Halloween

Halloween is a fun but extremely scary month. I love Halloween but hate being scared. Can you say that your biggest fear is being scared? That shows how much of a scaredy cat I am, and I am not going to try to make myself sound tough because I know that I am not even remotely close to brave at all. Even things that don’t scare most people still scare me. 

                Over the weekend we went to a farm called Hee Haw farms. It was really fun and they had lots of activities to choose from. One of the things they had there for the little kids was a little inflatable haunted house. Its height was about four feet tall and it was not very long at all.  “It’s time to go in!” I said, even though it still looked scary. When I got in it, it was so cheesy it was hard to be scared. I wasn’t scared at all and there was no one in it to scare me. Until I got a little behind the people I was with and one of them hid up ahead and waited for me to come. When I got to the turning point where I ducked because the inflatable was lowering, all of the Hales jumped out at me! I screamed and was so scared for the rest of the time. After they scared me, I really just wanted to go back to the Hales’ house, but they didn’t want to. I was mad at Travis Hales because it was Travis’s idea to scare me.

                 Your opinion on Halloween may be different than mine.  Yours may be that you love it and aren’t scared on bit from it. I wish that all of the districts’ people would let us celebrate Halloween more by letting us dress up. I have decided that schools don’t do very much for all of the different holidays and I wish that they did. The fun things about holidays are the preparation and festivity of the holidays. I am just happy that we get Halloween off from school.

                Halloween is a time for people to dress up and go around pranking and scaring people. Many people think that when they hit there teen years that they are too old for trick-or-treating. The definition of too old for trick-or-treating is just like saying I hate getting free candy and dressing up as anything I want.  To me that just says crazy. Halloween is very different from other Holidays because other holidays are all celebrating something good that has happened, and then there is Halloween which is just a holiday for candy and scaring.

                Many cultures do Halloween different than us. In Spanish class this year we learned about the day of the dead, which is Spanish Halloween. It is a day to mourn over all of their dead loved ones. They visits grave sites and bring flowers and gifts. They also make many crafts like paper flowers, glass paintings and sculptures. Halloween is a very fun Holiday that can be spent in many different ways!

What Nature Means To Me

            I have always been a fan of nature. It is so beautiful and has so many wonderful aspects to it. There are animals, plants and weather, all of which make up our beautiful world. One of the definitions of nature is “The beautiful elements of the natural world.” I find this statement to be very true. Nature is beautiful and everything in it is really a work of art.

        There are so many species of animals, reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc. in the world. There are many, many different types of species. There are also many endangered species that many of our children will never be able to see. We need to do our best to keep these animals alive so that our children can one day see them and so they keep the environment stable. When an animal is lost from an ecosystem, it can change the whole thing, which is not good and can potentially kill the environment.

        Plants are a very valuable asset to our world. They provide oxygen, food, and shelter. Plants can also be used to heal, like burns and diseases. Plants work right alongside humans. We breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants then breathe in the carbon dioxide and release oxygen, which we need to survive. We use plants to help us make our homes but it also can be a bad thing. The more trees we cut down, the less plants we have to help our ecosystem and the environment we live in. We need to be very careful so we don’t let any plant species go extinct.

        Weather is a very influential piece of our lives. I am not just talking about if it is cold we wear a jacket, and if it is hot we wear shorts.  I t is more than that. The weather is what keeps us alive, or kills us. We are very fortunate to have our mild weather. If the weather was too hot we would die.  If the weather was too cold we would die also. The weather changes our lives dramatically and if we don’t treat our nature better, then the weather could go to extremes and kill us all. We all have heard of global warming, and if we don’t start taking better care of nature, it could become a reality.

        Nature is very important in our lives and is very important to me.  Hopefully, it is also important to a lot of others. If we take time out of our busy lives to see how wonderful nature is, then we can help the world have a better future. Sometimes we think of nature as scary and gross, but it is all those parts that make nature what it is.  Animals, plants, and weather are just some of the important parts of our world. There are so many more yet to be explored and figured out, all we can do is just keep trying to help out in any way possible way we can.

Why Do Leaves Change Color In the Fall?

Why do leaves change colors in the fall? Have you ever heard of a tree using sunscreen? Both these questions may seem not very related but let me assure you that they are!  I had never heard about a tree using sunscreen until I learned about some new scientific research that shows why they change colors. In the fall the leaves change to magnificent shades of orange, red, and yellows but have you ever wondered why?

                In this article it talks about how the leaves change color. Have you ever wondered why the leaves change colors and fall off in the fall? Well I know I have and this article really cleared things up for me. In this article Hoch (one of the leading scientists on this case) says that he thinks it is the trees form of sunscreen. The scientists also believe that it might protect trees from insects. They can’t be sure yet but they are still doing research to find out why.

                I think that it is important that we continue research on this topic. The research is important because we can further figure out how nature works.  We may not be able to figure out everything about it but the more we know the better. There are so many things about nature and more specifically trees that we don’t know. If we figure out how they work we can try to find new ways for them to survive better. Trees give off the oxygen that we breathe in. It is very important that we keep these resources healthy so that we can continue living here on earth. The more trees we cut down for our own development the worse it will get. The more we know about trees the better!

