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Halloween’s origin is ancient and astronomical. Since the fifth century BC, Halloween has actually been celebrated as a cross-quarter day, a day halfway between an equinox (equal day / equal night) and a solstice (minimum day / maximum night in the northern hemisphere). With a modern calendar however, even though Halloween occurs next week, the real cross-quarter day will occur the week after. Another cross-quarter day is Groundhog Day!
Halloween’s modern celebration retains historic roots in dressing to scare away the spirits of the dead. Perhaps a fitting tribute is this view of the Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080) taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. Similar to the icon of a fictional ghost, it is actually a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. The nebula spans about 50 light-years and is shown in representative colors.
Image Credit: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Observatoire de Paris) et al., ESA, NASA
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謝謝細亞 @thea_illustration
邀請我一起畫 #花森林q動物派對 動物派對
細亞的畫顏色非常繽紛可愛
看到都覺得很溫暖快樂
認識他後我一直很喜歡 ❤️
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還好還來得及畫完
好多動物都沒畫過 ️
私心把主題一半都畫上
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Une jeune marmotte (pour changer des ratons laveurs ;-)
A young marmot (if you’re fed up with raccoons ;-)
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Happy #GroundHog Day #estatejewelsbygr #vintagejewelry #trifarijewelry #christiandiorjewelry
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More often than not, when searching for a particular item on the shelf or section of text within a book - in this case, mention of Johannes Gutenberg in Sebastian Munster’s Cosmographia(Basel, 1572 edition) - you stumble upon something unexpected or interesting or both, such as this rather charming woodcut of a slightly nervous looking groundhog.
Sebastian Munster, Cosmographia universalis. Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1572, Alexander Turnbull Library, qRSwiss MUNS Cosm 1572.
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DID YOU KNOW:
Before groundhogs day was Imbolc. And in this old, Celtic-Pagan, tradition there was no groundhog to tell you when spring would arrive.
Instead…they claimed if the weather was poor (dark, cloudy, snowy, rainy) then spring would arrive soon. However, if the weather was nice (warm, sunny, beautiful) you were stuck with the winter.
….I don’t know about you, but I like Celtic Groundhogless Day better…
Happy Imbolc!
Happy Groundhog Day! There are several animals across the U.S. that serve as the official Groundhog Day weather predictor for their region. However, the most famous groundhog is Punxsutawney Phil, who lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Today, he saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter.
In Louisiana, the Groundhog Day weather predictor is Parish, a nutria who lives at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Today, Parish was presented with two signs: one that read “early Spring” and one that read “long Winter”. Parish chose to go towards the “early Spring” sign, which shows that she disagrees with Punxsutawney Phil and predicts an early Spring. However, the predictions of any Groundhog Day animal are unreliable.
These engravings feature a Maryland marmot (groundhog) and a coypou (nutria).
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Cuvier, Georges. The animal kingdom: arranged in conformity with its organization. Vol. 3. London: printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827-1835.
Call Number: QL45 .C943 1827 V.3
Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/3Go7lBN
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Backyard whistle pig.
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munching on some plants
the groundhog lives under shed
wildlife habitat
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i did this quickie in a day but recently performed a few revisions. isn’t bill just wonderful? acrylic on canvas.
02-02-2021 – Punxsutawney
@martasaur I celebrated Groundhog Day by watching Groundhog Day. Just a straight up good, classic movie. It was a really nice night
Some pics from the story Deux Sœurs au Ski in February issue of the french magazine Histoires Pour les Petits!
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Hi there ! Here’s a new line-up for an uber-cute upcoming story about two groundhogs sisters skiing, published in the french magazine Histoires Pour Les Petits.
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