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Tahitian Pearl Farming: A day in the life...

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Old 03-10-2008, 06:22 AM
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Thanks for the link. I'll have a look.
JR is a very nice guy who I don't think is too fussed about appearing macho in Italy or the middle of the South Pacific. Good for laughs though.
I do appreciate learning love in sign language.
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Old 03-10-2008, 08:05 PM
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Wow, amazing! Okay, what we really need is a pearl-guide house out there, so we can visit Josh & Co. and "help" them with the harvests and so on . . . .

Seriously, love those photos, Josh. Keep 'em coming!

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Old 03-13-2008, 08:15 AM
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Perle, You're certainly welcome to come visit but I do have one question first: can you speak pirate?
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Aye, Cap'n, and a fine bit o' rum I'd be bringin' ye, too. Yarrr!

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Here is apprentice grafter JR, swiftly bringing a nucleus to his oyster for the second graft after pulling out a pearl.
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Cherry color pearl, you say Glad to hear. Looking forward to that private list thing, Josh
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Old 03-14-2008, 06:35 PM
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Scurrrrvy knave...
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Old 03-14-2008, 11:23 PM
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What a life, Josh. Appropriately, your pearls manage to express the fabulous vibrancy of their environment.
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:48 AM
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I've been meaning to do this post for a while. Earlier in this thread I talked about our pet ocelot and the nearby jungle. OK, it was a cheap shot and so I thought that I should probably explain why that contrast was funny to me. The Tuamotus are barely above sea level and the endemic life they have is pretty well limited to a few species of birds and crabs. Even on the lush high island of Tahiti there were no mammals living before the arrival of man. There are still no snakes or frogs. It's just too far from anything.
The first picture shows how low lying the land "mass" is. I love how the cloud dwarfs it.
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New desktop background - thankyou again!!
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:50 AM
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This is just a pic of the farm as taken from land. We stock the buoys on the beach for easy access.
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:51 AM
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Wow Nerida, you're fast!
This is one of the only true locals in the Tuamotus.
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:53 AM
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This is for all you cat freaks out there. One of the new kittens fell in the water at night and somehow Laurent (probably with his bionic hearing) knew and jumped in to rescue it.
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Josh - your first photo in the post above looks like a shot from Gilligan's Island...

yeah, I'm fast - just sat down at my computer for about the first time sitting down since 7am this morning ..(now 6pm)
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Old 09-12-2008, 08:55 AM
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One of our wind vanes snapped so check out what it was replaced with. Yarrr!
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OK, not the fastest - you beat me - I meant in the post with the crustacaen... (probably crappy spelling, too tired to care, sorry!)

Cool ocelots...
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