Happy Ground Hog Day – Feb 2nd

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Ron

Happy Ground Hog Day – February 2nd, 2012

Overcast = no shadow = early Spring

Sunny = shadow = late Spring

Fun movie =

Ground Hog Day

– A great day for weatherman “Phil Connors”

Famous Ground Hogs
WIARTON WILLIE of Wiarton, Ontario (location)
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (location)

Today’s forecast
Ottawa: part sun/ part cloud
Halifax: snow flurries heading toward part sun
Montreal: snow flurries heading toward part sun
Toronto: overcast heading toward part sun
Winnipeg: overcast heading toward part sun
Calgary: Clear and Sunny
Vancouver: overcast heading toward part sun

Wiarton, Ontario: Mostly cloudy
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania: More sun than cloud

Have a great Ground Hog Day everyone!

Other names for Ground Hog
– Marmota monax
– Woodchuck
– Whistle-pig

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood that he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.


About Ron

Ron has long had an interest in photography and traveling and, in recent years, has had more time to devote to both activities. Long a Pentax user, Ron switched to Nikon gear when he went digital. The advent of the digital SLR camera, and the ease of the internet blogging process, has provided a venue for sharing his photography and travel experience at the local, national and international level. More about Ron
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