tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post5956100062926582591..comments2024-03-27T22:21:57.519-04:00Comments on :::More whiffs, glimmers & left oeuvres:::: the dog daysDeb Lacativahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-62235763754262780062018-08-12T09:20:30.723-04:002018-08-12T09:20:30.723-04:00The dog days of summer is not about dogs but rathe...The dog days of summer is not about dogs but rather Sirius, the dog star and its position in the sky. Generally its the hottest time of year.<br /><br />Love your post! It has been hot and steamy in Ohio too.susan hemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17784893342890918275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-28125037871572838062018-08-12T08:49:28.882-04:002018-08-12T08:49:28.882-04:00Deb, I think what you described is called Horse La...Deb, I think what you described is called Horse Latitudes and involved<br />the same horror except with horses. Love those new colors!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14171722283192592103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-28104747455517026312018-08-11T12:40:26.326-04:002018-08-11T12:40:26.326-04:00It's not that. It's the Dog Star Sirius a...It's not that. It's the Dog Star Sirius appearing to rise before the Sun and the days were usually hot.<br />In 13,000 years Sirius will rise before the Sun in the middle of Winter. So the Dog Star Days of Summer will become the Dog Star Days of Winter if any people still exist on Earth.<br /><br />I am betting the Dye Deck is really HOT.Joanne Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623855664379207620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-49290804961485919262018-08-11T10:50:43.020-04:002018-08-11T10:50:43.020-04:00I have a bad memory of some reading aournd when th...I have a bad memory of some reading aournd when the explorers out on the ocean ran into the dog days of heat and no wind for the sails, dogs on board were thrown - or maybe jumped? - overboard??? Don't even want to research that one. Deb Lacativahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037530669295128974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19241214.post-51991557523975715122018-08-11T10:33:05.743-04:002018-08-11T10:33:05.743-04:00Oh, I recognize the little cloth beauties. And wh...Oh, I recognize the little cloth beauties. And why is it called the dog days?<br />Does any one know?<br /><br />My personal dog just naps.Joanne Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623855664379207620noreply@blogger.com