Definitely NOT the Dog Days of Summer

This morning, I woke up to the lowest temperature in many weeks - it was only about 49F. After weeks of summer heat, with the overnight lows never dropping below the 60s, it is heavenly to fell the need for blankets and closed windows overnight. This time of year is often referred to as "The Dog Days of Summer" so called because of the reappearance of Sirius, the Dog Star of the constellation Canis Major. (My favorite constellation, Orion, is now again visible, but only in the last hours of night, just before dawn.) I'm not naive enough to think we won't have hot temperatures at some point in the next month, but for now, I'm enjoying being cold!