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.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Nearly all of the Yosemite Park is a profound solitude . . .



"Nearly all of the Yosemite Park is a profound solitude. Yet it is full of charming company, full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and eager enthusiastic action . . . , with sermons in stones, storms, trees, flowers, and animals brimful of humanity."

John Muir at Yosemite




Photos: (Top) Sunset on Half Dome; (Middle) Joanne at Upper Cathedral Lake, with Cathedral Peak in the background; (Bottom) Iron-stained glacially-polished granite with rectangular feldspar crystals, at Lower Cathedral Lake; All three photos were taken at Yosemite National Park, CA on July 23, 2015


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