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New Day Café: Dog Days and Whimsy [1]

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Date: 2023-07-19  

Good morning, Café! It’s Whimsy Day here in the joint. Take a load off and join us for some whimsy, some chat, and some caffeination!

Grab a cuppa and a nosh, and let’s do this thing!

We are in the Dog Days of summer…..

The “Dog Days” of summer last from July 3 to August 11. This period of sweltering weather coincides with the year’s heliacal (meaning “at sunrise”) rising of Sirius, the Dog Star. Sirius is part of the constellation Canis Majoris—the “Greater Dog”—which is where Sirius gets its canine nickname, as well as its official name, Alpha Canis Majoris. Not including our own Sun, Sirius is the brightest star in the sky.

When I was a child, I had an entirely different idea of why these were called the Dog Days! Yes, it involved dogs. Every dog I knew (and I knew every dog in the neighbourhood) got extra pets and scritchies, because….why not? Not a bad tradition, huh.

Anyway….

In ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome, it was believed that the dawn rising of Sirius in mid-to-late summer contributed to the extreme weather of the season. In other words, the “combined heat” of super-bright Sirius and our Sun was thought to be the cause of summer’s sweltering temperatures. The name “Sirius” even stems from the Ancient Greek seírios, meaning “scorching.”

This little “hottie” keeps cool, though, as all our canine friends should!

This is how dog days feel….and should be dealt with!

x They're honest at least. pic.twitter.com/efSMTqsbPh — Surviving The Internet Without a Sarcasm Font 🙄 (@CSurvivor9) July 18, 2023

So this Antiques Roadshow thing I’ve been doing….

x DECO DIAMOND AND SAPHIRE BRUSH pic.twitter.com/3xZXt6uo4Z — Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) July 16, 2023

Mother Nature has her own sense of whimsy, it seems!

x Hollyhock dolls. This is why fairy tales exist 🧚‍♀️

Via Simply Beautiful 2 pic.twitter.com/taQWH9eJll — Robin Osborne ~ Honorable Kentucky Colonel ~ (@kyblueblood) July 16, 2023

heh

x hahaha fixed race pic.twitter.com/6UIOzECHbe — Enezator (@Enezator) July 15, 2023

May your dog days be….cool!

x It’s the tea time edition of:



If I fits… I sits

💛 pic.twitter.com/sAmJtfWMKy — Jessi 💫 (@its_jessi_grace) July 18, 2023

Be….ferocious in your fun!!

x It’s Wednesday…



And on Wednesdays we’re ferocious 😂 pic.twitter.com/PjFdLP6eG2 — Jessi 💫 (@its_jessi_grace) July 12, 2023

New Day Café Is An Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

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