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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

Tag: seasons

Discover wilderness in a small urban creek

Posted on April 6, 2022May 24, 2022 by Van Waffle

This scene rests only steps from my front door. I’m grateful to have this hint of wilderness in an urban park. In 2019…

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Gallery: 2013 December ice storm

Posted on December 25, 2013December 24, 2013 by Van Waffle

Merry Christmas, everyone. Click on the image above for a small gallery of four images taken in the aftermath of the Dec. 22…

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Winter Solstice 2013

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Van Waffle

Every year on the evening of Dec. 21, people gather in Toronto’s Kensington Market to celebrate Winter Solstice with a festival of fire…

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November frost

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Van Waffle

On a walk through the conservation area behind our place at noon, Danny and I caught the frost just as the sun was…

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A photogenic winter

Posted on April 13, 2013April 12, 2013 by Van Waffle

After this week’s ice storm most people around here are more than ready for spring to hasten its late start. I do not…

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The challenge of snow

Posted on February 28, 2013February 28, 2013 by Van Waffle

We do not get a lot of severe weather here in Guelph, Ontario. The occasional modest tornado touches down somewhere not far away….

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February brings poetry

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Van Waffle

February is the month in which I feel naturally most inclined to write poetry. I noticed this pattern in early years. The output…

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Wishing all a joyous holiday season!

Posted on December 22, 2012December 23, 2012 by Van Waffle

This magical night shot was actually taken at the cottage last month. I saved it to share as a special holiday greeting to…

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Welcome December

Posted on December 1, 2012November 30, 2012 by Van Waffle

New Year’s resolutions will not happen for another month, but December feels like the time for true beginnings. November is the darkest month:…

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Photovember 27

Posted on November 27, 2012November 26, 2012 by Van Waffle

Winter is best embraced. It was easy to admire the first snowfall at our cottage on Sunday morning.

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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

  • Peony
  • Pansies
  • Eramosa River - Late autumn dusk
  • Light and shadow - Lake Erie
  • Lake Erie winter beach
  • Crushed
  • Lake Erie, December afternoon
  • White stucco cottage
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

  • Close up of fallen
  • Dolphin Rock, Point Cartwright, Sunshine Coast Qld.
  • Praia Da Apulia
  • Chiesa di San Carlo dei Lombardi in Florence, Italy.
  • Dr Draw [42 sec]
  • Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
  • Wyoming – Yellowstone National Park
  • Waterfall at Carsaig

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