{"id":6615,"date":"2024-02-02T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2024-02-04T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:52:59","slug":"lucy-the-lobster-sees-shadow-predicts-six-more-weeks-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/02\/02\/lucy-the-lobster-sees-shadow-predicts-six-more-weeks-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy the Lobster sees shadow, predicts six more weeks of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6616\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6616\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/424932019_946118560569298_1934832588185814802_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/424932019_946118560569298_1934832588185814802_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/424932019_946118560569298_1934832588185814802_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/424932019_946118560569298_1934832588185814802_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/424932019_946118560569298_1934832588185814802_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/424932019_946118560569298_1934832588185814802_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucy the Lobster saw her shadow in Barrington on Friday morning. (Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Rick Conrad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lucy the Lobster didn&#8217;t crack a sweat when she saw her shelly shadow on the wharf in Barrington on Friday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That means six more weeks of winter, at least for the South Shore of Nova Scotia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lucy made her prediction as the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitsouthshore.ca\/lobster-crawl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl Festival<\/a> kicked into high gear. It\u2019s a whole month of shellabrations along the South Shore involving the scrumptious crustacean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nova Scotia\u2019s official winter prognosticator had a different prediction. Shubenacadie Sam did not see his shadow, which means spring is around the corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephanie Miller Vincent, co-ordinator of the lobster crawl, said it was prime shadow-seeing conditions in Barrington.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe had sunshine, I&#8217;m sorry that they didn\u2019t in Shubenacadie. We were there. We believe what Lucy saw.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, Lucy gets to hang out in a tank at Capt. Kat\u2019s Lobster Shack in Barrington Passage for the rest of the lobster crawl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLucy is spending some time at the spa. You can pop in and take a shellfie with her while she relaxes for the rest of the month of February.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:rickconradqccr@gmail.com\">rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6615-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucylobsterfeb224.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucylobsterfeb224.mp3\">https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucylobsterfeb224.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rick Conrad Lucy the Lobster didn&#8217;t crack a sweat when she saw her shelly shadow on the wharf in Barrington on Friday morning. That means six more weeks of winter, at least for the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Lucy made her prediction as the Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl Festival kicked into high gear. 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