Thursday, April 19, 2012

Ranch Book Was A Hit

In the last few months I have been taking photos of the cowboys working the cattle at the ranch.  After a great week down there I decided to do a Shutterfly Book to send to him in appreciation.  Shutterfly tends to 'beat" me on most occasions and I spend hours literally trying to come up with something and then for some reason it doesn't turn out right...ugh.  Same thing happened this time.  I let them do some of the photo placing and I moved some around, added the little adds and the verbage and when I was finished HOURS later it said I needed to edit as there were problems on about 45 of my 50 pages.  Forget it.  I started over.  I let them put in the photos, added a little bit, did a shorter book and called it good.  I did get to pick the colors of the pages and a few simple things but truthfully, the first book was so much cuter!  However, in the end, when the book arrived, it looked pretty good.  There was one misspelling on my part, ugh.  I put "shoot" instead of "chute".  I'm sure if he shows it to anyone they'll probably catch it but maybe we can give a price if you "catch" the mistake.
When it arrived in the mail to him he was thrilled.  He called immediately and thanked me and said he loved it; said he cried a little; said the pictures were great and that there were some good ones of him; said he looked like his dad (which he did).  There was some sadness in that his dad is not here to see all the fabulous stuff going on with their family's heritage.  Anyway, the book was a success after the hours of time spent in working on it...that was all I was after.
Here are a few of the photos.


Steady as she goes.


Wearin' a Dickie for cattle work


Chute work


Oil tanks in the background


Working with the dogs


The cowboys


The photographer


Headed to the house  


Crossing the creek


Birds ear view


The boss smiling at good cowboys and good cattle


The crew


Branding 


Seven (JRT brand) and two (year 2012 brand)
The End of a good day!

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Encourage One Another!

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