A Year of Late Cornish

  2026, Dedh Dew Cans Üdnek warn Ügens De Merher, nawnjegves mis Est Wednesday, 19th August My a wrüg clowes glaw e'n nos. Ha, otta, nebes misvaow a dhowr e'n grava ros! A venja an edhyn gwil bath? Na ellama gweles lies edhen hedhyw, ha na ellama clowes lies anodhans na neyl. Pe le mons? Üjens en lowarth nebonan aral? My ell clowes an gwens e'n gwedh, ha'n mor a-bell. Wotiwedh! Colobmen coos ew devedhys tre. I heard rain in the night. And, behold, several inches of water in the wheelbarrow! Would the birds like to take a bath? I can't seemany birds today, and I can't hear many of them either. Where are they? Are they in somebody else's garden. I can hear the wind in the trees, and the distant sea. At last! A wood pigeon has come home.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Deg warn Ügens De Meurth, etegves mis Est Tuesday, 18th August Solabres thera nei ow qweles delkyow marow war an leur dadn agan gwedh. Ma dhodhans an liwyow kidnyadh, saw nag ew kidnyadh whath. Pur segh (seth) ew an gewer, ha ma'n gwedh ow sòffra anken heb dowr lowr. Mons ow kelly aga del a-dermyn rag dürya. E veu gwenton wheg dhen gen bleujyow lowr, etho ma lies aval bian. Na ell anjei tevy brâs drefen nag eus glaw. Ma edhyn ow piga frûtys e'n gwedh rag glebor. Ma sehes dhodhans. Ha ma nebes avalow ow podry ken codha. Nei a guntellas nebes avalow, bes na vedh lowr anodhans rag an gwav. Na vern! Ma lies moren dhû. We are already seeing dead leaves on the floor under our trees. They have the colours of autumn, but it is not autumn yet. The weather is very dry, and the trees are suffering stress without enough water. They are losing their leaves early to survive. We had a nice spring with plenty of blossom, so there are a lot of little apples. They cannot gro...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Naw warn Ügens De Lün, seytegves mis Est Monday, 17th August E veu dhen badna glaw mettin a-varr. Ev a lebas an lowarth, saw na veu lowr rag y dhowrhe pur dha. Sehys ew solabres, marnas ma dagrow glaw war wias kenesen war nebes delkyow sevy e'n skeuj. Nenbrednyer to crow nowydh agan kentrevek a dreylyas gleb, saw  lebmyn ma gwarhas stanch dhodho. We had a drop of rain in the early morning. It wetted the garden, but there wasn't enough to water it very well. It's dried up already, except there are raindrops on a cobweb on a few strawberry leaves in the shade. The roof rafters of our neighbour's new shed got wet, but now it has a waterproof tarpaulin.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Eth warn Ügens De Sül, whetegves mis Est Sunday, 16th August Mis Est ew an termyn own rag cuntel frutys dhort an lowarth ha dhort an keow. Ma nebes avalow ow codha dhe'n dor solabres. Lies aval ew shyndys, pigys gen edhyn rag glebor. Avalow shyndys ew da gen gwibes ha gwenen ha gohies. Bès ma avalow lowr gerys raga vy dhe vryjyon gen mor dû dhort an keow. Da via genam cawas nebes ploum melyn, ewedh, bès gellys ens. Martesen anjei a veu ladrys gen edhyn po gen gwyweres. An gwyweres a wrüg debry oll an know coll en certan.  August is the right month for gathering fruits from the garden and from the hedges. Some apples are falling to the ground already. Many apples are damaged, pecked by birds for moisture. Flies and bees and wasps like damaged apples. But there are enough apples left for me to stew with blackberries from the hedges. I would like to have some yellow plums, too, but they are gone. Perhaps they were stolen by birds or by squirrels. The squirrel...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Seyth warn Ügens De Sadorn, pemdhegves mis Est Saturday, 15th August Whath, theram ow pedery a'n difygyans an howl de Merher. My a dal liwya pictur a'n golow coynt. My a gerdhas dhe'n mor. A aljama trouvya dastewydnyans a'n howl en dowr isel, war treth gleb? Na veu an difyk dhe les dhe'n kei na. Thera an flehes ow qwary e'n treth ha dowr heb pedery dro dhe'n difyk. Thera le a dhowr e'n ryvar bian drefen gellys mes o an mortid. Martesen sarf neyja a veu moy dhe les avel howl, mor ha treth dhe re erel. Still, I am thinking of Wednesday's solar eclipse. I should paint a picture of the odd light. I walked to the sea. Could I find a reflection of the sun in low water, on wet sand? The eclipse was of no interest to that dog. The children were playing in the sand and water without thinking about the eclipse. The little river had less water because the tide had gone out. Perhaps a kite was more interesting than sun, sea and sand to other...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Whegh warn Ügens De Gwener, pajardegves mis Est Friday, 14th August Difygyans an Howl a-ûgh Stonehenge. My a welas an ymaj ma war Facebook. Edrek, nag ew an fotografer aswonys genam. Na aljama kemeres foto a'n par ma. Ma othom a gamera sevelyek en üdn telher, kemeres nebes tednow gen powesow compes ha cayer specyal. War an treth my alja gweles an howl gans ow gwedrow. Na wrüg an eborn treylya dû, saw tho pecar'a gordhûher. An edhyn a veu meskegys bès pur deg o. En gwettha pres, nag üjy ow hamera owth obery hedhyw. The Solar Eclipse above Stonehenge. I saw this image on Facebook. Sorry, I don't know the photographer. I couldn't take a photo like that. It needs a static (stationary) camera in one place, taking several shots with regular intervals and a special filter. On the beach I could see the sun with my glasses. The sky did not turn dark, but it was like evening. The birds were confused but it was very beautiful. Unfortunately, my camera is not w...