Mini Aussie Now, to be fair Dad, you didn't say the mud was off limits...you just said "be a good girl".
I was being a very good girl at digging in the mud so... technically I deserve a big treat!
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Was thinking of Dog Days of Summer which seems to have forgotten us here in the northeast 
And how it came to be a phrase... "When Sirius would appear in the sky just before the sun, near the end of July, that marked the beginning of the very hottest days of the year. The Romans referred to this period as "dies caniculares" or "days of the dog star," which was eventually translated as just "dog days."
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Sweating the "dog days of summer"? Blame it on the stars! 
The term comes from Sirius—the Dog Star—rising & setting with the sun from July 3 to August 11. In 10,000 years, these "dog days" will be in winter! 
#SummerFacts #Astronomy #DogDaysOfSummer https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/what-are-the-dog-days-of-summer
Mental Floss · What—and When—Are The Dog Days of Summer?The dog days of summer don’t actually have much to do with dogs. Instead, they relate to Sirius, otherwise known as the Dog Star.
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Dang it was warm outside today in Sunnyvale.
At one point my phone (which gets data via the internet from local sources) reported 100 degrees F (37.7 C) but my new outside thermometer read only 99.
I closed every window and door in the house and ran the air conditioner, keeping the room I was in below 77 F (25 C).
Speaking of, here's Hot Stuff by Donna Summer
Me, studying for my #scuba Deep Dive specialty dives, while Margo uses me as a pillow. #dogdaysofsummer
The day is finally here!!! Are you ready? We're on our way up to Bellingham for this year's Whatcom Humane Society Dog Days of Summer!!!
Bring your friends, family and OF COURSE your doggos!!!! Pepare yourself for a day of activities and fun! We hope to see you all there 
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#Dogs #DogDaysOfSummer #Bellingham #BellinghamWA #WhatcomHumaneSociety #WhatcomCounty #DogsOfMastodon #Puppies #PuppiesOfMastodon #DogFestival
12,000 plus meters row done, I burned almost 1000 calories, had mango nectar, and tons of water, and a much needed shower. What this amounts to equals over half of the 40,000 meters of the #DogDaysOfSummer challenge by #Concept2 finished. Every week in August raises your required rowing 10,000 meters, week 1 beginning at 10, week 2 was 20,000, and onward. My plan is to finish all of it by tomorrow night, and since I now have only 17,000 and change left to do, this should be cake. Night night all.
We’re helping with yard work. #DogsOfMastodon #DogDaysOfSummer
Wake me up when the Dog Days of Summer are over!
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In the past it was believed that during doyō periods Dokōjin (土公神), god of soil & earth, resided in the ground...thus it was unlucky to do anything that disturbed the soil, including farming & building work.
Starting a new venture (whether hobby or work) was also ill advised.
There was a general belief that it was easy to get sick during the transitional period between seasons (especially summer), and so resting during doyō was important.
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The doyō (土用) periods each equate to an element...
spring = wood summer = fire
autumn = metal
winter = water
DOGS DAYS & EELS
The hairdryer heat, the constant whir of insects, the lack of shade...everything at this time of year feels exhausting.
The dog days of summer are here!
To combat the heat it is customary to eat eel on 'doyō ushi-no-hi' (土用丑の日 'midsummer day of the ox' - July 30th this year).
Narumi Sekihan's (鳴海餅本店) 'unagi-manju' (うなぎ万寿) is an adorable alternative to gobbling up real Japanese eel (an endangered species).
Catching the breeze
#dog #dogsofmastodon #dignity #DogDaysOfSummer
Lalas under the garden swing.
ps. Hot dog tip: It’s always cooler in the dirt.