I’ve turned over to others the task of moving Madang – Ples Bilong Mi to a permanent home.

I say that I’ve turned it over – that makes it sound voluntary. No, I would have done it myself if I had not clearly proven that I was entirely too stupid to do so.  Funny, I used to be considered by many a computer whiz.

So what does that mean to readers of Madang – Ples Bilong Mi?

Well, hopefully, nothing.

If you used the www.messersmith.name/wordpress address, then you were redirected to the temporary site mymadang.wordpress.com automatically.

When the guys at Semper Fi Web Design finish their magic, the original address will no longer redirect you. It will be the new home, but it will be on a fast server in the USA.

The company is interesting. It is operated by a group of former active-duty military service personnel who have disabilities related to their service. You might be interested to read this highly personal item on the origin and meaning of “Semper Fi”

SO, if you did NOT change your bookmark for Madang – Ples Bilong Mi, then don’t. When the magic is done, it will work as it always did – except much faster.

If you DID change your bookmark and you are going directly to mymadang.wordpress.com, then you’ll need to change it back to as soon as you see a message asking you to do so.

There. I think I explained that in such a way that even I can understand it.

You should have no problems at all.

Since we’re approaching the season to be jolly like a runaway freight train, why don’t I show you some Christmas trees that you might want to put up in your lounge.

Well, maybe not. You’d have to flood your house with sea water.

Christmas Tree Worms are fun to photograph because they’re small, they don’t bite, and they can’t run away. They can disappear, however, back into their burrows faster than the eye can record.

They come in just about any crazy colour that you can imagine. Here’s a couple of deep sky blue ones:

These could pass for alien candy (where did that come from?):

And these are examples of the extremely rare Tangerine Dream variety:

Now for a mystery. What would you say this is:

You’ll see the size from the next shot. My guess is that it’s an egg deposit. I believe that it was deposited by a large sea cucumber (or bêche-de-mer).

Here you can see that it is quite durable. I was able to carefully pick it up and put it back on the sand without breaking it. I’d imagine that there are hundreds or thousands of tiny eggs glued into this sandy mass like flexible concrete:

If you have another idea, leave a comment.

If you decide to turn your house into an aquarium for Christmas, please send me some photos. I promise I’ll post them here.

If you’re a Yank, you’ll be looking forward to your turkey. I am – though I’m not much of a Yank anymore. I get mine on Friday evening when we invite Americans in Madang to partake of Eunie’s Thanksgiving feast.

Mmmmmmmmm, good!