Good morning gang,
We are up, as usual on this side of the big blue, and I am glad I am not working. Today France is on strike ( no train, no busses, no metro, no schools, no administrations, nearly no everything, that means a real shambles ). Typically french... Today we are claiming against the new retirment reform program ! I didn't unsterstood quite well, this only thing I know is we'll work longer...Jean Paul left home at 6.30 AM to get to his office and thought it was a good idea to phone me to say he arrived safely . Fresh coffee for those interested. Have a nice day.

Bon jour, mademoiselle Tlouzeau ...
I'll have another espresso then with you .. my third for today ..

How attentive of JP to give you a nice wake-up all .. :o)
You're not on the barricades today yourself ?

Did I mention your reefcam dwellers site is very nice ?


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Hoe gaan det Olaf ! I was waiting for you...
The last time I was on the barricades was in May 1968, quite a long time... I forgot to say there is no (Air France) planes as well, and I do apreciate I am off today.
I am glad you liked The Reefcam dwellers. I loved to do it but it couldn't have been possible without every Bters help, and especially from Cynde and Annie. Here's the url again for the potential today newbies : http://bonaire.talks.free.fr/
I wish Jake would make a link to it, but I feel I am doing some advertising
They are about to wake up on the other side. I bet Eileen is popping out in a minute. Nearly lunch time for us. I wonder if Jos is working today as he is flying tomorrow. Lucky him... Enjoy your day. See you later.

First pic of the day.

First one at work

Splash ! Rough surf these days...

Stupid me, I just remember Eileen is without computer for a couple if days...

Good Morning Olaf and Martine! I thought my husband was leaving yesterday morning but no its today and he is staying overnight. So no BT tomorrow morning. No sunrises and coffee. Unfortunately we can not use the puters at work to go online - even on breaks!!!

GMTA Martine!

These too especially for you Eileen. Good morning and have a nice day.

Time to unplug... Thank-you Martine! I love the waves. I hope everything goes well with the traffic in France today (we've had the odd strike where it just makes a mess of the drive).

Have a great day everyone!

Argh ! So crispy colours while we are freezing here...

No further comment !

Good Morning Everyone,
Just popping in as I make my lunch (to take to work). It has been a busy week so haven't had much time after work to look in. Good thing you are off today Martine so you don't have to try to get to work.

Morning Carol,
You're right, I imagine the traffic jam is should have been at the morning rush hour. I could hear the horns concert from my bedroom. have a nice day.

Sping is finally here! In the 80s today! I need to get out my spring clothes. I have to do that this weekend to get ready for Bonaire.

Bon Dia ,All!!
Martine an extra day off...Good! Enjoy. I am loving the RCD's but my computer cuts off most of the pictures on the left hand side of the screen. Isn't that weird? Any idea why?
Carol when do you leave? Myself, I am always getting ready to leave for Bonaire.....even though I don't have a specific date(yet) . I just know I'm going. Soon! margarite

Hi Margarite,
This is not an extra day off, I luckily am not on duty today ( alas, I have to go back working tomorrow, and I'll be punished the whole week end ). I don't know what's happening with your puter cutting the RCD pics. I do not notice anything special here. Have you tried the reducing/enlarge pic button ? Oh, I forgot to say, minus 65 days before we get there... Have a nice day. Carol, I truly thought, last week, to swap my winter clothes for summer ones, but I fear I have to wait a little bit more... It snowed again on the mountains last night and my feet are cold as ice. Just 10 degrees Celsius in the sun when last week we were over 30... Too chilly these past two days.

Darn ... I promised myself a slow and easy day, but it didn't turn out to be ..
Anyway .. nice grabs Martine & Eileen ..

Over 30C last week ???
Martine, where are you at in France ?
Le sud, l'ouest ou a Paris ?
We got to 21/22 last week (Rotterdam)

Oh .. forgot to say .. 21 days

Olaf, I am not kidding, I had 30° in the sun last week on my kitchen window in Paris and I worked bare armed on the tarmac these last two weeks.

I wonder if such a surf is normal. Are new moon tides late on Bonaire. That's true the time seems to stop there...

Bluebeard is visiting us.

Is this "Jake, the cam-cleaner fish?"

Good job Dude!

Good morning, everyone (good afternoon across the pond). One of our surgeon fish.

Good Morning All It gets addictive, doesn't it, Cindy??

Love your pics - I'll get mine later today, I hope.

I'll pop back in a little later and see how its going.

And - we Canadians won't be pulling out the summer stuff for a while - Toronto this morning:
-1 C, Winter Storm Warning in effect, with rain, freezing rain, ice pellets and snow

I wanna go back to Bonaire!!!

Bill

And a brand new clean reef cam. Thanks Jake !

