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.

Monday, August 11, 2014

All words are futile to describe the tremendous majesty of the great redwoods.


"All words are futile to describe the tremendous majesty of the great redwoods, and mere figures such as three hundred feet as their height, or the fact that a hollow trunk can contain thirty-six people, leave the imagination cold.  One has to be alone or with some single, very intimate companion to get the true impression, the deep silence of the grove, the shadowy religious light, the tremendous majesty of the red columns, the vistas between them, the solemn subconscious effect produced by their two thousand years of age."

Arthur Conan Doyle

Photo: Joanne gazing up at a redwood in the Tall Trees Grove, Redwood National Park, CA; July 31, 2014

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