Good morning to all,
There is a lot of gate action this morning.
have a nice and warm day, Roger.

Another beautiful day in paradise.....

Lucky catch

Good color up top too!

Wow Holly! Nice one. Boat up top, I'm looking for divers.

Holly!! Wow!! I can go back to bed - there isn't going to be ANYTHING to top your French Angel up there. That is incredible. You ought to play the lottery today. LOL

You get the Picture of the Day!



My little bitty fish:

Great catch Holly, I couldn't even do that with my camera!!!!! I think it may have been the picture of the YEAR!!!!!!!

It was luck I move around my work area don't sit near the PC. Just walked by and hit the refresh button and up it came. Might try to put that up on my desk top for awhile.

Freddie, I think you're right... Picture of the Year! Anyone have any runners-up form 2001? Your favorite pix of the year?

Satchmo

Perhaps that should be one of the TOPICS "Picture of the Year" We could all vote on submitted pictures. What do you say Jake and Linda, might it be a good thing??

Glenn - good stuff this morning - and quick.

I got a couple parrotfishes:





Anybody recognize my 9:06 fish?

Hi, Rusty. Just got here. I believe it's a four-eye butterfly fish.

A long shot of Satchmo. (After Holly's post, I hesitate to post anything so pedestrian).



And a boat is tying up.

Are these the first divers off this boat? and Merry Christmas to them too! ;o)

And Merry Christmas to you too.

And a happy new year. Bye.

dang, a double! Awe Well, good morning to you John, hope your Holiday was great!

Risking a double since it's taking a minute to get this posted....

And again.

/image{diver}

Oops!

Morning CiJai.

Peekaboo. Pretty in pink.

Hey, guys, come on over.

And bring the sign.

OOPS THE SIGN, THE SIGN......IT SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN

What a production. A moored sign!

sure this will be a quad!!!!!!

Too bad about Marc.

Oh well, I suppose billboards had to arrive on the reef eventually.

and i hope Jesse lies his new do...

perhaps likes is a better word!!!!!

at least it doesn't say BURMA SHAVE...(for all those oldies out there}

THESE GUYS ARE VERY FUNNY!!!!

These guys are working very hard at this....now doubt about multiple postings.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Okay, we've seen enough of that one.



Let's do the flip side.

A couple crops from the *Big Picture*:





And we thought nothing EXCITING could possibly happen after Holly's Angelfish!

Hi All, They put so much effort into that and took almost a whole dive. good job divers. I know its had to bring a sign underwater that size. Loved it. I can't out do that.But i'll try LOL

Angels and butterflies... Thanks, John, for the ID! Waiting for a unicorn now...

(Cynde is going to mad she's painting instead of camming! LOL) Time for a new thread.

Holly, I think your French Angel capture is the best that has ever been posted since the web cam started!!! Great job!!

Excellent French Angel indeed!!! I suspect that will be the January 2002 pick of the month on InfoBonaire :-) (Oh Linda....)

BTW, the people with the big sign apparently were unaware that local rules prohibit there being more than one "Jake" on the island at any time. So congratulations to John (or whomever these people meant by "Jake" - I know it wasn't me, unless they misspelled "certifiable")

Jake

wow..wow..wow...geez...rusty you're right. i am slaving away with painting (more on the dogs at this point as they won't behave...can't tell what is flocking and what is paint!) and look what i miss...love the angel holly...and the creativeness of the sign...that wasn't easy...poor marc though...

Jake (the original, the one, the only) -

Didn't happen to think they might be referring to a different Jake; first thing I thought of was your BAR exam you took in San Juan a short time ago. Do you have the results yet? And, btw....I'm still trying to figure out how you attended law school while living in BON - a long, long commute, maybe?

Steve

Steve,

I did actually pass the Patent Bar (hurray!) - found out a couple of weeks ago. And, no I didn't go to law school here. The Patent Bar is the only Bar that non-lawyer types can take. Passing it means that I'm now eligible to become a Registered Patent Agent, and can therefore (once formally registered) represent inventors before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in the prosecution (application and finalizing) of patents.

Thanks for remembering!

Jake

Congratulations! That sounds like interesting, though tedious, work. I've spent several hours on the U.S Patent & Trademark Office website, and found it to be quite fascinating. Is this something you can use from Bonaire, e.g. via the internet?

Steve

Thanks. Some of it can be done electronically, and the rest by mail. Certainly doable from Bonaire (that's the key, right? :-) ).

Jake

Jake, Congratulations from us too...

ps: it was so nice meeting you, Linda and the dogs.. hope the jelly babies went down well!

Sarah,

I've been rationing the Jelly Babies - still have two of the three bags left :-)

Jake

Jake, you are very disciplined.... but they won't last you another 11 months!! Hmmm, I feel another BON trip coming on!..S

Jake, congratulations!

Job well done, Jake! I don't think I have ever run into anyone else in my lifetime who holds such a distinguishable title! Congratulations to you and the best of luck, too. Very interesting, indeed. Think the jellie babies will last until the Easter Bunny arrives??? Carole

Thanks, gang [blush]

Not sure if the Jelly Babies will make it until Easter. I'll have to fall back on jelly beans (Jelly Bellies) instead. Such is life :-)

Jake