This is Bob sitting on the porch of our little cottage on the beach. The other is a picture of the whale shark that I saw today and it's really big. I'm going tomorrow and hope to get a better picture. We saw two whale sharks that came up through a huge school of fish. It was amazing. I'll post more tomorrow night. I have to come up to a cafe to use the internet and it doesn't work very well. We are doing well.

These are images from my dive yesterday on Turniff Reef. The image of the many fish was taken at a dive site called the Elbow. It is a place where the currents that are running south around the reef come together at the most southern point. All kinds of fish get together o see what they can eat or otherwise take from the waters. Most of the fish in the fish shot weigh at least fifteen pounds.
The turtle image is one of many I took yesterday. Here, this turtle is cruising down on the edge of the coral that makes up one part of the wall on Turniff. I have several other images and am looking to see many more turtles on this trip.
The sunrise image is what I saw when I was waiting for the boat to pick me up for the dive. It was 5:30 a.m. and not my time of day at all.
We go to Plancencia today through Belize City. I have never been there before so I am ready to get a look at the place. Everyone says it's very much like San Pedro was 30 years ago. I remember San Pedro 30 years ago and it was great. I will dive with SEAHORSE Dive Shop. I'm counting on them to find some whale sharks for me to see starting tomorrow. I'm very excited about the prospect and will put a picture, taken by little-old me, on the blog as soon as I can. Actually, I hope we see one, but more would be great. It's very hot here today, my bags are packed, and I'm ready to go. Bob is roaming around looking for a cooler hat. That's a sign that he's excited about going too.

Got a Turniff Reef trip this morning.

I I I I Misspelled orchid in the last post but will make it up tomorrow with a shot of a fuzzy orchid that Kay is growing around and in the jungle that surrounds her house. The house is to your left and I sit in the afternoon on the upstairs porch and watch birds who fly around in the trees. The beach above is in front of her house and shows some very blue sky and sea. I think my next stop, Placencia, is not as developed. I saw a Black Catbird and two kinds of oriels today along with pelicans, terns, friget birds, and woodpeckers.
On the way back from the downtown today I passed a shop which had several regular looking cacti when upon taking a closer I spotted a large bloom with several struggling flies in it. It reminded me of Audra in Little Shop of Horrors.
A weird thing happened about my dive later this morning. I visited Amigo Drive Shop, my regular dive shop I'm in San Pedro, and tried to get a dive to Turniff Reef and because it's a big dive and most people want to go to the Blue Hole, I've been three times, they couldn't make up the trip. I booked a two tank dive for some close dive spots but gave the girl the wrong pier for the boat to pick me up for the dive. When I called back to correct the pier she was excited to have found a trip that a couple of other dive shops were putting together for Turniff. I'm going!!!! I'll tell you all about it when I get back.
I also saw Elizabeth who designs that beautiful silver jewlery that I wear and she invited me to a drumming in for the full moon being held up the Island. I need some welcome full moon chants if anyone has any to send. Should be fun especially because the whale sharks come in after the full moon to feed. That's another story.
For my friends who live in the desert I will keep the green scenery coming. For all my friends all over the world, everyone is watching Louisiana's demise from heavy crude. The people of Belize voted down offshore drilling last week by a 75% majority.
Good night. The music has stopped from up the beach so maybe I can get a few hours sleep.

Here and it's been raining

Arrived in San Pedro last evening. There are not as many people here because the season is starting to slack off. It's been raining almost everyday so I hope the diving won't be affected.
Kay's house is surround by trees with orchards, birds, and the little guy who's photo is to the left. He rests on the halyards that pull up the storm windows. He looks in and stretchs his hands out. He has about as much energy as my Frenchie, Chester, except when he moves it's much faster than Chester.
We will take a trip down the beach and check out a dive for tomorrow or maybe this afternoon. I will do my Whale Shark diving later this week at a place called Plancenia. I have put a marker on the map above. I'll post again soon with what I do today. If any of you have friends in San Pedro, let me know and I'll tell them HI for you. I'm also going to check out Elizabeth who makes the silver jewlery (remember the great brachlet) and see what she has new in her shop. Have a great day and You'll hear from me soon.

Leaving for Belize tomorrow

Tomorrow we leave for Belize again. This time I'm going to dive in Placencia to find and photograph a whale shark. I hope we see on or two or three. I am going to Turkey on July 13 and will also blog that trip, so if there is anything special that you would like me to see for you, please feel free to comment on this blog. I am taking all things computer and photography so I'm prepared.