2019 Day 102

Dedh Cans ha Dew

De Gwener, dewdhegves mis Ebrel

Friday, 12^th April

Da ew gen chôkys bos trigys ogas dhe bobel. Ma copel et agan chymbla. Da ew ganjans debry prevyon ha has e’n lowarth – ha boos cath towlys dhe ves! Re vrâs ens dhe dhos dhe biben a voos edhyn ow cregy. Chôkys ew edhyn gwyls. Nag ew edhyn gwyls an pemp colobmen yonk ma. Mowns war do crow. Ûsys ew an edhyn cowldevys rag resek. Ma’n perhen ow qwaytyas na wra y edhyn bos senjys gen sparhok po bargas po hôkys erel. En pras gen an trei hordh ma heyjy. Anjei re drovyas pil a wora reb an yet. A vedn anjei gwil neyth po üjens ow whilas boos?

Jackdaws like to live near people. There is a pair in our chimney. They like to eat insects and seeds in the garden – and thrown-away cat food! They are too big to come to the hanging tube of bird food. Jackdaws are wild birds. These five young pigeons are not wild birds. They are on a shed roof. The grown-up birds are used for racing. The owner hopes his birds won’t be caught by a sparrow hawk or a buzzard or other hawks. There are ducks in the field with the three rams. They have found a pile of hay by the gate. Will they make a nest or are they looking for food?

2019 Day 101

Dedh Cans hag Onan

De Yow, üdnegves mis Ebrel

Thursday, 11^th April 

Jorna perfeth ew rag kerdhes adro e’n pow adro. Dhort an menedh me ell gweles an mor ha lies tra moy. Ma dhe dherowen ma keffres flourys ha del. An gwens dhia an west re ros dh’y vranchys shap ûsyes lies gwedhen en Kernow. Me alja clowes edhen ow cana en ke – moy es onan, martesen rüdhek po tynk. E’n gwelyow me a glowas melwhes (ûheleth), sür oma, bes na wrüga vy y weles – re ûhel ha bian o va. Ma olow bestas brâs reb an ke – tell (tollow) palys gen treys brâs. Ma brohes (dorgeun) en ogas. E'n lever "An Gwens e'n Helyk" ma toll Mester Brogh emesk magoryow Roman, saw nag eus traveth Roman obma.

It’s a perfect day for walking around in the countryside. From the hill I can see the sea and many more things. This oak tree has flowers as well as leaves. The westerly wind has given its branches the typical shape of many trees in Cornwall. I could hear a bird singing in the hedge – more than one, perhaps a robin or a finch. In the fields I heard a skylark, I’m sure, but I didn’t see it – it was too high and too small. There are signs of big animals by the hedge – holes dug by big feet. There are badgers nearby. In the book "The Wind in the Willows" Mr. Badger's hole is among Roman ruins, but there is nothing Roman here.

2019 Day 100

Dedh Cans

De Merher, degves mis Ebrel

Wednesday, 10^th April 

Ero whei ow mires e’mann en strêt? Whei ell gweles oll sortow taclow! Whei alja desky tabm a story. Nag era tòbmheans cres veth en nownjek cans hag üdnek po nebes. (Derevys veu an treven ma e’n vledhen na, me a grej.) Me or hebma drefen bos eth chymbla dhe bub chei. Thera dhe geniver stevel (rom) y oles y honan, a-warra (a-wartha) hag a-woles, keffres chombours ha helyow ha stevellow debry. Thera chymbla rag an gegin (ha’n chei golhy) adhelher dhe’n chei. Ma tòbmheans cres en chei ma lebmyn – nag eus odhom a chymbla rag tan na fella – kenth ew chymbla trig da rag corn tele. Nag eus chymbla veth dhe nebes treven – mowns ow cawas aga nerth der vorrow erel – heb lesky traveth. An brassa chymblas ew dhe vos gweles war jynnjiow balyow coth.

Do you look up in a street? You can see all sorts of things! You could learn a bit of history. There wasn’t any central heating in about 1911. (These houses were built in that year, I believe.) I know this because each house has eight chimney pots. Each room had its own fireplace, upstairs and downstairs, bedrooms as well as living rooms and dining rooms. There was a chimney for the kitchen (and the wash house) behind the house. There is central heating in this house now – there is no further need of a chimney for a fire – though a chimney is a good support for a TV aerial. Some buildings do not have a single chimney – they get their energy by other ways – without burning anything. The biggest chimneys can be seen on old mine engine houses.

2019 Day 99

Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Nownjek

De Meurth, nawhes mis Ebrel

Tuesday, 9^th April

Mettin pur dha - coffy  hag “An Gwens e’n Helyk”. E’n lever ma nei a wel nebes bestas bian wheg- gòdh dhôr, logojen vrâs, dowrgy, cronak dû ha brogh (dorgy). Leowanas ha codna-gwydnas ew an dhrogwesyon. Ha me ow mos tre en vorr a-hes me a welas lies heligan reb an ryver bian hag en coos. Pur leb ew an coos. Da ew gen helyk dor gleb. Teg ew an helyk e’n eur-ma gen cathes helyk – pub onan gorherys gen blew fin ha bleus melyn an flourys.

