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What you see in the clouds might say something about you
Aha! Maybe this is the article that will tell him what it’s all about! ‘If you spend enough time looking at the sky, you will start seeing shapes in the clouds — a hippo, a dragon, a human face. The phenomenon is so common that it has its own hashtag: #cloudsthatlooklikethings. The reason we see animals, monsters and…
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Seeing things that aren’t there? It’s called pareidolia
‘Maybe you’ve seen the proverbial bunny in the clouds on a warm summer day, or the face of a clown in a mud splatter on the side of your car? Seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia. It’s a form of apophenia, which is a more general term for the human…
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Clouds That Look Like Things
‘Spotting shapes in clouds is a delightful way to pass a lazy afternoon. There's even a society dedicated to cloud spotting. It’s called the Cloud Appreciation Society, founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and to fight “blue sky thinking”. A clear blue sky has always been…
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Look at this, a group of people who love clouds!
The girls dry off and Yeti has to do a search for this group. ‘We love clouds. Read our manifesto and see how we are fighting the banality of ‘blue-sky thinking’. • WE BELIEVE that clouds are unjustly maligned and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them. • We think that they are Nature’s poetry, and the most…
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The four of them enjoy their evening together
Tiffi, Jenny and Yeti finally arrive at Tiffi’s house. Tiffi goes into the kitchen to look for the puppies. “Where could they be?” thinks Tiffi. “Hey Jenny, did you bring a change of clothes with you? I’m going to get changed so you might want to get out of your wet clothes now.” Yeti goes into the living room to wait for…
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Tiffi has a sleepover with Jenny
The girls clean up the dining room and the kitchen. Mr. Toffee is watching TV. They join him for a bit but there is nothing great on TV so Tiffi suggests that they go into her bedroom. So, I’ve been doing a lot of googling lately,” says Tiffi. “I want to keep myself and my friends busy this summer so I looked online for…
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Let’s go fly a kite …………..
“I’ve got it!” exclaims Tiff. “Let’s go fly a kite next.” Let’s go fly a kite ………….. Up to the highest height! Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let's go fly a kite! That’s it! That has to be their next summer fun thing to do! “Let’s see what we can find online…
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Let's go fly a kite!
Up to the highest height! Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring Up through the atmosphere Up where the air is clear Oh, let's go fly a kite! Summer is meant for swimming, barbecues, and yes, flying kites. The warm weather is the perfect time to take advantage of a breezy summer day at the park – and you can even learn a…
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History of kites
Time for Elsa to get on her computer to check out the history of kites! ‘It’s unclear when kites were invented. Many scholars believe that they were developed in China. Other evidence suggests that kites were used by cultures in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the South Pacific as fishing instruments made of natural materials…
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More history
EARLY AERODROMES/AIRPLANE - Many of the experiments and developments during the 1800s led directly to the eventual development of the powered airplane and transatlantic wireless communications in the early 20th century. The Wright Brothers were skilled at kite flying, and it was their years of kite flying that directly led…
