#groundhog statue

[savagechickens]

February 3.

And more groundhogs.

[jrueships]

Leaked screenshot of sauce's pathetic hamster recruiting attempts on aaron rodgers

[hellcheerficdatabase]

Why Can't This Be Love

Author: @markwatneyandenesemble

Rating/Warning: Mature

Chapter Count: 5/?

Description: Eddie wakes up on Friday, March 21, 1986 convinced he'd just died, and was sure of two things: 1) he'd lived that day before and watched Chrissy die at the end of it and 2) he couldn't let that happen again.

Tags: Alternate Universe- canon divergence, alternate universe- everyone lives/nobody dies, time loop, groundhog day au, mutual pining, fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, alternating POV, multiple chapters, status: WIP

[ayyponine]

Anyway WHERE!!! is the twe meta post abt all the circular imagery and breaking the cycle. i want. to Read itte.

[thelandboundseawitch]

🐏Imbolc🐏

Imbolc, also known as Candlemas, or Brigid's Day, is a sabbat which celebrates the end of winter and the coming of spring. Groundhog's Day, a holiday celebrated in North America at this time, is very also celebrates the end of winter. The waking trees, softening and reviving Earth, and the return of the goddess. Imbolc starts on February 1st and lasts until sunset the next day.

Activities

Candle-making

Spring Cleaning

Create a Brigid Cross with straw

Plan your spring garden

Bake bread

Make potpourri

Make corn dollies

Make herbal tea

Take a hot bath

Making flower crowns or floral wreaths

Altar Decorations

White Candles

Brigid Cross

Corn Dollies

Flowers

Seeds and bulbs

Bread

Sheep and Lambs

Goddess Statues

Animals

Deer

Groundhog

Bear

Lamb

Ewe

Swan

Colors

White

Pale Green

Pale Pink

Pale Yellow

Lavender

Pale Brown

Crystals

Amethyst

Garnet

Onyx

Ruby

Turquoise

Bloodstone

Calcite

Moonstone

Deities

Bridgid

Gaia

Aphrodite

Venus

Hestia

Cupid

Eros

Flowers

Lavender

Chamomile

Daffodil

Crocus

Iris

Snowdrop

Food

Grains

Oats

Herbal Teas

Nuts

Bread

Potatoes

Seed

Honey

Milk

Cheese

White Meat

Raisins

Spice Cake

Incense and Oils

Frankincense

Jasmine

Myrrh

Rosemary

Basil

Wisteria

Vanilla

Lotus

Plants & Herbs

Angelica (Wild Celery)

Basil

Bay Laurel(Bay Leaf)

Rosemary

Cinnamon

Hay / Straw

Willow

Birch

Juniper

Spells and Rituals

Imbolc is the perfect time to cast spells, especially ones related to new beginnings, fertility, and the hearth. Spells regarding birth and rebirth are also seasonally appropriate due to many animals giving birth at this time of the year.

Final Notes

According to an old english folk tradition, if the weather is fine and clear on Candlemas, then cold and stormy weather will reign for the remaining weeks of winter. And bad weather at the beginning of February is a harbinger of a milder winter, and an early thaw.

There are different meanings for what Imbolc means, some say it means “In the belly” because of herding animals being pregnant. But historically Imbolc comes from the Gaelic word “Oimelc” which means “ewes milk”, because some animals have just given birth.

[ostdrossel]

I'm sorry if someone already asked this and I missed the post, but is there a bird cam or tail cam you would suggest that's affordable?

Hi, I am using a variety of cameras. Some are a bit more pricey than others. Currently I am having a lot of fun with some less pricey trailcameras. The company is called Ceyomur, and they are available on Amazon. The Groundhog video and the video with the porcelain feeder are from these cams.

They have one with a solar panel and one without (that I operate with an external one though). The resolution is pretty good and I enjoy that I don't have to lay cables for them. They are not cellular, just simply with sd card.

The neat thing about them is that they come with an app. You can use the app to check the position (super helpful, and I wish more pricey cams would do that too) as well as battery status and settings while you are within 30 feet of the camera.

They do not send you notifications, you have to retrieve the material either by downloading to your phone or taking the sd card out. I do the latter, I have a system of rotating sd cards. With coupons etc you can get one of these for around 50 bucks at times. Here is a link to the one with the solar panel.

(Disclosure - I bought one of them and then talked to the company and they have sent me more cams to try. I do not earn money by mentioning them. The cams are fun and I love using them.)

