Strange (But Fun) Days!

To follow up from the last post – today is not only a National Day for Milk but also here in Canada it is notoriously (ok I just found out) that it is

National Step in the Puddle and
Splash Your Friends Day!

Which of course is great fun!
(unless you are the now sopping wet friend)

The only problem is that today it is -18C and there are no puddles whatsoever around here at the moment.

Why is this holiday in January?

Anyway! To commemorate National Step in the Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day, here is a vase all about water, and it even includes a picture of the vase next to a puddle! Pretty timely I’d say!

Let’s read on!Ready to splash a friend with this puddle that is
NOT frozen!

Sobek’s Tears, tells the story of an aggressive and fearless god who not only controlled the waters of the Nile, but also suffered from hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). As the Egyptian god of fertility and water he was both adored and feared, for he could often side with chaos.

Sobek’s Tears
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As Sobek was busy helping to create the world and laying eggs along what would be the banks of the Nile, his sweat would become the mighty river. Good thing there was not yet a pill for that.

90’s Dance Anthem to Sobek?

Sobek was thought to protect both the Pharoah and even some of the gods. It is thought that he assisted the venerable Isis during the childbirth of Horus. He also saved Horus’ four children in his net when they emerged from a lotus flower in the Nile.

This may explain why temple complexes devoted to him often had their own pond, complete with their own crocodile that was fed milk and honey and the choicest cuts of meat. Move over Cleopatra! Tick-Tock the crocodile from Peter Pan (not the social media platform, which we are now on by the way) must feel jealous they did not end up in an ancient Egyptian temple.

Hopefully Sobek is feeling extra fertile this year and whoever has this vase will have a lovely garden, you know . . . once the puddles are no longer ice.

What do you think of the vase and
the story of Sobek?