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Last weekend, we wanted to head out on a hike. For inspiration, Marian remembered that we'd been to a virtual talk by Jim and Sue Waddington entitled "Following the Group of Seven" where they used their canoeing skills to revisit the spots that had been the inspiration for several Group of Seven paintings. Marian remembered that they had said there were Group of Seven paintings that had been done in NL and that Jim and Sue had asked for folks in NL to track down the sites. Online we went and found a painting by Lawren Harris. We also found a painting by Robert Wakeham Pilot and we set off to find the spot from which they may have been painted. We stopped in many places comparing the topography to the paintings. Here I'm getting close to the spot from where Robert Pilot may have done his painting as well as Lawren Harris. It was such a cool exploration and led us to a spot above Quidi Vidi we hadn't been to before! The second image is me trying to see how close we were by lining up Harris' painting with our photograph. The third is so you can enjoy the view without me interrupting it! :-) Stay tuned...the project continues...Our 5th day on the line. We had so many visitors: biology students,My happy place with my happy person…nothing like a great hike after a morning of walking the line!Day Four! A brisk but absolutely beauty morning out!!! I think we had even more barmps this morning than before! #fairdealatmun #fairdealatmunlLearning lots of new skills this week including photographing bubbles as they freeze…way cool. We’ll actually way cold!TA’s Facebook Page
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Visual Soliloquy #1082 Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning…
Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning. ― Gloria Steinem
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Visual Soliloquy #1081 Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love…
Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Visual Soliloquy #1080 Life is not a solo act. It’s a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us…
Life is not a solo act. It’s a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife. –Tim Gunn
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Visual Soliloquy #1079 Anyone who has lost track of time…
Anyone who has lost track of time…knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. –Tim Berners-Lee
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Visual Soliloquy #1078 Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fibre called courage…
Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fibre called courage. -George Patton
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Visual Soliloquy #1077 When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me…
When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. ― Seán O’Casey
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Visual Soliloquy #1076 The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are…
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. ― Thomas A. Edison
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Visual Soliloquy #1075 There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them…
There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for. … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #1074 Don’t make it harder than it is…
Don’t make it harder than it is. – Rob Shaul
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Visual Soliloquy #1073 Celebrate what you want to see more of…
Celebrate what you want to see more of. –Tom Peters
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Visual Soliloquy #1072 You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #1071 But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time…
But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. ― Lauren Oliver
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Visual Soliloquy #1070 I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ― Maya Angelou
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Visual Soliloquy #1069 The more boundless your vision, the more real you are…
The more boundless your vision, the more real you are. ― Deepak Chopra
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Visual Soliloquy #1068 Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end…because in the end, it shows you a whole new world…
Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end…because in the end, it shows you a whole new world. ― Manoj Arora
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Visual Soliloquy #1067 It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it…
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. ― Lou Holtz
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It’s Not About the Summit
I’ve often find the title of Lance Armstrong’s book (too bad he’s fallen so far from grace), “It’s Not About the Bike,” coming to mind whenever I think about my return to Everest…I’ve frequently had the thought, “It’s not about … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #1066 You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles…
You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. ― Helen Keller
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Reflecting on my Yes-No Decision: Everest 3.0.2
The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark. ― … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #1065 Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day…
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. ― A.A. Milne
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Visual Soliloquy #1064 It was amazing how you could get so far from where you’d planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be…
It was amazing how you could get so far from where you’d planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be. ― Sarah Dessen
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Visual Soliloquy #1063 The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark…
The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark. ― … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #1062 Nothing can dim the light which shines from within…
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. ― Maya Angelou
Raising Windhorse for 2015
According to the dharma practice calendar (DPC) , today was/is an auspicious day…one of the most, in fact and an excellent day for hanging prayer flags. So that’s what I did. We’d been wanting to change our prayer flags on … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #1061 All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight…
All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight. ― Shannon L. Alder
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Visual Soliloquy #1060 For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice…
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. ― T.S. Eliot