We went downtown a week ago and we stopped at an Oxfam shop. We often stop in charity shops and we often get out of them with purchases. That comes with the territory when you have a child: he's going to love something in there. Of course Wolfie found a thing he liked. So we bought for £0.99 the first otter in his ever growing plush menagerie. A sea otter apparently. His name is Ottie and I must say, he is very cute. Very cuddlable too. I am not complaining: I love otters and I bought this one for a good cause.
Showing posts with label loutre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loutre. Show all posts
Saturday, 29 July 2023
Ottie the otter
Saturday, 4 February 2023
The end of Autumnwatch
I learned some sad news from my wife. You know how I love Autumnwatch, the show about British wildlife and how the season affects it. Well, it turns out that the BBC has cancelled the show after 17 years. Because of money issues. Well of course. Now I must confess: I had not been watching it all that much in recent years (my last entry about it dates back to 2015). I guess I was more trying to experience than waching it on a screen. All the same, this is borderline heartbreaking, as the show really helped raise awareness on a number of environmental issues and made many people like myself discover and love British wildlife.
Labels:
automne,
autumn,
Autumnwatch,
BBC,
loutre,
Royaume Uni,
saisons,
seasons,
UK
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Loutre empaillée
Lors de notre séjour dans l'Isle of Wight, nous avons visité Amazon World, l'un des nombreux zoos que l'on fréquente, parce que petit loup. Mais moi, ce que j'ai le plus aimé je crois dans tout Amazon World, ce sont les animaux empaillés. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais je trouve que la taxidermie rend les animaux plus vrais que vrai. Comme cette loutre qui vient de chasser un poisson: j'ai vu des loutres vivantes, mais en captivité, j'en ai vu en vidéo, mais ici j'ai l'impression de voir celle-ci dans la nature.
Labels:
Amazon World,
fish,
Isle of Wight,
loutre,
otter,
poisson,
taxidermie,
taxidermy,
zoo
Thursday, 9 January 2020
Revoir les loutres
Monday, 1 April 2019
Wolfie and the otters
My readers know how much I love otters. Well, my wife and I discovered recently that Wolfie does not share yet this love. We recently visited a sort of mini-zoo that has a number of exotic and local animals. Including otters. (But not the otter on the picture: I took this particular photo in the otters sanctuary that we visited a few years ago in Buckfastleigh, in Devon.) While Wolfie loved quite a few animals, when he saw the otters there he looked pitifully, cuddled up to us and said in a small voice "bit scared". We had to go away. I wonder why he was scared of the otters there and not of other, bigger animals. Maybe there is something predatory about their attitude?
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Musing about otters
Labels:
Angleterre,
Derbyshire,
England,
loutre,
otter,
Royaume Uni,
UK
Monday, 26 November 2018
The beast in the water
I took this picture in Derbyshire, of a mysterious creature that was swimming in a lake at high speed. I will let you guess for a moment what this strange and unsettling critter is... Did you find out? It's an... otter. The picture was taken in an otter sanctuary. I had a look at it recently, when I was writing this post, and it struck me that this could easily pass for one of these pictures of lake monsters that folklore and cryptozoology are fond of. But no, the beast in the water was only a mundane otter. Which is just as well, because while I stopped believing in cryptids, I always loved otters.
Labels:
cryptozoologie,
cryptozoology,
Derbyshire,
folklore,
loutre,
otter
Thursday, 15 June 2017
L'instant T (la photo du mois)
Dernière minute, thème choisi par Aude, j'ai trouvé la photo de ce mois-ci dans mes photos du Devon. Et non ce ne sont pas des monstres marins, ce sont des loutres.
Voyez ce qu'ont trouvé les autres:
Akaieric, Alban, Alexinparis, Amartia, Angélique, Aude, Autour de Cia, BiGBuGS, Blogoth67, Brindille, Bubble gones, Calamonique, Chat bleu, Chiffons and Co, Christophe, Cricriyom from Paris, CécileP, Céline in Paris, Danièle.B, DelphineF, E, El Padawan, Escribouillages, Eurydice, Evasion Conseil, François le Niçois, Frédéric, Gilsoub, Gine, Giselle 43, J'habite à Waterford, Jess_TravelPicsAndTips, Josette, Josiane, Julie, Kellya, KK-huète En Bretannie, Krn, La Fille de l'Air, La Suryquoise, La Tribu de Chacha, Laulinea, Laurent Nicolas, Lavandine, Lavandine83, Lilousoleil, Lyonelk, magda627, Magouille, Mirovinben, Morgane Byloos Photography, Natpiment, Nicky, Pat, Philae, Philisine Cave, Pilisi, Renepaulhenry, Sous mon arbre, Tambour Major, The Beauty is in the Walking, Ventsetvoyages, Who cares?, Xoliv', écri'turbulente.
