2026 Day 218

2026 Dedh Dew Cans hag Etek

De Yow, wheffes mis Est

Thursday, 6th August

Na wrüga vy gweles an loor leun e'n eborn nos, saw my alja gweles hanter loor dres an cloudys e'n jedh seythen moy diwedhes. Thera vy ow mires emann hedhyw ewedh. En hav perh cov gwav. Tredan voltach ûhel a res bos gwithys rag damach dhort gwedh en enawellow. Ma nebes gwedh (üdn golwedhen dres ehen) ew re hir. Aga branchys ew re ûhel, re nes dhe'n caplys electrek. Devedhys ew an düs yonk ma dh' aga threhy moy isel. Lebmyn parys o nei rag an gwens!

I didn't see the full moon in the night sky, but I could see a half moon beyond the clouds in the day a week later. I'm looking up today as well. In summer remember winter. High voltage electricity must be protected from  tree damage in storms. There are some trees (especially one hazel tree) that are too tall. Their branches are too high, too close to the electricity cables. These young men have come to cut them lower. Now we are ready for the wind!

2026 Day 217

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Seytek

De Merher, pempes mis Est
Wednesday, 5th August

Ma bestes oll adro. Terweythyow nag ens merkyes drefen bos bian. Ma pajar ehen warn ügens a wenen e'n pow ma. Pe lies ew gwelys genowgh? Otta gwenenen vlewek brâs, rüdh hy lost. Pandr'üjy hei ow cül? Üjy hei ow whilas neppeth, po palas toll e'n dor? Calys (calish) ew an dor ena. En ogas ma tycky-Duw war flour pedry pronter. Liwys ew pecar'a gwels marow. Flourys pedry pronter ew da gen gwenen ewedh. Otta dran gen blew rüdhvelyn ha dran aral gen lysten rüdhvelyn war y geyn.

There are animals all around. Sometimes they are not noticed because they are small. There are 24 species of bees in this country. How many have you seen? Here's a big hairy bee, with a red tail. What is she doing? Is she looking for something or digging a hole in tha ground? The ground there is hard. Nearby is a butterfly on a knapweed flower. It's coloured like dead grass. Bees like knapweed flowers, too. Here's a bumblebee with orange hairs and another bumblebee with an orange stripe on its back.

2026 Day 216

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Whetek

De Meurth, pajwora mis Est

Tuesday, 4th August

Coynt ew, gweles an tycky-Duw nos teg ma e'n termyn an jedh. Ma va ow neyja e'n termyn an nos. Ma liwans cüdh dhe'n gowdhan bleyn liw treth. Ma mir dhodho pecar'a sethen derrys dhort besowen wydn. My alja y weles war ow yet. My a wrüg y dhegy dhe vos, ha straft tho va cüdhys. Na wra va bewa termyn hir. Na wra va gwavy - còsca dres an gwav. Eus oyow po preves del dhodho solabres? An preves del a res debry lies delen. Üjy anjei en lowarth vy po en lowarth kentrevek? Res ew dhebm whilas preves del war dhelkyow. Anjei ew melyn ha dû. Pupa a dal gwavy dadn an dor, rag dos mes nessa bledhen.

It is strange, seeing this beautiful moth in the daytime. It flies in the night time. The buff-tip moth has cryptic colouration. It looks like a broken twig from a silver birch tree. I could see it on my gate. I carried it to a wall, and it was hidden straight away. It won't live a long time. It will not hibernate - sleep over the winter. Does it already have eggs or caterpillars? The caterpillars must eat a lot of leaves. Are they in my garden or in a neighbour's garden? I must look for caterpillars on leaves. They are yellow and black. A pupa should hibernate under the ground, to come out next year. 

2026 Day 215

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Pemdhek

De Lün, tryja mis Est

Monday, 3rd August

Ma meur a whel dhe wil en hav, en mis Est dres ehen, pan vo an gewer segh. Dres an gwav ha'n gwenton, misyow an moyha gleb, ma'n prednweyth a-ves ow qwethhe. Paynt ew kellys, ha ma kewny ow tevy war baynt ha war bredn noth en pecar maner. Paynt lows a dal bos scurrys gen paper treth. Wòja hedna an kewny a dal bos golhys dhe ves. Pa vo segh an predn ha'n paynt coth, termyn ew rag kensa côta a baynt nowydh.

There's a lot of work to do in summer, especially in August, when the weather is dry. Through the winter and the spring, the wettest months, the external woodwork deteriorates. Paint is lost, and alga grows on paint and on bare wood alike. Loose paint should be sanded (scoured) with sand paper. After that the alga should be washed away. When the wood and old paint are dry, it is time for a first coat of new paint.

