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

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Only the wildest imagination could ever conceive of the life we are living on this Earth.


"I feel that nothing but the wildest imagination can conceive of the manner of life we are living.  Nature is a wizard."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: The Loch on a windy day, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 2, 2013





2 comments:

  1. I've never seen anything like how that water is frozen! How beautiful!

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  2. Hi Juniper: Yes, I find that I am endlessly fascinated with the various ways the wind sculpts ice and snow on our mountain lakes. I love getting right down on the lake surface and appreciating the vista from the LAKE's perspective :)

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