Good Saturday Morning to Everyone! Here are some early A.M. shots from Bonaire....looks as though the puppies are up and active as well as the fish. Carole

Good morning Carole,

saturday at last
Here's the cracking of the day...
Igor

Couldn't resist: look at the colors...

Okay vistors at the gate. It's quit today.....

quiet that is

And they are going again



And I'm going to take a dive - in bath that is

Hello Carol and Igor. Hope your are both enjoying the weekend. Bright blue sky and sunshine here today, but very very cold. Annie b.

I do hope tha the ocean will wash away that horrid wall along the beach. Annie B.

Morning Carole, Igor, and Annie!
Just a quick check in........just got back from taking the dog to the vet $$$$$$$$$$$

Got divers?

Well no divers yet. There are visitors....



Yes, Annie they (we?) should bring down that wall.

Carol, now there are divers

My first post for the day....Divers @ Small Wall...

Hello Everyone! What are these divers holding? Camera rigs? Margarite

Good day Margarite,
I think they are holding underwater scooters. They were here before. I'll have a look.
grtz Igor

Check out the Thursday 17th topic. There's a post from Ginny with the divers and a comment from Cynde "that last post of divers is Walt and Bob i think with their "super scooters!"

Thanks,Igor...And now I shall try to post a pic from the past. This time, last year. I had only heard of Bonaire.

Diver from2001 isn't carrying his tank in any conventional way that I'm aware of. Strange. Anyway...here's another pic from this time last year. (I'm sharpening my posting skills.)

The divers in the 11:14 shot are definitely holding camera rigs.

Faith

I thought so, Faith, but it's hard to tell on my laptop screen.

Above I've posted a pic of Jimmy with his brand new S&S MX10. I'm the one swimming the other direction. margarite

Juvinal Parrot ?

Looks like lots of work going on at the Richter household....The Dutchmen must be doing their honey-dos also since I seem to be talking to myself today.

We're having a replacement Air Conditioner installed. We've had two fail on us in the last month (all seems to happen at once! Arg!) - the first was repairable, but the second one was not. Very annoying.

Jake

Hi, Marguerite....maybe your still here? Had to scan a few hours worth of archives to see much in the water today. Sorry to hear about the air conditioning trouble Jake...just remember, though, not all that long ago there was none anywhere! :-) We are all spoiled by climate control now!
A few chub
A few wrasses

Hi Everyone,
One that got away.

well done Margarite and Igor, nice pics.

Well now I must go to work for a few hours so Barbara maybe you and Maria will post in my absentia. I'll be back in time for the sunsets. Margarite

Faith,

you are probably right. Looks like camera rigs. Sorry.
Wonder if the divers from thurday were the same ones.

Margarite, Sorry you have to go to work, but you have to keep saving those $$$$$$$$$ for another trip to Bonaire. Dont work too hard, see you later.


Sorry about the air conditioning Jake, hope this one is more successful.

Some lost fishies...


Guess the Richter-residence is cool now

Here's a diver...

And more divers

And a few more...

Hi, Igor...seems we're in sync here. Blikje must like the warmer outdoors!

Hi everyone. Have been away for a few hours. Problems again, something to do with the firewall. Only just got everthing back again, but no firewall.

Carol what was the matter with your dog. Annie b.

Charlotte

Hi, was wondering the same thing Annie. Carol disappeared after the message. We'll see.
I'm off now. Bye

Bye Igor. Annie b.

Bottoms up.

Hi Annie B.
Im back for some sunsets,

Hi Annie and Maria,
Waiting for the potatoes so thought I'd peek in. The dog is allergic to something....we're not sure what. She is almost nine so it isn't something she's had all her life. Been in and out of the vets all summer ........but, what can you do when they are like a member of the family. She has a bad rash and is losing her hair. Hopefully the meds they gave her today will help to clear it up.

Hi Maria, The sunsets are always nice on Bon aren't they. Annie B.



Don'tcha just wish that your back door opened up onto this.

Annie B.
I wish, especially as its getting cold here, there was frost this morning.

Fall is here also.....was 41 degrees here this morning. Warmed up to 71 this afternoon though

Carol. Those symptoms sound exactly the same as what my old doggie used to suffer from. Turned out he was allergic to grass mites. Glad to see you love your doggies as much as us. Just like kids eh! Do you not have your doggie insured? Annie b.

No, we didn't have her insured........should have though. She's had surgery on both hind legs for torn tendons, plus other bits and pieces over the years....I advise everyone with a new puppy to get the insurance.....you just never know.

