Morning everyone,
Logged on for a peep at the cams knowing it was probably a bit too early even for a sunrise, and just look at the pretty jewels the moon is casting on the sea.

Morning all,What a beautiful sky! Hope to hear from Rusty.

Meryl hope you like it, if not let me know and I'll work on it again.

giving you another choice

Oh happy day!! I can get on BT again! I think I use up my posts early in the day and have to wait til there's room on the server for me. LOL (Just kidding - tho this has been happening to other folks, too, lately}

Linda - you've caught the fever, huh? I'm so tickled with my new sigs... I'm gone one day and you all learn something new!

Before I forget - new gallery at webshots - aquatic graphics:

Webshots

Off to the (oh no) dentist in a few - see you soon after, Linda and friends!

Wonderful morning

The boids! The boids!



I'm on the wing, too - see you soon...

Hey Rusty, good luck!!! Hope you don't have any cavities.

Linda, great job on the Meryl turtle. Now we need one for Cynde Lee. I couldn't find a Cynde spelled that way.

oh and Jenni, I love the moon pic. That's one of the best I've seen.

HEY!

You people with your Hoody Hoos: the weather here was just dandy. Roses were even starting to bud. And now we have a few inches of snow, and the low tonight expected in the single digits. You must have hoody hooed louder than I did and sent it my way. NOT very nice...

No Anita, it didn't work here either. Freeze predicted in central FL tonight. Bringing in all the poor baby plants. Of course, I sent my hoody-hoos to holland and the UK

Actually, this new dentist turned out to be young, good-looking and gentle. I am SO relieved. He asked me if I want the plain or fancy plan - and went from there... Last one thought I wanted solid gold teeth! Maybe I didn't NEED wogga-woggas before I went! LOL

dentists are a good excuse for early wogga-wogga. Nothing better than a doctor that's easy on the eyes

Rusty glad everything went well at the Dentist,had to get the pup out early due to some nasty weather coming our way.

Cindy, What did we do wrong here in Holland?? We allready had our share of storm yesterday.....

I don't know Martin. I think mother nature is getting back at us all for hollering hoody-hoo. Maybe we woke her up from a nap. It's 11:00 and only 53 here. Also very windy so our wind chill is 47. brrr (for Florida)

Rain/snow combo stuff started the moment I got home. Mush!

Well, Just hope mother nature des not give her attention to Bonaire, just 8.5 weeks and I'll be anoing Jake in person

You'll appreciate Bonaire's weather all the more Martin.

I'know, but I have to wait for so long.... It's about 5140800 seconds....

RUSTY, GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD VISIT TO THE DENTIST!!

We have sleet suppose to get snow later,anyone want to come over and join me for

OK PEOPLE, THOSE OF US ON THE RIGHT COAST WE HAVE ABOUT 4 MINUTES TO DO THIS AGAIN, IT KEPT WINTER AWAY FOR A WEEK SO I GUESS WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.

I did mine. and threw in a few extras.

Rusty:
I used to be young, good looking and gentle too... now I have to settle for just being gentle. Glad things went well at your new dentist...make sure they are checking your gums. Healthy gums protect the bone and make it easier to hold a regulator in your mouth. :-)

I was obliviously watching the snowballs that are falling now. Hope you did a few for me!

We need some tropical tunes!

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THANKS FOR THE MUSIC RUSTY, HOPEFULLY IT WILL SCARE WINTER AWAY ALONG WITH THE HOODIE HOO'S

Thanks for all the extra HOODIE'S

Oh, will they ever learn? Have not I stated that my new camera is like an Albatross around my neck and I take it everywhere. Because a few people at work of said it's against the rules to have a camera (like telling an airline pilot he can't have nail clippers), I've been leaving it at home. What decided to take up residence in a tree in the parking lot?? A great Northern Harrier and the Sony's sitting at home on the counter, waaa. I did manage to get one resonable shot with the sub-standard 1.3 MegaPixel camera from work.



Magnificent bird, lousy camera.

Hi Guys I'm back from Tenerife, the hoody Hoos must have been good coz it was hot hot hot over there, I'm guessing in the 80's. The diving was amazing, excellent vis, feed sting and eagle rays, saw dolphins (could not dive with them as saw them on from boat on way back from a dive) also passed my Advanced and Nav Speciality. Just need a really big tank and I will be able to Nav to Bonaire, save me some dollars on the plane ticket. lol. Suffered mask squeeze on 1st dive (stupid me not equalizing my mask) so I look fab with 2 black eyes and the bit of eye that should be white is totally red, I have been making up stories about wrestling sharks to make it sound a bit better, mask squeeze just sounds stupid!!!!!

I'll talk more tomorrow I have to shoot off now, I'm 'cream krackered', it's amazing how much work builds up in just 4 days!!!!!!

Chris

Jan - gentle is the BEST. I'd go to a rhinoceros if they had soft hands! He did a cancer check and lots of poking around the gums and seemed thorough in his exam. I'm relieved to get back into the habit of going again.

martin...didn't you JUST GET BACK?????? I swear, you guys over in that neck of the world get just TOO much vacation time!!!!

