Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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   :) :)

Monday, January 29, 2018

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

Sunday, January 28, 2018

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

Saturday, January 27, 2018

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


Friday, January 26, 2018

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









Thursday, January 25, 2018

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




Wednesday, January 24, 2018

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





Monday, January 22, 2018

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..











Sunday, January 21, 2018

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