2026 Day 214

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Peswardhek

De Sül, nessa mis Est

Sunday, 2nd August

Nicholas Boson a scrifas daralla Jowan Chei a Horr e'n seytegves cansbledhen. Res veu dhe Jowan whilas whel dhe wil. "Pana whel ellesta gwil?" a wovydnas tiek. Jowan alja gwil "pub whel oll". Pana whel era war vargen tir e'n seytegves cansbledhen? An imajys ma a veu liwys e'n seytegves cansbledhen gen artyss dhort Pow Belj. Nag ew Kernow, saw thera an whel en pub le kehaval. Thera an düs ow trehy gora en mis Gorefen. Nei ell gweles deys gora brâs en gwel gora. Ma nebonan ow còsca e'n gora. Martesen ev ew skith! En mis Est, res veu dhodhans trehy an ys, martesen barlys dhe wil corev. Cuntellys o en manalow. Thera cromednow ha fylhyow rag trehy. Nag era jynnys.

Nicholas Boson wrote the story John of a Ram's House in the seventeenth century. John had to look for work to do. "What work can you do?" a farmer asked. John could do "every sort of work". What work was there on a farm in the seventeenth century. These images were painted in the seventeenth century by an artist from Belgium. It is not Cornwall, but the work everywhere was similar. The men were cutting hay in July. We can see big hay ricks in a hay field. Someone is sleeping in the hay. Perhaps he is tired! In August, they had to cut the corn, perhaps barley to make beer. It was collected into sheaves. There were sickles and scythes for cutting. There were no machines.

2026 Day 213

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Terdhek

De Sadorn, kensa mis Est

Saturday, 1st August

Tryja mis an hav ew, ha whath üdn jedh tòbm moy. E veu cowas e'n nos, saw nag o lowr. Thera vy ow teudha. Nag ew da genam mos mes a'n chei. Re grev ew an howl rag ow crehen. Nag eus whans dhebm a vos dhe poyow erel rag degolyow. Re galish (galys) ew vajya. Martesen Islond alja bos moy yeyn! Yey! Ma othom dhebm a rew. Pandr'eus e'n yeyner ha stiver? Ma dehen rew, bes na dal vy debry dehen rew (re a shòger). Frûtys rewys ew an gorryp (gorthyp)! Caletter assoylys.

It's the third month of summer, and yet another hot day. There was a shower in the night, but it was not enough. I am melting. I don't like going out of the house. The sun is too strong for my skin. I do not want to go to other countries for holidays. Travelling is too hard. Perhaps Iceland could be colder! Ice! I need ice. What is there in the fridge and freezer? There is icecream, but I should not eat icecream (too much sugar). Frozen fruits are the answer! Problem solved.

2026 Day 212

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dewdhek

De Gwener, üdnegves warn ügens mis Gorefen
Friday, 31st July

Bestes a res debry. Üdn sîn a vownans ew othom a sòsten. Plansow ell ûsya nerth dhort an howl bès ma othom dhe enevales a voos. Ma tavas hir dhe'n wenenen, rag eva nectar leun a shòger dhort an flourys. Ma gwenen ow neyja e'n ayr dhort flour dhe flour, bes mons ow hedhy dhe vaga. Ma eskelly-grehednas ow neyja e'n ayr ewedh, bes mons ow helhy aga boos ow neyja. Pur üskis ens, nag üjens ow hedhy. My alja gweles dew anodhans e'n gordhûher. Ma nebes edhyn ow neyja dhe'm gwedh avalow ha piga an avalow. Pur browys ew an avalow. (Henn ew da rag an gohy!) Ma gwyweres ow crambla po lebmel rag aga hedhes. Terweythyow my ell gweles merkys dens. Ma whans dhe'n gwiweres a know coll ewedh. Ellowgh gweles onan?

Animals must eat. One sign of life is the need for nutrition. Plants can use energy from the sun, but animals need food. The bee has a long tongue, to drink nectar full of sugar from the flowers. Bees fly in the air from flower to flower, but they stop to feed. Bats also fly in the air too, but they are hunting their flying food. They are very fast, they do not stop. I could see two of them in the evening. Some birds fly to my apple trees and peck the apples. The apples are very damaged. (That is good for the wasps!). Squirrels climb or jump to reach them. Sometimes I can see toothmarks. Squirrels want hazelnuts too. Can you see one?