[…they think her tractor’s sexy.]

[A rancher and his wife. A rancher and her husband.]

[Miss Lacey Gilbert gets the job done.]

RW and I spent Saturday out at the Gilbert Ranch, in the valley. I’ve shown images of this hard working ranching family before but none so action packed as these! It was an amazing day full of dust, sweat and blood — branding day at the ranch. One of the most incredible things to witness was the unified effort of a community! Horses and families were towed about in trucks and trailers to three different ranches throughout the day to get the work done in a single, skilled swoop.

The sociality was a thrill.

Lunch was a burly spread.

There was laughing, cussing and a whole lot of smoke.

Most of all, I loved capturing a few shots of men and women working side by side under the sun in the foothills of the Rockies.

And oh, those cowboys…