Six more weeks of winter!

Today I learned that the venerable rodent of lore, Punxsutawney Phil, is forcibly pulled from his hibernation on February second by a man in a top hat. So much for my childhood notions of the little guy tottering up for a peek at the weather conditions before deciding whether it's really time to wake up.

( Full story here. )

The article doesn't mention whether the General was pulled from his stump, but apparently everyone (even the poor groundhog) knows that spring comes earlier to our Southern states.

(At least this year Georgia actually had winter. samae said so. I'll bet she's happy about the General's prediction.)