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.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Water shines with an inward light like a heaven on earth.


"The water shines with an inward light like a heaven on earth.  The silent depth & serenity & majesty of water - strange that men should distinguish gold & diamonds - when these precious elements are so common."

"We are slow to realize water - the beauty and magic of it.  It is interestingly strange to us forever.  Immortal water, alive . . . and sparkling with life!"

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Reflections of cliffs and a cottonwood in Professor Creek, Mary Jane Canyon, Castle Valley, UT, April 21, 2012
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