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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Shadow or Shine, It’s Groundhog Time!
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Six More?
'Really hoping Phil doesn't Punx things up this year!'
Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only animal that predicts whether they'll be six more weeks of spring. Northeastern Connecticut uses a duck and Southeast Texas uses an alligator. In Serbia, it's a bear, in Japan a catfish, in Germany a Frog and in Nova Scotia, it's Lucy the lobster.
In a tradition dating to the 1880s however, it's ole Phil who pops up, (or is dragged out) on February 2nd. If Phil sees his shadow, it's a sign winter will last six more weeks. If he doesn't, an early spring is on the way. I'm not sure what Phil will see this year, but if we have six more weeks there's a way to make the most of it. Here' six, (well nine) more visuals that prove six more weeks of winter can be a whole lot of fun!
Chuck Buddies
'How much wood would a woodchuck suck if a woodchuck could suck wood?'
I've been visually celebrating the holidays with images of the male form almost since the site began. It wasn't until 2019 however, that I first included Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day isn't really a holiday, nothing is closed, and there aren't any big Groundhog Day family meals, not that I know of anyway. But... like Valentines and Halloween, it's a day to mark a specific day on the calendar.
Groundhog Day is said to have was influenced by the Christian holiday of Candlemas which takes place on February 2nd. The date commemorates Mary going to the temple, 40 days after the birth Jesus. Like other holidays, it's a celebration of light, and the length of sunlight expanding with the beginning of the end of winter. This formed the connection with light and whether we see the Groundhog's shadow.
When I decided to feature Groundhog Day on the site, I first went to photographer Tom Nakielski. We had the idea to incorporate a randy rodent, who was so excited for spring, he couldn't resist ripping the clothes off of model Michael. (HERE:) Since then, Tom shot the manhandling Marmota monax with several other nervous male models.
It's no wonder why they were nervous... Posing fully naked with a mammal with 18 chewing teeth, and with shovel-like claws that can borrow down up to sixty feet comes with risks. Add to that, they've been dormant, hibernating since late October, you have one ravenous rodent. Although Groundhogs are primarily herbivores, they do like an occasional munch of meat.
Despite the risks, Luke G was fearless when it came to posing with the horny hog. Even with the risk of a little wood sucking from the woodchuck, Luke stripped down and got the job done. Luke originally thought they might pose outside, and try to capture a little light and shadow, but after sleeping in hole outside the last few months, this wood sucking diva insisted on posing inside, in a warm studio.
Luke shares that inside shoot went well, and he was basically unscathed during the shooting process. When I probed further, asking if there were any attempted sucking of wood or crevice burrowing, Luke choose to keep silent. His only response was to quote his motto that whatever happens during a shoot, stays in the shoot. I'll leave it to FH readers to decide how far our furry friend tried to go...
12 Days: Adrián González in Superstore, Groundhog Day
'Let me buy you dinner, and then I can answer all of your groundhog-related questions?'
Devon
When it comes to picking a movie or tv show for Groundhog Day, the pickings are slim. I've already featured the iconic Groundhog Day, as well Groundhog Day: The Musical, and several other films with characters captured in a time loop. This year I return to the same TV show I featured last year, with a different male hottie, the Groundhog Day episode from season 3 or Superstore.
Last year I featured actor Tom Parker, (HERE;) who is a guest star in the episode. This year, it's actor Adrián González, who appears as Devon in the episodes opening scene. Devon is an animal handler from 'Animals On The Go' who comes to the Cloud 9 superstore with a groundhog for children to check out on February 2nd. Devon flirts with Amy, (America Ferrera) who becomes so anxious when Devon asks here out, she pushes over the rodents cage, causing him to fall out and slide across the room
Later we find out the Groundhog is still alive, probably... but the incident sends Amy in a tailspin. Sadly, we don't see Devon again, but his brief appearance was enough to have me searching for more of Adrián. The Texas born actor was attending Northwestern University, with the goal of becoming a doctor. That all changed when the acting bug hit him and headed to Hollywood to follow his passion.
Sometimes when I research an actor, looking for some on-screen nudity credits, I come up empty. That was certainly not the case with Adrián. I believe his first butt baring scene was as Rico, the sweet, but slutty pool boy, in the here TV gay sit-com, From Here On OUT.
Then, I hit the mother lode by discovering his turn as Rudy on the Starz drama Vida. I'd never heard of Vida before, but thanks to clips from SOMS, I got a hot tutorial, and am now midway through the first season. As you can see from the clip below, although Rudy is straight, he loves a little back end action in the boudoir.
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