When Sea Urchins Attack

First day,

first casualty.

Birthday Nap

 under the trees

 at the beach.

Well, at least she's out of the house.

Oh Nooooooooooooooo!

The Unfortunately-named Porkfish

Aegir Habitat

So 883 posts ago, I shared this picture in a post titled Space Junk.

It's actually the remains of the Aegir Habitat that was brought to St Croix from Hawaii to replace the Aquarius underwater habitat that was being moved to Florida. Apparently funding was lost and Aegir ended up being scuttled in the early 80's.

Tonight while trying to be quiet so as not to disturb Lisa's Dengue Fever induced napping, I found pictures

and even a diagram!

Wrapping Paper Nester

Champy

Santa brought us a rooster.

A loud one.

Die Hard

A Christmas Eve classic

Roseway Is Back!

It was nice to see her in the harbor this morning!

Late Day At The Office

Putting Last Year's Present To Good Use

Markup

Everything costs more here since it has to be shipped. 

But still, 28 cherrries for $5.64? Ouch!

West Wall

Over that edge there's an anchor 250ft down.

Only 7 people have seen it since it went overboard a long time ago.

I got to see it again today.

Stingray On Corian®

Hang In There

Rainy

Customer Service

Nice To Be Out Of The House

Too Much Frisbee

Speaking Of Tropical Bugs

Gasteracantha cancriformis has moved in to our backyard.

 A 1912 text called The Spider Book noted: "A remarkable feature of the webs of this species is the frequent occurrence in them of series of flocculent tufts of silk attached to either the radii or to some of the foundation lines. These tufts are composed of a mass of fine threads, like those of which a stabilimentum is made."

Mosquitos Suck

 Dengue Fever is no fun at all.

Sick Day

Boat Parade 2012!

 After an afternoon of draping christmas lights

 and the official Seaplane flyover

we shoved off of the already teeming boardwalk

to get to the staging area

 for our first boat parade on a boat!

After a few laps around Protestant Cay

the fireworks started.

and so begins the Christmas cheer on St Croix

Smiling's her favorite.

Rough Day At Work

Sittin' and watching bubbles.

Rum & Soda Cruzan Style

Hickey Maker

St John Traffic

Big Plans

We Figured Out Where The Lizards Come From

Campfire Palms

Finishing Touches