[cwritesfiction]

AUGUST ON REPEAT (aka, the time loop WIP)

After a catastrophic job interview, August makes a birthday wish for a do-over. When their wish comes true—again, and again, and again—they must discover how to break free...without getting distracted by using the loops to romance their neighbor.

GROUNDHOG DAY WITH A HOT NEIGHBOR AND ALSO, BISEXUALITY

Genre: Adult rom-com with speculative elements

Status: First drafting - anything and everything is subject to change

What to look forward to: food puns, time loop shenanigans, friends to lovers, in-jokes to myself by re-using names from shelved WIPs, “What if I boned my way through these loops. What then.”

This post will be updated as I continue drafting!

[mariacallous]

https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1875167219161969049

welcome back to Groundhog Day in the US House everyone, I hope they kill and eat each other live on TV

[abidolly]

Groundhog day! I want to know what that one's about ❤️

The premise is simple: the day in the Catacombs keeps repeating, and Ominis is the only one who remembers it.

Ominis woke up, the tears welling in his eyes only a three breaths later. He buried his face deeper into the pillow to stifle the sobs, not to preserve the last shreds of his dignity but to deny himself the air, because he felt he didn't deserve to breathe after turning against his best friend. He wondered how Sebastian had spent the night. Was he already in Azkaban, awaiting trial, or locked away in some cell in the Ministry? Alone. 

A hand rested on his shoulder, and a voice spoke softly.

“Ominis, what’s wrong?” 

Of all the voices, this one was the least expected and if Ominis were standing he would probably pass out.

“Sebastian?” Ominis whispered in disbelief and he jumped from bed to embrace his friend. He expected to be pushed away, but he could not stop himself. He buried his nose in the crook of Sebastian’s neck, inhaling deeply the familiar warm scent. “They released you? Oh, Sebastian, I’m so sorry. I should have never listened to them.”

Sebastian didn’t push Ominis away but he didn’t return the hug either. He simply stood there, like a statue. 

“Listen to who?” he asked.

“After Solomon… “ wept Ominis, “Anne said that you should… “ Ominis was choking back sobs and the rest of the sentence was muffled by the fabric of Sebatsian’s pajama.

“You talked to Anne?” Sebastian wiggled out of Ominis’ hug. “What did Solomon do this time? Isn’t it enough that he is keeping Anne away from me? That he is poisoning her against me?” 

“What… What do you mean? Sebastian, is this a joke?”

“Joke?” Sebastian asked, “Do you think wanting to save my sister is a joke to me?” I don’t have time for this, Ominis, not today.”

[devilat-thedoor]

What Is and What Should Never Be (Masterpost)

Summary:

Growing up in Punxy, Pa was about as glamorous as it sounded. Known for the groundhog that predicts the weather, the small town lacks any real whimsy, despite the plethora of colorful statues littering the streets. Now graced with the opportunity to move across the country to sunny San Francisco with her best friend, Y/N is excited for all the possibilities of what may come. First order of business, once settled into the quaint 2 bedroom apartment, is finding a job.

Wandering through the city streets, resumé in hand, she passes a family owned record store. Highway Tunes. Something about it pulls her in, but as she enters the shop, it’s not the racks of vinyls that hold her attention. Greeted by the two men that run the business, twin brothers, Y/N soon finds herself in a tangled web of her own making.

First, there’s Jake.

Possessive and egotistical, sure… He was a dark cumulonimbus, riddled with blinding and intricate streaks of white hot lightning that could set your skin ablaze with the slightest touch. But she could see through the clouds, see how truly sweet and selfless he could be. An Enigma, really.

Then there’s Josh.

If Jake was the raging storm, Josh was the bright, beaming sunlight that cracked through the menacing skies after the rain let up. Radiating with optimism and positivity, he carried with him a reliable warmth that could never be replicated. A warmth that enticed her to stay in his orbit forever. But you know what they say about Icarus and the sun…

Drawn to each of them, she knows that she can’t possibly have them both. Then again… If the boys want her, what’s to really stop her, but What is and What Should Never Be?

Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 Pt1

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[wolfdog-weatherman]

Yes…hahahha…YES

@heart-patch-jacket Thank you for this! I’m gonna make a whole post on it because I have some stuff 2 say…I’m also gonna write it like I’m turning this shit in to my teacher cause this is serious TO ME !! Get ready 4 a bit of reading…

Quick thing before I start: I am absolutely horrible at translating things outside of my brain. Sorry if anything I say in this post doesn’t make as much sense as it did in my head :(.

Ice Sculptures and the “Frozen Man” Metaphor in Groundhog Day:

Including deleted scenes, there are three major moments throughout the film involving ice sculptures, and how Phil chooses to interact with them. In each of these scenes, Phil is in a completely different stage of the loop. The headspace he is in at the time is reflected in how he interacts with the ice sculptures.

