Do Cat's Smile?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Nat the Cat’s Sunny Smile,’ yesterday.

This children’s book was written and illustrated by Jez Alborough.

It’s a delightful rhyming children’s book, about Nat the cat and her sunny smile.

When Nat the cat knocks for her friends Hugo the hare and Billy the goat to go on a picnic they were both having a bad day and refused her invitation, but that didn’t stop Nat the cat she was going to have a picnic anyway.

However Nat the cat finds that it’s not fun having a picnic on your own, she feels lonely and her smile begins to fade. She wanted to share the picnic with her friends.

Then suddenly Hugo the hare and Billy the goat appear, it brings a smile to her face, happy to be together again the friends share the picnic and afterwards they sing a song and play.

It’s a lovely children’s story that encourages friendship and sharing, that I’d recommend reading with young children.

So read it now or watch it on YouTube and tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

What's A Satellite Killer?

The question is, “What’s a Satellite Killer?”

I was watching NASA’s unexplained files the other evening and they mentioned “Satellite Killers.”

This is basically a space weapon that’s designed to incapacitate or destroy a satellite.

Now I’m not a scientist but the amount of satellites we have in space at the moment is astronomical at approx 2,271 so if there is a satellite killer in the mix wouldn’t they already know, especially if one of their satellites were missing?

However the worse thing is that more than 500,000 pieces of debris is tracked as they orbit the Earth.

So with this knowledge, in my opinion they should forget about the satellite killer and design a satellite dustcart to collect all this rubbish and tidy up the universe before our neighbouring aliens come to visit us.

But that’s only my opinion, what do you think?

Author: Charmain Ingleton

What's The Way Back Home?

I read the children’s book called, ‘The Way Back Home,’ yesterday.

This children’s book was written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.

It’s a wonderful children’s book that tells the story of a boy that finds an aeroplane in his cupboard.

The boy can’t wait to fly the aeroplane but then it runs out of petrol leaving him stranded on the moon.

He soon finds out that he’s not alone and is surprised to see a Martian.

The boy learns that the Martian is also stranded as his spacecraft is broken.

Unable to leave they become friends and make a plan to fix both machines so they can return home.

It’s a delightful children’s story that encourages imagination, making friends, and working together.

I’d recommend reading with young children.

So read it now or watch it on YouTube and tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

Does Earth Have Two Moons?

The question is, “Does the Earth have two Moons?”

The short answer is yes.

Apparently we have a “Mini-Moon,” that was discovered on 27^th April 2016 by using the Pan-STARRS 1 asteroid survey telescope on Haleakala in Hawaii.

Named 2016 HO3, this small asteroid orbits the sun and is a continuous companion to Earth. It’s been with us for centuries.

If the conditions are right for Earth to produce life, isn’t it possible for the asteroid to also have some kind of life form?

It’s fair to say that another species could be a lot closer than we thought.

So maybe the next mission in space should be destination mini-moon 2016 HO3, so we can say hello and meet the neighbours.

What do you think?

Author: Charmain Ingleton

What's A Flum Flum Tree?

I read the children’s book called, ‘Jack and the Flum Flum Tree,’ the other morning.

This children’s book was written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by David Roberts.

It’s a delightful children’s story about a boy called Jack and his adventure to find a flumflum tree.

When the only cure for Jacks grannies spots is the fruit from a flumflum tree, he goes on a mission to find one. Taking his friends Rosie and Stu with him and a patchwork sack they travel by sea.

However it’s not long before they have a few problems but Jack’s not worried, he remembers what’s in the patchwork sack and uses the items to help them.

It’s a lovely story that I’d recommend reading with young children.

And if you want to find out what’s in the patchwork sack, read it now or watch it on YouTube, then you can tell me what you think.

Author: Charmain Ingleton

Is Saturn Communicating With Us?

The question is, “Is Saturn Communicating with us?”

When the Cassini spacecraft reached planet Saturn in April 2002 it detected radio emissions.

I listened to Saturn’s radio emissions on the internet and was surprised as I’d heard something like this before.

Then I remembered, I’d heard similar sounds in the 1956 film called the “Forbidden Planet,” (also known as Fatal Planet) starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen and The Robot (Robby the Robot).

The music and sound effects are very similar created by a husband and wife composers Louis and Bebe Barron. They were pioneers in the field of electronic music.

The short version; by using a circuit called a ring modulator and overloading the circuits until they burned out, they created unique and unpredictable sounds, however these could never be recreated again.

So with all that said, could an advanced species be emitting a soundtrack or are they communicating with us by sending us something sounding similar?

Why not make up your own minds.

Listen to the sounds of Saturn on the internet and watch the film then you can tell me what you think?

Author: Charmain Ingleton