Monday, April 17, 2023

What's a Sundog?

Greetings friends and fans! This is The Daily Bone, Princess Edition, and we're your faithful puppy reporters Baby and Rosie Spaniel.  (I think we got the opening greeting right, eh sister?)

Now if we can just sit still for pictures …

Is that a birdie?

Anyhow, a couple days ago our ghostwriter went outside to see if there was going to be a nice sunset. She got all excited and exclaimed that there's a sundog! What the heck is a sundog? We started sniffing around for this new doggie, but came up with nothing.

She finally explained to us that a sundog is sort of like a rainbow that's formed by the sunlight shining through ice crystals in the sky … We pups don't quite understand all that. Seems we have a lot of homework to do in order to become science geeks like ghostwriter and the rest of the family.


We put a link to a scientific explanation about sundogs at the end of this post. 

In other news, we're seeing even more flowers in our yard. 


And the birdies are building their nests wherever they can. 

Unfortunately our nice weather is not going to last. It's supposed to get cold again, and might even snow. Right now it's all clouded over and getting windy.


And the rain has begun!

We guess it's as good a time as any for a nap.


One more thing! We looked back to The Daily Bone on April of 2021. Our guardian angel Chester L. W. Spaniel showed that it can definitely still snow in April here in WNY. We'll do a follow-up report if we do get any snow on the ground. 

thedailybonebychester.blogspot.com/2021/04/earth-day

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8 comments:

  1. We did not know that was called a sun dog. You have a very informative blog. You two pose beautifully for the camera but only when you're asleep.

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    1. We're working on it. Chester didn't become the suave news reporter until he was a bit more than 3 years old.

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  2. Hi, gals!! You're getting better and better at reporting things to all of us!

    After an unseasonably hot week, we had a rapid cool down, and Monday we had snow showers! Right now the temp is 32F...Brrr!

    Sundogs are always pretty, aren't they?

    Enjoy your snooze time...we did that a lot too...rain - blech!

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  3. Gail and I love your sundog almost as much as we love seeing the photos of two real Princess dogs out and about learning all about their wonderful world. Oh, and the picture of you two napping is just delightful too,
    Toodle-oo!
    Nobby.

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  4. We didn't know what a sundog was either but it sure is beautiful as are both of you girls!

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  5. There sure is a lot that is blooming around here with all the warm weather we've had. We think you two do a great job of posing for such young girls.

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  6. Rosie and Baby I never knew about sundogs until maybe 15 years ago. You two are following closely in the paw prints of Joey and Chester...making me smile, teaching me and sharing your beautiful
    area in WNY
    Hugs Cecilia

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  7. What a beautiful sundog! We've never seen one before, they sure are interesting!
    xoxo,
    Rosy & Sunny

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