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DogDaz Zoo: Btw Ides and Irish

16 Mar

 

There is a great deal that goes on at the DogDaz Zoo from month to month. We sleep; we eat; we walk; we nap; we find the sun rays; we eat snacks; we sleep; we walk – you get the idea. The wonderful thing is that we do it together. Yesterday was the IDES of MARCH. They say that you need to beware because people could be out to kill you. Being little, we think people and things are always out to kill us; I guess it was no different than any other day.

Today is Mommy’s birthday so we are giving her lots of hugs and love. She was born between the Ides of March and Saint Patrick’s day. Does that make her a Roman Mastiff or an Irish Wolfhound? Either way, she is the best dog Mommy in the universe. She gives us lots of everything and in return we cuddle and lick her endlessly.

Next week is finally SPRING. It has been a cold winter and we are done with it! We are ready to move on to the flowers and the bees.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day – let’s party like a leprechaun. 

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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3.15.13 Beware The Ides Of March & Cerberus

15 Mar

The “Ides of March” is an interesting day.  It is the 15th of March and it commemorates the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE.  Why would anyone really want to remember something like that?  But Caesar (you know who he was, right?) got himself stabbed to death at work (he was a senator).  They say that there may have been over 60 people (lead by guys named, Brutus and Cassius) that were involved.  The interesting thing to me is that Caesar was warned that this was going to happen; but, silly him, he went to work anyway.  If someone told me that I was going to come to harm if I went somewhere later today, just for the heck of it, I would stay home.  

William Shakespeare (one of my favorites), made this prophecy famous in his play called … (of course)… “Julius Caesar.”  In the play Caesar is warned by a soothsayer to “beware the ides of March.”  Hence, the expression.  

cerberus2For some reason this all made me think about dogs in Greek Mythology (OK, Caesar was Roman, but somehow I made the jump).  Which lead me to thinking about the three-headed dog, Cerberus.  He was a watchdog.  The difference between him and my Louise is that Lulu watches over my house, where Cerberus watched over Hades (also know as, hell, or the underworld.)  He allowed people to enter but he never would let them leave.  Some people did escape however, like Orpheus, who lulled him to sleep by playing soothing music, and Hermes who used water from the Lethe (a river that ran through Hades).  The most famous ‘person’ who got past Cerberus was Hercules (I like him best in the Disney version).   Actually, Hercules did not get ‘past’ Cerberus, he wrestled him into submission and brought him to the land of the living.  And they say that Cerberus’ saliva fell to the ground during that encounter and that is what produced the first poisonous plants on earth.  

You never know where the ides of March will take you.  Beware!

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on March 15, 2013 in Dogs

 

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3.16.12 I Love A Parade!

16 Mar

This is Lulu Belle and I wanted to discuss 3 special days in March with you.

Yesterday was the Ides of March.  That is the name of the 15th day of March in the Roman calendar.  The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars and a military parade was usually held.  In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. Caesar was stabbed (23 times) to death in the Roman Senate by a group of conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. The group included 60 other co-conspirators according to Plutarch.  (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March)

In neo-modern times, it is also known as ‘the day before Mommy’s birthday’ which is today, 16 March.  We think Mommy was born later than 44 B.C. (Before Cats?) but we are not sure.  Mommy tends to celebrate her birthday for a month since it falls in the middle. We have noticed that humans have parades in the streets of many towns and cities on 17 March (aka St. Patrick’s Day**) to also celebrate Mommy.  We wonder why the parades are not held on her actual birthday but humans can be weird?  And we also wondered why people wear green and they call her Patrick, which is not her name?  Mommy does not like green, she says it matches her skin color.

(** Saint Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. Today, St. Patrick’s Day is probably the most widely celebrated saint’s day in the world.  (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day))

Around our house we like the celebration idea much better than the killing of Caesar, so we are going to have a pre-birthday parade and then a post-birthday parade for Mommy.  I can’t wait until she sees what we made for her in the yard.

I love a parade ! – Lulu Belle

Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo….. 

 
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Posted by on March 16, 2012 in Dogs

 

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