My grandmother used to talk about the "Dog Days." She was referring to some days I think in August. There are Dog Days Cicadas (annuals) too. I could tell it's August with my eyes closed, just by listening to the night sounds. They get unusually intense in August. Both here and in Ohio.
August is a gentle reminder for not doing a single thing from your new year resolution for seven months and not doing it for next five. – Crestless Wave August 3 1897: The Street Car Controller was patented by Walter Knight and William Potter. August 4 1970: "Poppin Fresh" was trademark registered by the Pillsbury Company. August 5 1997: Patent Number 5,652,975 was issued for an automatic talking potty apparatus to Glory Hoskin.
Genius people are born in August. August 6 1935: William Coolidge obtained a patent for the cathode ray tube, a critical ingredient of TV and other electronic applications. August 7 1906: The Flexible Flyer was trademark registered. (Finally...a sled you can steer!)
August is my lucky month... and the number 8 Born 8-8-48 Met my second husband in August 19 th year later he proposed in August then we married August 31 st ...32 years this August. Yep a good month fer me
August 9 1898: Rudolf Diesel of France was granted patent Number 608,845 for an "internal combustion engine" known as the Diesel engine. August 10 1909: The Ford trademark was registered by the Ford Motor Corporation.
Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity. – Henry Rollins