"Heidi looked into every nook and corner to find the best place to sleep. In the corner by her grandfather's bed stood a little ladder, which led to the hayloft. Heidi climbed this. There lay a fresh, fragrant heap of hay, and through a round window one could look far down into the valley." Heidi, Chapter 2

When I was little and read Heidi, I would always wish that I had a bed in a loft with a round window, and could look at the stars at night like Heidi could. This seemed like the neatest thing in the entire world. You can make star maps for any city in the world if you go to Your Sky. It is a complicated but very interesting website, so you might want to find someone to help you out when you visit it.

Horology is the science of time, timekeepers (clocks and watches) and timekeeping. Did you know that Switzerland is famous for its watches and clocks? Click here to look at pictures from the collection at the Museum of Timepieces and Mechanical Music Instruments (MUMM) in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.