The Otter

by Nick on 3rd February 2010



The Otter

Originally uploaded by Nick Heyward


Slipped into the water and ran across the riverbank…

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26 Comments
  1. Helen on 3rd February 2010 at 11:35 pm permalink

    Not quite the photo I was expecting to see… I like it none the less :)

    Looks like it smells nice there, wherever it maybe.

  2. Helen on 3rd February 2010 at 11:38 pm permalink

    ps… don’t have a flickr account, but the two photos you’ve posted are stunning.

    Night.

  3. Nick on 3rd February 2010 at 11:45 pm permalink

    Thank you Helen. I’m a sunset fan!

    Night.

  4. Nick on 3rd February 2010 at 11:47 pm permalink

    And Stingray one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkJjWgjtVlE

  5. Elissa on 3rd February 2010 at 11:49 pm permalink

    hmmmm….Tarka….otters….connection? Me no understandy! :)

  6. Helen on 3rd February 2010 at 11:49 pm permalink

    Me too :)

  7. Helen on 3rd February 2010 at 11:50 pm permalink

    Tarka the otter Elissa… you know..

  8. Elissa on 4th February 2010 at 12:02 am permalink

    ahhh….lovely…thanks Helen! Nite nite :) xo

  9. thelonehydrangea on 4th February 2010 at 12:06 am permalink

    I rearranged some of my pics into their own set yesterday. You might like to check out the pinky/orangy ones taken from the back step. There are 2 from last night that haven’t gone in as yet, but they are very ordinary by comparison colourwise.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelonehydrangea/sets/72157623339833422/

  10. clive on 4th February 2010 at 12:22 am permalink

    I was in love with Marina from Stingray until I was 7, then it was Hayley Mills.

    Tarka is great but I preferred “Mij” from Ring Of Bright Water.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064893/

    Heartbreaking….

    Great pics Nick ;o)

  11. Tex on 4th February 2010 at 12:25 am permalink

    Love how the swordfish is going at Marinas in a similar fashion to Connery and a certain infamous laser beam scene. bwahaha…

  12. Robert Belcher on 4th February 2010 at 12:32 am permalink

    Tarka The otter, one of the storeys i loved from yester year, When Stingray ,Thunderbirds, and captin scarlet, were the main topic of the playground

  13. thelonehydrangea on 4th February 2010 at 12:47 am permalink

    I was never sure with Hayley Mills whether I had a crush on her or wanted to be her. I don’t mean a Crush crush, just a crush, you know.

    Last nights ones have gone in now. The reason why I took them and had moved the others into their own place in readiness was because I thought it would be nice to take photos from exactly the same spot on the back step as a project to see how different it could look from time to time throughout the year. This link is better.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelonehydrangea/sets/72157623339833422/detail/

    I would like to hear more about zbd’s knickers ;)

  14. zbd on 4th February 2010 at 12:59 am permalink

    Its the lack of knickers I worry about tlh ;)

  15. Elissa on 4th February 2010 at 5:07 am permalink

    hmmmm…sunsets and little cute animals makes me think of this….so loved when I was a girl….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8of1W29oRQ

  16. Elissa on 4th February 2010 at 5:08 am permalink

    Never read Tarka the Otter. Did you TLH?

  17. Cpt Bluebell on 4th February 2010 at 7:37 am permalink

    Is it otter in here or is it just me ??

  18. Elissa on 4th February 2010 at 7:42 am permalink

    The otter the better!!

  19. kate on 4th February 2010 at 8:16 am permalink

    ..did Tarka for english lit in yr 9.
    (in country fairs there would be a tent with a sign ‘See the water otter’; you’d go in & there was a kettle. How we laughed..)

  20. David Oliver on 4th February 2010 at 12:20 pm permalink

    I feel…
    surreal…

  21. thelonehydrangea on 4th February 2010 at 11:55 pm permalink

    Elissa, not only did I never read Tarka the Otter I have never heard of Tarka the Otter. I have, however, read Kurri Kurri the Kookaburra.

  22. thelonehydrangea on 4th February 2010 at 11:56 pm permalink

    P.S. I’m just thinking that I did have a dream about and oater once, but never about an otter.

  23. thelonehydrangea on 4th February 2010 at 11:58 pm permalink

    I mean An. While here for a third attempt I must say: Why must the creatures be given such silly names. I mean, why couldn’t it be…. Nathan the Otter or something.

  24. Elissa on 5th February 2010 at 4:11 am permalink

    Nope, haven’t heard of Kurri Kurri the Kookaburra either. Storm Boy?

  25. thelonehydrangea on 5th February 2010 at 6:14 am permalink

    I’d be suprised if anyone has heard of Kurri Kurri the Kookaburra :D . The book was presented to me at the end of 1979 for Excellence in Reading. I remember Storm Boy :) – have a book of it floating about my son’s bookshelf somewhere. Picked it up at the op shop but haven’t read it yet. I remember in the movie that David Gulpilil frightened me a little bit :)

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