Early Spring?

The fog

has not

lifted

for

two

days.

No sun.
No shadows.
It's Groundhog Day.

The German tradition has it:

If a hibernating animal casts its shadow on February 2nd

 - the Christian holiday of Candlemas -

winter will last six more weeks.

 If no shadow

"frightens

the critter

back into

its burrow,"

spring

will come

early.

What else can we expect but an Early Spring?