Good morning.
Had great difficulties yesterday to get online here at BT. Looking at the messages I was the only one???

Mary, note from yesterday: I am honored by the sign, but can't find it in the archives. Anyway... welcome back.

many lights on this morning

Good Morning Stan and everyone! It is a rainy day so far. I am going to my parents place, I would love to check in there but the connection is very slow.

I wish you all a great day!

Good morning Stan, Eileen, and everyone who comes in later. Rainy day here, too, Eileen. Was 85 yesterday and by Friday the low will be 30. So I guess today will be the storm that changes it all.

A coconut fell! I want it! lol

Hi Stan, Eileen and Kathy,

Coffee and Tea are served.

I am officially taking a day off of leaf patrol, think I got them all for a while. Need to get back to other things, like camming.

Would like to be where this couple is right now!

Brings a smile to my face!

How romantic!

Good morning Debbie, Kathy, Ellen and Stan - and all others that come in throughout the day.

And just one poor soul looking for some coffee. Well I am happy to report that not only have I voted, I actually made it in to work before 8AM. I got in line at 6AM, polls opened at 7AM and I was out of the door by 7:15. I arrived at work (22 miles away - and most of it major Atlanta Hwy) in 30 minutes. Yeah - life's good.

Stan,

I bet this is the picture that Mary is talking about. I have a hard time reading Dirk's sign BUT the amount of letters on the first hi looks about right.

Mara



Sorry - I had to do a little cutting to get it to fit right.

Thanks for the tea Debbie! All our leaves blew away over the weekend so we got lucky.



Have a great day everyone.

Lot's of little Stannie's over there Kathy!
LOL!

Mara, thank you for searching. Well, tried very very hard, but can't read it too. can only guess what is on the sign. Well, enough for making me proud..

two visitors at Willy:

Stan,

Actually after looking really, really hard - the very last line on Dirk's sign looks like SARGE. But what the heck do I know. All looks calm...

mara.....

lots of zooming, resampling, editing, zoom, filter, colorize, pixelate cleared the image up....

EXCELLENT Stan - and now I'm laughing... that's GREAT!

EXCELLENT Stan - and now I'm laughing... that's GREAT! If the stitches come undone I'm gonna blame you - hehehe.

Hi Mara, Stan,

The weather on the cams doesn't look too sunny today. It is cloudy here too. I got to go vote, so will check in later.

O no!
Not gonna make anymore jokes....
FREE THEM!!

I voted this morning...got to the polls 10 minutes after they opened and waited 45 minutes. I'm glad I did it, though! It is part of my right and freedom as an American.

Go vote today!

not yet.............................. they aren't done cooking....

Hi Debbie...
weather looks bad indeed. Reefcam is pretty dark at the moment.
At the other cam:
Is somebody gonna clean this mess up???

Finally some underwater action!

indeed....action at last!

That would be coming and going ........

And this is my excuse to make my 300th Post! I so want to be a Deity!

Hi everyone. It's dull and damp here today, and it doesn't look much better on Bon at the moment.

Rain spots?



Stan. You cracked me right up with those signs. That's cheating ya know. LOL.

Mara. I hope those stitches hold out. Annie B.

Hi Everyone!!!

Good eyes Mara - the second sign that Dirk is holding up says
Hi
Stan/
Sarge

The first sign said hi Sjossss

And of course I was holding up Kelly's sign!!

BTW - the weather was very wild last week on Bonaire - from a wind reversal, to several thunderstorms and a very rainy half day on Sunday. Even Bob at Wanndive commented on how strange the weather was last week. Looks like some of the rain is still left over for today too!!!

On a good note - because of the wind reversal - we did some shore dives on the east side. They were great - except the wind reversed to the right direction when we were underwater during the second dive. Had to get out with waves crashing over our heads. Needless to say - we did a bit of rolling around in the surf!!!LOL!!

Cindylou -congrats on the 300 posts!!! You are well on your way to becoming a diety!!!

Mara - hope those stitches hold - how are you feeling? - did the surgery do the trick?

Annie B - how are you feeling?

Hey Jake - I think the weather server is stuck again - it says today in 10/29/04. Maybe all of the rain from last week killed it!!!LOL!!