Instance #1:

The first time the sculptures are featured prominently in a scene, not much happens, Phil just walks by and looks at them with an overall forlorn expression.

At this point in the movie, Phil hasn’t realized the potential for growth that the loop has given him. He hasn’t tried to turn his life around or improve the lives of others, he’s mostly just been feeling sorry for himself, morose over being stuck on the worst day of his life.

His feelings of insignificance and overwhelming sense of being powerless in this situation is reflected in the way that he watches the statues: doing nothing to them, and nothing about his circumstances.

In the director’s commentary, Harold Ramis himself notes that this scene is meant to convey Phil as a “frozen man”; not learning or growing, but instead choosing to brood over his current state of hopelessness.

Instance #2:

(Tw for mentions of suicide in this section)

This is the only deleted scene on this list, but I think that it’s significant enough to be discussed even if it never made it into the final film.

While there is no way to know where this scene was meant to be put in the movie, I believe it fits best amongst the scenes of Phil repeatedly ending his own life as he tries, and fails, to escape the loop.

In these sequences Phil is careless with his life, trying every possible way to destroy himself despite knowing deep down that he’ll wake up perfectly fine the next morning.

His destruction of the statues mirrors this: he knows they will be fully intact by tomorrow—and no one will be able to see what he did—but at this point it’s just a method of catharsis for him, the same way his attempted suicides were.

His discovery of this power leads him to believe he’s some kind of god, and—after an effort to convince Rita to give credence to his situation—he learns just how much he can accomplish with his ability. This leads us into…

Instance #3:

This final example is probably the most obvious one. After finally realizing the potential that reliving one day over and over gives him, Phil decides to take up ice sculpting, and becomes incredibly skilled at it.

Unlike the other two instances, Phil is creating a statue of his own, he’s at last using his circumstances to shape the small life that he has into something new and beautiful, that only he can accomplish.

While each of the previous examples involve the tacky groundhog sculptures made by the townsfolk, Phil’s statue depicts a graceful, angelic being. His previous hatred for the small town has faded, and he’s using his unusual power to bestow benevolence and good deeds onto all the townspeople, even if none of them could know or comprehend how he’s able to solve all their problems.

I could go on a whole other tangent about “Phil is a god/angel” implications, but I will hold back now for the sake of this post. (And because I’m a very normal person.)

So yeah, that’s my little analysis of how the ice statues are used as a symbol throughout the movie! The movie that I’m obviously very regular and not crazy about!

[random-mailbox]

Random-Mailbox's Favorite Sailor Moon Fics - Week 52 - Crystal Tokyo

Welcome to the final regularly planned post in this series, I felt would be fitting to end with Crystal Tokyo. I have a few more lists I'd like to make in the future, but I'm holding off on a couple of them until a few unfinished stories are completed. The lists wouldn't be the same without them. I really want to give credit to @floraone for suggesting this project in the first place. It has been so much fun for me to highlight a lot of amazing works in this fandom and I'm hoping it's helped bring new readers to these stories. Thank you to all of you for coming on this adventure with me! 

As always, my apologies in advance for spoiling some of these for you (Fic Titles are linked to either FFN or AO3 entries).

Royal Affairs - @master-ray5

When I first added this series to the list, it was a single one-shot. It has since grown to 7 connected chapters with plans for a full 20. Super fun and lemony read!

Come Back to Me - @idesofnovember

In this one-shot King Endymion is making impossible possible in his darkest hour, serving as a ray of hope for Usagi. 

Desperate Measures - @idesofnovember

Endymion comes up with a plan to get Neo Queen Serenity to forgive "him", as memories of things he "said and did" during break-up arc flood in.

Sleepless Nights - ElvisVF101

Kunzite helps King Endymion through an existential crisis, when he finds him alone on the balcony late at night.

“My Sister, the Queen” - @sailor-scribbles

This was one of the first stories I have ever read in this fandom and one of the few that deals with Shingo in Crystal Tokyo and his adjustment to the new family status. And it has adorable art!

These Games We Play: Chapter 10: Prank Gone Wrong - @allyunabridged

I saved this furniture-related ficlet for this post because I thought it was hilarious. While searching the attic for old toys, Minako discovers a rose chair that she feels HAS to be in Endymion's office instead.

Miscellaneous Works: Short Stories That Tumbled From Tumblr: Chapter 5: The King's New Clothes - @floraone and art by @nari20

There had to be a reason for King Endymion to start dressing in a lavender tuxedo with a cape, Mamoru always knew that. But what was the motive behind this decision?

