HAPPY GROUNDHOG’S DAY

Posted By on February 2, 2011

Happy Groundhog’s Day – what will YOU do to celebrate today?  I don’t know if Phil will see his shadow today – but nonetheless, it snows on my blog YEAR ROUND!

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Groundhog Day 2011: Find Your Local Groundhog

The Huffington Post Dean Praetorius  First Posted: 01/31/11 03:23 PM Updated: 01/31/11 03:23 PM

Groundhog Day 2011

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Punxsutawney Phil might just be the world’s most famous weather-forecasting groundhog, but he’s not the only one.

Whether or not Phil sees his shadow on Wednesday, his opinion isn’t the only one that counts. The list below has a few other, perhaps more local, weather predicting rodents who may or may not foresee six more weeks of winter on Feb. 2, from AOL News.

  • Buckeye Chuck: Ohio’s official groundhog since 1979
  • Staten Island Chuck: The groundhog of the Staten Island zoo who took a bite out of Mayor Bloomberg in 2009
  • Smith Lake Jake: Predicting the weather from Birminghom Zoo in Alabama
  • Wiarton Willie: Currently known as Wee Willie 2, the groundhog represents Ontario
  • General Beauregard Lee: The University of Georgia awarded this groundhog a “Doctor of Weather Prognostication”
  • Octorara Orphie: Lancaster, Pa.’s groundhog, often overshadowed by Phil
  • Dunkirk Dave: Representing Dunkirk, NY
  • French Creek Freddie: Representing French Creek, WV
  • Woodstock Willie: Representing Woodstock, IL
  • Malverne Mel: Representing Malverne, NY
  • Jimmy The Groundhog: Representing Sun Praire, WI
  • Stormy Marmot: Representing Aurura, CO
  • Shubenacadadie Sam: Representing Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Balzac Billy: Representing Alberta, Canada

So what are we in for? Six more weeks of winter? Or is spring around the corner?

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3 Responses to “HAPPY GROUNDHOG’S DAY”

  1. ning rowley says:

    Hi Shirley Anne i’m glad to find your blog on my search page while on facebook. your blogging is amazing. I want to thank you for making me laugh about your story telling while experiencing my store during your 2008 Wakefield Quilters retreat. Please , e-mail me an early notice for this year’s (2011schedule of your Quilters Retreat in Wakefield. The only e-mail address I can open right now while in Philippines is; ningrowley@aol.com. But the official all time e-mail is; ningshouseofcrochets@verizon.net. If you go to my website at http://www.ningshouseofcrochet.com, please do not use the e-mail on it, I can NOT OPEN it, and the e-mail address on the big sign was old and doesn’t exist anymore it was during the dino-era of tv.com. Everyone is welcome to e-mail me on both e-mail address I just posted. I wish I have time to really do some good hand quilting, for now I’ll play with beautiful fabrics that every quilter just have to have in thier stockpile. Happy quilting/happy blogging. Now that I found your blog, I have you on my favorites list and will be reading you as much as possible. Have a blessed day and hope to see you all in my shop soon.

  2. ning rowley says:

    and about Phil the ground hog? So, that’s what it’s called…..they are huge and a bunch of them doing underground tilling in my backyard. They looked exactly alike…sorry it’s hot where I am and they are driving me crazy! My ground is hard to explain right because of those hogs.

  3. Katie says:

    Our groundhog is Sir Walter Wally. (Raleigh) And he saw his shadow today. Sigh.

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