Friday 4 July 2014

Dog Days

Dog Day - Jul 03 Every year

Being a witch I do of course love my cat. His name is Hex. I love dogs too  and so does Hex!  
The phrase "Dog Days" conjures up the hottest, most sultry days of summer.
“Dogs have owners….cats have a staff”.
The Old Farmer's Almanac lists the traditional timing of the Dog Days: the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11, coinciding with the heliacal (at sunrise) rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. The rising of Sirius does not actually affect the weather (some of our hottest and most humid days occur after August 11), but for the ancient Egyptians, Sirius appeared just before the season of the Nile's flooding, so they used the star as a "watchdog" for that event. Since its rising also coincided with a time of extreme heat, the connection with hot, sultry weather was made for all time: "Dog Days bright and clear / indicate a happy year. / But when accompanied by rain, / for better times our hopes are vain."

References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days

       
 

 

          

 

        

 

               

       

 

 

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