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!

If you'd like to purchase photo-quote greeting cards, please go to www.NaturePhoto-QuoteCards.com .


In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

The Spiritual Gifts of Autumn


What can compare to the golden days of autumn? They bring a sense of nameless nostalgia . . . ,


an invigorating spirit, . . .


a contemplative sense that our lives are ready at all times to dissolve into the silence of Divine Love.



Photo: (Top) Ohio Pass and the Castles, near Crested Butte, CO, September 27, 2014; (Second) Beckwith Mountain, near Kebler Pass, CO, September 27, 2014; (Third) Aspen trees and the Never Summer Range, CO, October 2, 2014; (Bottom) Aspen trees on McClure Pass, CO, September 28, 2014

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