The Kolden Report: The Kolden Report: Testing, one...two...three...Part one, September 13, 2013

Hello, kids!

T.G.I.F.

Kudos to you folks who have seen to it that the young people in your lives were vaccinated against HPV , the cause of some cancers in both males and females. The vaccine is recommended for females aged 11-26 and males age 11-21. If you have a a young person in your life who is unvaccinated, contact your healthcare provider or your local county health department for more information. Here's to the day when there is a vaccine for ALL cancers.

Now, about the report. I am testing sending from this email address. Microsoft assures me that I am good to go. Please add me as an approved sender and if you find my reports in your junk email, mark them as "not junk". I would also welcome feedback on the report format.

And now, more of Northeast Montana's finest!

Fall sunrises are often spectacular!

Why I get up early.

Prickly beauty.

Montana State bird.

Great Horned Owl. (Sure have had owls in my life a lot lately.)

Layered lake.

Evening storm clouds over Fort Peck Lake.

Dragonfly courtship.

Look at the green grass! This is unheard of in August in Northeast Montana.

I love fall flowers....

Every time I photograph sunflowers, I think of my niece, Liping - who LOVES sunflowers.

I love the shape of this bloom, with it's arm held out as if to say, "Whaaaaat?"

Lady bug, cruising the Yucca pods.

As I stood before this sea of grass bordering the lake, I couldn't help but realize WHY homesteaders would have eagerly started new lives here. It looks like paradise! (Of course there was no lake then, just the Missouri River but still...)