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, September 25, 2014

What is this beauty in the landscape but a certain fertility IN ME?


"The thought of what I am, of my pitiful conduct, deters me from receiving what joy I might from the glorious days that visit me . . . [But] what is this beauty in the landscape but a certain fertility IN ME? I look in vain to see it realized but in my own life."

Henry David Thoreau




Photos: (Top and Middle) Aspen trees in Rawah Wilderness, CO, September 23, 2014; (Bottom) Berries and aspens in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, September 19, 2014


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