Perpetual Sunsetrise

Today we say farewell to all of our famous visitors.  They will be leaving in the morning before sunrise, to avoid crashing into seabirds.  They will be missed, and many Island inhabitants now feel bigger, stronger, and more important, having met them.  I wish them well, and hope that they continue to do amazing things in the world of mortals.  Aloha. 

Last night, I got home from the bar and caught a baby gecko.  I spent the next 15 minutes trying to take a photo of its eye.  This was the best I could do.  

It pretty much always looks like this here.  At all times of day.  

Ima Watch The Facebook Movie

If you've been with us for a while, you may notice a little something different here at TPAD.  Yeah, I put up a bunch of neon pink and green shit all over the place.  It's pretty sweet, I know.  Last night there was a mega rage at the All Hands Club, complete with the Chugach Band and some sweet A1 solos.  When I left the party, I found that my bike had a flat tire.  So sad.  Then I spent most of today sitting around like a lump.  It was fun.  I eventually got outside, got myself a golf cart, and drove around the island looking for stuff to take pictures of.  Well, sunday night, time to go bowling.

From left to right: Kid (lead singer), Susan Middleton (dancer), A1(lead guitar), Sylvia Earle(dancer).

As far as I know, this is a Ghost Crab.  I don't know, I'm not a Crabologist.

Shocky Rorebirds

I went out and took breathtaking photographs of some of our wintering shorebirds today.  Currently on island are some incredibly famous and influential people.  Sylvia Earle, who is the planet's greatest female oceanographer, is here with me.  If you want to know who she is, click this: 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Earle 


There is also a mural artist here named Wyland who is apparently hella famous.  He did something for the Olympics I think.  Now he's supposed to paint one here, but I haven't seen any brushes come out yet.  Here's Wyland:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyland


Well, it's time for dinner.  Then I'll be attending a talk by an awesome photographer, whom I may showcase on tomorrow's TPAD.  After that, raging.  It's another Chugach Band performance tonight, and the whiskey will flow.

Wandering Tattler.  You can tell by the nasal grooves and apparently the scaling on the bird's tarsi (legs).  Breathtaking.

Ruddy Turnstone.  Look at it glisten.