Sunday Stroll Invitation

Since I was a child, I have heard the phrase "the dog days of summer" and understood them to mean the sweltering, sultry days of July and August. Further inquiry reveals that the phrase is related to the rising of the dog star, Sirius, in conjunction with the sun. The dog days of summer literally refers to the period of time 20 days before to 20 days after the conjunction. Ancient superstions linked the oppressive heat, spoilage of food, increased disease, etc. with the conjuction of the brightest star of night with the bright day-star. You can read more here. As a gardener, those dog days are the hot days when the color in the bloom fades too fast and blossoms - and the gardener - sag with the heat.

"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." ~Sam Keen

If you have time this week for a Sunday Stroll, please post about about it on your blog and then come back here with a comment and a link to your post. You may use the Sunday Stroll button at the top of this post on your post or side bar if you would like. I will add participant names to this post so other strollers can walk through your garden too. I'll check back often and try to keep the list updated.

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Look who's strolling:

Dee at Red Dirt Ramblings

The Crafty Gardener at The Garden Side

Margaret at Periodic Pearls

Joyce at Tall Grass Worship

Mibsy at Classical Calling

Me, here at The Quiet Country House

Abbie at Farmer's Daughter

Diana at My Quiet Place in the Country

Nan at Letters from a Hill Farm (Strolling on Monday)

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