It's official: Phil saw his shadow....

[thirtyhz]

Okay, no early spring this year...Phil saw his shadow.     I guess the seedlings get started indoors...again.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_groundhog_day

Punxsutawney Phil's text: Better late than never
 2 hrs 25 mins ago

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – Punxsutawney Phil might be an expert at shadow spotting, but texting? Not so much.

About two hours after the famous groundhog "saw" his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter, the rodent's inaugural stab at text-messaging appeared. Phil also sent a Twitter update at about that time.

Officials with the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club didn't immediately return calls about Phil's texting skills.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

The Inner Circle annually announces Phil's forecast at dawn on Gobbler's Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

[lynx]

General Beauregard Lee, in Atlanta, failed to see his shadow this morning, so it's an early spring for Georgia (I hope!).

Happy Imbolc, y'all.

[slim2none]

No matter what Phil saw, spring will arrive here...eventually.  I'm (almost) sure of it!

Grow and eat some fresh garden greens for me please! (drooling just thinking about it...)