pennsylvania, did not see his shadow this morning.

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 SO, the only thing left to do today then is to watch the movie Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray & Andie McDowell.  It's a comedy so with Willie's forecast of more winter, laughter is the only way to deal with the news.  Happy Candlemas or as we say in this part of the world, Happy Groundhog Day, may you not see your shadow ....  oh & for the record, I did not see my shadow this morning.