Super Blue Blood Eclipse Moon and the Sunrise.. an event

 ...for once the clouds stayed away for an 'event'.. out of the house by 445am.. over to the end  of the island at 40th street for a clear view of the western sky.. alone there until the peeps came by with their car lights on--like flashbacks fishing the Point on the OBx--arrrrggghhhh .. they smartened up after some dirty looks ..I was nice   waited until the Moon set at 711am after a partial eclipse .. then drove down to the pier area a few blocks away  for the Sunrise at 712am.. craziness.. all handheld using the door of my truck as my 'tripod' for the Moon pics..    28* is not gonna cut it.. brrrrrr.. on the drive home had to stop to 'wet a line' at the Lake -- just because  :) :)

Partial Eclipse at 648am

almost bye bye at 711am

Sunrise at 712am

'wet a line' at the Lake

brrrrrrrrrr

they got it wrong-- again

the rain stopped last nite.. forecast for the overnite and thru today.. clear skies.. Uncle Weatherbee --WRONG again.. out before sunrise-- over to the beach ..clouds and more clouds.. never got out of my truck.... stopped for a short-short at the ICW.. quik pic- at least I salvaged something .. and yop .. a scurrying squirrel heading up the tree with a Pelican sitting on the Waterway.. some light rain as I got back to the house.. then of course it cleared up sunny but 'kewl' all day.. 

 a bummer for TV watching tonite...SOTU by the POS in the White House on all channels..here's an 'info link' ..
How to Stream the State of the Union Address  this is how Calvin streams the SOTU  .. way to go Calvin   :) :)

Westerdam --- Hawaii 48 Days

we leave here on Feb 3 with our Hertz one-way rental as we usually do to pick up our next cruise  on Feb 4 on Holland America's Westerdam a total of 48 days sailing from Ft Lauderdale thru the Panama Canal to San Diego-- 15 days.. then on to Hawaii for 18 days back to San Diego then sailing back thru the Panama Canal to Ft Lauderdale 15 days.. we return to Ft Lauderdale for the drive home on Mar 24

Part 1-- Panama Canal

Day	Port	Arrival	Departure
Sunday, 04 Feb 2018	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	—	04:00 PM
Monday, 05 Feb 2018	Half Moon Cay, Bahamas	08:00 AM	05:00 PM
Tuesday, 06 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Wednesday, 07 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Thursday, 08 Feb 2018	Cartagena, Colombia	07:00 AM	01:00 PM
Friday, 09 Feb 2018	Panama Canal, Panama	05:00 AM	07:00 PM
Saturday, 10 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Sunday, 11 Feb 2018	Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica	08:00 AM	06:00 PM
Monday, 12 Feb 2018	Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua	10:00 AM	06:00 PM
Tuesday, 13 Feb 2018	Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala	08:00 AM	06:00 PM
Wednesday, 14 Feb 2018	Puerto Chiapas, Mexico	08:00 AM	05:00 PM
Thursday, 15 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Friday, 16 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Saturday, 17 Feb 2018	Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico	07:00 AM	02:00 PM
Sunday, 18 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Monday, 19 Feb 2018	San Diego, California	07:00 AM	—

                                                            
                                                               Part 2-- Hawaii

Day	Port	Arrival	Departure
Monday, 19 Feb 2018	San Diego, California	—	05:00 PM
Tuesday, 20 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Wednesday, 21 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Thursday, 22 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Friday, 23 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Saturday, 24 Feb 2018	At Sea	—	—
Sunday, 25 Feb 2018	Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii	08:00 AM	06:00 PM
Monday, 26 Feb 2018	Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii	07:00 AM	—
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018	Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii	—	11:00 PM
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2018	Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii	08:00 AM	06:00 PM
Thursday, 01 Mar 2018	Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii	08:00 AM	11:00 PM
Friday, 02 Mar 2018	Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii	08:00 AM	06:00 PM
Friday, 02 Mar 2018	Kilauea Volcano coast, Hawaii, Hawaii	—	—
Saturday, 03 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Sunday, 04 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Monday, 05 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Tuesday, 06 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Wednesday, 07 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Thursday, 08 Mar 2018	Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico	02:00 PM	10:00 PM
Friday, 09 Mar 2018	San Diego, California	07:00 AM	—

