Monthly Archives: August 2011

Visual Soliloquy #307 To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug…

Posted on August 31, 2011 by TA Loeffler

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ~Helen Keller

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River Tuesday

Posted on August 30, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Calling in from Natuashish

Posted on August 30, 2011 by TA Loeffler
Posted in Canoe | Tagged | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #306 As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens…

Posted on August 30, 2011 by TA Loeffler

As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. ~Stephen Graham

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River Monday

Posted on August 29, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #305 Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished…

Posted on August 29, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Sunday

Posted on August 28, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #304 Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul…

Posted on August 28, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Saturday

Posted on August 27, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #303 I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars…

Posted on August 27, 2011 by TA Loeffler

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~Walt Whitman

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Friday

Posted on August 26, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #302 After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood…

Posted on August 26, 2011 by TA Loeffler

After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Thursday

Posted on August 25, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #301 In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia…

Posted on August 25, 2011 by TA Loeffler

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~Charles A. Lindbergh

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Wed.

Posted on August 24, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #300 Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair…

Posted on August 24, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~Kahlil Gibran

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Tuesday

Posted on August 23, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #299 The poetry of the earth is never dead…

Posted on August 23, 2011 by TA Loeffler

The poetry of the earth is never dead. ~John Keats

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT tracker Monday

Posted on August 22, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #298 I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by TA Loeffler

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ~Henry David Thoreau

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Sunday

Posted on August 21, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #297 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…

Posted on August 21, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Saturday

Posted on August 20, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #296 How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains…

Posted on August 20, 2011 by TA Loeffler

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Friday

Posted on August 19, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #295 Our heart away from nature becomes hard…

Posted on August 19, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Our heart away from nature becomes hard. ~Standing Bear

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT Thursday

Posted on August 18, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #294 What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn…

Posted on August 18, 2011 by TA Loeffler

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! ~Logan Pearsall Smith

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River SPOT tracker

Posted on August 17, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Visual Soliloquy #293 What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well…

Posted on August 17, 2011 by TA Loeffler

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Notakwanon River Expedition SPOT Tracker Update

Posted on August 16, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #292 Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think…

Posted on August 16, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. ~Robert Henri

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

they are on their way

Posted on August 15, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #291 Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go…

Posted on August 15, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go. ~Blaise Pascal

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Testing ONE TWO THREE

Posted on August 14, 2011 by TA Loeffler

On the eve of another trip…time to test the blog posting abilities once again…it looks like we have a SPOT tracker along that will let you see where on the river we are…

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #290 Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither…

Posted on August 14, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither. ~William Wordsworth

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Team WHOOSH at the Easter Seals Drop Zone 2011

Posted on August 14, 2011 by TA Loeffler

I had the great pleasure of participating in the Easter Seals Drop Zone 2011 fundraising campaign with friends, Sheilagh O’Leary and Danielle Irvine (a.k.a. Xena and the Casting Fairy). When I first signed on, I decided to see how many … Continue reading →

Posted in Everest 3.0, Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Off to the Big Land

Posted on August 14, 2011 by TA Loeffler

The bags are packed, we’re almost ready to go…after a week of many decisions, the finally put everything in bags and dropped them off at our teammate Mark’s house yesterday. He and Darren are driving to Labrador as I type. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe, Water | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Visual Soliloquy #289 For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea…

Posted on August 13, 2011 by TA Loeffler

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea. ~e.e. cummings

Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Pack, Move, Learn, Eat

Posted on August 12, 2011 by TA Loeffler

Pack My last few days have been spent doing the final packing for our trip to Labrador.  We leave on Monday for one of the most remote expeditions I have done.  Packing is almost a full time job and on … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment