Morning all,,,,I hate these new hours of mine, but I do get to start the mornings posts early. Here's to a good day for all....lets keep our chins up, stomachs in, and best feet forward....
Looking forward to seeing your posts once I tumble out of bed....

I'm up and ready to play

Morning Meryl and Holly.. and all!!
Here in Rio de Janeiro(Brasil) is a beatiful and sunny day.

Alex

Morning...Here in Holland it is a cloudy day...just 4 days to go and then Hello Bonaire!!!

Morning all. Back from Bonaire last night and coping with PBD!

Here's a reason to smile! Good moring all.

Meryl and friends - quite an international thread we have going already!



Kay - are you sad because Scuba Barbie swam away? Maybe you'll find her in a can of tuna someday!
Divers!

Kay welcome back!!! Rusty, Scuba Barbie in a can of tuna!?? Yuck! What a thought! Ha! :-) I would rather believe that Scuba Barbie has taken up residency with a handsome octopus near the reef cam (8 arms to keep her hugged close)

Sorry Barbie, only the best rubber chickens get to be called Chicken of the Sea.

(I prefer Barbie-safe tuna, look for the label.)

Well - out the door I go... hi-ho hi-ho!

Morning all, Hope everyone enjoys the start of a beautiful day!!!
Kay, I think I found Barbie, Here is a Photo..

HELLO, Alex long time no speak. Hope all is well, are you still diving?

Rusty, have fun at work.

Those divers really need to get their dangly bits tucked in.

Where's the water?
Isn't Charlotte supposed to be around here somewhere?

Okay, they were supposed to be here by now. Where are they?

Good morning all,

Some winter, a few degrees below zero C. and promise of rain this afternoon!! NOT a normal winter here in SW Ontario.

Missed all of yesterday's activities trying to build a mission impossible spreadsheet and back at it today with yet another "idea". The guy with the "ideas" doesn't know spreadsheets!!

It's like translating from English to Russian with a Chinese translator!!

I'd rather be breaking a sweat in Bonaire.

Have a great day all,

Bill

Morning all! I haven't been around for a long time.... just thought I'd pop in and say "hello". This scene makes it very difficult to be stuck in the middle of Iowa.

If this capture came from my town, I'd say we had a coyote sighting.

New arrival on the scene.

HI CECIL!
Tks!
I'm Fine, and everything is all right!
Some diving, no much , but better than nothing!

Great Hug
Alex

3 more days!!

Blue back.

Okay. What's this floating in the surf line? Is is it a stray jewel of Rusty's?

Just a couple bars from Satchmo.

Encore!

Satchmo hiding

Hi Honey, I'm home!



There was one more diver I didn't post this morning!





Hey Snork - if your name keeps growing - you'll need two memberships! LOL Do you have a middle name, too?

Charlotte - what a yellow tail you have!

Hey, it's so warm (I just spent an hour spreading peat - there's NO snow on the garden!) maybe I'll go to a drive-in tonight. Wonder what's playing?

Rusty,

How is the weather? Are you really going to a drive-in movie?

Hi Richard! It's close to 50! For mid-Feb in Massachusetts - that's amazing. I'm not even sure there ARE any drive-ins around here anymore. Used to get a kick out of going when we were little. A 1963 red Volkswagen beetle - one of us kids would fall asleep in the "boot" behind the back seat.

Rusty, as far as I know there's still one in Milford, NH and Weirs Beach, NH. I saw Saving Private Ryan at the Weirs Beach one a couple of years ago. Great animation by the way.

Lucy {aka Rusty} is that you?

Reeky, I'm HOME! Oh Reeky, do you like my new housedress, Reeky? Can we get a new Frigidaire, Reeky? Puh-leeze? Fred and Ethel just got a new one, Reeky!

Very funny Rusty, and yes I do have a middle name but face it people would think I was weird if I used it. My name actually changed last night as I was demonstrating to my lovely wife (“Snorkelgal”) how she could add her name after her handle, since it’s a little friendlier.