Carol,
They are so precious, I know the vets cost a fortune, but they are family, I lost mine a few weeks back. I would have paid anything to get her right but it wasnt to be. I hope your doggy gets better soon.

Carol, I took out insurance on my new god whey I caught him eating stones, bits of house brick, paper cake cases etc, and chicken bones. Ended up, he had to have surgery for a lump that grew on his nose. Annie b.

Sorry to hear that Maria.....it is like losing a family member. Do you have any other pets now?

Carol, I wrote god instead of dog. LOL

Maria, I think I am turning dyslexic. Do ya think it's an age thingie. LOL Annie b.

Only the budgie left now, and she's old too. We decided no more for the moment, as lots of changes happening hoping to emigrate to NZ one day if the opportunity arrises. But its very tempting to go out and get another one, as the house is so quiet.

Annie is that the brindle one you posted a pic of in community chat a while back?

Maria, A dog is not only good for the company, it is also good as a security thing. Know what I mean. If you do emigrate you can always take it with you. Annie B.

P.S. I hope you will get a place with a spare room so I can come and stay. Pleeeeze!

Carol, Yes, that is my new doggie. I say new, he is seven now, and we all love him to bits. Annie B.

Day is almost done on Bonaire......

Well, hubby just called and is on his way.....need to get the potatoes out of the oven. Late for you Annie and Maria......good night.

Annie, you will be welcome anytime, Lots of spare rooms, houses are so cheap over there compared to here. I know what you mean about security, I have to lock my doors now, as there's no one to bark if anyone's lurking. (its funny you feel safer with a dog around, and mine was just a little mutt, but she did have a good bark.

Bye Carol, good luck with the medication.

Maria, When I lost my Bozley I felt so unsafe. I went out the very next day and chose Ben. He is a rescue dog. He just loved the attention Linda gave him when she was here with Jake. He was in extacy. Annie B.

Annie, I think I would like to get a recue dog if we get one again. perhaps one day. I dont like the
idea of putting them through all that traveling on the airplane, its such a long way. I dont know about quarantine in NZ if they have any like here.

Maria, Find out about it. Your daughter may know about that. They can be sedated to save the trauma. Don't forget though, you will never be lonely while you have got us here on BT. Annie B.

Annie, Yes thats very true, lots of friends on the Bonaire site.
Well Its getting late again so I will say G'night
and sleep well.

Yep Maria, My bed time here too. Sleep well, sweet dreams. See you tomorrow. Luv ya all. Annie B.

The last one for today/tomorrow.

In case you're interested, I found a mysterious blob @ twilight. It's getting close to Halloween, maybe a spirit from " the divers who have gone before us" has drifted over from it's memorial on the reef at Capt. Don's. Scarrrryyyyy.margarite

Maria,

A friend and co-worker just recently (as of yesterday) emigrated to NZ from the states. Actually, he's irish, came here to work here about 9 years ago and married an american girl a few years ago. He's actually the reason why I have a job - when he announced his plans to leave, they hired me to replace him.

Anyway, he had 2 cats that went along with them, and the quarantine period isn't too bad - a month. Also, you can visit them every day in quarantine, and apparently it's a very humane facility. He sent the cats along on Monday - they had to do a stop-over in LA and be checked out by a vet there, and certified healthy before the last leg of the journey.

When he was making all the preparations, getting them all their shots, etc., the vet told him that, at least for cats, they don't usually have to be sedated - they usually just curl up and go to sleep.

Hi Susan,
Thanks for the helpful info, I will have to look into it, and find out a bit more.
Good luck with the new job.

Maria,
No problem. And thanks - it's actually turned out quite well. John didn't actually leave the company for 2 months after I started, so he was there to train me. He's been gone for about a month from the company - he and his wife went to see the parents in North Carolina (hers) and Ireland (his) before going on this exodus.

He really amazes me: I knew him when he first came over to this country -he got a job working where I worked. He and his wife had settled in, bought a house, and everything. But I guess some people really have a wanderlust - they decided to sell everything, pack up the kitties and move to NZ sight-unseen, and hope to find jobs once they get there.

Luckily, the sale of the house plus savings gave them enough money to put in a NZ bank to get them their immigration papers, as well as a little nest egg to travel around and make a decision where to settle down and find work. Although, from what he was saying it sounded like Dunedin was favored at this point - isn't that where Janeece lives, too?