Labels:
Buckfastleigh,
Devon,
Juin,
June,
La photo du mois,
loutre,
otter
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Un temps de loutre
Photo prise à Branféré parce qu'elle illustre mon propos. Il a plu aujourd'hui. Une pluie drue, longue, violente, en me rendant au travail j'étais complètement trempé. Jusqu'aux os. Je me sentais comme une loutre. Pour parler de pluies violentes, on dit un temps de canard, ou la fête à la grenouille comme dans la comptine, mais moi je dis surtout un temps de loutre, parce que j'aime bien les loutres. Et même si les flaques d'eau n'étaient pas vertes dégueulasses comme sur cette photo, mais c'est la même impression.
Monday, 23 January 2017
In time to see the otters
Labels:
Angleterre,
BBC,
Derbyshire,
England,
hiver,
loutre,
otter,
Royaume Uni,
saisons,
seasons,
UK,
winter,
Winterwatch
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Loutres affamées
rongeurs. Je déteste les rats, les mulots et les autres petits rongeurs. Cela dit, ça veut dire que la loutre, prédatrice, permet de contrôler les populations desdits rongeurs. À défaut de partager son repas, je l'encouragerai à se goinfrer.
Thursday, 2 June 2016
What will be the star of Springwatch?
Labels:
BBC,
Buckfastleigh,
Devon,
loutre,
otter,
Printemps,
Royaume Uni,
saisons,
seasons,
Spring,
Springwatch,
UK
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Des loutres dans l'eau verte
Labels:
Branféré,
loutre,
mot du jour,
otter,
word of the day,
zoo
Sunday, 3 January 2016
Comme une loutre enfermée
Labels:
Buckfastleigh,
Devon,
dimanche,
fin de semaine,
loutre,
melancholia,
mélancolie,
otter,
pluie,
rain,
Sunday,
température,
Weather,
weekend
Saturday, 7 November 2015
Le retour du temps de loutre
Monday, 2 November 2015
Autumnwatch tonight
Labels:
automne,
autumn,
Autumnwatch,
BBC,
Buckfastleigh,
Devon,
loutre,
otter,
Royaume Uni,
saisons,
seasons,
UK
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Penultimate Springwatch tonight
Labels:
BBC,
Buckfastleigh,
Devon,
loutre,
otter,
Printemps,
rats,
Royaume Uni,
saisons,
seasons,
Spring,
Springwatch,
UK
Thursday, 8 January 2015
A time for otters
Labels:
clothes,
Derbyshire,
job,
loutre,
otter,
pluie,
rain,
température,
vêtements,
Weather
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Autumnwatch tonight
Before I do my countdown to Halloween post, I wanted to write a quick post to all my UK readers as a reminder: Autumnwatch is on tonight, at 08:00PM. My favourite UK program, about this country's wildlife in... autumn. It has many animals featured, including otters. These ones were seen in the otter sanctuary in Buckfastleigh. I thought they would illustate this post beautifully. So tune in.
Labels:
Angleterre,
automne,
autumn,
Autumnwatch,
BBC,
Buckfastleigh,
Devon,
England,
loutre,
otter,
Royaume Uni,
saisons,
seasons,
UK
Sunday, 12 October 2014
Un temps de loutre
Cette photo a été prise au sanctuaire des loutres à Buckfastleigh, je la télécharge ici rien que parce que ça illustre mon propos et que parce que j'aime les loutres. On dit un temps de chien, un temps de grenouilles parfois, mais vous remarquerez que l'on ne dit pas, enfin pas ce que je sache, un temps de loutre quand il pleut. Pourtant, s'il pleut des cordes et que je suis dehors, je me sens comme une loutre. Tous ceux qui ont vu des loutres peuvent en témoigner: lorsqu'il pleut, c'est vraiment plus un temps de loutre, lire un temps où seule une loutre serait confortable. Or enfin bref, il pleut souvent ces temps-ci et à chaque fois que je marche sous la pluie, avec le capuchon de mon Kanuk qui me couvre la tête, je me sens comme une loutre. Alors je suggère de populariser cette expression.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)


