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.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The warm blood of God flows through the frozen streams . . .


"The warm blood of God flows through these mountain granites, flows through these frozen streams, flows through trees living or fallen, flows through death itself."

The Contemplative John Muir

Today I snowshoed across a frozen subalpine lake to the small island in the middle.  There, surrounding the island, was a trough containing the most exquisitely carved ice!  I laid down, put my camera into the trough, and went to work :)

Photo: Ice carvings on The Loch, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, March 2, 2015

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