Satellite Image of TS Hanna 9/3/8 courtesy of www.wunderground.com

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With the outer rain bands of strong Tropical Storm Hanna over St. John and the Virgin Islands, normally calm Chocolate Hole was experiencing some rough conditions today. See video of Chocolate Hole Bay on the southwest coast of St John taken at noon Wednesday September 3, 2008

Jacob and Olivia get ready for their first day at the Gifft Hill School

Starting the first day with Miss Val

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It was the first day of school today for Jacob and his “Boo,” Olivia, who began preschool at St. John’s Gifft Hill School.

All went well!

Gifft Hill School, St. John Virgin Islands

Gifft Hill School, St. John Virgin Islands

Dolphins at Lind Point

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Today Habiba, Jacob and I took a little trip over to Honeymoon Bay in our dinghy. Rounding Lind Point, we were thrilled to see four dolphins swimming right next to us. They were swimming in pairs, perhaps good friends or maybe lovers.

At Honeymoon we took a relaxing swim or “soak” as they say on St. John. I tried out my new camera mask. A snorkel mask with an incorporated digital camera. There was no auto or manual focus, however, so you had top depend on the fixed focal – length and hope for the best.

The photos below were taken with the snorkel mask camera as well as this moon jelly video.

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St. John Love City Triathlon and Aquathon
Simina spent Saturday night so that she could race in the St. John Love City Triathlon and Aquathon. The event was first billed as a triathlon (swim, bike, and run) and duathlon (swim and run), but for some reason the term “duathlon was not politically correct and the event was reclassified at the last minute to be “aquathon. Click here see photos of the aquathon

St. John Celebrity News – Visit by Jack Rooney
St. John celebrity Jack Rooney did us the honor of making an appearance at our home. Accompanied by his mother, Jennifer Tyler-Rooney, Jack appeared for us in this one of kind video. See Jack’s video