dang dawg days

The Rev. Gary Davis, grandfather of the fingerpicked "Piedmont" blues was born in Laurens....they just said that on the radio...I had forgotten....but I wanted to mention the 26,000 year cycle of astronomical precession, which makes the Dog Days in modern times slightly different than they were in Plato's day.....Sirius rises with the Sun on some different days now as compared to then, if I'm understanding what I'm reading.....the Old Farmer says August 11 is the last day, but I don't believe that....it's going to keep going for a couple more weeks I bet....