"Groundhog Day 2013: 'Punxsutawney Phil' Predicts Early Spring"

Dumb rodent!

I don’t know about you, but this gargoyle is cold – stone cold.

Perhaps that’s not so unusual for me, but you know what I mean.

I’m so ready for some warm weather, but according to the extended forecast I’ll have to wait until April!

BTW, Dizzy is still missing.

This is your nameless, never seen announcer.

There have been some strange goings on here at Dizzy Central today.

Strange indeed.

I'm a little scared by it all.

You see I heard this strange whirling sound that came from the sky.

And then when I went to look for Dizzy... he was gone!

Not a trace!

What's that Fred?  Today is Extraterrestrial Abductions Day!

You don't suppose...

Nah... Why would they want Dizzy?

But still, we can't find him.

Oh, dear!  Dizzy an abductee?

What will we do?

Do you like my new Panama hat?

I think I look like Humphrey Bogart!

What’s that Bizzy?

Oh, I should knit a hat with the Rowan Panama yarn…

Could I still call it a panama hat?

Help! Aliens have landed!

There I was in my bedroom and I saw this object land in the nearby sandpit.

I went to investigate and got sucked down into their insidious lair.

Now they are trying to implant a mind control device – I’ll lose all my personality and be under their control!

Dizzy…

Yes, Fred?

You fell asleep in the stock room again and a skein of Berroco Captiva dropped off the shelf on you. Apparently you started thrashing around in your sleep and now you’re just tangled up in the yarn.

Oh… No aliens taking over my brain?

What brain? Err, no Dizzy – you’re OK.

Folks, I think Fred has already been transformed!

Watch the Skies!

Personally I think Dizzy would be better with a mind implant!

You ain't nothin' but a knitter
Knitin' all the time
You ain’t nothin’ but a knitter
Knitin' all the time
Well, you ain't never finished my socks
But you is a friend of mine

Thank-you... thank-you-very-much...

You know, I think I make a halfway decent wooly Elvis!

Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show...

So here's a picture of me on safari back on November 17, 2011.

What Fred?

OK, so I was at a nature reserve and not an African savannah.

Anyway, did you know that elephants can hold nearly three gallons of water in their trunks.

Indeed.  Never tell an elephant a joke while they are drinking from a pool of water. 

My friend here started laughing so hard that I got drenched with so much water I thought I was going to felt!

Fortunately I am of the superwash variety.

You know, now that I think about it, why don't sheep felt after a rain?

Hmmmm...

I use LEG & HAMMER Super Washing Bath Soap Booster for that extra cleaning and freshening power.

Not only does it make me squeaky clean, but it also works as a laundry detergent booster or as a household cleaner.

And it's an all-natural product.

LEG & HAMMER Super Washing Bath Soap Booster - recommended by gargoyles everywhere!

[ A Dizzy Classic from 1/15/2009 - after watching a Ford truck commercial on TV that states you need an F-150 unless all you are hauling is yarn.]

Well!  We have just one thing to say...  Ford doesn't know about Dizzy Sheep! 

Sure, you might be thinking that yarn doesn't require the use of some very large 1.5 ton towing capacity truck.  And you're absolutely right, that's just silly.  Unless of course you frequent Dizzy Sheep!  Still think it's silly? 

Maybe you took advantage of our latest sale and just ordered 1.5 tons of Reynolds Lopi!   At 100g per skein, that works out to be about 13,611 skeins.  Hey, maybe you're starting Christmas early this year - we don't ask questions, we just fill your orders and ship them!  Of course, as Dizzy's picture illustrates, the truck may not be well-suited for transporting such large quantities of yarn.

Where are we going with this?  The point we've driven you around the block to illustrate is simple - no reasonable amount of yarn has anything to do with a pickup truck and cargo capacity.  The comment is ridiculous!  It's like saying these knitting needles are really comfortable to hold and wonderful for knitting, unless you're knitting a hat made out of bricks.

Not that we're offended, they'd have to toss in a comment about Dizzy to actually get us riled up.  And we aren't trying to upset anyone who does own a Ford truck; everyone is entitled to their style and towing capacity!  So let's not split fibers here...  I think the real issue is of course, which makes a better hat, some nice Reynolds Lopi or the pile of bricks in the back of your Ford truck?

"Hey unless all you're carrying is yarn" - as a side note, Dizzy has personally moved more than 1.5 tons of yarn and would have appreciated a Ford F-150 with built in cargo steps.  Also Dizzy would like to point out that 1.5 tons of yarn weighs the same as 1.5 tons of gravel!

Dizzy update, 3/13/2013: I'm still waiting for an apology from Ford!

I don't know about you, but I'm still adjusting to the new time standard.

Getting up an hour earlier sure takes a toll on this sheep for at least a week.

I suggest that instead of disrupting our biorhythms twice a year, let's just split the difference.

This fall, let's fall back only thirty minutes and not change the time again - ever!

Well at least not for the next 257,142,857 years when an Earth day will be an hour longer.  Then I'd agree to make a time adjustment!

Okay folks, to celebrate today's deal, I'm going to bake a clover cake.

Let's see if I have all the ingredients:

• sugar - check
• butter - check
• eggs - check
• vanilla extract - check
• baking powder - check
• milk - check
• clover - check
• flour - lots and lots of flour

Flour is very important - it's a stabilizer, provides structure...

What's that Fred?

Oh, today's deal is Opal Flower Power? Not Flour? OK, then...

I suppose I should ditch this baker's hat and get some seeds instead.

Okay folks, to celebrate today's deal, I'm going to plant some Morning Glory seeds.

(And then I'm going to bake my clover cake!)