Pinterest My Interest

Have you ever imagined about having a pin board where you can just put pretty, inspiring quotes, pictures, ideas all in one organized place? Where you can dream about the places you would like to travel? Well thanks to a new website called Pinterest you can virtually build inspiration boards for all the things you like.  Pinterest is a social media site where you become a member and follow other people and they can follow you. You ask what does following mean? Well they can see what you put on your inspiration boards. These boards can be characterized by what books you want to read, or music you like. There are many boards with home decorating, and travel. Some have boards that are their dream wedding, with colors, dresses, decoration, food, and venue. Pinterest allows you to make your own board, and it can be geared to anything you like. There are boards with recipes and fun foods there are DIY9do it yourself) crafts on there, that are actually fun and cute. Pinterest is for young, old, male and female. It’s fun, you pin photos from off the web, anywhere on the web, if it’s something you like and can pin it to your board. Pinterest complies all those pictures to make something beautiful.

This website is awesome. I have a Pinterest, and have lots many hours of my life due to browsing around the site to try to find new photos to post to my boards. I have a few inspiration boards. I have a few favorite ones, but the name of one of my boards is Sol y Mar. It is an inspirational board for my VSAR302 class. I had to choose a passion and I love the Sun and the Sea, and what those two things mean to me. So by looking at my inspiration board people can see images that help my passion have an identity. This pin board is not finished and I don’t believe will be, it will be a work in progress, but I needed to find a place where I can dream a little.Take a look at my site Sol y Mar :)

Blue Skies

What Makes the Sky Blue?

Have you ever wondered what makes the sky blue? I know that it seems like a question a child would ask but do we really know. I always thought the sky reflected off the ocean and that is why, but I am wrong. According the website Science Made Simple it explains the question through explaining the atmosphere, light waves, colors of light, and even why the sunsets are red, pretty awesome information given. So you are probably wondering well I will tell you.

            According to the site the sky is blue because, “The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue” (Science Made Simple). Hope that explanation helps here is a photo to clarify. The sky is blue because of light waves and how they are absorbed. With this science it make Earth so beautiful. How lucky are we to see a beautiful blue, because we have an atmosphere we have a blue sky. The website said that because space has no atmosphere they have nothing moving around and that is why it is black. I never though about that, but here on this spinning ball we are apart of a special universe and ours is extra special. So now if a child asks why the sky is blue we can tell them.


Science made simple, . "WHY IS THE SKY BLUE?." Science Made Simple. N.p., 2003.    Web. 18 Feb 2012. <http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html>.

The Attraction to Water

The Attraction to Water

            The plane boarded, there were people from all over the world. The languages being spoken were unusually beautiful but all of us were headed in one direction, the South Pacific. The thought of beautiful beaches and a cultural difference causes most to want to travel and experience another life style. The article, “A History of The Human Attraction to Water” does bring to light why people have always been so drawn to water. Through the joys of recreation to the fact that our bodies are made up of the water element this article gives a short but insightful perspective on the attraction to water.

            What is it that makes people so drawn, is it the fact that our bodies are made up of mostly water, or that we need it to survive. According to the reading it states, “we can not normally go more than several days without it before we become so dehydrated that we can not function well or at all.” Is this why we are so drawn to water?  This made me think that there has to be some sort of magnetism between it and us. Just today my husband and I walked out side in search of the ocean. I know that he is drawn to it for reasons than drinking but the pure enjoyment of surfing the waves that this vast sea produces.

            Recreation is another reason why people are drawn, the surfing, boating, swimming and just basking in the sun on a white sand beach sounds pretty amazing. Though how did it begin, how did people all of a sudden learn to swim well the article made a very clear description of just how it may have of became, “they needed to get to the other side” simple enough. Whatever that body of water may have been there was probably some sort of enticement for those that swam across the first body of water. From there boats, and surfboards have been made, and perfected and now people purchase these expensive toys to fully enjoy what they have always been attracted to.

            This article was a great way to shed a little more light on my discovery of why the sun and the sea are so perfect together. Sol y Mar is an attraction with fun attached to in in everyday.

The article: A History of The Human Attraction to Water

Yoshida, Rachel. "A History of The Human Attraction to Water." Articlesbase 2008. Web. 12 Feb 2012. <http://www.articlesbase.com/nature-articles/a-history-of-the-human-attraction-to-water-551057.html>.

The Ocean and Enchantment

The Enchanted Sea

            The clouds were thick this morning, there was not much to see, I but could hear the power of the ocean. Wave after wave crashing, and pounding the sound was powerful. The smell of the salty air made me feel alive. I soon realized that there is so much more to the ocean that some do not know, yes it is beautiful but there is mystery and enchantment under the surface.  There is a past in mythology and legend that gives the ocean a sense of fantasy.

            The ocean has been a staple in many cultures through myth and legend.  Knowing that the ocean spreads over 71% of the Earth’s surface (The Ocean) makes the ocean cover over half of Earth. To discover land many would have to sail across the ocean blue, many of times it would take months to see land, and during those times sailors would get delirious or drunk and imagine or actually see sea monsters, and mermaids. The stories would spread and be told by usually the fishermen of the sea. For example in the Japanese culture there is a Ningyo, which is “a fish with only a human head that cries pearls instead of tears. A woman who can catch and eat a Ningyo gains eternal youth and beauty.”(The Ocean) Imagine being at sea feeling as if death was upon you and catching this fish and ingesting its fortune. Men and women on these boats would come across many of these “sea monsters” and would come home to share their stories with their culture and these stories would carry on over years and centuries.

            Through story telling it builds culture and unity especially if certain sea monters were very dangerous, another common tale is of the beautiful mermaid. She is said to have the upper half of her body human and the lower half of a fish. She holds a mirror in one hand and in the other a brush. She is enchanting and sings the most beautiful song (The Ocean), but with beauty there can come strife to the sailor that treats her with disrespect. The ocean is much more than just a huge body of water; it is alive, and massive with endless possibilities. The Ocean: Past, Present, and Future website really covered many aspects of the ocean the information that was given was insightful and interesting. Bring the ocean to life through legend and myths brought many cultures together. So next time you may look out and see the water moving know that there is mystery that waits. 

                                                                    Works Cited

The Ocean: Past, Present, and Future. Lake Brantley High School (thinkquest.org), (1998).              http://library.thinkquest.org/21035/. 25 January 2012.