Dog Days of Summer
Happy Friday Everyone-
The dog days of summer are upon us!
I only recently got curious enough about the etymology of that term to actually look it up and I kinda fell in love with the backstory.
In the Northern Hemisphere, Sirius, The Dog Star, starts to rise in our skies along with the temperature. It burns bright. So bright, in fact, you can often see it during the day, rising and setting alongside the sun. When the term was coined in the 16th century, it was a direct translation of the latin term that the Romans were using when Sirius, which, speaking of hot dogs, literally means "scorching", was believed to have been the source of all that additional heat. Now and forever, whenever I spot Sirius in the day time sky, I'll think of it as the sun's loyal good boy. And crave a hot dog... more than usual. (Thanks, Dictionary.com!)