The rain garden I constructed in my back yard at the foot of my hill now has a rain bumper crop. Otherwise the whole yard would be a muddy mess rather than just half of it. March has come in like a very soggy lion and a lot more is due this week. I can certainly understand the need for woven cedar hats in this stuff, lacking umbrellas or blue tarps. It won't be long before the salmon start swimming across the flooded highways down south of us again.
Would I like snow any better? You've obviously never driven up or down my driveway when there's an inch on the ground. Rain is better, since I'm on a hill. I'm from a place where there is a lot of snow, but it wasn't icy and people were geared for it. Snow turns to ice quickly here, so people spend a lot of time curling with their cars and trucks. I think Western Washingtonians were the originators of that sport.
I do not blame the groundhog for this winter. There's no way he could have seen his shadow in this continual cloud cover. He did his best. There are all sorts of Native American stories and legends about wolves, bears, etc. I wonder if there are any about the groundhog...