Day after Ground Hog Day

Here we are Feb. 3rd, the day after Ground Hog day, and the sun is shining beautifully. Not so yesterday when it was cloudy, and we had snow flurries most of the day with accumulation of about 6 inches of light snow. At 90 years old, I did about one hour of shoveling just to keep my muscles strong, because gardening comes after snow shoveling!
Perhaps most of you know, but Feb. 2nd really is a special day. This day is the mid point of the winter season. On the temperature charts this is the low point. From now the average high temperature will go from 30 to 38 by the end of the month. After a few days the high will be above freezing now until after summer.
I have my own theory about watching for the last frost date, Last December we had an early start to winter right from the beginning of the month. To me that would indicate that winter will end about 3 weeks early. So the planting season could begin by May 15th. So going back to ground hog day, winter will only be about 4 weeks more and by May 1st warm weather will be here. How's that for good news? I think I can taste the home grown tomatoes already!