                In this article Dr. Hoch says, “Nature is very efficient, and doesn’t just do something for no reason. So we figured there had to be some purpose for the production of these pigments in autumn.” I agree totally with this statement.  Everything in nature is very perfect. There is a reason for everything. He talks about how since we already know that there is a reason for everything, there has to be a reason for this. That is why we should keep researching.

                This article was very interesting and I encourage everyone to read it that is interested in this topic. It was a very interesting topic and really makes you think about all the small things in life and how they work. Just by knowing why leaves change colors in the fall can lead to more important discoveries that can end up saving lives. We should continue the research on this topic to find out more about nature.

                 You may already know that the days in the fall and winter are shorter than in the spring and the summer. This is another reason why trees change color in the fall. Trees have green leaves because they photosynthesize, but they need lots of sunlight to do that. When the days become shorter they can’t photosynthesize as much so they start to change colors. There are many different theories as to why leaves change colors, and these are just a few.  

Do you get Embarrassed Easily?

 I read an article on the science website and it really caught my eye. It was about embarrassment. Have you ever been embarrassed? Well it’s not that bad of a thing! In this article it tells you have being embarrassed is actually a characteristic of a good person.

                In this article it says how If you are embarrassed easily you actually are a more trustworthy person and more honest.  This is a very interesting study but when I thought about it I knew it was true. Think about a person that gets embarrassed a lot. Do you think of him as trustworthy? I know that the person I’m thinking of is honest. The article also states that a person that is embarrassed easily is also good for dating help and other important decision making.

                There is so much about ourselves that we have yet to learn. Even though we think we know everything about ourselves because we are us, we are wrong. There is so much that even the smartest of people can’t find out about us. The more we can figure out how we work the better we will be able to understand ourselves. I think this research should be continued so that we know more about ourselves. There are different aspects of our body. We may know all of our interests and hobbies, but there are internal parts of us that we have yet to figure out.

                 “Embarrassment is one emotional signature of a person to whom you can entrust valuable resources. It’s part of the social glue that fosters trust and cooperation in everyday life one of the Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a coauthor of the study published in this month’s online issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. This is the kind of studies that will really help us one day. It is important we read articles like this so we can understand our own selves better.

                After I read this article, there was one question that came into my mind. I was really curious to know if other characteristics that we have resemble something else. If embarrassment means trustworthy, then what does shy and other stuff like that mean? It would be interesting to know what all of these things mean.  You can’t always believe all the stuff that you hear in the world but that is why I like this website. It has people that know what they are doing conduct these projects so  that we know that all the information they are putting online is true.

                In conclusion, I think that we should continue this research to figure out more about ourselves. This article was very interesting. I did not know that if you get embarrassed it means you are a trustworthy and honest person.  If you are interested I stuff like this, then you should go online and read the other articles that these scientist have to offer.

October

The month of October is always one of my favorite months! Although it is the time of the year when the weather starts to get colder and summer is officially gone and past, it still has good things about it though. In October, you can really see how the leaves begin to change.  The weather is also not too hot and not too cold. The fall is filled with so many noises of birds, leaves crinkling below your feet and not to mention that Halloween comes with October too.

                When October comes it truly feels like fall. You see the first leaves change from their original green color, to every shape of red, green, and yellow.  Fall is a happy time and filled with wonderful colors and smells of fresh air. I recently went up to park city and the colors of the trees up there have already begun to change colors. I also noticed that the leaves were already starting the decent to the ground. Not to mention that when the leaves change, so does the air around us.

                When fall comes, the air starts to cool down dramatically. The days are shorter, which means less sunlight for us. Because of this annual thing, the air cools and the leaves change color. In the fall we also get to harvest our food that we have been growing all year long. For our family October is a special month because we get to harvest our giant pumpkins. You may be wondering what I mean by giant pumpkins. Every year our family grows pumpkins that grow to be over 1000 pounds!  They aren’t any regular pumpkins.

                With October also come the wonderful sounds of nature. You are presented with the sounds of crinkling leaves beneath your feet as you walk across the grass. You hear the birds chirp and the dogs howl. When you get closer to Halloween you hear even different sounds. You hear the werewolves and the myths.  You hear the vampires, and the howling wind with every different scary story.  Then on Halloween nights you hear all the kids go around as the trick or treat.

                We have a special Halloween tradition that we do every year.  We always carve our giant pumpkins in many different creative ways. Sometimes we have competitions to see who can come up with the best new idea for the pumpkins to be carved into. Whoever wins gets to participate in carving the magnificent vegetable.  We always have our traditional pumpkin pie too.

                As you can see October is a very special time of the year. So much changes in just this month, almost more than any other month.  October is very beautiful with all the colors and all the sounds.  Fall is the season when the leaves change, and so does the air. I am very excited for the rest of this month and how it will turn out. I know it will be amazing like always. I hope that you can see the beauty in the world this October!