Hi everyone,
Looks pretty desolate on the beach today. Where's the sun? I voted three weeks ago by absentee ballot. No waiting at the polls! Feels good to have voted. Later I've got to watch the election broadcasts.
Stan, are you gonna make your deadline? I'm working feverishly - can't wait to get this off my plate. Mara, good luck with the stitches. Not being able to laugh is the worst punishment.
Margarita

Mary,

It's interesting because when we were in Bonaire last New Years time frame we had the wind reversals too - OMG. I was certifying a 12 year old girl and I figured for day 2 of diving that we'd do Pink Beach - you know, easy entry. I was the last one to gear up and my stepdaughter came over and said - "Mara, you're not going to like this." I thought she was kidding - once I crossed the crest of the hill the waves were HUGE! Needless to say we didn't do any day 2 diving for certification there but a few of the more "experienced" ones made it in and did the dive.

This is from back then and you can see that even then there were a few "breakers". I know, hard to believe or imagine but it was tough shore diving that week.




As for the stitches...they are actually bothering me a lot today but I think this will solve a good part of the problems, at least I hope it will. Now if I could sell my business I would say that the rest of the problems would solve themselves. hehehe

Mara

Happy Election Day (and Happy Tuesday to everyone else)
I'm with you, Margarita, I voted absentee weeks ago. It's good to have voted but I'm so tired of the political commercials and mudslinging, thank goodness it's almost over!
I know it's afternoon for most of you, but I'd like to have my morning cup of tea with these folks

Weather reporting on the WebCams site is operational again. The retriever software got stuck...

Jake

Margarita:
thanks for asking. Well, yes and no. Or, is that always a no?
Deadline runs on thursday. And, got nowhere to run. Meeting is scheduled already, people are invited, so no way back...
Guess gonna make some serious hours till thursday afternoon.
Good to hear everybody is voting!

O. one more note:
The bar-cam is showing such a mess..... Can somebody wake up Henk????

Thanks Jake.
And Henk: glad you could read my mind about the beach and got someone to clean up...

Still pretty messy

Stan,
My deadline is 2 PM tomorrow and there's still soooo much to do. And I want to watch the election results! Somehow it always seems to work out, one way or another. Good luck to you.
BTW, Bongos doesnt look very inviting today. Usually I'm drooling when I watch the cams.
Margarita

Thanks Jake!!!

Hi Mary, and welcome back. I am feeling a little better thanks. My BP is coming down again, and I just wish it would stay put once it gets there. Thanks for all the signs you and Rudd held up for us all. I love seeing our buddies with the signs. Annie B.

Nothing to see on the cams at the moment.

Cheryl. That front table looks like it could do with a wipe. Annie B.

No kidding, Annie! Glad to hear you're feeling better.

The front table does need a wipe, and the area around it could use some sweeping, too (my mom-voice kicking in).

If they haven't gotten to it by the 13th I'll run over and clean up a bit! I can't wait!!!

Hey everyone! Been a busy couple days for me, went local diving on Sun and a job interview yesterday. I hope to hear some good news in a few days ;) I'm glad everyone had a good weekend!

Mary B

Fishy

Is anyone else having problems with the web cams automatically updating? I've tried the hold down the shift while you hit refresh thing, but it still isn't updating
Mary B

I have noticed them lagging a bit lately, but haven't had time to really monitor today. BTW, good luck -- Hope you get your good news!
hello

Mary, that happens to me after downloading. Sometimes hitting "All Cams" re-connects me to the auto refresh. The Shift+Refresh works for me sometimes. When it doesn't, I'll actually take a few seconds and re-login. I always thought it was just my 'puter.

Keeping my fingers crossed for good news!

Thanks Lisa, hitting the All Cams button again did the trick Now I won't miss the sunset.

Hi Mary B, Annie, Cheryl,and Lisa,

Good luck, Mary B. on hearing good news!

Annie, glad you're feeling better, hope it stays with you for a while.

Very slow day at Bongo's today, not much action, but the bar cam sure could use a clean up though. Everyone must still be sleeping from that party. hehehe.

Hi, Debbie It HAS been quiet today . . . I've been rummaging the archives and learned for the first time that the bar cam was pointed in a different direction in August

another fishy

That guy in the 15:54 has my coconut! lol

And the tents come down...

