Branding Portraits
At branding, I’m running the bar part of our A bar A brand. That means I visit every calf to apply the brand. That doesn’t leave much time for photography! I have a bit of time since Vernon or Johnny go first to apply the two A’s… and if I let the vaccinators in first…
That Works
I’ve noticed bright, colorful flower pots for sale… a rainbow of colors. I’ve been tempted… might as well have some color in your flowerbeds before the flowers actually BLOOM. But you know me, I didn’t want to spend the $$$ for a colored plastic pot. I have all sorts of boring, black, white, and clay…
#TBT: Old Ways
Just to prove some ways just work the best for us… No date.
Wordless Wednesday – “Modern Cowboys”
For Vernon and Johnny, it was a little red book, pencil written on the tiny cramped lines… There were cattle numbers and dates born, doctored sick ones, and which were sent to town. There were bull numbers and hay numbers, some phone numbers, and “notes to self”… No surprise that my son uses his iPhone…
Picking on B
Picking on B. (in black and white, no less!). Don’t know why, but most of my favorites from branding include B.! So, he gets a post to himself. Don’t tell him, I’ll never hear the end of it! (P.S., everybody wants to be a roper, but at the Greet Ranch, ropers, too, take a turn…
Gorgeous Light
I’ve moved from tired and sore to flat out exhausted. After saddling at 5 am, we were finally home at 2:30 pm. I ate and drank and drank and drank (hot day), then fell asleep. I’ve been dozing off and on since. I do something productive, sit down, then boom! wake up 30 minutes later!…
In No Particular Order
More sorting and moving cows and calves… More branding photos for you in no particular order. The vaccinating team. Ropers were busy. Six wrestling teams on the ground at once! We had a BIG crew this year. Quinlan helped mark a few calves. After they’ve been vaccinated, a chalk mark is applied to their back,…
B ‘n’ B
Yay, the big branding is OVER! Thanks to a great crew and family… we worked all day and completed our task. Not only that, but today is Lacee’s third birthday! We convened for her party tonight after branding. She is a very lucky little girl.
This!
No post yesterday. Almost not one tonight. Long, long, LONG days gathering cows… definitely NOT a “Romantic Cowboy Lifestyle Story”. I fell into bed last night, pried myself out early this morning, and I’m ready for bed once more. I can’t totally abandon you, though, so instead of #TBT, because I don’t want to dig…
Early
The guys headed out horseback this morning, just to ride the corner of the pasture and kick any of our cows on through. Tomorrow is the start of our big gather, and if we could ease some through ahead of the big crunch, it would help. They found a few, but it looks like we…