February 2nd

So today is 2 important dates on the calendar.

Yesterday at church we celebrated Candlemass. Candles were blessed. During the reading of the Gospel, everyone was given a lighted candle and the main lights were turned down. The fact that it was a dreary day outside made the candles and their light quite pretty.

Today the groundhog who lives in various locations in Canada and the U.S. will be sticking his nose out of his winter residence. Six more weeks of winter or an early spring??

Here in Ottawa there are lots of large snowdrifts and the groundhog may have a hard time seeing out of his burrow.

I do see a number of groundhogs along the Transitway. Now that the Ottawa buses will be running again soon, they may be poking their heads up to see what are those strange red and white vehicles travelling close to their homes.