Pardners from the East

Our crew from back east took charge a couple of weeks ago and branded the last batch of calves.

They led the mothers and calves out of the calving pasture,

over the hill,

along the fence line,

and into the branding pen.

They sorted the mothers from the calves and led them out of the corral.

Reagan and Marley were great spectators.

These guys were also in the audience. They snorted and stared and were as grumpy as ever.

And then the roping began.

Tommy and Hillbilly worked hard and did a great job of bringing the calves in so they could be vaccinated and branded quickly.

Once they were down, the ground crew swooped in and had them up and at’em in no time.

A couple of days later, the cowboys and cowgirls led the herd up the hill so they could wait for the trucks to take them to the Laramie Plains

One little one tried to get away but Patrick and Jack guided him to the rest of the herd.

They went right in to the corral, with the encouragement from those on horseback, and waited.

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On the last day of their visit, Marley’s mom and sister went shopping so we decided to have a photo shoot.

Marley was a fantastic model and we had a blast taking her “cowgirl portraits”.

We dodged a few raindrops and had moslty cloudy skies. But the sun popped out every now and then and we were dolloped with some lovely light.

All in all it was a great visit and even though we put them to work, I hope they enjoyed it!

Click here for more images from these shoots. 🙂

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