2019 Day 127

Dedh Cans Seyth warn Ügens

De Meurth, seythves mis Me

Tuesday, 7^th May 

E’n dohajedh me eth dhe chei ow hothman dhe gawas badna de ha practisya agan disqwedhyans rag nessa de Merher. Hei a vedn liwya pictour rag agan bagas art ha me a vedn descrifa hy maner gweythresa ha daffar. Hei a dhewisas foto en lever termyn rag awen. An canfas ew deg centimeter warn ügens en hester (hirder) ha pajar ügens centimeter en lester, ha parrys ew solabres gen “gesso” (ehen a baynt gwydn). Ma liwyow strothys dhedhy (pelha ages gwydn) – gorm, dew vlou, dew velyn, rüdhvelyn ha loos. Gen scübellik brâs hei a lesas blou spladn meskys der vaner garow gen gwydn rag an eborn ha commol. Glas tewl rag an mor, tabm loos ha tabm gwydn rag skeujow ha cribow todnow a dheuth nessa. Dew velyn rag an treth ha tewyn bian, gorm ha loos rag carygy. Nena meur a wydn, gorrys gen colhel a wras an mordarth war an treth ha carygy. Era odhom dhen a nebes aral? Entei. Pedntir en pelder, tabm gòbmon war garygy, ha nebes planjow segh war an tewyn. Henn ew lowr.

In the afternoon I went to my friend’s house to take a drop of tea and practise our demonstration for next Wednesday. She will paint a picture for our art group and I will describe her procedure and equipment. She chose a photo in a magazine for inspiration. The canvas is 30cm high and 80cm wide, and already primed (prepared) with gesso (a type of white paint). She has limited colours (apart from white) – dark brown, two blues, two yellows, orange and grey. With a big paintbrush she spread bright blue mixed roughly with white for the sky and clouds. Dark blue for the sea, a bit of grey and a bit of white for shadows and crests of waves came next.Two yellows for the beach and a little dune, brown and grey for rocks. Then a lot of white applied with a knife made the surf on the beach and rocks. Did we need something else? Certainly. A headland in the distance, a bit of seaweed on rocks and a few dry plants on the dune. That’s enough.

2019 Day 126

Dedh Cans Whegh warn Ügens

De Lün, wheffes mis Me

Monday, 6^th  May

Nebonan a wrüg scrifa war vos e’n stacyon hens horn Truru. Thew mis Me ma pednbloodh a bris rag an stacyon. Nanj ew cans bledhen ha trei ügens an kensa vajyoryon gen toknys a skidnyas war gay nowydh en stacyon nowydh. An stacyon hedhyw ew an nessa derevyans – dastrevyans ew ev. Saw nag o an stacyon e’n telher ma an kensa e’n dre. Seyth bledhen kens hedna y veu stacyon aral en Pedn an Dre, martesen ogas dhe Lys Kernow (ke na veu hedna ena en termyn na). Na or den veth pe le veu va poran! Ma odhom e’n jedh hedhyw a bons rag tüs war droos dhort an vorr (fordh) dreus an cleder. Hemm ew Pons Dû, gwres a horn.  

Someone has written on a wall in Truro railway station. This May is an important anniversary for the station. 160 years ago the first passengers with tickets alighted on a new platform in a new station. The station today is the second building – it is a rebuild. But the station in this place was not the first in the town. Seven years before that there was another station in Higher Town, perhaps near County Hall (though that wasn’t there at that time). Nobody knows exactly where it was! There is a need nowadays of a bridge for people on foot from the road across the rails. This is Black Bridge, made of iron.

2019 Day 125

Dedh Cans Pemp warn Ügens

De Sül, pempes mis Me

Sunday, 5^th  May 

Lowen  o vy hedhyw. Me a scrifas naw folen rag ow lether nowodhow, me a’s argraffas, ha me a worras radn anodhans en maylyers. An brassa radn anodhans me a dhavonas dres ebost. Lowen o vy ewedh drefen bos jorna teg, ow gwedh avalow ew leun a vlejow aval ha me ell clowas lies gwenenen wels. Ha ma lies flour.

I am happy today. I wrote nine pages for my newsletter, I printed them, and I put some of them in envelopes. Most of them I sent by email. I’m happy as well because it’s a beautiful day, my apple trees are full of apple blossom and I can hear lots of wild bees. And there are lots of flowers.

