at least for the most of us .

To me it is still sunday , 30 minutes before I leave work.
Nightshift 1th of 6 , yippeeeehhh, not.

And these people are still enjoying the warm Bonairian night :


cappucino , coffee , tea , it's all on the house this morning, ....as long as you leave some for me for tonight

have a nice day y'all , and don't forget to smile !!!
( it will make you feel good and it will drive them crazy , figuring out what you are up to )

jos

Good Morning Jos,

It's not quite Monday here in NYC and thanks for the coffee. I'll have mine after I wake up tomorrow. May I have a de-caf espresso and a scone please?

The weather should be in the low 70's with no rain. What a relief!

Good morning Sjoss, Mary and others to come.
Lots of rain over here, a bit stormy monday.

well, first going to get me some coffee, back later today.

Morning Jos and Mary,
Both must be sleeping now... So let's have a fresh made .
This is my last day off but I have so much home work to do :o(
Have a nice day all, I am just staying around.

Morning Stan !
LOL, you showed up exacly while I was preparing coffee. You smelled it, did you :o) Have a nice day.

Hello and good morning... Not so good for me, being back from Bonaire But now I have at least some connection and trying to catch up with all the threads. I did miss all of you to chat with, but being on the island made it a bearable...lol.

I did not make it anymore to the webcam... The day we decided to go, the reefcam was out. But we really did have a good time. Need also to catch up with Ivan's devastation. And preparing a trip report....

Good morning Jos, Mary, Stan and Martine.
Thanks for the coffee, but I think I need something to calm down. Maybe some strong tea...?

Torsten had an bike accident yesterday and had to go to the hospital. He has bursted his eyebrow broken one ridge, and broken his zygomatic bone and a lot of bruises. Now he talks with the anaesthetist due to an operation, he told me on the telephone.
It is difficult for me to keep a level head. But it helps a little to write it down.

Take care,
Ilona

Ilona, what a sad news. Hope all goes well for a speedy recovery with Torsten. I will be thinking of him and sending good vibes and warm thoughts.

You take care as well, Ilona...

Hello Diana, thanks for your warm words.
I am going to print your wishes a bring them to Torsten.
He loves BT

Glad to hear, that you have had a good time on Bonaire. Especially with the interlude from Ivan...
I am very anxious of (puh, I always have problems with prepositions ) your trip report.

Good Morning Jos, Mary, Stan, Martine (Thank-you for the coffee), Ilona and Diana!

Ilona, please give Torsten my thoughts too, I hope he gets better soon!

Diana, welcome back! Can not wait for your trip report! Too bad we could not see you on the cams, but, you'll just have to go back.

another sunrise in paradise

I have to go... I wish you all a great day! Bye for now.

Did read all the threads about Ivan... It sure was an adventure... I will tell more in the trip report. I'm very sorry to hear that Ivan did a lot of damage elsewhere, though. Hope that everyone is now safe and can start again with rebuilding their lives after Ivan.... My thoughts are with everyone who is in need.

Jake and Linda, glad that everything is alright with you guys as well! Jake, I can imagine it was hard not to be with your family during Ivan.

Morning Eileen, Diana and Ilona.
Ilona, please, send Thorsten my warmest thoughts and best wishes for a quick recovery.
Diana, welcome home and just prepare yourself to a hard PBD. We were all thinking about you while Ivan was blowing...

Morning all!
Diana, welcome back, I too am anxious to read about your "adventures"!
Ilona: send Thorsten some "get well hugs" from me too (gute Besserung)
Nice clouds this morning, much better than the grey ones here!

Morning, Karin,
Yes, much much better than here too. Already smelling autumn :o(

I can see Aladin's lamp genious an Olmec head and an UFO...

I think I need to go back and appear in front of the reefcam, then!!! I bought a small little clownfish to show in front of the reefcam, I'll keep it for the next time!


Martine, PBD is very hard, especially with the current weather over here... grayish, raining and very cold compared to Bonaire And coping with the time difference is also hard.

