I live near Wiarton Willie, and they've actually put a glass wall up on one side of his burrow so people can look in at him even when he's hibernating! I suppose you don't have that feature in your burrow?
I never understood that whole six more weeks of winter crap. So spring in mid March is a bad outcome? I have to heat my house until May... and that's a mild winter!
Six more weeks of winter would be good for my town, if it's full-fledged snow-falling winter. We get much of our warm-season water from snowmelt. So far it's looking like it's going to be a MAJOR drought year. (And I was going to plant more strawberries. Dangit.)
I hear from my groundhog cousins that they feel an enormous amount of pressure every Feb. 2. They want the rest of us rodents to share the load. I am, of course, more than willing to help, and let's face it: squirrels are far better weather forecasters than groundhogs, but there's a loud Republican party among squirrels, and they object to helping anyone unless they get well paid. So I will be marching in solidarity with my groundhog cousins, bearing signs saying "All Must Share The Burden!". We will march on Washington, DC. Maybe. Not many of us can afford the bus fare, so our turnout will probably be low, as in too low to notice. Don't look for me on the news. Then I will retire to my nice comfy drey and write songs about our heroic struggle and stuff.
Yeah, I've never been sure if six weeks is supposed to be good news or bad news. It's a bit of a weird holiday, to be honest.
There is a window, but less visitors. Don't blame them though, he is way more cute and far less on the second floor.
I completely forgot it was Groundhog Day. Guess that explains why some people around me are setting off fireworks, though I never thought of this as a fireworks sort of holiday ... These [expletive deleted]s'll take any excuse to explode some shit
Every day should be a fireworks sort of holiday. Why not celebrate the world we love by blowing up a small piece of it?
It's not blowing it up. It's just a rapid redistribution of an insignificant portion of the planet's mass. It's like an elephant fart, only more so.
