While it has been unseasonably cool around here, summer finally returned yesterday. Hence, we were all a little over heated after our daily interval training.
Sitting on the couch I said this must be the dogs days of summer. In between sips of lemonade Anna mentioned that the dog days of summer really was a reference to Sirus the Dog Star in Canis Major. The ancient Romans believed Sirus, being so bright, must have contributed to the summer heat.
She continued to inform me that unfortunately the dogs days of summer coincide with the ancient heliacal rising of Sirius between July 3rd and August 11th. So technically, the dogs days of summer were over.
That's what I get for buying her those star charts.
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