Good morning all,
I feel a bit cause we had a violent storm over Paris around 3.30 AM, and of course it worke me up :o(
This is my last day of work and tonigh I will enjoy a 12 days vacations :o)
We are going to UK on friday and we'll meet Annie on sunday, can't wait ;o)
is served. Let's go to work now, see you tonight. Have a nice (Mon)day !

Good Morning Martine and all,
thx for the coffee Martine. I'm not, really not jealous....enjoy your vacation!

Torsten

Good Morning Martine and Torsten and to everyone!

I am just checking in for the morning sunrise, Joel is back to work after his vacation. So no puter for me today. Martine you must be getting so excited!

I wish you all a wonderful day!

good morning Martine, Torsten, Eileen and all.
a bit late today, but in time for the first light on the wreck.



First, a wonderfull coffee.

looking for the leavings of the party...



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Hi everyone. Martine. Sorry to hear that the storm woke you in the early hours. I hate it when that happens. I hope the day passes quickly for you, then you can begin your vacation. Annie B.

Kitty

Good morning all.

Have some Starbucks coffee.

Heard from my friends on Pine Island. They made it through the storm and are well. Their house sustained major damage and they cannot live there until repairs are made. The store and business was not damaged. However the electrical system was destroyed and they will be without electric service for at least two weeks.

They are one of my suppliers to my online business and ship to my customers. They will drive to the store get the merchandise and then ship from St Petersburg where they can stay and use an office and computers.

Good Morning Martine, Torsten and Eileen, and everyone who follows



Have a wonderful time Martine. Annie is even more lovely 'in the flesh' than on the boards, so I know you will have a fab time.

I got interrupted while typing this, so now the beach looks like this

Hi Stan, Hi Annie Hi John, thanks for Starbucks [yum yum]

Blimey, there is almost an hours difference, and now exactly one hour. Blimey how the time flies...

Good morning everyone.


I don't know what this is, but anyway!

Time to get ready for work, but first a bit of color from picasso, and some order restored to the beach! Have a good day everyone!

Hi Kathy, was just about to post Picasso colour too Have a nice day yourself...

Good day to all. Didn't have time to post this morning. Glad to see that your friends are ok, John.

Some more fish in front of the cam

And it look like the palmtree left a trace:

wow, I just noticed that I became supreme a couple of posts ago!!! LOL, did not notice it on the post itself!

John. I am glad that you heard from you're friends, and that they are ok. I have just seen the immense devastation on the news.

Jenni. You made me blush now. LOL. Annie B.

That is great Diana. Nice to chat with a supreme.

Annie, the eye may have passed between their house and office on Pine Island. When I visited them last month there was a lot of water on the island then. It would really be soaked now and with 90 degree heat and no air conditioners.

erasing the trace

gone with the wind

Time to say good bye for this afternoon, hope I'll be back later. Visit to the dentist (not want to....) and feeling numb again for a couple of hours afterwards.

Have a nice afternoon, all.

Hello everyone!!!

John I happy to hear your friends are okay - with so much destruction and so many people still unaccounted for - it is a very scary situation for all those how have friends and loved ones that live there! My thoughts and prayers continue to go out those who are in the middle of this disaster!!

Diana!!WHOOOOHOOOO Lady!!! Congrats on the Supreme!!! Hope your visit to the dentist is painless!!! What is the countdown to Bon now!?!?!?

Nothing on the cams right now!!! Boy I have never seen quite so many beach chairs lined up in a row on the beach before!!!

Diana. Congratulations, you are truly supreme now. I hope your dentist is gentle with you. Annie B.

I found a birdie, he looks quite large too.

diana congrats!

and indeed, never seen a so tidy lineup over here. Are we expecting important visitors or what?
even the wreck is lined up...but, lined up to what... LOL

Hurricaine Earl is so close to Bonaire...wonder if they'll see/feel any effects? The path:
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm5/index_large.html


Maybe in the clouds?

Wow, the advisory changed in the last few minutes - it must be weakening, thank goodness! Though it does look like this guy is being blown over. lol

Congratulations Diana

Might be windy but sure looks like it is still sunbathing weather to me

ok, let's change postion and get a different part brown


ps it is absolutely pouring down here, and so dark and grey. feels more like winter than summer

Y'know, that is a BIG fish! Wondering if it's that big yellowtailed something I kept seeing there. Bigger version:

Good morning everyone! Work, work, work again!
Congrats Diana on becoming supreme!
Also, John, I looked for you at Lions Dive but we were apparently not in at the same time!

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Here's "big" again:

Kathy. Would it be a yellow tailed snapper?? Annie B.

Goodness, an invasion of big fish!

I don't know Annie, if it's the one that was there when we were, it's much bigger than the normal yellowtail snappers we've seen.

Blimey, they DO look big! I went snorkelling in the mangroves [very lousy vis] and a great big fish popped out from nowhere and scared the living daylights out of me! What sort of fish is this?

Well, I guess some yellowtails do get that big - maybe California Yellowtails...this is about the right size and shape:

http://www.bajadestinations.com/fishid/yellowtail/yellowtail.htm

Jenni - those last guys look like Jacks!! But its hard to tell!!!

Found this little fish id quiz while I was searching for the yellow tails. Annie B.

link

Surely the big yellowtail is not a yellowfin tuna? However, it looks more like that fish than the yellowtail one posted above. hmmm

http://www.bajadestinations.com/fishid/tunayellowfin/tunayellowfin.htm

I give up, lol. Those fins don't look right. Back to work for me.

Found this picture of some yellow tails which I saved from the other week. Annie B.

The dorsal fin and tail are not like the "big" one above.

Light pink swimsuit?

Kathy - LOL!!!
Can't Id this one either!!!

On the 3rd beach bed you mean ???


sjosss

Hey Mary, that's some big fish you caught! Cool how there are some big fish coming in for photo ops today.

Jos, she got the two minute all over tan. lol

I just figured out my first post this morning...it's a very upclose fishface. Couldn't see that this morning, optical illusion!

Nice stripes

Now how's anybody supposed to work when the fish keep doing tricks on their screen?

I think the striped one is a banded butterfly and of course, the one just above is picasso. Divers back there, too.

The diver:

Kathy
The 10:20 post by Annette is a Schoolmaster. I think the ones above that are Yellowtail snappers but it is hard to tell for sure

Dang!

The 11:48 fish are creolefish which we see all the time at the new location.
The 11:34 is some sort of jack. I'm guessing a Horse-eye since the eye is much larger in proportion than other jacks.

Darlene and Linda. Thank you for the fish id's. Annie B.

Found this diver in the archives. Annie B.

Good Evening All! I have just noticed I am getting a cold. Annie B, are your teeth/mouth feeling better?? Cool shots today! I am off to have tea with my neighbour now.

Diana, congratulations on becoming Supreme!!

And congratulations to Jenni, 4000!!!

Thanks Linda for the ID's. Looked them up and looks like you're right! Was hoping for something more "exotic" on the yellowtailed one.

Mary's fish is still a mystery!

A first...Bongo's sunset:

Looks like a postage stamp!

Kathy. You can always trust Linda. She is always right, and such a great help here. Annie B.

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Jenni. I missed you're 4'000 post. Congratulations gal. Another 6,000 to go. You can do it gal. Go Jenni go.

Eileen. Thanks for asking. It came out with no pain, and after the injections had worn off, still no pain. I fed my face today like a pig. LMHO. My dentist is truly a treasure. I am keeping this one. Annie B.

A bland sunset tonight.