Ten more days and I am in Bonaire.

Have a cup of Starbucks coffee for your morning fix.

Good morning!
Welcome back Diana! I'll bet your trip report will be VERY interesting!
Ilona, was sorry to hear abour Torsten. Maybe if we made cards it would cheer him up? Poor guy! You hang in there as well!
No fish around, so something (I don't know what) from the archives from a few minutes ago...

Almost all of sarge, in blue...

Trying to decide what to wear today...Ivan seems to have brought fall. Since last Thursday it's been much cooler and windier. Sigh. Not time for the winter closet, but the summer clothes don't work, either. Not many in between clothes. Anyway, time to get ready for work for me. See ya'll later!

One more. Hi kitty!

Well good morning all.

First Ilona - please send Torsten all of our well wishes for a speedy and healthy recovery from the bike accident. We will send special prayers.

And it certainly looks like a glorious day on the island and peeking my head back to look out of my window at work it looks like a beautiful and crisp morning in Atlanta. At least Ivan seemed to blow away some of the smog and now I can see the city from my window.

Have a wonderful day every one.

Mara

Oh - can someone tell me how to include a picture with my post? Many thanks.

Hi Ilona, sorry to hear what happened with torsten, hope he will recover fast!

Jos, Mary, Stan and Martine, Iliona, Kathy, Diane, Eileen any any others who've joined.


Looks to be anouther, "Manick Monday... OH wish it was Sunday.. Opps sorry .. not such a good singer .lol

Guess I better lay off the coffee

Well have a Blessed Day All..
- Alison

and a funny one to cheer him up!

Hi Mara, welcome to BT (I did not 'met' you on earlier occasions). You can find how to post pics in the bar below, under formatting.
But it's rather easy... first save the capture from the webcam image, then type \ image { name of the file } Leaving out all the spaces. Then if you post the message it will ask if you can include the file and it will load

Looks like it's busy at Bongo's


Time for me to do some shopping, nothing in the house after the vacation... Need to go in the rain

Jos, Mary, Stan and Martine, Iliona, Kathy, Diane, Eileen any any others who've joined.


Looks to be anouther, "Manick Monday... OH wish it was Sunday.. Opps sorry .. not such a good singer .lol

Guess I better lay off the coffee

Well have a Blessed Day All..
- Alison

Thank you Diane and thank you too all of the welcomes. I will have to spend a little time playing with this and see if I can get it straight.

Mara

hello and good morning to all!
We have a little visitor this morning

just hanging around


best wishes for a speedy recovery to torsten.

Torsten (since Ilona is printing this)
get well soon!!!

(now find me some long long long long 'get well text' and see how Ilona's printer gets overheated!)

Hello BT'ers,

I had a long lunch break and visited Torsten.
He looks so sadly. Poor thing.
He is full of pain. One eye is nearly closed due to the swelling. He lost his glasses but could not wear them anyway cause of the damage of his cheek and ear. But - he had blessing in disguise.
He did not lost his eye and ear. They sewed the eyebrow and ear. But there is still the problem with his zygomatic bone. Operation or not? There are two nerves (eye and face) who could be injured. And after all you will have brackets under your face skin. It is not easy to decide.

Thanks a lot for your sympathies. I will print this thread and bring it to the hospital. I think, that brings him a smile on his face.

Glad, that other things are normal: Hello Sarge

Good morning all!

It's now 20 days until I'll be on Bonaire again for the 7th time (since 2000). I am now, officially, STOKED!

I thought I'd mention to some of the newcomers: the only images that should be posted in this topic (Bonaire WebCams) are ones from the cams. That's one of the very few rules here. Community Chat is a great place for other gifs and jpgs though.

By the way, in about 3 weeks time, keep your eyes peeled for 3 lovely ladies wearing matching purple hat-bandana-doo-rag hats (http://www.billibandana.com/photos/bb-fern-purp.jpg). Darlene Ellis, Denise Kacavas and I will be posing for you. There will be a sign too - I can't remember the exact words, but we'll be identifying ourselves.

