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.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

We Practice Cross-Pollination When We Visually Transfer the Beauty of One Thing to Another


"How to extract life's nectar from the flower of the world.  That is my every-day business.  I am like a bee searching the livelong day for the sweets of nature.  Do I not impregnate and intermix the flowers, produce rare and finer varieties by transferring my eyes from one to another? . . .  The poor rich man!  All he has is what he has bought.  What I see is mine."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Rosy Paintbrush, Silver Creek Basin, Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness, CO, August 13, 2011.  These particular blooms were produced by the interbreeding of Rosy Paintbrush and Western Yellow Paintbrush.





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