Official Prognostication

Hope has spoken.  Prepare yourselves for six more weeks of the winter doldrums.  Hope's inner circle met at Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators today for the annual ceremony.  The day was bright and sunny, albeit cold and snowy, and Hope the groundhog was greeted with her shadow when she emerged.  I hear that other, less famous, groundhog in Philadelphia also said the same thing.  The ceremony was not livestreamed due to a cellular service glitch, but it will be posted later on Utopia's Facebook page.  This year's ceremony included a new addition, American Girl Dolls since the groundhog could not visit the school children in the midst of a pandemic.  The dolls were a hit in a Yellow Trial Museum program earlier this year.  Pastor Ed Cottrell's wife Lyla Cottrell handmade special period costumes for the dolls.  Chuck Baker was sorely missed at this years ceremony, and Susan Thayer Fye gave a brief remembrance with ceremony's opening remarks.  No one did historic costumes like Baker, says Thayer Fye.  Attendees received a commemorative groundhog printed mask.  

Official Video Here.