6 more weeks of winter

[mlou]

Punxsutawney Phil has spoken...6 more weeks of winter.

 

[steve]

Well there may be 6 more weeks of winter left but right now it feels like spring up here in Vermont I have bad case of cabin fever only thing keeping me here is the preparation for Valentines day. But soon as the big day is over I am headed to the mountains to get everything ready for boiling syrup.

 

[Victoria]

Wiarton Willie is a muuuuch better groundhog. We LOVE Willie... spring is just around the corner according to that most intelligent of prognosticating animals.

V

 

[flowerchild]

Groundhog Day

Groundhog General Lee in Georgia had a different opinion today He says Spring is on the way. I hope he's right!

 

[PhillyPhlorist]

Hey!

There is only ONE Phil!

He's the man, er...Groundhog! He even has a MOVIE about him!
(love that movie, must have seen it a hundred times...)
It's amazing how that town changes for that little guy...

- H.

 

[Mikey the Flower Guy]

oh sure...

and if "Phil the Groundhawg" was a weatherman/woman..we'd probably fire a cannon at him/her/it.
Believe this or not, I've got a groundhog living someplace around here (seen him/her/it lottsa times) and we're in the city, backyard backs onto a Tim Hortons drivethru!!
Groundhogs are stupid...how come they command so much love and affection (sometimes I wish I was a groundhawg in my dreams)

 

[Victoria]

I can think of a couple of ground hogs who are not so "stupid"... life of leisure, but for one day a year... where, on occasion, they recieve death threats... now that's stupid!

V

 

[Mikey the Flower Guy]

Victoria...

for Prime Minister of Canada please

 

[Victoria]

for Prime Minister of Canada please

Nah... Mikey... I'd want to deal with important stuff... like freeing the beleaguered groundhogs of the world.

Just say no to politics... been there done that in another life. :hammer:

V

 

[PhillyPhlorist]

I'll debate the 'stupid' part...

and if "Phil the Groundhawg" was a weatherman/woman..we'd probably fire a cannon at him/her/it.
Believe this or not, I've got a groundhog living someplace around here (seen him/her/it lottsa times) and we're in the city, backyard backs onto a Tim Hortons drivethru!!
Groundhogs are stupid...how come they command so much love and affection (sometimes I wish I was a groundhawg in my dreams)

I have a Groundhog (referred to as Hoggie by my 3 year old) who lived under our old Sears steel shed in the back yard for many moons. Yup, dug his hole/doorway in the back as to not be a problem to us. When we moved the old shed (via flatbed) to my Brother In Law's campground, we replaced it with a NEW 16X20 wood shed - complete with a ramp for the tractor. Put down a foundation, with EP Henry retaining wall and all.
WELL...'Hoggie' moved himself right back under the new shed. He/She found that he could tunnel in through the side, between the floor beams, and build a nice home in the 3/4 crushed stone foundation. He is a strong little guy - he has moved some good amount of stone to increase his doorway. So far, he has not done anything to disturb the foundation, so I let him be. We saw him last fall, before it got cold, gathering whatever Groundhogs gather and run under the new shed...

- H.

 

[Victoria]

Smart "Hoggie". But then I think most animals are pretty smart... with more sense than humans.

V