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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

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Cottage vignettes: flora and fauna around the dock

Posted on July 5, 2019February 28, 2022 by Van Waffle

A photo gallery of beautiful, grim and ugly creatures around our dock at the cottage.

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Rain droplets caught in a cobweb

The beauty of a spider web: overcoming prejudice

Posted on September 11, 2018March 30, 2022 by Van Waffle

This macro image of a spider web holds a lesson about beauty and prejudice.

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Van on Flickr

  • Painted afternoon light
  • Blue morning glory
  • Spindle galls
  • Turkey tail
  • Ancestral Tree, October 2025
  • 100 x 2025, Canon RF 16mm lens - Full Collage
  • 100 x 2025: 4th Quartlery Collage
  • RF 16mm lens 2025, Image 100/100: Pokeweed
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

  • Farm Night
  • One time covered wagon
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
  • Wickaninnish Beach [1:37 mins]
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  • One End of the Tunnel
  • waterways
  • "This is What Democracy Looks Like" (Series)

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