It’s 56 degrees in Northern Virginia and my bulbs have all decided that winter’s over and many have poked their heads out and some have grown a couple inches. I’m afraid their in for a rude awakening later this weekend as we are expecting temps in the 20s again.

Satch is busy today.

Afternoon everyone. it's supposed to hit 80 here tomorrow. Winter, what's winter? Rusty, does this mean I don't have to yell Hoody Doo tomorrow?

we still have a drive-in here, but I haven't been in years. They keep it open by using it as a flea market on weekends.

Time to grab a bale of straw and protect those early birds. The peat I put down today was for the same reason - the crowns on the perennials are showing fresh green! With no snow I wanted to cushion the shock when winter gets here - if it gets here - this year! Also offers a bit of protection from doggie feet.

Speaking of profiles - I turned off my email address for a while - now I can't figure out how to turn it back on.

Awesome snapper shot!! Aren't they lovely fish?

Snorkelguy, I was in Harrisonburg this weekend the whole area looked very dry alot of ponds and streams were empty. Was I anywhere near Fairfax how is it at your house. Our bulbs are up too. Holly

Go to user profile/preferences and uncheck "Do not display my e-mail address with my profile or on my post". That should do it.

Yes I need to get my honey to grab some protection for my flowers, with a possibility of freezing rain they’re going to need some help!

Is HOODY DOO tomorrow? Goodness! I have to get ready! What till I wear? Cindy - I'd be careful - you might scare your Springtime away!

No more *preferences*. I guess you don't get any with the Wooden Nickel Basic Membership. So it's off til I ante up for the Jackass Membership Level. Hee-Haw!



Snork - you sound like you're getting back up to speed - that "Sorry, Barbie" this morning cracked me up all the way to work... and back!

Shoot, my narcissus are almost done, my jonquils are blooming like mad, and my freesias and daffydills are starting to show buds. I just pruned my roses so I don't have any right now, but one of my neighbors hasn't so she has pink, white and red roses blooming.

LOL!!!! What time is HOODY DOO??? I certainly don't want to miss it. I think it would be a very bad omen if I did!!!

Holly,

That’s not too far from me. Fairfax is about 16 miles west from Washington D.C. Harrisonburg is about 100 miles southwest of me. Its VERY dry here, I think the driest winter I can remember. We have rain in the forecast tomorrow and Friday so we may get a little help.

Rusty, this is central FL, zone 9. We seldom get freezes after january. Might drop to the mid 30's yet, but all our stuff will survive that. Jim planted maters 2 weeks ago and the peppers went in this past weekend. Beans are already up. I'll be in harvest mode before you know it.

Snork, how're you holding up?

Freddie, according to the Care-2 site, it's noon.

Cindy I think we should all get on Hats of some kind and go outside from wherever we may be and do this Hoody Doo thing up right tomorrow!!! What do you think?? We can even have a Hoody Doody time!!!

kinda like a Hoodie Doo wave across the USA. LOL
Hats have to be purple (no thong for me, thank you very much).

Well, Cindy - face North and give a little HOODY HOO for us po' unfortunates up thisaway!

Rusty,Cindy and Freddie,

This is to Hoodie Doo!

Thanks for asking Cindy. I had a pretty tough weekend and actually spent Saturday in the ER. Having some complications that I’m not sure about yet and just got another MRI and I’m off to see the doctor on Thursday. (Sigh…) I’m getting kind of tired of this.

At least I took a walk around the block today and enjoyed the fresh air. Things could always be worse.

My apologies Cindy It's Hootie Hoo day.. Lord only know where we can go with that!!! I can't wait to send out cards!!!! And I think the Purple Hats will be just fine!!!

Glen...I am green...Snork hope all turns out ok, the spine is not an easy or fast recovery like I have to tell you! Here are some captures got from the archive...


Frank waiting for Johnny....

How ever did this diver skin by us? I caught it just as it was changing pix:



And gate action:

Snork, hope thing go ok. I head in for my 6 weeks post-op on thursday, which means I should be able to go in the hot tub again. But it also means I get the go-ahead to hoover the house, too.

Thanks Cindy, I know the hot tub will be a welcome event, I look forward to it too.

Hope all’s well with you too.