Treasure #21- Clouds

Completly different look from yesterday's pics, wouldn't you say?  Amazing the difference a night can make, and a little bit of rain, huh?
This year I worked with my first graders in learning the different types of clouds and what the different kinds indicate.  It was one of my favorite units this year.  We learned about cirrus (the whispy ones that don't really have a shape), cumulus (the puffy ones) and stratus (the ones that are thin and look similar to a blanket).
I think a sunrise looks more stunning if it rises through clouds. That could be turned into an analogy, but it will have to wait for another day.  Clouds are really quiet fascinating.  One of the people I work with said "It is amazing how when you learn about one thing how it opens the whole world to you."  I love that about my job.  I am learning about the same intersting things as my littles are.  LOVE IT!!
One of my favorite singers Mindy Gledhill did a remake of a song called Both Sides Now and I love how it ties into clouds:

"Both Sides Now"

Both Sides Now

Both Sides Now

Rows and flows of angel hair

And ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere

I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun

They rain and they snow on everyone

So many things I would have done

But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now

From up and down, and still somehow

It's cloud illusions I recall

I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels

The dizzy dancing way that you feel

As every fairy tale comes real

I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show

And you leave 'em laughing when you go

And if you care, don't let them know

Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now

From give and take, and still somehow

It's love's illusions I recall

I really don't know love

Really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud

To say "I love you" right out loud

Dreams and schemes and circus crowds

I've looked at life that way

Oh but now old friends they're acting strange

And they shake their heads

And they tell me that I've changed

Well something's lost but something's gained

In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now

From win and lose and still somehow

It's life's illusions I recall

I really don't know life at all

It's life's illusions I recall

I really don't know life

I really don't know life at all

Both Sides Now

Both Sides Now