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.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Spruce reaches out its branches like sensitive tentacles, feeling the light and reveling in it.



"Spruce . . . towers in unassuming majesty, loving the ground while transparently conscious of heaven and joyously receptive of its blessings, reaching out its branches like sensitive tentacles, feeling the light and reveling in it."

The Contemplative John Muir

Photo: Englemann Spruce cone; near Medicine Bow Pass, Snowy Range, WY; August 24, 2013




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