My typical evening starts with me reminding my human servants that dinner is impending and that I should be receiving my food soon. In fact, I should get my dinner immediately when I demand it. I think my servant gets a little mad but I really need him not to forget. Be that as it may, I have made an interesting observation.
When we do finally get fed, the servants are bustling about doing the things they do. Noises are made, people are walking around, trash is being put away. However, when we are done and the servants sit down at their dinner, my friend the dog, has to leave and be quiet. The dog is very good about that. (I taught him well .)

This morning, at 2AM July 4 2009, our planet reached Aphelion, or the point in its orbit around the sun where the distance between (us and them) is the greatest. I find it slightly counterintuitive that this corresponds to the the peak of Summer for me (in the Northern Hemisphere). In fact, the Earth’s distance from the Sun has little to do with seasons. It is, instead, the tilt of Earth on its axis which causes seasonal climate changes.

Either way, Happy 4th of July!