May 6 - 9, 2013

[Soapweed]

Not much rain but pretty rainbows

Big and bright

Another day at the office

Looking across a cluttered desk

The younger generation soaking it up

They seem to be having fun.

My granddaughter and her aunt

 

[Shortgrass]

Your country is greening up nice. We have enough to start the grass, we'll be green soon. There is no dead grass left to clutter up the scenery, so it should look about like a fire was through the country as it comes back.

 

[porkchop]

What are you powering your electric Iorn with, Inverter or generator?
By the way that doesn't look like a Pepsi can in the truck bed! :shock:

 

[Soapweed]

Your country is greening up nice. We have enough to start the grass, we'll be green soon. There is no dead grass left to clutter up the scenery, so it should look about like a fire was through the country as it comes back.

Glad you are getting some rain, Shortgrass. It is definitely the staff of life in liquid form. The April snows helped get things started, but more rain would be mighty welcome in this neck of the woods.

What are you powering your electric iron with, Inverter or generator?

We use a generator. When the engine runs, it is on the ground at the front of the pickup. Noise is kept to a minimum, and the system seem to work quite well.

By the way that doesn't look like a Pepsi can in the truck bed! :shock:

It's not my pickup. :wink: The pickup and its contents belong to my son. I don't care if he wants to drink a little beer. However, I would be quite disgusted if he was a Democrat.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

If you saw some of our outfits you'd think we were always hitting the bottle. When we trailed cattle down the road to town we would pick bottles and cans just to get them out of the ditch. Still do when were fencing along the road.

 

[Shortgrass]

If you saw some of our outfits you'd think we were always hitting the bottle. When we trailed cattle down the road to town we would pick bottles and cans just to get them out of the ditch. Still do when were fencing along the road.

:nod: :nod:

 

[jodywy]

It's not my pickup. :wink: The pickup and its contents belong to my son. I don't care if he wants to drink a little beer. However, I would be quite disgusted if he was a Democrat.

:clap: [/quote]

 

[porkchop]

Well Said. It is interesting to see how the same things are done to the calves in different parts of the country. Keep up the photos of those grand kids, it brings back not so distant memories. My youngest is almost 7 and thinks he is "all grown up now"

 

[3 M L & C]

I always enjoy your pictures. It's interesting to see how other people do things. I like the clamp invention to hold the calves while you work. I assume you have to have both of the calves back legs for it to work proper. I don't know how to rope, my uncle tried to teach me once, but it never stuck. Does roping both back feet get a little harder toward the end of the day after a little fatigue?

 

[gcreekrch]

I always enjoy your pictures. It's interesting to see how other people do things. I like the clamp invention to hold the calves while you work. I assume you have to have both of the calves back legs for it to work proper. I don't know how to rope, my uncle tried to teach me once, but it never stuck. Does roping both back feet get a little harder toward the end of the day after a little fatigue?

It gets more accurate as the day goes on because you are practiced up and waste less energy swinging your rope. :wink: :lol:

 

[Soapweed]

I always enjoy your pictures. It's interesting to see how other people do things. I like the clamp invention to hold the calves while you work. I assume you have to have both of the calves back legs for it to work proper. I don't know how to rope, my uncle tried to teach me once, but it never stuck. Does roping both back feet get a little harder toward the end of the day after a little fatigue?

It gets more accurate as the day goes on because you are practiced up and waste less energy swinging your rope. :wink: :lol:

Gcreek is amazingly quite right, although Jerry Reed's song "When You're Hot, You're Hot, When You're Not, You're Not" sometimes comes into play. My sister wears a stopwatch, so usually times the ropers on each draft. This is just for friendly competition between the Kosmo Kid and me, and if extra time is used for confugalties beyond our control, the time gets messed up. At our last branding, I did double hock 15 fifteen calves using only 16 loops, and wouldn't have missed the one had I not stopped to brag about half way along. :roll: The remaining 12 calves in the draft took several extra loops because the "hot" turned to "not." The roping part is fun and challenging, and controls the speed of the whole branding. Generally the ground crew doesn't mind if we miss on occasion to give them a little breather. :wink: