Brandon and a neighbor joined forces to have another small branding. I set my camera to “sepia” (because I can’t get a good sepia filter to add later) and just shot that way. I found some I like! Little Jaxon is in this one… Blocking the catch pen while the branders catch up. (See Jaxon…
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#TBT: Old Ways
Just to prove some ways just work the best for us… No date.
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.
Branding Favorite
Honestly. More rain and cool weather… better than the snow they received further south of us… but still. In a place you shouldn’t whine about rain… everyone is starting to whine about rain (and snow). I didn’t accomplish much today, so here’s another favorite from branding. Caught in the moment when the wrestling team has…
#TBT: Branding Dinner
Feeding the branding crew has always been a Big Deal. Everyone is working hard and has quite the appetite. This branding would have been on the top of the mountain, creating challenges of its own. Heat would be a campfire or what could be brought up in a wrapped pot to keep it as warm…
Branding 2016
The Gauntlet. The branding barrel and my “bar” branding irons. Waiting on the ropers. Vaccinators. Lunchtime. This isn’t out of focus… it’s through the heat of the branding barrels. Keeping the irons hot is a Very Important Job. Dragging one out. Daniel ducks under the rope, while A. proved repeatedly today, that wrestling calves requires…