As of November 2016, it appears that someone on FaceBook is pretending to be me. They have copied photographs from this site and are using my name ("Jon Bondy Pets"). They are claiming to be selling my african gray parrots. I have no idea what they are really up to, but that FaceBook account is not mine, I do not live in California, and I am not selling my parrots. Be cautious in dealing with these people.

Also see Vermont Rapid Prototyping where I'll be posting rapid prototyping and 3D printing stuff.

I also have a Blog at My Wordpress Blog where I post additional personal stuff.

Please note that this web site works fine with the Mozilla FireFox browser, and with Apple's Safari browser, but the menuing system fails with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Please use FireFox when viewing this site. I've put a copy of all of the nicely menued links at the bottom of this page, for those of you who remain IE addicted.

Thank you for visiting my web site!!!

This web site contains information about what I do and what I like, but focuses most of the content on my reef tank, my cephalopods (octopus and cuttlefish), my mantis shrimp, and photography.

Please explore the site and let me know what you think. Want pictures of some critter I don't have here: write to me at jon "at" jonbondy "dot" com!

The photographs on this site are fairly large, and are loaded when you open each page; you may find viewing the content to be fairly frustrating over a modem, unless you are patient. Similarly, the videos are often very large, and may be difficult to view over a modem. Large, high resolution monitors are recommended to help view the pictures easily.

The menuing system I've used on this site requires that you have JavaScript working in your web browser. When in doubt, use the FireFox browser rather than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.


If you are looking for the Jon Bondy who is a professional fishing guide, you can find him at www.jonbondy.net or www.lakestclairfishing.com

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This company sells beautiful educational Stirling Engines.

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Here is a list of all of the links that are usually viewed so nicely when using FireFox. If you must use IE, you can use the links below, along with the "back" button, to view this site, albeit more awkwardly.

• Overview
• Reef Tank
  • History
  • Specimens
  • Talk
  • Photography
  • Unusual Specimens
    • Toadstool Mushroom Coral
• Cephalopods
  • Octopus
  • Cuttlefish
• Mantis Shrimp
• Photography
  • Selecting a DigiCam
  • Tank Photography
  • Sports Photography
    • Beginnings
    • The Grace of the Human Body
    • Stopping Action, Timing Shots
    • Dramatic Expressions
    • Amazing Effort
    • Real Volleyball
    • Composition
    • Beautiful Faces
    • Hair and Sunglasses
    • Funny and Unusual
    • Lighting
    • Unusual Angles
    • Jousts
    • Unusual Compositions
  • Nature Photography
  • Art Photography
• Software
• Other Critters
  • My Cats
  • My Parrots
  • Local Wildlife
• Stirling Engines
• Machine Shop
  • First Lathe
  • Current Lathe
  • First Mill
  • Current Mill
  • Other Tools
• My Creations
• Favorite Things
  • Books
  • Movies
  • Gadgets
  • Opus40
• Musings Page 1
  • Different Drummer
  • Rude Awakening
  • Stranger In The House
  • A Walk With Al
  • Animal Psychic
  • Berry Picking
  • Canoe
  • Dropping A Bottle
  • Box Of Wine
  • Flatlander
• Musings Page 1
  • I Have A Cold
  • Taking A Walk
  • Karma Swims
  • The Business World
  • Once Upon A Pizza
  • Pet Peeves
  • Skills
  • Sky Writer
  • I Don\'t Need Pionus
  • The GCR
  • Locking My House
• Things That Suck!
• My CV
• Credits/Thanks