William's World of Wonder!: April 2015

Hey, guys! This is going to be a multi blog today! One is about the ocean and one is about space. So, you might want to get ready!

Ok, let's get to writing...

The first thing is about Gyres - pronounced with a soft G. Gyre means a ring or a circle. It comes for the Greek language. They are kind of like a whirlpool, except garbage collects in the centers. They are in 5 places in the oceans.

My opinion - I think some of the garbage that's from land that collects there, sometimes drift into the ocean and collects in one spot. This is bad because it causes the death of sea life like fish and turtles. The garbage can choke them if they try to eat it or they can get stuck in it and drown.

A Gyre in the Pacific Ocean

GRAPHIC PICTURE:

this picture was taken by Chris Jordan. He is a cultural activist. This poor thing. All that garbage was in this birds' stomach.

I think we can help by recycling more. And only throwing rocks in the ocean. We can help by keeping all of our lakes and rivers clean. We can help by cleaning up the shore of Lake Erie. Next week, Mom and I are going to clean our part of the shore.

Here is a short clip by 5 Gyres explaining what a Gyre is:

5 Gyres

Moving on....

Happy birthday, Hubble!!!! It's the Hubble Telescopes 25th birthday! I think Hubble has changed our perspective of space. It's shown us things like nebula's and galaxies and black holes and all kinds of cool stuff! It's giving us a better understanding of outer space. It's not so outer once you get used to it. And you know, space doesn't always go on forever. It has to stop somewhere and sometime. It's the whole spacetime thing. I don't have time explain spacetime continuum today. I think Hubble is helping us get in to space. Within the next couple of years, humans may make it to Mars! That is so cool!

Hubble short film

cool Hubble photos

That's it for today. Happy birthday, Hubble! I wonder what you're next 25 years will be like! And remember, guys...we have to work on keeping our oceans clean!

So, see you guys later!

Hi, guys! We just got back from Florida! YAY! Well, technically, we got back on Thursday. But, still....YAYYYYY!!!!

I'm gonna tell you all about my trip to Florida, starting with the 6th.

On the 6th, which rhymes with Styx, (the river Styx from Greek Mythology) we got ready and packed our things for our trip. Daddy weighed all the bags and then we were on our way to the airport. When we got on the plane, we had to wait awhile to complete their in-flight check up. Then we took off! IT WAS SCARY in the beginning of the flight. I kinda screamed and freaked out. But, I was okay once we got going. I had fun watching a Percy Jackson movie. The 1st one was a little different from the book. The characters didn't match up. When we got off the plane, we drove to Homosassa, Fl. That's where my Grandmama lives. (FYI - Part 2 of her story is coming out soon, so stay tuned.)

The weather in Florida was perfect. A little hot at times, I gotta admit, but nicer than here. We got to go to the beach a couple of times. We even saw dolphins once! Daddy even made a sand sea turtle for me. I named him Sandy. He was cuter the 1st time, but Lilly stepped on his shell. πάει στα κοράκια, Lilly. That's the worst
Greek curse I can think of. It means, go to the crows.

LEGOLAND!!!! I finally got to Legoland!!!! I had tons and tons of fun! It's better than Disney! They should make Disney jealous by making a Lego Universe! My most favorite part is when we got in. I suggest you start saving to go. Everything was made out of legos, except, of course the rides. They even made a medival stone castle, which must have taken forever. And I suggest you check out the World of Chima. One of their rides will soak you completely! From head to toe! All of your clothes get wet. It's fun!!! You get to squirt people! After I got wet, I went into the people dryer and got dried off! Couldn't they think of a cooler way to dry though? You don't want to get dried off with heat in the middle of Florida! We spent 2 days at Legoland. The second day was free! It was a special BOGO deal. We got to go on roller coasters! Which I thought was pretty fun! We found out that if you wait until the end of the day to go on rides, there are no lines! We got right on! And one roller coaster we rode twice! In the WB game zone, you get to try out a couple of the lego video games. A couple of the Batman's, the Lego Movie, and Star Wars. Daddy liked it in the game zone because it was coolest place in the park. It was REALLY air conditioned! We got to see a 4D movie about Chima! (FOR CHIMA!!!!) I loved it! It was really cool! And don't get me started on the pirate show. That took place in Pirates Cove near Cypress Gardens. You should definitely check it out. The show in the cove was a water show. We were in the splash zone, but we didn't get splashed. They were doing water ski jumps and stuff. They even a parrot! Even the parrot was made of legos!

We saw a banyan tree in Cypress Gardens. A banyan tree is one single tree that actually looks like a bunch of trees growing together. The branches grow down. This tree is 75 years old! People in Africa live in these trees. That's how big they get.

We saw SEA TURTLES!!!!!!! Real live sea turtles! I was so excited, I cried! I saw a green sea turtle and the rarest of them all, a Kemp Ridley. That isn't something you see everyday. We saw them at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa Bay. These turtles are there because they are injured. They are so big, that even the sharks don't bother them. We saw a lemon shark and a black point shark. That was interesting. I even go to pose with someone in a turtle costume! Her name was Shelly, the loggerhead turtle. Now that was really interesting! We was some stingrays and a really big grouper, African penguins, and otters and moray eels. And there was also a nurse shark. You do know that the nurse shark is the only one that can breathe without moving.

On a glass bottom boat, we saw alligators and a lot of fish. I enjoyed that.

We saw manatees at the reserve in Homosassa. That was really cool, too.

We went to Grandmama's church for Orthodox Easter. That will be the only time I go to her church. They use incense and the priest went a little over board with it. It was very perfumey. The priest blessed our food baskets for Easter. I liked Easter dinner, though. Grandmama had lots of company. But, they were all nice. Even Aunt Liz came! It was nice to see her and Uncle Billy.

I had tons of fun in Florida. Here are some pics! I think I'll go back again sometime. That will be when the Lego Hotel is finished.

Hey guys, I'm done for now.

Talk to you later!

Any questions, comment below!

Stay tuned til next time!

Mom gives up trying to get these in order! But I hope you like them anyway!