Lord Erik and Lady Rhea at the Texas Renaissance Festival near Houston, Texas, in October, 2008, shopping for hats for his Lordship.

Winter 2009 flyer

Here is the flyer I am distributing to faculty at work to pass out in class.

There is more information on my unofficial work blog: drterdal.blogspot.com.

Spring storms

We have had a lot of storms thias spring. Here is a photo of the one that hit on May 31st.

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!