A Year of Late Cornish

  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...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pemp warn Ügens De Yow, terdhegves mis Est Thursday, 13th August De, tho an treth pur, pur vesy. (Hogstog o va!) Thera tüs et aga degolyow ha tüs pluw, pecar'a nei, a venja mires orth difygyans an howl. Poth o nei devedhys e veu morlanow, an mortid a veu pur ûhel. Thera todnow ow lagya agan treys. Nei a dremenas pons gleb bian dres an ryvar bian rag drehedhes an treth brâs. Nei a drouvyas splatt a dreth reb an ryvar bian. Leun o an tredh a düs gen scovaow, dhort mor dhe'n tewednow. Thera nei oll ow còrtos an difyk. Yesterday, the beach was very, very busy. There were people in their holidays and local people, like us, who wanted to watch the solar eclipse. When we had arrived it was high tide, the tide was very high. There were waves splashing our feet. We crossed a little wet bridge across the little river to reach the big beach. We found a patch of sand by the little river. The sand was full of people with shelters, from sea to the dunes. We were all wait...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar warn Ügens De Merher, dewdhegves mis Est Wednesday, 12th August Puptra hedhyw ew adro dhe'n howl ha'n loor. E vedh difygyans an howl gen an loor. Pe eur a vedh hedna? Pana bres a vedh an gwelha dh'y weles? Pe telher a wra rei an gwelha gwel? A dal vy crambla war vena dhe vires? A dal vy mos dhe'n treth? Pandr'ew vorr an moyha saw dhe vires orth difyk? Na venjama treylya dall. Ma tellvolla e'n gegin, po my ell gwil camera toll pidn gen kisten. Etho, my a veu kemerys dhe'n treth, ha'm gohydh a dhros gwedrow golok specyal. Everything today is about the sun and the moon. There will be an eclipse of the sun by the moon. What time will that be? What time will be the best to see it? What place will give the best view? Should I climb uphill to look? Should I go to the beach? What is the safest way to look at an eclipse? I do not want to go blind. There is a colander (a bowl with holes) in the kitchen, or I can make a pinhole camera wit...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Trei warn Ügens De Meurth, üdnegves mis Est Tuesday, 11th August Mettin a-varr, my ell gweles an howldrevel adhelher dhe'n gwedh e'n lowarth agan kentrevogyon. Termyn pur deg ew, gen golow owriek war pub tra et agan lowarth. Pur hir ew skeujow agan gwedh war an dor. Ma'n howl ow terevel e'n est ha ma'n skeujow ow resek tû'a west, war tû'a an howlsedhes. Saw nag era nei nevra ow qweles howlsedhes e'n lowarth ma, drefen bos adhelher dhe'n gwedh ha ke ha menedh! Da via genam mires orth difygyans an howl e'n gordhûher avorow. My a dal mos dhe'n treth. An mortid a wra mos mes e'n gordhûher, etho e vedh spas lowr ragon ha lies moy. Pur dha ew agan treth rag howlsedhesow. Avorow a vedh deffrans, theram ow pedery. Early morning, I can see the sunrise behind the trees in our neighbours' garden. It's a very beautiful time, with a golden light on everything in our garden. The shadows of our trees are very long on the gro...