Biscotti drives!

Biscotti is back from driving training and tearing up the pasture (here) and local roads. He goes for drives of up to six miles on the local streets. Usually, Erik rides along on his bike (Schwinn, not Harley) as back-up. Note that Erik makes Rhea wear a helmet.

Survivor goat

This is the male goat, Survivor. He was born Tuesday, January 22 early in the morning--when it was very cold here on Terdal Farm. His mother, Godiva, had two kids at the same time her mother Ganda had two kids. Three of the four succumbed to the cold. Hence the name. Survivor's mother is not quite sure what to make of the kid, her first. Grandma Ganda is nursing him. We don't know if she understands that Survivor is her grandson, not her son, but we're not going to tell her as she is doing such a good job with him.
Survivor is the first son of proud dad, Solstice (born Dec. 21, 2007). Well, I assume Solstice is proud as he talks a lot. Surely he isn't just asking for more food?

Dining room ceiling

We had cold weather this week, the coldest of 2008. A thin copper pipe in the ceiling burst, and look what happened! The weight of the water brought the ceiling of the dining room down. What a mess!

Riding into the Sunset

Here are the four of us riding off into the sunset at the end of another great year on Terdal farm.
Thanks, Robin, for the photo!

Web photo album

Our web photo album can be accessed here: http://picasaweb.google.com/terdalfarm/TerdalFarmLife

KJM show

This is our youngest on his pony, "Tux." Here he is warming up for a show at KJM in October, with stepmom assisting on her way home from work.

Erik and Baby

This is Erik on "Baby", the barn name for APHA "DID NOT FROST."
We bought her in October from Kevin George of Mingo Stables.
She is a 1992 breeding-stock paint mare. I've been using this website to track details of her pedigree:
http://www.maple-webranch.com
From that, I find that she has been bred to two different stallions and produced Overo mares in 1997 and 1998.
We may breed her to Anadulsian stallion to produce an "Azteca" for our youngest rider when he outgrows his pony. Right now, Erik is learning to ride on her. So far, it is just walk and trot in the "arena" and the pasture. Hopefully we'll take her and 'Cotti on a trail ride soon!