the afternoon

Saturday, February 11, 2012

not yet

it was predicted that it would snow three to six inches today. Thus far, it has not snowed at all. Take that groundhog.

Friday, February 10, 2012

it has been a long time since i ventured back to this blog..... sorry to anyone who cared...HAHA can't say that with a straight face. So we just passed another glorious groundhogs day which is what made me return. And once again, the question of leaving issues of predicting weather to a grouchy groundhog, woken up from his/her slumber to the commotion of the media and cameras, really doesn't seem like the best indicator. However, this year 6 more weeks of winter was predicted, and although the past few days have been lovely and sunny, it is supposed to snow tonight. Three to six inches. Thats nothing compared to last winter.....

but there is still time........

i hope for no snow.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Raining

it is raining.

atleast its not cold... yet

I am still preoccupied with the weather and I will be until its not terrible most of the time. I think you can understand.

Ok time for rainboots

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

tuesday in february

it snowed yesterday and it is freezing today.....

I am discrediting groundhogs as meteorologists

I don't know who decided it was a good idea to rely on the largest member of the squirrel family to predict weather but they were very foolish. Especially since in order to get them to predict the weather they are woken up and driven out of bed, being forceful does not seem to be a good way to get a cooperative and truthful weather forecast.

That in itself is evident when watching the news. There is so much pressure on predicting the weather accurately and how many times is it incorrect. I think meteorologists don't work well under pressure.

Also maybe if we just waited fro groundhogs to come out on their own they would be better indicators of spring.

Overall, I continue in my belief that groundhogs day and weather predicting varmint is incredibly silly. So why do we still celebrate this day?

I think it is just to give elementary school children another silly holiday. I guess I support that.

Monday, February 14, 2011

valentines day

Today is Valentine's day.

It is also in the high 40's and sunny.

Maybe spring is coming early?

Maybe those groundhogs are on to something.....

we'll see how the next few days and weeks go.

Friday, February 11, 2011

friday

Today is Friday.. yay

I am still interested in groundhogs and rhinos, in particular why they are called these things.

wtf is groundhog all about? that suggests it is a pig that lives on or in the ground. pigs already live on the ground as far as I know, I guess not in the ground....

Apparently groundhogs and woodchucks are the same. Marmota Monax

Thank you wikipedia

also it is possible the name woodchuck did not come from chucking wood. It has been said that it came from a Narragansett name for the animal. So they don't really chuck wood

or maybe they do only a little

so groundhogs/woodchucks/ land beavers/ large ground squirrels eat grasses, small insects and grubs, as well as nuts and berries.

Unlike their squirrel cousins, they do not plan for the future, they eat all of the nuts and berries at once.
The are amazing at making burrows and they also are great climbers to escape all of the animals that think they are tasty, like wolves and coyotes.

Groundhogs are also known for their aggressive tendencies like bite people who disrupt them on groundhogs day. To me this seems very reasonable. Sometimes I want to bite people who wake me up when I am sleeping too. I'm not sure I can really blame them for that behavior... so their aggressive tendencies are questionable in my book, I will need to see more evidence.

But they hibernate. I am all for hibernating. In fact if I had the chance I would hibernate right now.