Thanks to Daniel for noticing, and Megan for taking this picture for me at branding… At first glance, it’s just a horsetrailer and horses… but there are more tools of the trade visible. Up close, you notice four pairs of spurs temporarily hung on the side… Once more…
Tag: branding
Branding Crew
Whoooee. The girls and I made it up to the branding by 8:30, the food was ready to go, and kids fed, diapered, and organized. They were still sorting cattle. We arrived in plenty of time! The first step in branding is gathering the small pasture they’ve been held in since we’ve started riding three…
An Itch
Although all I did was babysit Jaxon and Quinlan for 2/3 of the day, I made up for it in the last third! We had just decided to eat branding dinner up here last night… in my unmowed lawn and filthy house. It’s pretty easy to figure out what I did… plus cook the hamburger…
Family Traditions
Johnny welcomes two of his great grandsons to the branding corral… the other two showed up later and I failed to get them all in a photo together! Of course, I couldn’t have shared it, but at least I would have HAD one…
Wrecks
1. First Branding is done. We JUST had enough people, short some of our regulars… but had enough food for more! We had great leftovers for supper! 2. While kicking the cows and calves over The Big Grey Ridge, they had a wreck, which means they’ll be riding again tomorrow, trying to straighten out cows…
Wordless Wednesday – “The Boss Man”
For this Wordless Wednesday, The Boss Man. **** June 20, 2011 Work Myself Warm June 20, 2010 Good Ride, Cowboy June 20, 2009 A Story From Wyoma June 20, 2008 One more time…
Three Thousand Words
Our last branding was today. It’s good to get that finished. Next we gather our steers, which means an early early morning for me. So to tell you three thousand words… here are three pictures from today! **** June 19, 2011 Greatest Inventions June 19, 2010 Woohoo! June 19, 2009 Wyoma June 19, 2008 Good…
Two Deux
Whoa. It was HOT today. What better thing to do than work hard and stand by a branding barrel when it’s 92º outside! ? Yuck. I’m *still* drinking water. We had an excellent crew today to handle everything… Good ropers. Good wrestlers. Unfortunately, only enough time for me to take a few photos. Someday, I…
Branding Portrait
Ah… a round trip to Kaycee today and now company’s here! Thanks for the good advice yesterday! Tonight… A “portrait” from the other day! **** May 20, 2011 Not Even May 20, 2010 Wildflowers May 20, 2009 Wordless Wednesday – “Patriotic Evening Primrose” May 20, 2008 no entry.
More
More. Counting them out the gate. The crew. Brandon through the heat waves and ash. More chaps. *Yes, you can buy prints of any of my photos. I’ll put my store link back up, and you can buy them through there. Thanks for the interest!* **** May 18, 2011 Wordless Wednesday – “Seeing…
Branding
I say this every year… If only I could photograph branding instead of working, I’d have much much better photos to share! As it is… they’re OK. I was kept hopping the first bit as our first ropers were catching calves right and left. The camera barely left my pocket. Then as other ropers took…