Usamamo One-Word Prompts: Chapter 4: sweet - @smokingbomber

Ficlet about choices that had to be made and consequences of these decisions. And love. Mostly about love.

Cupcakes - @midnightdrops

Even the royal couple needs a day off on occasion. Especially when there is a promise of cupcakes involved.

UsaMamo 2022 | Book - @lilliebellfanfics

Neo Queen Serenity is very much out of patience waiting for King Endymion to finish his research at the library. And with them being now alone, what is there to do? 🤔🍋

A Royal Audience - @daikon1

Latest addition to the series, fresh from @usamamoweek2023. Neo Queen Serenity uses personal history to help usher in sweeping education reforms.

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Here are the links to the previous Tumblr posts in these series to explore more amazing works based on different themes - make sure to check them out if you haven't had a chance! (Click on the title name to go to the post):

Week 1 - Groundhog Day

Week 2 - Established Relationships

Week 3 - Sex Positivity

Week 4 - Unfinished Stories

Week 5 - Darker Stories

Week 6 - Potions 🧪

Week 7 - Reveals

Week 8 - 👻Halloween🎃

Week 9 - Wrong Perceptions

Week 10 - Non-Senshi AU

Week 11 - In-Progress Fics

Week 12 - Mutual Pining

Week 13 - Enemies to Lovers

Week 14 - Slow Burn

Week 15 - Christmas Part 1 - Ugly Christmas Sweaters and Santa!

Week 16 - Christmas Part 2

Week 17 - New Years

Week 18 - High School AU

Week 19 - Slice of Life

Week 20 - Coffee shop AU

Week 21 - Huddle for Warmth

Week 22 - Friends to Lovers

Week 23 - ❤️Valentines Day❤️

Week 24 - Do a Grouch a Favour Day (or Cheer Up Fics)

Week 25 - Soulmate AU

Week 26 - Amnesia Fics (and resources)

Week 27 - 🍀St Patrick's Day🍀

Week 28 - Fix it Fics

Week 29 - Prompt: Mug

Week 30 - Flowers

Week 31 - Traditions

Week 32 - Dreams

Week 33 - Friends

Week 34 - Body-Swap

Week 35 - Medical Assistance

Week 36 - Sex Pollen

Week 37 - Psychometry

Week 38 - What If

Week 39 - Missing Scenes Part I

Week 40 - Green Jacket

Week 41 - Dr Chiba

Week 42 - Birthdays

Week 43 - Fluff

Week 44 - First Kiss

Week 45 - Reviving Shitennou

Week 46 - Tutoring

Week 47 - Thunderstorms

Week 48 - Food

Week 49 - Proposals

Week 50 - Locked In

Week 51 - Furniture

[primalucerpg]

Tag people you want to know better

tagged by @skatevibetm thx baby ♡

last song: groundhog day, neoni

currently watching: nothing, but i recently binge-watched 'a shop for killers' (and i liked it!)

three ships: kanej (six of crows), dani and jamie (the hunting of bly manor), sophie and howl (howl's moving castle)

favorite color: purple

currently consuming: green tea and cookies

place of birth: france

current location: southwest france

first ship: erf, tom and alice (the spook's apprentice) i guess?

relationship status: mom of the devil (an orange cat)

last movie: godzilla minus one, definitely a favorite!!

currently working on: uhhh... spending more quality time with myself -- tagging: celleux qui me mettent des paillettes dans les yeux chaque jour @nuitdhiverasa @andthesunrisesagain @kiddressources @la-chonga @chaarlyth @tplrs parmi tant d'autres (désolée si on vous a déjà tag dessus!) ♡

[twentythousandvolts]

oh m y god it's groundhog day. did you non-pennsylvania mutuals know that punxy (town)(of punxy phil fame) fucking sucks and there are statues of groundhogs everywhere but theyre all like. The Same Statue of a cartoony "Groundhog" just painted djfferently. even the wendys has one. i hate it there. i hate punxsutawney Oh my god theres pictures onlineOH MY GOD A VIDEO SHOWING OFF ALL THE STATUES

https://youtu.be/ngdspb26pbY?si=XE5F9aQI8Si7PxuH

THIS IS WHAT IT IS FUCKING LIKE TO DRIVE THRU PUNXY !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[georgiapeach30513]

Is this why we got winter when Spring came.

https://twitter.com/PhillyInquirer/status/1773115950121845116?t=NNw_GuplvTBkNAIIjrglgA&s=19

Groundhog babies 🥹