dip in the fountain

Hot day in the morning, Cassius in the fountain--impressionistic, pointillist almost; how come we don't have French paintings of Belle Époque hounds?

To-day, we had a temperature record. The day's high was 92°F. A few minutes walk by Cleveland Art Museum, and relief was needed.

sneaky greyhound

More thoughts on greyhounds:  First i had one, and now i have two. Captain, the first, like many such hounds likes to collect, arrange, and hide objects. My nieces, and one nephew, bought him toys. He played with them rarely, and briefly, and usually out of sight. The toys would migrate about the house, and these wanderings were not seen. Cassius, the second, after a few days, plays not at all with toys. He did tear a couple to shreds, and swallowed a couple, and then no more. Well, my nephew noticed that Captain curates his stuff so that Cassius does not see their movements either. Captain is a sneaky greyhound.

 not sure where this is cribbed from

vehicle shopping

So, are we going to kick the tires?

 

there are no pillars

 return of the two headed dog

 In the Star Trek stories (and others) beings can be teleported through space. Perhaps Captain is being 'raptured'.

These are taken in Cleveland's Lithuanian Cultural Garden. John and the hounds are taller than the Pillars of Gediminas. They are not architectural; but an heraldic mark, which derived from pre-christian times. The name came in the 19th century.

Cerberus

I can see how Cerberus became envisioned.  Greyhounds have long and narrow bodies. They often stand abreast. If they look in different directions, and you see them for afar.  Κέρβερος was the multi-headed dog that guarded Hades, the hellhound. One of the labors of Heracles/Hercules was to capture and parade Cerberus.

The ancient Greek writers did not have a uniform description of the hound, or how many heads he had. Some descriptions also had snake heads included, usually on his back. The common description, that has come to us, is a black hound with three heads.

Peter Paul Rubens. Hercules and Cerberus. 1636. Madrid.

Captain at Glendale Akron

Walter Franklin's mausoleum is the most elaborate in Akron's Glendale Cemetery. Captain is posing next to one of the statues.

On Jupiter and Mars

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars 

Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars ...

— Bart Howard

                                                Cassius (L), Captain America (R)

Yesterday, we had a solar eclipse, we relaxed inside. Prudence is a virtue. To-day, we took a walk along the solar system on Mastick Road in the Rocky J. River Metropark. They have a series of stops with signs describing our solar system. One step is equal to a million miles on the walking scale, this ends up as close to 3/4 of a mile. They stop at Neptune, the eight planet. Pluto is mentioned on an early note as one of several dwarf planets. When this was controversy, a term arose 'trans-Neptunian objects'. Pluto was discovered in 1930, the next was in 1992, the current count is beyond 2,000.