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Groundhogs Day Eve

This is worse than Christmas; how does one prepare for the night before Ground Hogs Day which also falls on a Full Moon?

13 responses

  1. Well, I don’t know, lots of things come to my mind, but my mind is always working overtime!
    The question is, what are you doing? πŸ˜‰

    1 February 2007 at 7:58 pm

  2. Ummm…..to prepare for Groundhog’s Day. Do you have to wrap gifts? Do you drink wine and giggle? Is there some kind of Victorian poem you read the children? I guess I don’t know, either.

    1 February 2007 at 8:02 pm

  3. Ditto Pam’s comment: What are you doing to prepare? πŸ™‚

    1 February 2007 at 8:11 pm

  4. Groundhogs day is the unofficial first day of spring! Birds start to act differently, weather starts to show improvement and the sun appears to be out longer! No gifts, although wine is an option and poems are an option! This is the day when the Mr. Woodchuck wakes up from hibernation and starts to search for Ms Woodchuck! Mr. Woodchuck then has the option to look around for its shadow!! If it sees it then it knows that winter will continue for 6 more weeks (and heads back to bed)! If it doesn’t see its shadow, it knows spring will be early and heads out of its cave! My favorite holiday of the year for sure!

    1 February 2007 at 9:36 pm

  5. Happy Groundhog’s Day – just a little early.

    1 February 2007 at 9:45 pm

  6. I’m not looking forward to his waking up and raiding my garden!

    1 February 2007 at 10:00 pm

  7. Thanks Barb! Just glad that I didn’t have to go through your sticky situation today!

    1 February 2007 at 10:01 pm

  8. Laura – Ugg, I know Allegany Tom (me) isn’t planning on waking up early!

    1 February 2007 at 10:09 pm

  9. Twas the Night before Groundhog’s Day
    And all through the lawn
    The ground hog was stirring
    And stifling a yawn

    He’d been in that hole
    In his jaunty woolen cap
    And totally pissed
    At all the people disturbing his nap!

    That’s all I got…time to take the cough syrup.

    1 February 2007 at 10:47 pm

  10. Susan, that is wonderful! See everyone, there is an amazing poem for Groundhogs Day Eve!! Thanks!!

    1 February 2007 at 11:09 pm

  11. Good poem, Susan πŸ™‚ We had a resident ground hog once. We had a nice vegetable garden, a small stream of water 10 feet away from it, and a shed nearby. He had food, water, and shelter. But I had a dog. And those beady little eyes on Frank (we named him Frank) scared me. My neighbor captured Frank and took him to a very large pond 3 miles away. Two months later, Frank was back. A very persistent fellow…

    2 February 2007 at 8:14 am

  12. Great poem Susan!

    2 February 2007 at 10:12 am

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    Marg

    Loved your poem Susan, and yes I’m in the cough syrup way myself, snuffle, snuffle!

    6 February 2007 at 5:47 pm

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