Brandings, 2012

I decided to take the best pictures from brandings this spring, and put them in one post.

First we have Dad on Dundee.


Danny and Dad.



Sage on Murphy.




Dad and Jessi.





Edward, DJ, and Dad.



Dad and Jack.


Me riding Poco.


An action shot of Sage and Danny. (Danny insists he didn't fall down.)



Jessi, Danny, and I.


Danny's first time roping.





DJ

Branding Pictures

We had a small branding on Wednesday. I think we branded somewhere around 70 head. This is probably the last branding of the year. A friend from Iowa flew up in an airplane and spent a few days with us. He is the one that took all these pictures. The branding went really well and we had really good help.

A long range picture.


Bringing the cows in.







Bringing them through the gate.



Pictures from the branding.










DJ

Brandings and Monsoons

Luckily not on the same day.

We had brandings on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Here are some pictures from Sunday. It was about 80 degrees and there wasn't much wind so it was a bit warm.

Buck and his horse.


The crew.


Dave roping.


Me(DJ) dragging out a calf.


Dad and I.


Another picture of the wrestlers.


Well, it wasn't quite a monsoon but for a while it looked like one. We got about a half inch in half an hour. I'm glad we got the cows in this morning.


It was really raining for a while.




Just another picture looking south.

DJ

Spring and summer recap

Now for the yearly post. Well, not quite that bad...

Early in June we got hit by a freak thunder storm. I would say it passed over in half an hour, but our rain gauge still showed eight tenths, but I have to wonder about its accuracy. One of our neighbors who lives a couple of miles up the creek got two inches and Buck got one and a quarter inches. The creek really ran. A few days later dad was riding in a draw and there was debris in the trees about eight feet high. The rain wasn't very widespread though because it was dusty about five miles away.

Here is a picture I took once the rain started letting up.

The trees got watered.

And so did the garden.

The water tank by the shop was overflowing.

Here is a picture I took of our field east of the house showing how tall the grass is.

Here are some pictures of some cows and calves.

Another interesting thing was when someone Dad and I know buzzed our place in a P-51 Mustang.

We went to several brandings this spring. Here are some pictures taken at the brandings.

DJ and Danny,


Dad, Jessi and DJ,


DJ on Comet,


Danny and Dad,


Dad and Jessi,


DJ