Cecil...magnificant bird...

Weather here...sunny, warm, convertible weather

rusty...glad you still have your teeth

Linda , Thanks I saved the yellow one!

Snow flurries all mornining here...and it was almost 60 yesterday...some crazy stuff going on.....going to NY ( Queens ) to nurse a sick friend over the weekend...will try to check on the boards from her computer if I can! Just did my share of Hootie Hoo's and the sun appears to be popping out a bit!

Rusty the tropical music was just what the doctor ordered!

Cynde, The last time (november that was..) was no vacantion for me, I had to show 23 persons around the island...

Now we're getting a nice short holliday (about 4 weeks...) just to meet some old and new friends...

And then.... Wait for the next trip. Maybe somewhere in october or November for one week....

We don't have too much vacantion, but we work so much harder and therefore we are rewarded with some extra time off....

I need to get on the animation and graphic bandwagon. You guys come up with such great stuff. Really enjoy reading the posts with the added art!!

Hi Mom!

Martin...ok...kind of...really...i am happy for you...really...can you hear my sarcasim?????? no really...i am happy for you...i think if i keep saying it over and over and over in my head i will feel better

This person is hiding in the bushes, but left her coffee on the post...

Hi Gang!
I'm back. It's been crazy at work catching up, plus I'm down 2 sales people. I will be logging on tonight or tomorrow for a full trip report.

Claire and I had a wonderful time. I check the archives and saw you got us for both our Hello and Goodbye to Lynda and Jake. ( they are wonderful people) I have 6 rolls of film to develop and transfere to disk. Look for vacation photos next week.

I'll be chattin later.

K

Kevin welcome back, look forward to the trip report!

Thank you!

Cynde,

Why the sarcasm?? You live in the sun all year round, I hardly see sun, may I have my share of sun as well??? PLEASE????

Martin...you know I am just jivin' ya, someone has to give grief once in a while...yes, I do live in paradise, but i don't get nearly enough vacation time:-( Here is some of my sun

Cecil are you sure it wasn't a Krider's red tailed Hawk???

Cynde, I know, I know. The best part about jivin' is the reaction, isn't it?? Heck, if I had a view like that every day, I wouldn't mind having less vacantion time. I would stop working and start diving....


(well, that is after the first $ 3 mil. )

Martin, you would surley be in dive paradise here. that pic is from our parking lot at work...

Freddie, no I'm not sure. A Harrier is much more sexy. He was awfully big for a hawk.

New thread starting up...

Cynde, Please tell me there is a place for a IT pro. and a travel agent, I'll start packing my suitcase right away and move to your part of the world....

The view I have from the parking lot at work is... MORE BUILDINGS....

the Buteos [buzzard hawks} are very thick set, thats why I thought it might be one, the harriers tend to be more sleek looking

Seeing as there was a commentary about the Big Chill hitting parts of the U.S. right now, I was just at our local hardware store here on Bonaire and found, to my amazement, "Snow Proof" (a type of roof sealant). Very useful on Bonaire, I would think. Not! :-)

Jake

jake, that is very funny...was it full of snow showing that there is "proof" that there is snow elsewhere in the world?

Martin, would love to have ya livin' in our neck of the woods!

gosh Jake, I don't think we even have that in Florida (& we do get snow every 20 years or so).

Martin, you could have a job like my husbands. out the door at 6am, home at 8pm 5 days a week. He has 5 weeks vacation saved up and no time to use them. Not much time to enjoy our sunshine. yuck!!!

Sorry to ask what is probably obvious to most of you but - what is "mask squeeze"? I really hope it's nothing a snorkeller has to worry about... though the tales I could spin about two black eyes!

Maybe the SNOW-PROOF is working right where it is - Jake, don't let them move it. You'd hate to be the alpine skiing capital of the Atlantic Ocean!

Anita, mask squeeze is when you don't equalize your mask (blow air out your nose). As you descend the outside water pressure press's your mask against your face. It could happen to a snorkler if you free dive deep enough, maybe 15' of more. A simple puff of air out your nose will correct it.

Jake, That's nice. Now you can show the kids at the island what snow is....

Cynde, I'ld like to live in a warm and sunny place as well, but I discovered Bonaire about 5 years too late... If we would still have our rental appartement and our former job, we might just have moved to Bonaire, but it's quitte a big step now.... But maybe, somewhere in the future....

Cindy, Most of the time I leave home at 6.30 / 7.00 and get back around 19.00. Then a quick bite and dive in the books for one of the studies I'm doing (Divemaster and a Microsoft course..). Sometimes Angela (my girl) asks me if I'm living with her or with my computer..

But every year 5 weeks of holiday and the chance to get an extra 2 weeks of sure makes a lot of difference.

Working is fine, as long as it doesn't consume that much time....

Martin, you're almost as crazy as my husband. At least you take your vacation. We usually take a week in September to Colorado and maybe 2 or 3 days in the summer.

Cindy, I know, Crazy as a horse. But I like my job and enjoy the study enough to keep up with it.

I know I have to take time for relaxation, so every few weeks I'm off for a weekend or just a day to belgium, Spain, Germany or some place like that..