Looks like they're folding/packing it up

great shot of the bar again.
Nice and clean!

Now I'm confused about what they were doing LOL
Nice colors starting, though

Looks like the van is back. I think they're just there for the sunset

Paradise by the dashboard light, Cheryl? lol

I was thinking mellow yellow on these...

Hi Mary B!!! You joined BT when I was away on the island - so I will add my welcome now!!! It is going to get confusing with so many Marys.

Good luck with the job!!

I think the truck is picking up all of the parts and pieces that were taken down. What you do not see on the cams is that there was a bandstand that was between the south beach and north beach cams - I think that went down today as well.

Boy do I miss the sunsets!!!

As an FYI - the party Sunday was an anniversary party for Telbo employees and family. I have never seen so many tables set up on the beach there - is was very hard to walk around to get to the dive shop!!

Well, if I had to take down equipment, I'd choose to do it while I could watch the sunset . . .
Paid paradise by the dashboard light

Softer colors tonight

I dunno, Stan, I think the bar could still use some cleaning . . .

Ah, heading home after another long day . . .

still mellow and yellow

Niiiiiice, Kathy!

Looks like Mary was right and they're all loaded up

Had to cut the Beverly Hillbillies (tee hee, the truck reminds me) out and that's all that was left.

Night divers?

Sorry, I just have to post these -- I never tire of them!

I would have stayed to watch the rest of the sunset but I guess they were harder workers!

Goodnight, Bonaire! 'Night all, gotta get some serious work done now

Kathy, I missed your post before -- hee hee! they needed a rocking chair up on top

Lol, Cheryl! I thought for sure there would be one, next.

I have to pack for a convention the rest of this week and don't want to. Wah. I'll miss sunsets on Bonaire.

Ya'll save for me, y'hear!?! lol

Of course we will! (Someone else will have to do it Thursday, I'll be away from the puter)
Have a good week, Kathy!

Rats! It got busy here at the store and I missed the rest of the sunset

We saved as much as we could for you, Mary!

(now I REALLY have to get back to work!)

LOL yeah I noticed that, thanks! I should have hit the refresh button before I posted

hehe repeat post

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Oh my! I missed the sunset again. I was friggin' with the computer because I thought something had gone wrong. Turned out it was a bad gif which wouldn't download correctly.

Busy night for us again, Mr. Quinn will probably cut the other tooth very soon. Hopefully!

Beautiful sunset, I like the soft colours too. Good luck Mary B!

Well, I'm half-way there! Can't do direct from Phoenix, so I stopped mid-point in Miami. I picked a hotel on the west side of town to be away from the noise and bustle. Our US friends will appreciate the irony: I'm *right* next to the Miami-Dade Elections Office, and it's a mess! Of all the freakin' places to stay on Election Day.... at least I missed the hookers and druggies this time, but I'm not sure it's an improvement. 4 years ago I wanted to slap everyone across the street here. Repeatedly.

Did anyone post the "Fisher-Price Voting Machine" pix?

Hoping this isn't an omen of disasters to come.

Stan, make your presence KNOWN. lol

I'll be out of town till Friday night, but I'll check on your "antics". Hope you guys improve the cams as well. Have fun!!!

Boy, did I miss a lot today! Mary M. glad you had a good time on Bon, and got to dive the east side!

Mara, are the stiches itchin'?

Mary (the other one) good luck with the job interview.

Stan, hang on. My husband is in Stuart Florida, and he said that every corner is filled with folks with signs...guess they don't want to pull another "chad" (sorry Floridians, had to say it). And I got you beat, it takes even LONGER to get to Bon from California! Ha!

Where's Eileen tonight???

Hi to everyone else! Have no idea if anyone is still there, but here is an interesting one I hope...oh, and Annie, thanks for the pano!

oops! that's what wogga will do to ya! LOL!

hmmm....that's interesting, but still not what I wanted!

ahhhh.....dat's what I wanted! LOL!

Hey Stan_Eker!

Thanks again for calling, I needed the laugh;o)
Have they found the missing ballots yet?
Remember to wave for me when you dive, I'll be watching!

Your big sister,

PL