really enjoyed pictures. great to put names and faces together.

hi kaarien hugs

tribs hope ur not to black and blue

going to bed now.
es

kobi
hope doggie is feeling better
es
good night

I agree Elaine....Monday, Monday, GO AWAY!!

I coach girls softball at school. Two weeks ago, I was teaching my two catchers how to block the plate. A girl slid into me and my knee was locked. I am going to get an MRI today. It has been pretty bad. Getting old ain't for sissies.

Morning everyone! Sorry to hear that Jim! Be thankful you weren't driving this.

Goodmorning all. Happy Monday!
everyone have a great Day, that is an order!

Hopefully I can take my own advice!

I actually set an alarm today! And got up early! I'm working Vacation Bible School this week. I'll be in the nursery, taking care of the wee ones that aren't old enough to participate, but who's mom's are also volunteering. So I get to play with babies and toddlers all morning long! My two little kiddles will be there too, and my DIL is also taking one of the age groups.... We'll have fun! I think we have close to 100 kids already registered! Gotta get my butt in gear - need to be there at 8:30!

Have a good Monday wherever it takes you!

Bon Dia all. Here's some amazing stuff to start off a Monday.

All you potographers...Scuba Diving Mag has a photo contest for Bon photos. Check it out
http://www.scubadiving.com/upload/images/Travel/20070501_bonaire.pdf

here we go
http://bonairediveintosummer.com/photocontest.html

Cecil, that page was great! I sent it to my daughter. Thanks!!

Morning BT!
Cecil - Great site!!! I'm passing it on to my friends.
Tribs, What happened? Are you okay?

Have a good Monday my fellow BTyees.

Thanks Cecil for link. Indeed amazing.

Kristi, love it :-))))

Hi Linda, LOL Tribs is "ditch diving"!!
No that's not (thank god) Tribs's car :-)))) Probably some person who just had a little to much of whatever and thought the curve in the road was a little closer the it actually was.
Fortunately no casualties

Hey Bette, ditch diving, will remember that, LOL

ditch diving...lol!

morning all, whew, heat wave has given us a break, finally a brisk 68F in the bedroom this morning and i actually slept pretty good, only 67F outside right now, instead of 90F...we are back to NORMAL. for a long time i hope...hmmm...on the news:

4.0 earthquake in riverside (about an hour east of us)...about 15 minutes ago...didn't feel anything here (good)

Jim, hope the news on the knee is good.

wow, cecil, awesome link...i marked it on my favorites so when i need a smile, i can click it and take a look. truly amazing!

Good morning everyone! Is ditch diving anything like dining and ditching? OH, guess not.

Cecil, thanks for sharing the pictures, those are very cool!

here's a good pic

Ditch Diving!............The newest PADI Specialty!


LOL :-))))))))))))))))))))))

Hey Brad, sounds like you had a little experience ;-))))))))

LOL Kristi, that's also not for sissies :-)))))))

whew, you're telling me!

That isn't you on that picture, is it?

did I tell you I am a shark diver? LOL

not me no....just liked the pic

I like watching sharks too.......................................................................from a safe distance and a picture is just enough :-))))))))))))))

Fins to the left . ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhB_gkTIvvM

That's Terry conducting with his chop stick. Normally he uses the stick to point out little things.

Don't think I could do the shark thing.. We had a chance to go to the Cove on Paradise Island for a couple of days and it all sounded great until Kelly started talking about diving with Stuart Cove to see sharks.. Sounded great at first but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I have no desire to do that.. So instead I talked her out of it and into a week on Bonaire. Whew!!. The rest is history.

thats a nice Video Linda!!
how exciting!

nice choice Kimo

There is not enough wetsuit cleaner in the world for me to do that, IF ya know what I mean.

Great vid Linda :-))))))

EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW Kimo!!!!! Thanks for sharing that vision


:-))))))))))

Man I would do it (shark dive) in a heartbeat, and have in Tahiti. It's not a big deal, you go in overweighted and lay on the bottom, all appendages in. Then they open the fish bucket, there is a fish/shark hurricane/tornado for a few minutes, till all the dead fish gone and you go on and have a regular dive. The only wound I got was an urchin spine in a finger.

