James Robertson:  

I added a few more photos today to include Singapore, Thailand and Diego Garcia to name a few places. I will try to dig up my Australia photos sometime in the near future. So far it has been quite a busy year. I bought another boat, just in time it seems for the incredible increase in fuel. The Livingston 14' carries 12 gallons in two tanks but ban fish all day. Still some tweaking to do on it, as in add a couple of seats and a rear dive platform to name a few. However, the real time eater has been the garden....again. This will be the first year that I MAY actually be prepared to plant in early November. I added a couple of pictures of some of the flora. I finally started up my brand new (2 years ago!) Bearcat Chipper/Shredder to help in the composting process. Impressive. Will surely have the safety gear on while operating it. The big improvement, ironically, is the semi-destruction of the neighbor's abondoned 'jungle' lot. Without a decent amount of air and light my garden struggles, wilts and faces an increased amount of 'bad' bugs harassing it, so, this year I attacked it early, with vigor, and now have decent air flow and light to the garden. The results are evident. Growth is UP, unlike the US Economy. Work is work. As a contractor working for NASA we are up for bid this month. Fortunately I've been in this situation before and do not have the desire or patience to second and third guess...Expand for more