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Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

beach-mom — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 06:34:53 GMT

I have a special fondness for Punxsutawney Phil and will be up at 5:45 a.m. to watch the festivities! Let's hope he doesn't see his shadow and we have an early spring, but with all of those TV cameras on him. . !

The crowds are back this year, and they are expecting a lot of people.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

Desertdi — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:04:03 GMT

@beach-mom My favorite "holiday" !!!!

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

beach-mom — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:14:19 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@beach-mom My favorite "holiday" !!!!

We will enjoy together as we watch the procession of The Inner Circle! LOL!

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

Desertdi — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:56:31 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
@beach-mom My favorite "holiday" !!!!
We will enjoy together as we watch the procession of The Inner Circle! LOL!

@beach-mom I have in-laws in PA....maybe I'll get to see them on TV! di

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

meallen616 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:11:52 GMT

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

catter70 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:45:04 GMT

I'm a fan, too, as it's also my birthday.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

Grade1Teach — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:59:31 GMT

We get very excited for this holiday in my Kindergarten classroom! I spent a good deal of time yesterday teaching the class about Groundhogs and then Groundhog Day. We took a school-wide vote on whether or not Phil would see his shadow and we made our own class predictions through drawings and writing.

My kids hopped on their bus home excited to see what Phil would "say" this morning. We will find out the answer together when we get into school. I always show the recorded news broadcast on YouTube around 10 AM. They have fun seeing if their predictions were correct.

Happy Groundhog Day!

☀️❄️☁️🌺

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

Harpa — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:13:49 GMT

Very Happy Birthday!!! @catter70

We had our own g-hog, who was the friendliest little critter! He lived under our front porch. He would come out and take a pecan from my hand ever so gently! He was so cute! He never predicted the weather, however. Least ways not like his kin, P. Phil.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

meallen616 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:17:50 GMT

@catter70,

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

Kalli — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:37:03 GMT

@catter70 Happy Birthday!

And Happy Groundhog Day to all!

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

qualitygal — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:39:54 GMT

Do we get mail? LOL LOL

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

qualitygal — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:42:17 GMT

@Grade1Teach What a great idea(s) for your class, that would be fun to experience.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

MorningLover — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:20:07 GMT

Groundhog Day 2022: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

ValuSkr — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:25:30 GMT

Thank you for remembering!

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

drizzellla — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:32:36 GMT

A friend of mine went every year to Punxsutowney for Groundhog Day. He started going with his friends when he went to Penn State in State College. They kept the tradition going even though they had graduated and moved away.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

MOMMAVik — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:44:56 GMT

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

twinny70 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:01:53 GMT

Catter70, happy birthday to you. Eat a piece of cake for me🎂!

Since I am a S. WI gal, our Ground Hog is "Jimmy the Ground Hog in Sun Prairie." He didn't see his shadow. Yippee!

This is a very special day for my dh and I as our first date was on Ground Hog Day 53 years ago.

We are going out for an early dinner to the restaurant we went to on our first date. It was a "night club" then & we danced the night away. Now it's two nice restaurants.

Glenda

ETA: They can be mean little devil's. I can remember a few years ago when "Jimmy the Ground Hog" bit the Mayor in the ear, as he was holding it up on his shoulder. He yelled OUCH! Funny when it went viral, but it could have been worse.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

catter70 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:53:24 GMT

@Harpa , I, too, had a pet groundhog ( for a bit). My mom couldn't figure out where I was taking food, so she followed me to see and wasn't not happy. She chased him away.

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

MamaWick — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:37:03 GMT

Re: Happy Groundhog Day 2022!

MOMMAVik — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:01:08 GMT

Happy Birthday @catter70

Hi @twinny70 from another Wisconsinite, SE WI along Lake Michigan. Happy Anniversary to you! Enjoy your special dinner!