Bodies of Water - Thematic Photography

On some bodies of water you cannot see from shore to shore.

Lake Michigan  - empty shoreline

There's more chance of action at Grand Traverse Bay.

Fancy a yacht on this body of water?

Someone did around the Isles of Scilly.

Off Tresco in the Scilly Isles

Closer to home some bodies take to water.

Like a duck and these geese on the River Tees

While at Portrack Nature Reserve alongside the river you can also show your bodies off.

Herons and a lapwing on a Portrack 'island'

Not a wave in sight; meanwhile down the Yorkshire coast at Whitby

The barque Endeavour creates a ripple as in comes in 

But can you see the bodies 'in the water' back in Michigan?

What no dogs?

For other watery offerings check out the links where Carmi hosts the theme - Bodies of Water - Thematic-photographic-329

A-Z Challenge - O'

O - Otterhound, Old English Bulldog, Old English Sheepdog

This post has an old feel about it as the Otterhound is an old British dog breed.

Two Otterhounds

The Otterhound, one of the ancestral breeds for the Airedale Terrier (see A), is now a Vulnerable Native Breed. A scent hound it was, as the name suggests, bred for hunting otters.

Otters have been on the list of protective species since the late 1970s and otter hunting has ceased. The number of Otterhounds has decreased despite some switching to hunting mink.

As I boy I remember going on otter hunts on the River Chater in Rutland. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I remembered the hounds - I never saw an otter either.

Old English Bulldog

This chap we met on a walk at the Portrack Nature Reserve at Stockton-on-Tees. This ancient breed was developed for bull-baiting around the 13th century. Now that;s a 'sport' I'm glad no longer exists.

I'm sure we would all recognise the 'Dulux' dog from the advertisements.

Old English Sheepdog

Once known as the 'Bobtail' English Sheepdog due it's docked stubby tail, the Old English Sheepdog makes many fictional appearances. The one I always remember is 'Boot' in the strip cartoon "The Perishers" in the Daily Mirror.

The first Perishers' cartoon

Other Sheepdog stars were Colonel in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and Digby in "The Biggest Dog in the World." 

On the Water - Thematic Photography

I've decided to start my 'On the Water' theme with a few birds.

Ducks on the Clinton River at Rochester, Michigan

 

I think they were waiting to be fed by passers by. Meanwhile at Saltholme Nature Reserve near Middlesbrough in England no one would attempt to feed this water bird.

Coot at RSPB Saltholme

There is another nature reserve adjacent to the River Tees at Stockton.

Herons at Portrack Nature Reserve

The smaller birds round the island are plovers (also called peewits or lapwings) presumably there for a drink or what they could find in the mud.

At Fowey in Cornwall I found this steaming along.

Steamboat in Fowey Estuary

 My daughter was in that boat on a short trip round the harbour in 2008.

Finally we have a stand off.

Gem, Cody and Lily

But which one will get that floating ball.

Hope you liked my selection of water shots; more interesting to me than photos of big ships. But don't let that stop you sailing across to Carmi's Thematic-photographic-229

Mellow Yellow - Thematic Photography

When I saw the 'Mellow Yellow' theme I immediately thought of garden flowers. Now that winter weather has set in we could do with a bit of brightness.

Lonely Lily

 

This the only lily that survived from six planted some years ago; very year it has produced a show like this.

Just why so many flowers have female names I've never been able to work out but here's one from Cornwall.

Iris - at Bedruthan Steps

However I'd better be careful what I say aboutt this one found in the wild at Portrack Nature Reserve by the River Tees.

Snapdragon!

However this old boy was definitely mellow.

Sam - Yellow Labrador

While this young girl was wondering what she had let herself in for.

Waiting for the boat

to paraglide over the sea.

Finally I have a short video for you to watch.

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