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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Tag: about this life

Seeing with and without cameras

Posted on October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 by Van Waffle

Photography can be both a useful tool and a hindrance in observing nature.

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Inspiration: Barry Lopez

Posted on May 30, 2012March 3, 2022 by Van Waffle

We all need people who inspire us, whether heroes, models, mentors or friends. During the WordCount Blogathon Speed River Journal will present a…

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Latest Articles

  • Information box: Where We Spin
    Handspinning Seminar will nourish your soul
    May 24, 2022
  • Discover wilderness in a small urban creek
    Apr 6, 2022
  • A photo of a great blue heron taking flight is not part of my memory of the encounter
    Improve memory and take great photos
    Mar 30, 2022
  • Mud: a poetic meditation on early spring
    Mar 23, 2022
  • A calendula in my garden on a rainy day appears to emanate its own light from within.
    Check my new photo albums
    Mar 16, 2022
  • Three beech trunks to the left on the left show white fluff indicating the onset of beech bark disease.
    Two diseases invade Ontario beech forests
    Mar 9, 2022
  • Enchanter’s nightshade
    Jul 10, 2019
  • Cottage vignettes: flora and fauna around the dock
    Jul 5, 2019

Van on Flickr

  • Snow and willows 2/2
  • Snow and willows 1/2
  • December lights
  • Cylinders abstracted
  • Bedside
  • Glittering snowskape
  • Fauré's First Nocturne
  • Wreath
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

  • The Chiesa di San Fedele in Milan, Italy.
  • Clouds Over The Vineyard In Cormons, Friuli
  • The old life boat
  • Ma che ... ??
  • Afternoon Chapel
  • 1977-05-02 2023-11-21 12.50.30L1000589
  • Time in a Bottle

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