Not knowing what time it is, is giving me time bends For you Europeans good morning, you Asians good evening and the rest of you good night. This is so confusing, but it is still night on Bonaire! The dive lights have gone out.........

Good day/night/morning/afternoon/evening Clint & All!

It's night on Bonaire, that's 5 sure!

5 sure?
That's what u get 4 trying 2 talk in numbers

It's morning on Bonaire!

hey all...I havent been on these things for about six months...Just wanted to peek in and say bon dia. Bonaire looks as beautiful as ever. and Jake! Whats up man?! ;o)

Hi CiJai,
if u've not ckecked the board 4 six months: check out the new "hobby" of Jake! http://www.virtualbonaire.com
Great pano's of Bonaire!

Hi CiJai,

Life's busy. How about you?

Are you coming back down anytime soon?

Jake

Hi CiJai this is Holly I just stopped by too. Jake the new cams are great. Haven't had much time but do think of all of you often. Hope all is well.

Hi Ci Jai,
We met last year at Jake's in January. Will you be there again this year? We will be arriving on the 11th till the 18th. Maybe we can get a group picture like last year. Anyone else be there?
Sandy

Some fish we missed!
Picasso & Charlotte cruising...

This is last years group.

Wow! Looks like someone decorated the beach...


Pretty though....

great shot bobby! i love the way it sparkles!

"he was blinded by the light, wrapped up like a .....in the middle of the night" i don't know the words to the middle part!

da boat...da boat...someone watch for divers!

Oh, now the boat is out from the pretty beach...May not have dropped any divers...

Bluetang - that would be "wrapped up like a deuce" - whatever that means! Tom

Actually, I stand corrected! It's "she was blinded by the light. Cut loose like a deuce
Another runner in the night" - Tom

Hey the fish must have thought Jake was buying at lunch time..

Does Jake have anything down there that tries to attract the fish.? Anyone?
Bobby

tom, boy did i get it wrong! i thought the words to "winter wonderland", where it says "In the meadow we can build a snowman,
then pretend that he is Parson Brown." I thought is said "in the meadow where it is farce and brown" until a couple of years ago!

bobby, nope (well, that is what jake and linda say anyway)...just the attraction for their 2 seconds of fame! here is what the cam looks like, this is charlotte the resident damsel fish that has been there for about 2 years now! she lives in the whole in the mooring block.

oops, no, that is tweety, a juve tang that hung around for a while, here is charlotte and her home..

thanks cynde;-)

Blue and Cynde,
I wish I had taken my camera on the dive Dec 2 from Jake's back yard. The whole time I was hovering there holding up all those signs (about 15 minutes) Charlotte was just sitting under the web cam like Tweety in that picture above. She looked like she was reading my signs and waiting to see what the next one said. Every time I would hold up a new sign, she seemed to tilt like she was suddenly taking more interest again. It was a riot. I was laughing so hard it was affecting my bouyancy.
The second time I went to the web cam from the boat I had my video camera with me. She just kept popping out of her hole in the block to chace off a big parrot fish that kept getting too close. So I wasn't able to get a shot of her under the cam.

lol dr. doolittle (you really are a doctor, we believe you)...when we were there, there was also a coney just under the camera both time we dove small wall. was it there when you were there?

Hi Everyone. Mikey, I am not at all surprised that Charlotte took such an interest in you. LOL Annie B.



Sorry just could not resist.

Satchmo's all lit up

Hey Annie B! Couldn't you have posted the sign that says "Hello Kelly" instead?! What about meeeee?

OMG, Kelly. That girl thinks it is all about Kelly, trust me, I'm a doctor.

ROTFLMAO dr. doolittle (man do you have a lot of folks fooled!)

double hangmans rope...


sunset and blijke...

Blue,
No coney around the cam when I was there. Just Cahrlotte. You know how those Damsel fish are. They run off anyone they don't like around there.

I love to watch them chase big fish away from there little coral head or other territory. On the first day I was in Bonaire this last trip, I was watching two squid slowly moving along over some coral. Suddenly, one of them got too close to a damsel's home. She shot out and head butted the squid. Scared the squid. He sqirted ink and shot about 3 feet ahead of the other one.

I was so mad that I didn't have my video to record that action. When I was in Roatan earlier this year, a damsel came out and attacked my video housing. She head butted the front of the housing twice. Maybe she was seeing her reflection. Made for some great video. Most of them hide when the video housing gets close. It probably looks like a big mouth to them.

So Mike,
u think it's the video housing that scares them away? Sorry, I just couldn't resist!

ok Kelly here we go then, don't wanna upset anyone. LOL

Oohooo nice colors!

Thanks Igor, after all that I forgot my sunset.

lol mike. our state marine fish, the garibaldi is also a damsel and very territorial. i started volunteering at the ocean institute in dana point, and there is an exibit with a garibaldi, kelp bass, white fish, and a 15 pound lobster. it was crawling across his "farm" and it was head butting it! it was a crack up! the lobster just kept slowly moving and finally got off the rock!

most likely, it saw it's reflection in the lens. they think it is another damsel, and they are protecting their territory. if you take a mirror with you and show the damsel it's reflection, it will attack the mirror. michael had a garibalidi attack his mask once, although i think he may have provoked it a bit by being macho around it's farm! lol!

here is another rare bonairian breed...the little beer can that she is, protecting the Richter household!

Nice pano Annie!
More color...

Cynde, I just hope Blikje won't head butt reflections of her in passing cars.

me too igor! sailboat...

I'm turning in 4 the night now.
See ya all in tha morning.....

Thanks, Annie B. Yeah, we don't want Meg Ryan with an attitude on here tomorrow.
Here is a picture of me in on Burbon Street with Meg Ryan and another lovely blonde.

Night Igor, see ya tomorrow. Sleep well Annie B.

Mike, LOL. Nice pic. Gonna email ya a little black cat that reminded me of Jessie. Annie B.

Cynde, I used to keep Cichlids from lake Malawi at one time, and there was a mirror in the tank. They used to provide us with lots of entertainment. Just like you described above. They were mouth brooders. I really miss not having my fish anymore. Annie B.

Cynde, I used to keep Cichlids from lake Malawi at one time, and there was a mirror in the tank. They used to provide us with lots of entertainment. Just like you described above. They were mouth brooders. I really miss not having my fish anymore. Annie B.

woops

did ya hiccup annie b?

Yes I did Cynde, In a big way too. LOL I apologize for the wind. Annie B.

Gonna say night to ya all. See you tomorrow. Sleep well my friends. Annie B.