Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Ocean Boy]

[SteelCityCruiser10]

47 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

 

 

 Schools here play on artificial turf, and one even recently put in a $1M + video scoreboard.

Sounds like the high school I graduated from.  😉

[Sea Dog]

 

 

Tiki at home tonight. Three Dots and a Dash.

 

3 Dots and a Dash from the original 1940’s Don the Beachcomber recipe. 3 Dots and a Dash is Morse code for Victory. A nod to WW II. 
 

[brillohead]

11 hours ago, FromSea2ShiningSea said:

Now I want to eat at Fat Bastard Burrito!!!  I wonder if they could get away with opening a location in the USA with that name?

We have a locally owned restaurant here called The Big Burrito.  They have a menu item called the "Don't even think about it!" burrito, and they mean it -- you get your picture on the wall if you finish it by yourself in under an hour, and there aren't many pictures on their wall!

I think it's about 24" (61cm) long, and about 5" (13cm) wide.  As a result, the restaurant has always been called "Big Effing Burrito" in our house!



 

[grapau27]

Good morning.

It was 75°F and humid last night but it is cloudy and 62°F now at 09.20am with a high of 70°F later with thunderstorms expected.

I hope everyone is safe and well and y'all are having a great weekend.

Edited September 10, 2023 by grapau27

[aussielozzie18]

Beautiful Sunday morning to fly out of Sydney.  

Made sure I booked a window seat on the left hand side to have coastal views all the way.

 

Manly Beach & the beaches of the Northern Beaches (above).

 

Long Reef Beach, Long Reef Golf Course (green patch) and Long Reef headland where we often walk Max + Collaroy Beach (below)

 

 

 

More beaches of the Northern Beaches ending with Palm Beach.  Pittwater behind.  Hazard reduction/Backburning (bushfire prevention) in the distance (above).

Hazard reduction/ Backburning in the the Ku-ring-Gai National Park (I am guessing) north of Sydney, seen as we flew over the city.

 

Killcare Beach & Bouddi National Park on the Central Coast - where we holiday every summer (below)   & Brisbane Water National Park

 

Beautiful blue seas somewhere on the East Coast of Australia.

 

Edited September 10, 2023 by aussielozzie18

[ReneeFLL]

@Sunshine3601 Safe travels to Tampa and have fun.

 

@sgmn Have a great cruise.

 

@Momof3gurlz Venice sounds like fun, enjoy.

 

@taznremmy Sorry to hear about the Radiance, but glad K. was able to get you on the Ovation.

 

[ReneeFLL]

16 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

@FromSea2ShiningSea Helen, as always, your pictures are stunning!  Hope Merv the Nerv is in hiding.

 

@ReneeFLL Renee, I hope you keep improving.

 

16 hours ago, Luckynana said:

+1  @ReneeFLL and @FromSea2ShiningSea

Thanks @BonTexasNY & @Luckynana A couple of days has made a huge difference. Feeling much better.
 

@Luckynana Have a great trip meeting up with family.

 

[ReneeFLL]

We are 1.5 hours late getting into Halifax. Since we left St. John's the fog horns have been going off continuously. At times you could hardly see about 150 out. 

 

 

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, ReneeFLL said:

We are 1.5 hours late getting into Halifax. Since we left St. John's the fog horns have been going off continuously. At times you could hardly see about 150 out. 

 

 

The fog bank extends all the way down to RI.

[sgmn]

On 9/9/2023 at 4:42 AM, dani negreanu said:

Phillipa Gregory for history, also Hillary Mantel

P.D. James

Reginald Hill

Maisie Dobbs series by J. Winspear

Deborah Crombie

Ngaio Marsh

John Lawton

 

Thanks Dani, I've read a couple of Phillipa Gregory

[dani negreanu]

10 minutes ago, sgmn said:

Thanks Dani, I've read a couple of Phillipa Gregory

 

One of my fav English authors is also Rosamunde Pilcher.

[Jimbo]

3 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

We are 1.5 hours late getting into Halifax. Since we left St. John's the fog horns have been going off continuously. At times you could hardly see about 150 out. 

 

 

 Just wondered if you have overheard anything from the crew where Jewel might be going for the next cruise that starts on the 14th when you get off? Our itinerary is not looking promising.

[ReneeFLL]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

The fog bank extends all the way down to RI.

Yikes! Wonder if it's going to make us late into other port? We were supposed to have 10 people on this tour, but 3 are out sick. It's nice having 7 people on a 15 passenger van.

 

Just now, Jimbo said:

 Just wondered if you have overheard anything from the crew where Jewel might be going for the next cruise that starts on the 14th when you get off? Our itinerary is not looking promising.

No I haven't, but I haven't really left the cabin until today. I'll ask the DL concierge in the next day or so. He might know something by then.

[StanleyandGus]

This is how I spent yesterday. This is the apple tree after Chris had spent several hours picking. 

 

The garden under the tree is a work in progress- we keep having to dig up our neighbour’s poplar roots! Eventually it will be lush. I was going to put delphiniums in, but they’re poisonous to dogs and cats. Any suggestions for a Zone 3 plant? I’m thinking of meadowsweet, for something tall against the fence.

[Ocean Boy]

This is what a New England fog bank looks like as well as what our beaches look like after Labor Day...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaniDanielle]

Sherlock got snipped 

[Jimbo]

Another question, because we not really sure where we are going  on this cruise can we use our sea pass card to get cash at the guest relations desk? I assume we can use our sea pass card to get chips at the casino and then turn them back into cash right without any kind of fee, is this correct?

[StanleyandGus]

3 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Sherlock got snipped 

Oh, poor baby! It’s clear he is being looked after well.

[DaniDanielle]

My son and his family have three dogs.  Sherlock seems to be on his way to being the favorite!

[Arzeena]

17 minutes ago, StanleyandGus said:

This is how I spent yesterday. This is the apple tree after Chris had spent several hours picking. 

 

The garden under the tree is a work in progress- we keep having to dig up our neighbour’s poplar roots! Eventually it will be lush. I was going to put delphiniums in, but they’re poisonous to dogs and cats. Any suggestions for a Zone 3 plant? I’m thinking of meadowsweet, for something tall against the fence.

Amazing! You are very a talented baker!

[Sea Dog]

9 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Sherlock got snipped 

Poor Sherlock. I hope he feels better soon. I always felt bad about having our pets spayed or neutered but it is the right thing to do. And we have to do it with our Cavaliers as it was part of the contract we signed since they are pure breeds and we are not allowed to breed.

[StanleyandGus]

@sgmn An author that I am really liking is Louise Penny (I believe Dani recommended her ages ago!) It’s about small town life and murders in a Quebec village. I gather that Three Pines is like Cabot Cove or Midsummer- spending time there is dangerous!
 

There definitely is a Canadian flavour, which I find nice.

[Etta1213]

14 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Sherlock got snipped 

🥴💜💜

[Etta1213]

6 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Good morning.

It was 75°F and humid last night but it is cloudy and 62°F now at 09.20am with a high of 70°F later with thunderstorms expected.

I hope everyone is safe and well and y'all are having a great weekend.

Boy, your weather sounds appealing after our miserable stretch of 100°+ days.