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.

Friday, April 25, 2014

Paradise is in our very midst!

"The Paradise which our preachers are always locating here and there out of reach, and furnishing with harps and fountains and jewels and gold, is often in our very midst, ringing in our ears, flashing under our eyes, if we were not so stupidly deaf and confoundedly blind as not to perceive it."

The Contemplative John Muir

Photo: Wild Plum bushes in bloom, with red cliffs in the background; Lory State Park, CO; April 24, 2014


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