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There is nothing like the total concentration of archery. So many moving pieces to hold still and steady including my mind.It’s been 8 days since I posted a picture of my favourite wooden boat photographic muse. It’s on shore in Back Harbour Twillingate and it calls to me each time I visit. I wish I knew a bit more about its story-can anyone shed some light?The view from my classroom window this morning…If I could just spread my wings and fly…often said on a steep descent to save knees and toes! In other words, Marian making TA’s favourite shape on the top of Gibbet Hill!We had a family canoe outing with the grand young humans. We catamaraned the canoes to make the trip super fun (think party boat for toddlers) and super safe (virtually impossible to tip). This is a technique I also use when adapting canoeing for folks with various disabilities who might benefit from some extra stability. You can also see that Marian and I had a win in getting “proof of concept” on our canoe outrigger situation (again these will add additional stability for anyone who needs it). So fun to see Long Pond through the eyes of young ones.The sky, the sky, the sky…as seen from my one my newest favourite spots on Signal Hill for a view. I usually only have to share it with the birds.TA’s Facebook Page
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Visual Soliloquy #307 To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug…
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ~Helen Keller
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Notakwanon River Tuesday
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
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…
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
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Notakwanon River Monday
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
Visual Soliloquy #305 Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished…
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu
Notakwanon River SPOT Sunday
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
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…
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
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Notakwanon River SPOT Saturday
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
Visual Soliloquy #303 I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars…
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~Walt Whitman
Notakwanon River SPOT Friday
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
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…
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
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Notakwanon River SPOT Thursday
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
Visual Soliloquy #301 In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia…
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~Charles A. Lindbergh
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Notakwanon River SPOT Wed.
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
Visual Soliloquy #300 Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair…
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~Kahlil Gibran
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Notakwanon River SPOT Tuesday
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
Visual Soliloquy #299 The poetry of the earth is never dead…
The poetry of the earth is never dead. ~John Keats
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Notakwanon River SPOT tracker Monday
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
Visual Soliloquy #298 I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright…
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ~Henry David Thoreau
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Notakwanon River SPOT Sunday
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
Visual Soliloquy #297 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Notakwanon River SPOT Saturday
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
Visual Soliloquy #296 How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains…
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir
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Notakwanon River SPOT Friday
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
Visual Soliloquy #295 Our heart away from nature becomes hard…
Our heart away from nature becomes hard. ~Standing Bear
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Notakwanon River SPOT Thursday
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
Visual Soliloquy #294 What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn…
What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Notakwanon River SPOT tracker
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
Visual Soliloquy #293 What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well…
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Notakwanon River Expedition SPOT Tracker Update
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
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…
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
they are on their way
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
Visual Soliloquy #291 Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go…
Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go. ~Blaise Pascal
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Testing ONE TWO THREE
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…
Visual Soliloquy #290 Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither…
Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither. ~William Wordsworth
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Team WHOOSH at the Easter Seals Drop Zone 2011
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
Off to the Big Land
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
Visual Soliloquy #289 For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea…
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea. ~e.e. cummings
Pack, Move, Learn, Eat
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
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