These people are in no hurry this morning...

Oh Ilona, poor Torsten! It's good he didn't damage his eye, but that's a nasty bone to break. I hope things work out for him! If he hasn't been operated on before, tell him it isn't as scary as he might think (I had my hip replaced 3 months ago, I know!) and if that's what it will take to fix everything, he should consider it well!

No kidding Susan. Don't those people realize that there is an ocean out there just WAITING to be explored?

OK - who's playing musical lounge chairs.

I think, I should open a thread in CC for Torsten.

So if you are interested in the recovery history feel free to visit that one
http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/23830/181801.html?1095689115

Hi everyone!!

Susan - thanks for letting the newcomers know the rules - it seems our cam cops have gotten slack on us!! 20 days for you means 27 days for me!!! this will be my 3rd time on Bonaire - a relative newbie - compared to you!!

Looks like this fish is giving us the tail!LOL!

and, looking at the wheelbarrow at the dock, and looking at this image (just can see, look close) there is another boatdive in a few moments...

How quickly can I get down to Bonaire???!!!??

I better stop surfing on here - only makes me want it to be December 22. oh wait, maybe more like the 19th because I haven't packed yet - YIKES!

Mara

Mary,
Did you change your reservations? I thought we were going to be like unto ships passing in the night (or afternoon, anyway!) at the airport!

Practically a crowd at the beach:

what a lazy day at the wreck

Strange view!

Dang, what a camera! lol Is it National Geographic?

Cool that he shot (the strobe going off) just as the cam did!

Rebreather, too?

Nah, not a rebreather, but all kinds of gadgets.

Dont forget the fishies

too bad you are all just too late!

on the left you just missed an submarine!

Wonder if we could coax Linnea into going back out to clean the cam again??? That spot of algae is growing! Look at those last 3 pics...

Susan - I just can't count early on MOnday morning - we still are ships passing in the night -or at least the airport!LOL!! Make that 34 days for me! Maybe my miscount was wishful thinking!

Another fish tail!

I believe we have some cowboys...(the hats!)

A twisty fish!

Look who's hanging around...

a, good old friendly.....????

did you girls name him already??
Because, Spike was from the previous location, or, do we call him Spike anyway?

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ahhh!!! What would I give to be in the sea right now!!!!

Hmmm...does he LOOK like the old Spike? lol

It's positively chilly here today Stan, fallish and I hate it. I was thinking at lunch how I'd rather be in Bonaire, lolling around about 30-40 ft continuing the "great seahorse hunt".

Don't say any of that, Kathy... I wish I would see the real thing and go seahorse spotting



Feel like a zombie, not knowing if I'm awake or asleep. But need to go to sleep, now, otherwise I will never get used to the European time..

Good night all!!

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Night Diana! (btw did you find a seahorse??)

Diana, good night!

tang...

Kinda cool, a vertical dive

Alien.

The End.

I'm starving! Must go finish dinner. Was fun as usual. I've learned to work in two minute intervals as well as cook. lol Night ya'll.

wow, it's stormy over here, it's raining and it's C.O.L.D. ~shiver~
this romantic sunset makes my night a lot better!

Good Evening! Awesome photos today! I like the diver taking a photo of the cams!

John, can't wait for a Starbucks from Bongo's.

I do not know how much I will be on tonight, Quinn has been playing the piano and gets upset if we are not playing with him. It is his toy of the moment right now. Once he gets bored, we'll hide it and bring it out in a few days and he thinks he has a new toy. Jos, have you tried that one on your kids? If so, how long does the trick last?

maybe till he's better than alicia keys?

sweet all, i'm going to sleep, it's 1.35 p.m. over here and i will need some starbucks tomorrow...

For those with a night ahead, enjoy it! For those who need some sleep, sleep well!

Wietse
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(hoe this one will not be banned, the dog did something it shoulden't do....)

hoe, owwww. it was HOPE. i can't type, always typing too fast....

aliens landing???