Dog Days Begin

The Dog Days of Summer begin July 3rd at sunrise.
This is when the star, the dog star, Sirius, rises with the Sunrise.

Sirius is the brightest star in the consellation Canis Major, which means:  big dog.
Sirius also happens to be the brightest star in the night sky this time of year.
The ancient people related this stars brightness to the summer heat, like another little sun in the sky.
But all the summer heat really has nothing to do with this star. Its the tilt of the Earth toward the sun that brings on all the heat, but it does make for a good story.
I learned all this, thanks to Google.



The Dog Days begin relaxing summer days playing outside in the heat.
Getting up with the star Sirius at sunrise, to do the farm chores in the cool air, wearing boots
to keep the heavy dew off. Enjoying the siesta afternoons. Being out in the evening for the colorful sunset and seeing the flight of the fire-flys and the mosquito eating martins and bats.

Eating dogs, sausage dogs, grilled outside to keep that heat out of the house.


The food of the dog days,
grilled outside



Hoping you'll  have some lazy Dog Days of summer.