Rachel Burch

A very old oak and church in a village setting

The old oak and church at Meavy last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #oak

River Plym at Shaugh Prior last April, a bit of Spring cheer, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography

A posy of flowers including forget me not and Canterbury bell

Day 28 of my ‘getting through January, vintage floral plates from books.
from Floriculture 1880
#botanicalillustration #books

A big granite hill and countryside

View of Sheepstor (big granite hill) last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon, #photography #landscape #moors

Hellebores and Robin illustration

Front art nouveau gilt book cover

Day 27 of my ‘getting through January, vintage floral plates from books. Hellebores and Robin illustration, from ‘BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND HOW TO GROW THEM’, 1900s.
#botanicalillustration #books

Evergreen trees in a mossy forest floor in fog

Foggy Bellever Forest a couple of Februarys ago, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #monochromemonday

My mossy glass dome…. Moss found on ground and in my garden.

Old oak and river Meavy last week #Dartmoor #Devon #trees #photography

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Sounds great 😊

A modern era illustration of a mouse and poppies.

Day 26 of my ‘getting through January, vintage floral plates from books. This one is much later in date , 1980, but it’s so gorgeous I had to include it, from Flowers of the countryside Majorie Blamey 1980.
#botanicalillustration #books

Would have been great 😊

What’s the job you had a chance to do but didn’t … I was offered the chance to learn to be a cinema projectionist never took it up, wish I had now… I think in an alternate life I’d probably be a florist I absolutely love flowers.
All redundant now for me as I’m medically retired but one can dream.

A collage of a twisty willow tree a bridge and snowdrops in a Dartmoor village .

Pictures taken this week, near Burrator reservoir and Meavy, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #moss #landscape

Interesting 🙂.

Three yellow and pink slipper orchids in a Victorian or Edwardian coloured plate.

Day 25 of my ‘getting through January vintage floral plates from books’, illustration of slipper orchids from Thompsons gardener’s assistant 1900s
#botanicalillustration.

A mossy wall and oaks beyond

Mossy wall and oaks, at Burrator reservoir this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #moss #landscape

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Oh yes !

A big oak tree and the river meavy behind

Old oak at Higher Meavy bridge this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #oak #photography

Red and yellow poppies illustration

Campion family of plants illustration

Viola family of plants illustration.

Day 24 of my ‘getting through January vintage floral plates from books’, illustrations from Wild flowers of the British isles Isobel Adams 1904
#botanical-illustration. I feel very lucky to own a volume of this book with beautiful paintings. Extra images today because the weathers been so awful.

Yes ☺️

A green mossy willow tree with spiralling branches

Colour version of twisty willows near Norsworthy bridge. I love the spirals in the branches, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #moss

YouTube video by Simon Roper From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue

I follow this linguist chap on YouTube . Fascinating videos on how English evolves and would have sounded. I started to recognise words about 1000AD Emphasises (to me), how mysterious history is, a different country and a different world.
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A Victorian botanical book plate of white and red bell flowers

Day 23 of my ‘getting through January, vintage floral plates from books’. Lapageria rosea, Chilean bellflower from Thompsons gardener’s assistant 1900s
. #books #botanicalillustration #Edwardian

A low view photo of snowdrops an oak and a church

Snowdrops at Meavy yesterday. The oak (left), estimated to be 900 years old is older than the medieval church, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #oaks #photography

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I couldn’t choose between today and yesterday to go out both days not good. Chose yesterday glad I did now as not much better today.. was dry once I got to Burrator but loads of standing water.

When I was 15 Yes I’m that old 🤣. Then I did a two years full time course at college.

A black and white version of willows near Norsworthy bridge yesterday. Colour version to come later on in the week, Dartmoor, Devon

Twisty willows in black and white

An extra post, it occurred to me last night, I don’t post any black and white images I learnt photography in the 1990s I learnt using 35mm black and white film. I processed my first film and printed my first images at a course at Norwich arts centre in 1990.