National make tracks day! Get out and about....(but please take time to check in....)Walk through the woods...neighborhood,,,beachs....caves...whatever...supermarket...just get out and enjoy the country side.....

"I'm walkin', yes indeed, I'm talkin'!"



Today is the big day - I get out of the house and see what the doctor has to say - we're at the three-week post-op. I'm feeling good, just tire easily. The scars looks like mosquito bites now. Modern medicine is a pretty amazing!



HOT HOT HOT here and the rain keeps missing us - even when we get the thunder and lightning. No fair. Had to start using the soaker hoses on the gardens this week.

Hey their..i have had such bad withdrawel symptons from my pc...but i am now back online oooo had major problems with images on here..plus i havent been very well lately..didnt help..
so thanks for the captures...

a visitor on another nice day :-)

Hey Rusty - Next stop -dancing!!-

Meryl - No walking in the woods today for me. Does driving around town from meeting to meeting count? Groan!

Janeece - the renamed! - sorry to hear you are under the weather. First bout of winter flu?

Looks like we are in for a "tropical" summer here. Rains every few days and temps are in the high 80's up to 100F the other day and HUMID!

Makes for nice green deck wood!

Have a good day.

Cheers,

Bill

awwwwwwwww a message

on ya bike....hehehe
what a glorious day for a ride

WELCOME HOME RUSTY!!!!

Morning all!
Rusty...a car ride...whooo whoo....glad your coming along well....get your purple hat out it's almost time to dance!
Janeece! missed you.....hope you feel better
Bill....whatever ya can do....just get out and about.....Hot and humid here too....fiberglass decks though!
Morning Bob!

Hi everyone, Nice to see you again Rusty. Glad your alright. Chilly here today, and the weather forecast for tonight is cold with possible grass frost. GRASS FROST!!!!! Where's summer gone. Annie b.

It's great to see you all, been too long since we popped in together! I'm thinking of taking a dunk in the goldfish pond - but I think I'll wait for the thunderstorms we're supposed to get this afternoon and then try "singing in the rain". We got about fourteen raindrops yesterday before the storm passed us by. Whoop-di-doo! LOL

Grass Frost? That's a funny one. We're more like Limp Garden Alert going on here. The plants that like wet feet are on strike!



We're just coming into the Oriental Lilies and the Daylilies are opening their first blossoms. The roses are going nuts - must be good rose weather, I guess. Looks like the Purple Coneflowers and Bee Balm will pop sometime this week...

The osprey chick at Blackwater Refuge in Maryland is getting big - The Friends of Blackwater are having a chick naming contest, too. Feeling imaginative?

Osprey Cam

The peregrine chicks on the Kodak Building have already fledged and taken off for greener pastures.

That's funny. They just posted a glass frost alert here.

very good Bob! I have to wait till 11pm for my glass to frost!

Greetings Bob.

Do you happen to have an idea on what happened to the Bahamas reef cam(s)? They used to be able to be accessed through Africam - no longer.

Clownfish.

I found a news report that explains that they went through a financal reorganization of some sort and what their current plans are. The whole web site had been down for a while. I don't know if the Bahamas cam will come back on-line or not.

http://196.30.226.221/Sections/business/2001/0110161240.asp

hi gang, just poppin' in for a quick look. Rusty, glad you are back and hopefully runnin' soon:-)...I am so excited...I get to go plant kelp tomorrow with the kelp reforestation project. We are done with all of the species research for the research site, and the kelp tiles are ready to be attached to the reef! So I get to be part of the "milestone dive," that the Marine Biologist, head of the project has been waiting for I am taking my camera, so hopefully will get some snapshots of the project this time!

Hi guys, just popping in too to say "goodbye"... we leave Saturday but I have a very busy day tomorrow, have a follow-up with the Doc and then need to finish packing and so on.. so, Cynde, I hope to see your pics upon my return or perhaps I'll get to look in here whilst on Bonaire.. I'll need to check e-mails at some point anyway! Bye for now folks, and Rusty, so glad you're feeling better..

I decided to adjourn to the computer room here - only one with AC - and not a moment too soon. Pretty hot and humid out with no sign of the Tstorms yet.

My doc said that I am up and running (well, walking) at the three-week mark! Don't have to check back in with him for three months. I hit the jackpot with these two surgeons, I guess. He told me to listen to my body (Ha! It keeps saying, "Sit down, grab a book!") and use my common sense for another week or two.

The boat - the AM and PM:



Parrots:

Brian,

I've been following the Africam saga and they are still running low on funds. They are adding a cam at a time as expenses allow and the next cam to make an appearance (by popular demand) is the Polar Bear cam. (This was an incredible experience two years ago - 24 hour coverage and SO MANY cubs on cam!) The scuttlebutt is that the Caribbean Marine Research Center's cams will be among the next venues restored.

Rusty

Sarah! Can't wait to see you! Will the doc clear you for all activities on the island or are you still recuperating?

Rusty, All OK?? Glad to have you back. You have been missed. When are you going to let your wounds heal on Bonaire??

Hi Rusty, we will most likely show ourselves on the cam in the later part of the week or early part of second week.. I have fully recuperated, though have had the odd off day.. but I know that I'll be OK for water activities... so nice to have you back..

sarah, have a safe trip...rusty, glad you got the all-a-ok check out

here is more from the above divers...




give me a smoooochhh!


"schools out for summer...schools out forever"


i spy a gill, i spy an eye, i spy a pectoral fin...


catch me catch me if you can...

Martin! Thank you! That's a keeper - I have a Martin file where I stash all your goodies!



My "big scary" hospital experience turned out to be 100% positive. The nurses and doctors treated me nice, the food was good, the pain was non-existent and my recovery is right on schedule.

That's one way to cure a phobic! Don't give them anything to complain about. LOL

Sarah - have a splash or two for me!



Cynde - loved your pix - especially those little CA *BITER-FISHES*.

Thanks Linda.
That was certainly informative. Do you happen to know of any other underwater cams that are currently on line? Also, how's your painting coming along. Any chance you will have them posted where those interested can have a peek?
Brian.

Rusty, just in case you missed it....

I'm verry happy with this, do click here....

Martin

Congratulations Martin and Angela!!! Yippeee!!!

Rusty, i don't get it...did i make a typo boo boo????

nice colors...

How about a big sunset to welcome Rusty back. The weather has been oppressive in NE although the thunderstorms are a-comen, I can hear them building strength.



I sure do need to get wet, I only did a mud dive last weekend and it did not fill the need. Hopefully salt water this weekend. I hate Sarah, Martin and Cynde for their plans, Sarah probably the most.

thanks for the sunset cecil...i still love ya...why don't you and sue come out to the left coast and dive some kelp with michael and I???? We'd put ya up for free(In our guest house of course...well, really, guest room)....

Cynde ...Happy Kelping...can't wait for the pic's

Rusty! great to have you back...full steam

Sarah and Hugh! Happy trails..see ya on the cam...and kiss your name sake at the sanctuary for us!

Cecil great Sunset!

Now where has Freddie and Cindy gone off to?