Hey Bill. We need to get a weekend shuttle set up from Toronto to Bonaire. Then we could just escape on a whim! No need for accommodations, we could just pitch a tent on Jake's back porch! :-)

Hi everyone, Hi Bill. I am extremely busy today, so will try to pop in when I get the chance. I just searched the archives and found a couple of fishy pics, and one from up top also. Annie B.



I wonder why these people didn't come closer.

Satchmo in a tete a tete with Smokey.

OLaf are you returning to Bonaire in 21 days?

Charlotte says "Hi."

Yesssss .. I am !!!
Have a little over 40 divespots left on the island alone .. so I'll be going a little longer this time (13days). I was told to be around wih the Rincon festivities .. so, kinda planned around it. Let's hope there's no hurricanes this time, I'd love an easier flight than last one ..

Jake .. thnx for cleaning the cam ..

Gotta run now .. the company I work for got sold today to some investment-corporation .. so, there's a little party to celebrate it ..
Save some awesome sunset's ..

Hi Olaf, does that mean woga woga ?
Enjoy the party, must think about my "party" dinner.

Good morning everyone! Martine, the kids must like the strike..no school! Bummer, working longer...I'd strike too! Here's a lost looking cyclist... and a flashy truck! And thanks to Jake for the cam cleaning!

A fish flurry!

Someones trying to make waves to match yesterdays...

Hi Barbara,
Time to get up in Calif ? Soon, we'll hear from Dan then...
I have just watch the evening TV news, it was a real ....(censured) in paris today.
Jean Paul is just coming back right now, he had to walk quite a bit from the railway ( afterall it's good for his fitness ), and fortunetaly, I prepared a rather cold dinner just in case... so no problem.
See you later gang.

Good morning. Yes, it is I, checking in before heading for work.

Was going to accuse Martine of not cleaning the cam lens lately, , but I see Jake did it so this is really a whole bunch of little fish, not a dirty lens. Thanks, Jake!

Clear and cold today. 21F/-6C. Hey, you need to check out www.juneauphotos.com today. Talk about "surf" action? (Lynn Canal is in the Juneau area.)

Off to work am I. See you in a few hours.

Sounds like a good day for bicycling in France, Martine...how long will this all last? Dan, your cold air is still hovering here with more rain expected tonight.
Looks like this fish is smiling..

Morning, Barbara.

Here, fishy, fishy, come a little closer!

Hi, Dan...any signs of spring up there yet? Looks like Bluebeard is just peeking in...

Good afternoon all!!
I like your smiling fish, Barbara! I don't blame him for smiling, he's in Bonaire!! I hope your weather gets better!!
Sounds like a tough time for you today, Martine. I hope tomorrow is better!! Just close your eyes and think 65, 65,65, you can do it!!
It is gray and chilly here today and the next few days sound gross :-(. I need spring!!

Barbara; Crocuses are coming up. The daytime temps are reasonably warm--say 40F--but night time is still in the teens.

Looks like Smokey has a chef's toque on


Better get some work done. Bye for now.

Wait! What is this peeking in?

Home from school.

And a boat is on scene now.

anyone want to find out what is making all the waves?

Okay blue, what is it? (I'm guessing a windy weather front) they are big again today!

Looks like a bird instead of a fish..

From the surface shot, looks like there should be bubbles in the reef cam mix. Maybe divers shortly? Since this thread is getting pretty long, divers would be a good starting point for a new one.

See you on the next thread, John (and anyone else still out there ;-) )

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Does this sound excited???
I surely hope so!
16 hours till take-off, I'm totally exhausted, Martine , I'll take 3 days at work instead of one day packing the final things to bring along!!
BTW, loads of mjummy chocalates, don't know if they'll make it to Bonaire ;-) Most likely to be at the gate at 2 teusdays from now , Bt dinner also possible maybe.

What's up with the surf anyway???
Couple of years ago we did a honeymoon divingcourse at Dominican Republic and had WAY to much surf there (can you puke at 15 feet below surface??? Yes you can!!!)
At least somebody could,not me luckily)

Well, time for me to log of now. Gotta get me some really good night sleep, I've got an earry feeling it might be the last for quite some hours.
I'm looking forward to meet all kind of nice people on the plane: "yes , sorry, that's my kiddo, no sorry we're not insured" ;-)))

Goodnight to all and keep an eye open for me on either one of the cams.
sjossssssss

He, Barbara, this fish amazingly looks like Concorde when landing !
Mary Lou, I hope tomorrow will be OK and no problem to go to the airport, anyway, I will be thinking 64,64,64...
Dan, Jake knows if he needs a permanent cam cleaner..... but apparently, he is not interseted , but I wont give up !
Gang, I feel tired tonight so I think this will be my last post. Need to rest my head and relax. I think april 10th week end will surely be hard for me.
Have a nice evening. I'll see the sunset pics when having my breakfast tomorrow morning.

JOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
HAVE A NICE FLIGHT !
ENJOY, AND TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE THOUGHT FOR US !
BYE, BYE !