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Rachelburch

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Deeply unwell, deeply mossy, wheelchair user, and Dartmoor photographer. Hedgehog whisperer. Devon. England

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The wonderful snowdrops at St Raphael’s chapel at Huccaby today. Built in 1868 as a combined chapel and schoolroom, it was a school during the week, the desks are now used as pews. The church shed is pictured here.
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Snowdrops and a picturesque shed in a churchyard.
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Lane At Moortown last week,

A country English lane on the edge of moors
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Higher Meavy bridge and reflections last February, , .

Reflections under a bridge
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Oaks in a footpath leading to Sheepstor, last February, , .

Branches arch over a footpath taken from a low angle.
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Lane at Moortown, Whitchurch Down this afternoon, , .

A stream beside a narrow lane with mossy banks.
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Looking forward to Spring.. red campion flowers in a footpath near Tavistock a couple of Springs ago, .

Pink wildflowers in a footpath lane in evening spring light
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Willow tree at Bellever a couple of Februarys ago, ,

A mossy willow tree next to a misty river
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Yew tree and Sampford Spiney church last week, , .

A low view of a yew tree and medieval church.
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Pictures taken this week, at Sampford Spiney. (The door is the church), , .

Church door Sampford Spiney
Snowdrops, Sampford Spiney churchyard
Sampford Spiney church and mossy wall.

Sampford Spiney church and mossy wall.
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Happy Imbolc ! The first Celtic festival of Spring associated with the Irish goddess and Saint Brigid. The first stirrings in the soil. Hold on, the light returns.

A collage of candles, wintry willows, and candles
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The old oak and church at Meavy last week, , .

An old tree and church in a village setting
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Pictures taken this week, near Burrator reservoir and Meavy, , .

A collage of a twisty willow tree a bridge and snowdrops in an English village.
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Mossy wall and oaks, at Burrator reservoir this week, , .

A mossy green wall and oaks beyond it
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Old oak at Higher Meavy bridge this week, , .

A large oak tree with the river meavy behind
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Colour version of twisty willows near Norsworthy bridge. I love the spirals in the branches, , .

Mossy spiralling branches of a willow
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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.
When I was 15 Yes I’m that old 🤣. The I did a two years full time course at college.
Maybe I’ll post one black and white image a month.

A black and white image of twisty willows
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Pictures taken this week near Peter Tavy, , .

Mossy wall
Mossy wall and hazel
Mossy hazel

Mossy hazel
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Oak and Devonport leat, Burrator reservoir, a couple of Februarys ago, , .

A twisty bare oak bends over a man made water channel
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Mossy hazel (or willow) at Peter Tavy Coombe this week, , .

Mossy hazel
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Path To Peter Tavy coombe this week I thought I’d explain a bit more about how I take many of my pictures.
Because of my health I can’t stand or walk for more than a couple of metres at a time so most of my photos are taken near roads. I then rest by squatting or kneeling, sometimes laying down and this is how I take many of photos. Taking My videos I’m normally lying or kneeling as I can’t stand for more than a few seconds.

A mossy path
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Low cloud and sun near Peter Tavy yesterday, , .

Sun and low clouds on moors
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Lane at Burrator a couple of February’s ago, , ,

A lane in fog
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Into a dark wood, wonderfully wild.
High hills all around, below a grove of oaks,
Huge and hoary, more than a hundred
Hazel and hawthorn were tangled together there,
And everywhere rough mounds of hairy moss..
Modern translation, From Gawain and the green Knight,

A collage of four mossy tree photos
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Footpath near Sheepstor last April, , .

Mossy misty trees on a footpath
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Ancient Holloway track near Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down yesterday, , .

A sunken trackway and mossy trees
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Day 5 of my ‘getting through January vintage floral plates from books Haunts of wild flowers Ann Pratt 1892, frontispiece with lovely foxing.

Book open at frontispiece the haunts of wild flowers, by Anne Pratt.
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Day 2 of my ‘getting through January vintage floral plates from books posts’, 1860s, painting by Birkett Foster.

Common wayside flowers title page with wild roses and hawthorn flowers.
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The same row of oaks near Sheepstor from winter through to Autumn,

A collage of four photos of oak trees through the seasons
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Happy Christmas! This is Mabel and Steve’s tree, wishing you a peaceful festive time, ⭐ 🎄.

A cat sits by a white hawthorn Christmas tree
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Pictures taken this week at Grenofen woods, , .

Mossy trees
Mossy beech and river
Mossy trees

Mossy trees
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Beautiful beech tree in Postbridge car park, last week, there’s disabled parking there and even a lovely bench with a view to the moor for those who can’t stagger far, like me. , .

Mossy beech tree in a moorland car park.
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Willows near Norsworthy bridge last December, , .

Twisty mossy willows by a stream,
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Edwardian Christmas card calendar day 5… sorry about the late start, life and health has got in the way. This delightful donkey one folds out..
I bought a job lot of Edwardian Christmas cards earlier in the year and wanted to share them

An Edwardian Christmas card with donkeys on saying ‘ wishing you a seasonal kick up’.
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Youldon Brook, near Creason woods today, western , .

A stream flows under a country road nd bridge.

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Beech tree and mist at Burrator, last February.

Beech tree on a mossy wall in mist.
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Mossy oak in late autumn light last month

A twisty oak with light on its branches
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Ash tree covered in moss, Burrator reservoir, last month

Green mossy low growing tree
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Over twenty years ago when I could move without a wheelchair, I stepped out to do a morning market to sell my photos and saw this. I grabbed my film camera and took this photo.
From another life .

Three trees in sunrise must.
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The last two copies of my poetry book are now discounted to £10 as they’re slight seconds…. Link here or in profile

https://thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com/listing/1200166582

Dedication to all those living with chronic illness
Oaks poem
Wings poem

Wings poem
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Oaks near Sheepstor last week, , .

Oaks bend over a footpath
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Pictures taken this week, near Burrator reservoir, , .

Beech and lane
Leather tor
Beeches

Beeches
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Late Autumn light in Burrator woods, this week, , .

A path through a mossy rocky woodland.
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Oaks in Burrator woods this week, , .

Mossy twisted oaks
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Beech and lane near Burrator reservoir, yesterday, , .

A beech tree and country lane.
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Oak, Burrator woods yesterday, , ,

A recumbent oak covered in moss and in November light.
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Mossy hazels and oaks beside the Dart, at Huccaby a couple of weeks ago, , .

Mossy trees next to a river

Mossy trees next to a river
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