2019 Day 124

Dedh Cans Pajar warn Ügens

De Sadorn, pajwora mis Me

Saturday, 4^th  May 

Ke dhe ves a gath vian, ma flourys ow tevy e’n pott na! Gwra trovya gwely aral. Pur vesy oma hedhyw. Nag ew gorfednys genam ow lether nowodhow. Henn ew gwel.

Go away little cat, there are flowers growing in that pot! Find another bed. I’m very busy today. I haven’t finished my newsletter. That's better.

2019 Day 123

Dedh Cans Trei warn Ügens

De Gwener, tryja mis Me

Friday, 3^rd May

Ke dhe ves a gath vian, me a dal obery! Pandr’ew an whel rag hedhyw? Me a dal scrifa lether nowodhow rag ow bagas art. Thera dhe nei nebes cùntellyansow dhe les hag üdn disqwedhyans. E vedh cùntellyansow ha disqwedhyansow moy. E’n tryja seythen mis Me e vedh dewisyans rag an kessedhek. Ma odhom dhebm a scrifa lies ger! Nag eus photos nowydh veth rag hedhyw. An re ma ew coth.

Go away little cat, I must work! What is the work for today? I’ve got to write a newsletter for my art group. We had several interesting gatherings and one exhibition. There will be more gatherings and exhibitions. In the third week of May there will be an election for the committee. I need to write a lot of words! There are no new photos for today. These ones are old.

2019 Day 122

Dedh Cans Dew warn Ügens

De Yow, nessa mis Me

Thursday, 2^nd May

Hedhyw me a vedn scrifa adro dhe gantolyow. Rag fra? Me a welas flourys war wedhen vrâs, war gestenen marth. Thew an flourys en shapys pecar’a gantollow. Bes flour a’n par-na ew brâs lowr. Nag eus cantol mar vrâs et ow chei. Nag eus bes cantollow bian; cantollow rag tesednow pednbloodh, cantollow gen sawor, cantollow po nag eus tredan (eletrek). Cantolyow ell bos gwres a gor gwenen (ker) po cor paraffin (dhort oyl, moy ras). En termyn eus passyes en Truru (war Gay Lemon) thera gweythva vian henwys Whel Sebon ha Cantollow Atlas. Söath ras o ûsyes – blonek dhort bestas marow. Pana blas! Tüs bal a wrug degy cantollow sô.

  

Today I will write about candles. Why? I saw flowers on a big tree, on a horse chestnut. The flowers are in shapes like candles. But that sort of candle is quite big. There are no candles as big in my house. There are only little candles; candles for birthday cakes, candles with scent, candles if there is no electricity. Candles can be made of beeswax (expensive) or paraffin wax (from oil, cheaper). In times gone by in Truro (on Lemon Quay) there was a little factory called Atlas Soap and Candle Works. Cheap tallow was used, fat from dead animals. What a whiff! Miners carried tallow candles.

2019 Day 121

Dedh Cans Onan warn Ügens

De Merher, kensa mis Me

Wednesday, 1^st May

Ober bian rag hedhyw a veu dhe drehy oll an pednow marow mes a’n hydrangea. An flourys marow a withas an prysk dres an gwav bes lebmyn nag eus odhom dhodhans. Na vedh ergh na rew na moy. Lowen o vy gen bos ma – me a’n gonas ow honan dhort trogh bian. An lilak ma a dheuth dhort trogh ewedh, ro dhort Moderep Idhyo. An bush gwredhek era en Deijy Treyew rag termyn hir. Nag üjy va ena lebmyn – ma Lys Kernow ena et y le. Ma edhen vian (heckamola) ow cortos oll an termyn. Ma esperans dhedhy a brev.

A little job for today was to cut all the dead heads off the hydrangea. The dead flowers protected the bush through the winter, but now they are not needed. There will be no more snow or frost. I am very happy with this bush – I grew it myself from a small cutting. This lilac came from a cutting as well, a present from Aunty Ivy. The original bush was in Treyew Cottage for a long time. It’s not there now – County Hall is there instead. A little bird (dicky bird) is waiting all the time. It hopes for a bug.