Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Sunshine almost all the time makes me high.

"Sunshine almost all the time makes me high."

John Denver,
"Sunshine on My Shoulder"


This morning I felt sort of low, especially since I've been fighting a cold. However, in the afternoon I took a hike and sat in the sun for an hour or so at my wintertime meditation spot on a south-facing cliff high in the foothills. A few more Spring-Beauty flowers - the first mountain wildflowers of the Spring - were blooming next to the rocks. I closed my eyes, meditated for twenty minutes in the sun, and felt my spirits recharged.

Photo: Spring-Beauty blooming on the south side of Arthur's Rock; Lory State Park, CO; February 23, 2014


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