Dear Kid,
Yesterday, Punxsutawney Phil was ceremoniously yanked out of a sound slumber to prognosticate the timing of spring.
Without coffee.
Seriously? How can anyone be expected to think things through without caffeine?
This year, the morning fogginess seems to have worked in our favor because P. Phil didn’t see his shadow. By definition, this means that spring will come early.
To be honest, I knew that before The Groundhog made his announcement because some of the iris (irises? irisi?) are poking their leaves up already. And they don’t aren’t supposed to do that until spring.
For the part of the eye, the usual medical plural is irides. For the flower both iris and irises are in common use.
So even though the first day of spring is officially not until March 20, the unofficial first day is now because WARM!
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