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 24, 2013

I am more sure to come away cheered from a pine wood than from those who come nearest to being my friends.


"A pine wood is as substantial and as memorable a fact as a friend.  I am more sure to come away from it cheered than from those who come nearest to being my friends."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: The orange bark of two Ponderosa Pines glows in last light; Lumpy Ridge, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 23, 2013



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