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Monday, February 2, 2009

6 more weeks



It’s Groundhog Day — the day when Punxsutawney Phil will tell us whether the weather will be springlike soon or we should hibernate for the next six weeks of winter.

Realistically, we know that we aren’t going to be enjoying balmy spring weather starting tomorrow, but we can dream, can’t we?

So what will it be — the winter doldrums or the promise of spring?

To give you a taste of each, we decided to provide a winter and a spring shot. We’ll let you decide which seasonal photo you prefer.

In the winter photo, snapped in February 1986 by Geoff Patton, Beverly Oliver of Lansdale is taking her daughter, Randi, for a dogsled ride down Knoell Drive, Lansdale.

Who needs the streets plowed when you have that form of transportation?

In the spring photo, shot on May 25, 1980, by former Reporter photographer Cherie Kemper, you see boaters enjoying the Memorial Day weekend at Nockamixon State Park in Bucks County.

Undoubtedly, we’re more likely to see scenes more closely resembling the dogsled photo than the boaters.

But maybe Phil will do us a favor and predict an early spring.

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