A lot of America appears to be suffering from winter fatigue, cabin fever or related disorders that result from a prolonged battle against cold, snow, snirt, ice, power outages and indignant derriere landings thanks to any number of slick frozen water combinations.
This headline from a CBS story today says it all: The calendar may say spring, but the forecast says snow.
The winter weariness seems to have reached serious proportions in Butler County, Ohio, where there’s an indictment with Punxsutawney Phil’s name on it:
When it comes to whistlepig prognosticators, our money is on Perry County Blossom, who this year predicted six more weeks of winter. Blossom spokescouple Jack and Tamara also report that Blossom has had a litter. We hope to have a new photo or two of Blossom as spring progresses and she can leave her den.
And one more note about folkways forecasting. It seems the persimmon seeds were right this year. The wet winter has been welcome in the half of Arkansas still in drought.
The (Urban-Wildlife) Interface 
We want Blossom! We want Blossom! Fire that other rat! And enough snow already! (There; I’ve used my quota of EXCLAMATION POINTS %^@()^$)
Right on MQL!
I remember your persimmon seed post last year. Someone needs to tell that old groundhog to start consulting those seeds!
The groundhog up here, got it wrong.
Now there’s a great idea!