Will Phil see his shadow? (Seventh annual DG poll)

Unlike the northern states, we have a majority of sunny days in Florida and I bet it will be sunny on that renowned day as well.

This is my first ever "First Vote" on the voting booth so couldn't resist having a word to boot.

Molly
:^)))

I'm guessing 2 and 4 because I dont think Phil knows what a shadow is or what all the hoopla is about :-)

I am not guessing, cause where I live, it is gonna be 6 more weeks of winter anyway. Why ask Phil?

Someone please buy him a blindfold, I am ready for SPRING!

I'll happily buy the poor fella one of those "beauty sleep" total darkness masks if it'll ensure he doesn't see his shadow or anything else!

I voted that Phil will see his shadow. With all the lights on him, how could he not see his shadow. ;-)

Marilyn

Are you talking about Dr. Phil??

I can't guess because I'm not comfortable with risk!

I argee with Terry... Phil is beautiful creature groundhog....

I voted that Phil will NOT see his shadow ... just hoping for an early spring for all of y'all in the frozen north!

I WANT him to not see his shadow...but I think he probably will...

victor,

Not Dr Phil, Punxsutawney Phil the PA groundhog. If you don't know who Phil is, you should watch the movie Groundhog Day; that's the most entertaining way to get introduced to Phil.

I wish they would leave that poor creature in his nice warm bed.

Hope he won't.... think he will.... ~sigh~

:)

I cheated and checked the Punxsutawney weather forecast...AM clouds predicted for Groundhog day! But I know that far in advance the predictions probably won't be right, so I probably should have guessed that it'll be sunny and he will see his shadow!

I just know we do not want a repeat of last year!

We had really warm weather , real early and then had a sudden late cold snap/ freeze in early april that killed or injured a lot of plants/trees and took out almost all the fruit crops in our area.


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My brother in law was born on Groundhog Day, they named him Paul, can you believe that!!!!!

Maybe that was Phil's brother who manage to stay out of the public hoopla and went fishing that day.

LOL Linda!

I HOPE he will see his shadow!! Bring on the snow! We never get snow like we had yesterday.....what a great time with the kids!....and no school today!

mgh, I LOVE SNOW, TOO!!!! It's the only time my garden looks absolutely perfect!!! And no bugs!!!
I voted "I'm not guessing" b/c I can't stand those furry varmints that we call woodchuck. They've made it impossible for me to raise vegetables- they can get to anything I'm growing and eat it. Plus, they aren't cute like other garden-raiders, bunnies and bambis.

I don't know, I think it would be kind of fun if Dr. Phil was pulled out of bed by a bunch of tuxedo clad men wearing top hats and forced outside to see if he had a shadow.. His wife might not appreciate it tho...

Savagegardener ... Wow! You had a freeze in April??! I guess I've lived in Florida so long, that seems really amazing to me!

mgh: Love that picture! Such a cutie ... the little guy and the snowman too! I think it would be so much fun to play in the snow and build a snowman. Maybe I will get the chance to play in snow someday, hopefully before I'm too old to move (and I'm getting there fast!)

Ticker: I will be thinking of that scenario all day and laughing! I think it would be funny if Dr. Phil's wife, Robin were to have the tuxedo clad guys come to their house and rouse Dr. Phil out of bed and outside to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow!

I don't know..... I don't have much faith in a scrawny rodent-like mammal..... we have Wiarton Willie, the Canadian version of Phil.....

me, I trust the potatoes....

when the potatoes start to sprout eyes in the storage drawer, I know spring's on it's way....

when the sprouts reach the top of the drawer on their way to the garden, I know it's time to plant.....

I think they can see the calendar from the drawer......

trust the potato!



p.s. the potatoes are just showing teeny eyes!

happy spring!

LOL drivenbonkers! I have potatoe's sprouting - I guess spring is beginning way down here in the south and heading north!

I did not vote, I have heard of Phil but did not know which meant what, so I just abstained. I don't trust a rodent with that kind of responsibility anyway. ;~)

What happens if Phil tests positive for drug abuse and is disqualified?

;-)

He'll get his own talk show.

If he tests positive for drugs, could we really trust
what he's actually seeing? It might be a flower covered
VW bus or something...he might even freak out if he saw
a shadow! oh no!

More likely that we'd freak out if we saw his shadow....

The weather is never the same here as it is in Philly. So it makes no difference to me.
It is kind of like 6 more weeks of winter or 6 weeks till the last frost.
First day of spring don't come any earlier or later. It always gives one last cold blast after the first day of spring. Very rare if it don't.
So I'm not guessing.

Never heard of Phil........................................ must be because I am English!!

I chose not to guess. Think it is stupid that if he sees his shadow hmmm SUN LIGHT! we get 6 more weeks of winter and if no shadow CLOUDY and likely COLD then its spring!??!
Who decided this tradition and why is it backwards????? I like to think it opposite so I hope he sees his shadow and spring comes faster!

I kinda figured he'd see his shadow...................I thought he did last year, too. But that didn't make much of a difference anyway...................it's cold for the next2 months here. Oh well, more time to plan my gardens out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phil's been a pretty good fella, hasn't treated Michigan to badly. Let's hope the poor boy doesn't see it! I'm ready to plant.
>>>elf

I figure he'll see his shadow. If he does (or doesn't) and you don't like his answer, you could always check on the Eastern Canadian groundhog, Shubenacadie Sam (Shubenacadie is close to where I am originally from), or Wiarton Willie (the Ontario groundhog). Sometimes they give me an answer I like better!

ok now i know who phil is! us aussies are a bit slow y'know
i

Not much time left to vote.......
Here is Phil's site for those who want to know more. http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/

I don't really care one way or the other, as long as we don't repeat last year. Last spring broke my heart, trees in bloom, everything covered with new spring leaves.. then BAM!!! -5 for nearly a week. pretty much lost a years growth on most everything that managed to recover.

What ever happened to Jimmy the Groundhog? He was from Wisconsin, I think..