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, March 14, 2015

The First Pasqueflowers of the Season!



"The chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech."

 Aldo Leopold




Today I found the first Pasqueflowers of the season IN FULL BLOOM! This is a week earlier than I've ever seen them flower. I hiked up into a forest fire burn that occurred three years ago, and that's where they seemed to jump out at me :)



Photos: Pasqueflowers and Ladybug, Hewlett Burn, Roosevelt National Forest, CO, March 14, 2015
Posted by at
Labels: , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)