The Kolden Report: Variety Show, June 29, 2013

Hello, kids!

 

Life has been extremely wild in my camp!  I'm preparing for a show next weekend and have learned that "Crafts in the country" has moved to town this year.  Details to come.

 

The following weekend is Stampede and I will  be at Art in the Park on Saturday.  Stop by and say hello at one or both locations.  You could win!

 

But first, I have a menagerie of images for you today.  Enjoy the report!

 

 

Blood red bloom.

 

 

Depth.

 

 

Pheasant parade.

 

 

Triple span song. 

 

 

Break of day.

 

 

"Toe" hold.

 

 

 

 

 

Survivor.  (Many of the magpies were lost due to West Nile Virus infections.  They are slowly recovering in number.)

 

 

 

 

Transportation.

 

 

 

Wagon train.

 

 

Eyes are the window of the soul.

 

 

Ears.

 

 

Glistening grasses.

 

 

 

Buds.

 

 

Sitting pretty.

 

 

Cruising the neighborhood.

 

 

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The Kolden Report: Brush Lake State Park, MT 6-15-13

Hello, kids!

 

Welcome new subscribers!  Feel free to share the reports as you wish.

 

Now, on to the report!

 

While tripping about the Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge area, we also visited Brush Lake State Park. 

 

Ravishing rust (Dagmar, MT)

 

 

Puddle Paddle.

 

 

Feather fronds.

 

 

Airborne.

 

 

Shelter belt.

 

 

Busy as a bee.

 

 

"Dry" dock.

 

 

Picnic in the rain?

 

 

Lake view.

 

 

Pop of color.

 

 

Rooster fright.

 

 

Prairie beauties.

 

 

Droplet.

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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson

 

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The Kolden Report: Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, Part Four. June 2, 2013

Hello, kids!

 

 

Community church.

 

 

While photographing the church, I spotted this Appaloosa watching me from a pasture across the road. 

 

 

He came on a run to visit!  I was tickled, having grown up on the back of horses, in particular one very similar horse named Tingo.  This fellow stood while I lavished him with attention,  eyes half closed, lower lip slack.  It took me right back to the many hours I spent chasing cows,  "trick riding" or just lounging on Tingo's back. 

 

As I turned to leave, he perked up roared away!

 

 

"Feeling his oats, he badgered his compadre. 

 

 

 

 

They obviously have played like this countless times prior.

 

 

Back along the lake, even the deer were on the run.

 

 

Wagon wheel hub.

 

 

Big water, green shores.

 

 

Drip-drop.

 

 

About to fall.

 

 

Sheet music, rain drops.

 

 

Stealth take off.

 

 

Group take-off.

 

 

Big lake, big prairie.

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Epictetus

 

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The Kolden Report: Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Part three. June 2, 2013

Hello, kids!

 

 

 

 

Flight of fancy.

 

 

Wind in the reeds.

 

 

Wild flower trail.

 

 

Come fish.

 

 

Shoreline fungus.

 

 

Sweet peas.

 

 

Wild flower.

 

 

The spiky thing on the post is designed to keep the birds from landing.  :>)

 

 

Grand view.

 

 

Show off!

 

 

Squats for birds.

 

 

Over the shoulder.

 

 

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The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Publilius Syrus

 

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