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The hot days of summer are also referred to as “Dog Days” (Hundstage) and this year they lived up to their name, as Europe experienced a near ceaseless heat and drought period.
The Greek called them kynádes hēmérai, Romans adopted it, calling them dies caniculares. Historically the period began with the heliacal rising of the "dog star" Sirius (actually a star system) in the Northern Hemisphere, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck, while to the Polynesians in the Southern Hemisphere the star marked winter and was an important reference for their navigation around the Pacific Ocean.

Luckily, the worst heat seems to be over now and I look forward to enjoying the end of summer and working on art.

Still life elements: dog skull from the flea market, various poisonous and non-poisonous herbs from my garden and surroundings, brass mortar and pestle, oxidized copper bowl from my great-grand father, "Dog Days" incense , wand, self-poured beeswax candle, soil from the garden in Dresden

Camera: Canon Eos 7D Mark II, lens: Canon EFS 18-135 mm

Description

The hot days of summer are also referred to as “Dog Days” (Hundstage) and this year they lived up to their name, as Europe experienced a near ceaseless heat and drought period.
The Greek called them kynádes hēmérai, Romans adopted it, calling them dies caniculares. Historically the period began with the heliacal rising of the "dog star" Sirius (actually a star system) in the Northern Hemisphere, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck, while to the Polynesians in the Southern Hemisphere the star marked winter and was an important reference for their navigation around the Pacific Ocean.

Luckily, the worst heat seems to be over now and I look forward to enjoying the end of summer and working on art.

Still life elements: dog skull from the flea market, various poisonous and non-poisonous herbs from my garden and surroundings, brass mortar and pestle, oxidized copper bowl from my great-grand father, "Dog Days" incense , wand, self-poured beeswax candle, soil from the garden in Dresden

Camera: Canon Eos 7D Mark II, lens: Canon EFS 18-135 mm