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.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

"The sugar pine is the noblest pine yet discovered . . ."



"The sugar pine is the noblest pine yet discovered, surpassing all others not merely in size but also in kingly beauty and majesty."

John Muir




Photo: Hatch and Muir holding a sugar pine cone. Muir is standing next to a massive specimen.The sugar pine grows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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