A very good morning – coffee and “The Wind in the Willows”. In this book we see several sweet little animals – a mole, a rat, an otter, a toad and a badger. Stoats and weasels are the rogues. As I was going home along the road I saw lots of willow trees by the little river and in a wood. The wood is very wet. Willows like wet ground. The willows are currently beautiful with pussy-willow catkins – each one covered with fine hairs (i.e. fuzzy) and yellow pollen.

2019 Day 98

Dedh Pajar Ügens hag Etek

De Lün, ethves mis Ebrel

Monday, 8^th April 

Nag eus flogh veth oll en scol hedhyw, drefen bos degolyow. E’n mettin me eth dhe savla kyttrin en Ty war’n Heyl rag bos dhe Truru. Thera whans dhebm a weles ow mergh wydn ha’y mab. Thera tüs war an treth solabres. Parys veu nebes anodhans dhe vordartha. Devedhys tre o vy e’n dohajedh ha thera tüs whath moy war an treth. Da ew genam ow herdh der an vorr (fordh), reb an gwelyow ha’n cojow (cosow), dres an trei horr (hordh). Bettegens, ogas dhe’n chei nag o mar blesont. Thera drog vlas e’n ayr – thera an tiek ow spredya teyl war y welyow war dopp an menedh. Na wrüga vy y weles, saw ow scovornow alja clowes y dractor (jynn tedna) hag ow frigow (dewfrig) alja clowes an blas.   

There are no children at all in school today, beause it’s the holidays. In the morning I went to the bus stop in Perranporth to go to Truro. I wanted to see my granddaughter and her son. There were already people on the beach. Some of them were ready to surf. I came home in the afternoon and there were even more people on the beach. I like my walk along the road, by the fields and the woods, past the three rams. However, near the house it wasn’t so pleasant. There was a nasty smell in the air – the farmer was muck-spreading on his fields at the top of the hill. I didn’t see him but my ears could hear his tractor and my nostrils (nose) could smell the stink.

2019 Day 97

Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Seytek

De Sül, seythves mis Ebrel

Sunday, 7^th April

Ero whei ogas dhe Lanwedhenek hedhyw? A wra whei mos dei en seythen ma? Whei alja gweles disqwedhyans art. Ma lies pictour da dres ehen. Ma nebes avenyow framys ow cregy war an vosow ha ma nebes moy ew settys war vergh scrifa. An brassa radn a’n pictours ew liwys war baper po canfas. Ma bolla bian gwres a bredn ha nebes oberow en gweder. Nag ew framys oll an pictours ha ma anjei en lewyaders. Ma cartednow ewedh, en clôs. Ha pandr’ew an maters? Whei ell gweles an mor gen todnow, an als gen carygy ha jynnjiow, henys, goleytyow ha’n treth. Ma tirwedhyow gen ryvers, dowrlabmow, goverow ha ponjow. Me a wel nebes teller ew aswonys dhebm; Porth Ia, Carrek Loos e’n Coos ha Truru.  Flourys ha bestas ell bos gwelys maga ta; pesk, bûgh ha lewpart.

Are you near Padstow today? Are you going there this week? You could see an art exhibition. There are many exceedingly good pictures. There are some framed images hanging on the walls and there are some more set on small easels. Most of the pictures are painted on paper or canvas. There is a little bowl made of wood and some works in glass. Not all the pictures are framed and they are in browsers. There are cards as well, in a rack. And what are the subjects? You can see the sea with waves, the coast with rocks and engine houses, harbours, lighthouses and the beach. There are landscapes with rivers, waterfalls, streams and bridges. I see some places I recognise; St Ives, St Michael’s Mount and Truro. Flowers and animals can be seen as well; a fish, a cow and a leopard.  

2019 Day 96

Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Whetek

De Sadorn, wheffes mis Ebrel

Saturday, 6^th April

Ma skyll owth apperya en mis Ebrel; skyll war wedh ha skyll war lies bleujen wels. Ma lavar coth ow ragleverel an gewer en hav. Mar teffa an derowen cawas skyll kens an enwedhen, nena na vedh dhen bes cowas vian.  Mar teffa an enwedhen cawas skyll kens an derowen, nena nei a vedh sür derbeudhys. Pur vian ew an skyll war dherowen et o lowarth. Martesen an hav a vedh gleb. Ma skyll war an blejyow an gôg ewedh, bes nag eus côg whath. Ma skyll war wedhen shirys ha war wedhen bloum. A vedh dhebm frûtys en hav?

Buds appear in April; buds on trees and buds on many wild flowers. There is an old saying predicting the weather in summer. If the oak is out before the ash, then we’ll only have a splash. If the ash is out before the oak, then we’ll really have a soak. The buds on an oak in my garden are very small. Perhaps the summer will be wet. There are buds on the bluebells (cuckoo flowers) as well, but there are no cuckoos yet. There are buds on a cherry tree and a plum tree. Will I have fruits in summer?