The landscaping of my yard is almost complete. I am putting the finishing touches on my "Rock Garden" This is at the entry way to my home and features our family's brand. Heritage has always been important to me and seeing this brand fills my head with so many thoughts of past experiences. This brand is put on all of our livestock...horses and cattle alike. The horses are branded with a method using a gel type substance that gradually eats the hair and skin to leave a permanent mark. The cattle (calves) are branded with an electric hot iron that glows red and burns the skin...making the scar actually raise above the skin level once healed. The smell is unmistakable. (Burnt hair & flesh)Maybe some of you have seen the brands put on the arms of fraternity brothers...the burn will heal and puff up the area that was effected.
The hours spent branding cattle have always been some of the best times of my life. Without fail, we always had more family and friends than we had jobs to do.
2 comments:
Awesome! Some of my most memorable memories are of branding too. :)
That is so sweet! I asked Caleb to make me a pair of chaps for my birthday and I want him to put the +h brand on my chaps! I will show you once I get them :) love you
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