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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Category: photography

Photovember 24

Posted on November 24, 2012November 20, 2012 by Van Waffle

Guelph has few highrises near the downtown core.

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Photovember 23

Posted on November 23, 2012November 20, 2012 by Van Waffle

Garlic mustard can be foraged now and throughout the winter as long as the weather is mild and the ground bare. It is…

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Photovember 22

Posted on November 22, 2012November 20, 2012 by Van Waffle

Nature offers glimpses of magic around a downtown parking lot. Just look closely.

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Guelph Lake Trail

Photovember 21

Posted on November 21, 2012October 20, 2021 by Van Waffle

We walked part of the Guelph Lake trail yesterday. It was near dusk. The light was ethereal. As we turned a corner onto…

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Photovember 20

Posted on November 20, 2012November 19, 2012 by Van Waffle

Yesterday I dressed the loom. I started planning this stole last spring but got involved with other fibre projects so the loom has…

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Baked lobster tails with lemon garlic butter (Photovember 19)

Posted on November 19, 2012November 17, 2012 by Van Waffle

Lobster tails do not fit in an Ontario locavore’s diet, but they’re one of my favourite foods. Zehrs had lobster tails on sale…

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Photovember 18

Posted on November 18, 2012November 17, 2012 by Van Waffle

My writing buddy, Sarah, must be one of the funniest people on the face of the Earth. She can be a quiet one,…

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Photovember 17

Posted on November 17, 2012November 16, 2012 by Van Waffle

A little over a year ago on a visit back home I took three cuttings from the Christmas cactus that was my mother’s….

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Photovember 16

Posted on November 16, 2012November 15, 2012 by Van Waffle

Eastern tamaracks make a brilliant autumn display. They are an anomly, a deciduous conifer, a member of the pine family that sheds all…

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Survival in the winter garden (Photovember 15)

Posted on November 15, 2012November 14, 2012 by Van Waffle

In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard mentioned finding an etiolated leaf in winter. She commented that while we like to separate everything…

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Van on Flickr

  • Monthly collage for Project 365: May 2023
  • Templin Gardens, Fergus
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  • Lex and Reiner's peonies 3/5
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Genius Loci: The Spirit of a Place is a Flickr group curated by Van with 250 members and growing, exploring how places influence our lives.

Genius Loci

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  • Buddies
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  • It takes a village....
  • Les fruits du mystère - The fruits of mystery
  • illuminations, 5-20-23

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