January '14 STATS
St. Charles
# Active 277
# Sold 36
MKT Time 210
Med Sold $ -- $298,500
Geneva
# Active 125
# Sold 18
MKT Time 102
Med Sold $ -- $331,500
Batavia
# Active 104
# Sold 19
MKT Time 66
Med Sold $ -- $238,000
Elburn
# Active 61
# Sold 9
MKT Time 298
Med Sold $ -- $190,275
Sugar Grove
# Active 64
# Sold 6
MKT Time 61
Med Sold $ -- $258,000
Maple Park
# Active 18
# Sold 2
MKT Time 118
Med Sold $ 215,500
I know I'm a day late, but I've always wondered why we celebrate the rodent.... Here ya go!!
Groundhog Day was adopted in the U.S. in 1887 after the editor of the local paper Punxsutawney Spirit, began promoting the town’s groundhog as the official “Groundhog Day meteorologist.”
While original traditions utilized hedgehogs to forecast the weather,
early German settlers in Pennsylvania reportedly use the groundhog for
their annual celebration due to its resemblance to the European hedgehog
and their belief that the critter was the “most intelligent” and “sensible” creature to complete the task.
Of course
we know that if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of
winter... But apparently the world’s most famous groundhog uses “a chirp
and a click and a wink of an eye” to inform about his vision. How magical!
Don’t get too down if Phil predicts six more weeks of winter this
year. His accuracy is reportedly only 39 percent.
Phil, has been forecasting the weather from his hob in Pennsylvania for over 125 years. (Punxsutawney Phil, according to legend, is the original groundhog, as his life is extended another 7 years every summer and he swigs a gulp of his “groundhog nog” at an annual picnic at Gobbler’s Knob. Groundhog nog’s life-extending powers do not work on humans.)
Phil, has been forecasting the weather from his hob in Pennsylvania for over 125 years. (Punxsutawney Phil, according to legend, is the original groundhog, as his life is extended another 7 years every summer and he swigs a gulp of his “groundhog nog” at an annual picnic at Gobbler’s Knob. Groundhog nog’s life-extending powers do not work on humans.)
In the 1960s, the top hat
and tuxedo uniform was initiated, noting that such an important figure
as Punxsutawney Phil should be greeted with a sense or reverence and
formality.
Punxsutawney Phil and 3 other groundhogs — including his wife, Phyllis —
live in a heated area of the children’s portion of the Punxsutawney
Memorial Library.
A Groundhog's shadow is a fun way
to
to
predict the beginning of Spring.
When it comes to buying and selling, however,
it is best to refer to an expert.
it is best to refer to an expert.
