Rain, Rain Go Away...

Here is a little poem that I composed myself...

Rain, rain go away,

Please don't come another day

I don't like rainy days

Rain, rain go away.

Actually, I do like the rain. However, not at six o clock in the morning in the unreasonable cold. Especially when the road is frozen over and you are trying to walk uphill to the bus stop and you're already late. Not that it happened to me this morning or anything...

This post is about

Silver!!

In the summer I LOVE the rain. Like, a lot. My favorite thing to do is to put some old clothes on and go run around in it.

Yes, that is me and
yes, I am dancing and
yes, it is raining.

In the winter it is not very welcome. It makes the snow gross and melty, and to top it off it is really, really, cold. (especially at the ungodly hour of the morning that I am required to get up at)

There is something wrong with this picture...
Photo Courtesy of Panoramio

Despite all of the obvious downsides, I actually enjoy my morning walks. (but only when an imaginary kidnapper isn't following me.) 

I love my morning walks because I get to see the stars and the silver moon.  Most days the moon is so bright that I don't even need a flashlight to walk to the bus! It is really nice to have something pretty to look at.

In case you didn't know stargazing is one of my favorite pastimes. I just think that stars are so pretty!

Aren't they just gorgeous???
Photo Courtesy of Higher Perspective

Shooting stars are, of course, my favorite. No matter how times I see it, I still don't ever get tired of them.

One time we were camping  and it was really warm out so we left the tent coverings off. My mom and I couldn't sleep so we stayed up watching the stars.

I started to wonder, if there are so many stars in the universe which ones can we see?  It turns out that this very night you can go out and see lots of famous and cool things, not just stars.

For example, tonight you can see not only many famous constellations such as the Big Dipper, but you can also see a planet! That's right tonight the planet Jupiter is visible from Utah (don't worry I looked this up).  Other cool stuff you can see includes the Andromeda Galaxy

Does this picture look familiar or is that just me??
Photo Courtesy of Wiki

Also visible are many star clusters and large stars, such as the Pleiades aka. the Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters? More like ten million!
Photo Courtesy of Starry Skies

Well this post was supposed to be about rain, that was kind of a bust. I am too lazy to change the title. And for my three readers, hopefully I inspired you to do some stargazing in the near future!