The only thing I can think of that's close is a night landing on a carrier. One pilot said, the three most satisfying things are peeing, a bowel movement and an org***, well on a night landing you can have are three.

Linda, what kind of sharks were they? I have to agree with others, I'm ok with nurse, horn, lepoard, and smooth grey, but the big guys, uh...no...lol!

Cecil, I'm sure it would be very heart pounding to do a shark feed but at this stage of my diving career I prefer the small nurse sharks sleeping in the coral in Bonaire. AND, if and when I do decide to do one then I want my choice of the 3 most satisfying moments...

We dove Bora Boar, sharks the size of small cars.
Nasty looking.

I know what my choice would be....LOL

BC, I'm not sure what they were. Reef sharks of some sort. We were on one of the Nekton boats. They had a few new employees learning the ropes, and didn't have enough DM's to do a feeding. Those shark just heard the boat and came up from the blue hole to investigate. I had to watch where I was in the water column to make sure I wasn't rising because of my breathing. Puff, puff, putt and up I would go. The chain at the beginning of the video is where the "boat people" usually attach the chum bucket.

Cecil, are/were you a pilot? I get all weak in the knees over air craft carriers. Love them. I got to see one when I was a little girl - way back when you could get a tour.

Kimo, those nurse sharks are mean if startled. Just don't go touching their tails while they sleep. If I can find the pictures I'm thinking of I'll post them for you.

Jerry, any pics of the sharks?? I guess I should never say never.. A year and a half ago I said I didn't have a desire to dive and now look, we are trying to decide what courses to take next and if we want to do Belize or the Caymans on our next trip.

Morning Gang - Cynde it's cool!!! It's a GLORIOUS day and I get to 'work' from home Not that I've gotten much work done, yet.
Yesterday we had a bbq that just turned out so well - even with the heat. We had the misters going in the beginning to cool things down - you can see them on the red umbrella

and we had a small electric fan on the pole of the big green umbrella for those sitting at the bar

And now for a little PORN for the women......

OMG these two cleaned up my kitchen completely --- did all the dishes (well most!) The one on the left is a Roseville Dectective and the one on the left is a retired Montecito Firefighter.... YUMMMMMM!!!!!
LOL!!!

Linda I got to tour the USS Ronald Reagan this past year - outstanding experience!

Shark diving -- no thank you -- not the feeding kind anyway. It was amazing seeing them while diving in Bonaire and Catalina but I'll let them find their own food, thank you very much!!!!

This is what it looks like. It's not my pic, but right on the money.

See pic below.


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Kimo, Here are a few pictures of a "Scuba Zoo" feeding off of Pompano Beach Florida.

Dude with the food.

Feeding

Nurse shark fly by

Scavengers

Terry and Ray

I don't feed, just snap the pictures.

Ah Boom, such nice pictures, I remember sitting under the umbrella at your bar......

It has cooled down here considerably, yesterday it was a mere 87 and the kids said it was too cold to go swimming, they got so used to the 100+ degree weather!
We have a lovely new family of birds that have built a nest on our deck, the eggs just hatched and we watch mama bird feeding them. They seem to be oblivious to us. If I can get close enough I will snap a picture, we can't seem to identify the type of bird they are. We checked all of our bird books and came up with nothing. The male is brown strip with an orange head and neck and the female is all brown stripe. They are a small bird, slightly bigger than a hummingbird.

Nice picture, Jerry. How are you feeling?

Nice party and pictures, Boom. Great back yard!!

So Boom - how many lefts do you have?

Nice party patio!

I'm with Kimo - no desire to swim with the sharks!

Thanks Linda - it's actually our front yard but we're up off the street so it doesn't feel like it

Hi Gail Do you mean leftovers?? Is so Tons!!! I endulged in carrot cake and steak salad for breakfast already

wow linda and Jerry, nice shots!!

Good stuff everyone...let's continue on:

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Linda, great pics.. That actually looks like fun although my pictures might be sand shots from me dropping the camera.

Jerry, not a CHANCE in he!!.. That picture is why I didn't want to dive the Bahamas

No Boom - you put both of the guys in the kitchen on the left!!!!!

Ooops!!!!! They got me all flustered!!!
Firefighter is on the right