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.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Elderberries Embody the Age of Miracles


"My body is all sentient.  As I go here or there, I am tickled by this or that I come in contact with, as if I touched the wires of a battery . . . The age of  miracles is each moment thus returned.  Now it is wild apples, now river reflections, now a flock of lesser redpolls . . . People talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives.  Cease to gnaw on that crust.  There is ripe fruit over your head."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Elderberries in an aspen forest , Rawah Range, CO, September 26, 2011

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