Part 3-- Panama Canal

Day	Port	Arrival	Departure
Friday, 09 Mar 2018	San Diego, California	—	04:00 PM
Saturday, 10 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Sunday, 11 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Monday, 12 Mar 2018	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	07:00 AM	03:00 PM
Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018	Huatulco, Mexico	08:00 AM	02:00 PM
Thursday, 15 Mar 2018	Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala	10:00 AM	06:00 PM
Friday, 16 Mar 2018	Puerto Corinto, Nicaragua	08:00 AM	03:00 PM
Saturday, 17 Mar 2018	Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica	08:00 AM	06:00 PM
Sunday, 18 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Monday, 19 Mar 2018	Panama Canal, Panama	05:00 AM	07:00 PM
Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018	Cartagena, Colombia	12:00 PM	06:00 PM
Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Thursday, 22 Mar 2018	At Sea	—	—
Friday, 23 Mar 2018	Half Moon Cay, Bahamas	08:00 AM	03:00 PM
Saturday, 24 Mar 2018	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	07:00 AM	—

pizza and the birds..

 with all this rain today sunrise was a bust...  while shopping down in Myrtle Beach this early afternoon sitting in the truck watching some guy drop a nice slice of pizza to the ground.. he leaves it there and walks away... in a flash every gull around had 'dibs' on it.. grabbed the camera and snapped away..a couple of Geese had nothing to munch on after the gulls 'beat feet'.. the last pic and see the pizza.. look close.. rain for today and Monday then cooling off with sun sun sun

they left us none

look close and the pizza is there.. what's left of it

clouds abound

sunrise was a bust this morning..clouds clouds and more clouds.. snapped these Bluebirds around our suet feeder outside our kitchen window this afternoon ..
Eastern Bluebird--Info link  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/…/Eastern_Bluebird/lifehistory

Bluebird munching on Suet outside Kitchen window

Bluebird looking for what drops down from above

beautiful day

morning after early morning 30* before sunrise.. wind picked up a smidge today .. Dolphins just beyond the surf and around the pier.. nice to see them once again.. over to the Veteran's Park at the ICW for some birds.. 'wet a line' at the Lake.. nada.. nice sunny day once again.. low 50's

a few early morning snaps

at the beach as per my usual for the sunrise..  kewl 30's morning.. got up to low 50's and sunny for the day.. down to Myrtle once again  meeting old friends for lunch and back to their condo for the day to shoot the breeze and catchup on old times.. nice day

kewl but a pretty sunny day

after yesterday's rain event.. nice pretty early morning today-- mid 30's that warmed up to high 50's and sunny all day

it's red out there this early morning

red sky in the morning.. you know what's next.. rained in the afternoon after a pretty sunny 60* morning.. lots of different types of birds in the area as it always is this time of year..

an Osprey swoop

okay.. forecast at 430am was for 41* with CLEAR skies.. not over the water it wasn't.. clouds so no sunrise.. stopped on the way back at the Lake to 'wet a line'.. no Eagle this morning.. saw an Osprey fly off his perch and head toward the Cormorant sitting in the Lake across from me.. dropped my rod and grabbed the camera.. right over the Cormorant he swooped in for some breakfast.. thought it was a Largemouth Bass at first -- forked tail though.. after looking at the pics looks like a Bluerunner or some kind of Jack.. that golf course lake has a pipe that goes under the road and lets out into the saltwater Intracoastal Waterway just across the road.. so you get a mix of both freshwater and saltwater fish.. even blue crabs .. the Pelican joined in afterwards

the 'swoop in'

Cormorant couldn't believe it

up up and away

not a good sunrise---ugh