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 22, 2014

The earth has received the embrace of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of that love!


 "Behold, my brothers, the spring has come,
The earth has received the embrace of the sun
And we shall soon see the results of that love!

Every seed is awakened and so has all animal life.
It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being.

And we therefore yield to our neighbors . . . 
the same rights as ourselves, to inhabit this land."

Sitting Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota Chief


Photo: Wild Plum flowers, with Bear Lodge in the background; Devil's Tower National Monument, WY; May 17, 2014

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