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1. Cirrus

Theses clouds are very high in the sky; they are usually 6-12 km high. They are very wispy, fibrous, and delicate. They can also be called mares’ tails.

2. Cirrocumulus

These clouds are also 6-12 km high and can be described as small tufts or thin ripples. A sky with cirrocumulus clouds in it can be called a “mackerel sky” because it resembles the scaley body of a mackerel fish.

Cirrocumulus clouds or a mackerel sky

3. Cirrostratus

Theses high level clouds can look thin whitish veils. Very often they create a halo around the sun or moon.

Cirrostratus clouds with a halo

4. Altocumulus

These clouds can be found between 2-6 km high. They are described as rounded, rolls, or patches. When these clouds are in the sky the sun can look like a disk.

Altocumulus clouds

5. Altostratus

These middle-layer clouds  are like fibrous blankets or sheets. The sun can not shine it’s shadow through these clouds.

6. Nimbostratus

This is the first cloud type of the lower layer. (.8-2 km) These are usually precipation bringing, low, dark, and layered clouds.

Nimbostratus clouds

7. Stratus

These low level clouds are low and like a sheet or blanket. If it is at ground level it is known as fog.

Stratus clouds seen as fog

8. Stratocumulus

These clouds are wavy looking and are puffy on top with a dark and flattened bottom. They are also found in the lower layer.

Stratocumulus clouds

9. Cumulus

These clouds are very vertically developed. They can be anywhere from .5-10 km high. They are dense, puffy, and their appearance is made in the morning.

Cumulus clouds

10. Cumulonimbus

These clouds that can bring heavy precipation are very vertically developed. The can cause static on a AM radio.

Cumulonimmbus clouds

Dizios

We just played a game called Dizios.  It consists of colored tiles with dots on them, and you try to get the most points by connecting your tile (by color) to other tiles on the table.  You get points by how many dots are on the tiles you touched with your play.

It normally is a fun game.  I lost miserably.  Some people say the joy is in playing a game.  Those people obviously have never lost at anything.

Word Jong Party wii

One of our favorite games for the wii is Word Jong Party.  You have a stack of tiles and you get points for every word you make.  The first person to the set amount wins.  Sounds pretty fun, right?  Well, I think so because…. I dominate!  My uncle plays me when he comes over and he’s never beaten me!  It is always a battle.  He always says, “I’ve got bad news for you. I’m going to BEAT you in Word Jong.” But he never does.

This is a game I would totally recommend to people who like word games  It’ s pretty fun, because when you get more than four letters in a word you get cruel items like freezing your opponets’ tiles, mixing up their tiles, blacking out their screen, and more.  This game is also available as an app, but I would recommend getting the wii version because it is available to up to four players.  Word Jong Party has quickly become a favorite in our house.

1. a boy, youth, or young man
2. a waiter or servant

Bonjour!
I just started Rosetta Stone French. I couldn’t let the little garcon of our house outdo me. For some reason I have a lot of trouble pronouncing “Garcon”, but other than that it is going well.

He is trying to save up for “Angry Birds Knock on Wood”, so he gets a quarter for every lesson he does. For some reason the Angry Birds obsession that has swept the nation has taken over him too. He has three plush toys of the birds. There is a lot of squawking going on at our house.

Angry Birds Knock on Wood

The sea wasp is the most venomous jellyfish. Its poisoning ability is greater than any snake. Its search for shrimp leads it to the beach where people are often found swimming. It’s so deadly that when stung, a swimmer dies in the attempt to stagger to shore.  This transparent creature, which is difficult to see, is only found in Australia’s oceans.  This blob of neurotoxin can kill over 50 people.  The sea wasp is the deadliest creature alive.

This well known phrase written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton definitely describes tonight. A dark gruesome cloud fills the oddly lit sky. My scared dog looks nervously around while sitting at my side in the basement. The ominous questions that lurk in mind are: will we have to spend hours in the basement with my freaked out dog and nutty little brother? Will I get dinner? These are the questions that haunt me.

School.

Tonight we had company over, so Mom made a HUGE spread. We had: chicken, chicken with barbecue sauce, bratwursts, green beans, corn, Texas toast, Parmesan cheese noodles (which are fabulous), chips, veggies and dip, lemonade, coke, and they brought brownies. Doesn’t that just make you hungry?

Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day!  Or maybe some other month?
Spring showers have certainly brought May flowers, but it’s drowning them!
It’s been raining so much here!  Mom has some newly planted fruit trees, and she’s afraid they’re going to be ruined if this keeps up.  Last year it was so dry.