One of the early shoots, taken at Ute Valley Park in Colorado Springs. 

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Shadows in the Desert Garden: Our first two female participants in NaturalNatures took this pristine photo in Ute Valley Park in Colorado Springs. You can still see the snow on the ground from a storm that had moved through just the day before.

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Pondering the Cold World: Our fabulous first female participant shivers as a cold winter wind blows along the top of the summit ridge of Ute Valley Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Not even the winter cold can keep the NaturalNatures from being taken.

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The Shy Forest Nymph Watches the Others Play from Afar: There is really not much to put here aside from, “Awww! That little forest nymph is so cute! I want one! Where do you find those?” And the answer is in Colorado, because girls in Colorado are freaking awesome and may as well be forest nymphs for real.

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She Welcomed Winter with Open Arms: This is a daring girl, our first female NaturalNatures participant. Not only is she braving the winter cold, but what you can’t see is just at the bottom of the ridge she is sitting atop of is a whole neighborhood. She’s got our respect.

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The Lone Tree Offers Solace to the Lone Woman: Huddled beneath this scraggly lonely tree is one of the first female participants in the NaturalNatures project. The cold of winter and the brutal solar radiation of high altitudes leads her to try and find protection beneath the branches of the resilient pine.

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Eve Ventures into the World Outside Paradise: Our original NaturalNatures young woman is at it again, this time trying to get a little bit of sun to stay warm in the basin of Ute Valley Park.