A Year of Late Cornish

2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dewdhek De Lun, udnek warn ugens mis Gorefen Monday, 31st July Pur lowen o vy de dhe weles ow theylu . An gewer o gleb ha yeyn, bes an flehes wydn o lowen en kibel a dhowr tobm. Bes pe le ma ow foto? Ellama y drouvya avorow? Sowena war an diwedh! I was very happy yesterday to see my family. The weather was wet and cold, but the grandchildren were happy in a tub of hot water. But where is my photo? Will I find it tomorrow? Success at last!

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans hag Udnek De Sul, degves warn ugens mis Gorefen Sunday, 30th July E veu challenjys nowydh dhebm hedhyw. An kensa veu fatel dhe vos en bera dhe'n carr ow mab. An nessa veu dhe assendya y stappys. Nag o vy pur afinys. Nebes syger ha cledhek oma.   I had new challenges today. The first was how to get into my son's car. The second was to mount his steps. I am not very elegant (or graceful). I'm a bit slow and awkward.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Deg De Sadorn, nawes warn ugens mis Gorefen Saturday, 29th July E veu whans dhebm gweles cowetha goth hedhyw, saw gour ow howethes a shindyas y droos ha na ell ev drivya. Na alja anjei dos obma ha na alja vy mos ena naneyl. Betegens e veu visitoryon - ow mab wydn tont ha y   hôr (ha aga sira) . Anjei a gerdhas oll adro dhe'n lowarth. Ma dhebm dew grôch rag kerdhes - saw na ellama crambla an stappys. I had wanted to see old friends today, but my friend's husband injured his foot and he can't drive.They couldn't come here and I couldn't go there either. However there were visitors - my cheeky grandson and his sister (and their father). They walked all around the garden. I have a pair of crutches for walking - but I can't climb the steps.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Naw De Gwener, ethves warn  ü gens mis Gorefen Friday, 28th July Pe le ma'n hav? Pe le ma'n howl? Loos ew an eborn comolek, loos avel l ü jiw. Nag ew loos liw  lôwenek. Terweythyow thera vy ow ton dilhas loos, vas ens.  Bes gwell ew genam r ü dh - thew hedna liw moy  lôwenek. L ô wen o vy dhe weles avalow r ü dh war ow gwedhen. Where is the summer? Where is the sun? The cloudy sky is grey, as grey as ashes. Grey is not a cheerful colour. Sometimes I wear grey clothes, they are practical. But I prefer red - that is a more cheerful colour. I am happy to see red apples on my tree.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans hag Eth De Yow, seythves warn ugens mis Gorefen Thursday, 27th July Kerdh bian hedhyw war an vorr. Ma'n vorr war venedh ow ledya dhe'n eglos ha ma'n vorr war nans ow ledya dhe'n mor. Ydn ew an vorr drefen ma mar lies redenen. Redenek ew an keow, leun a reden. A short walk on the road. The road uphill leads to the church and the road downhill leads to the sea. The road is narrow because there are so many ferns. The hedges are ferny, full of bracken.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Seyth De Merher, wheffes warn  ü gens mis Gorefen Wednesday, 26th July Pandr'ero whei ow kil war dreth? Martesen da ew genowgh kerdhes gen kei po whilas tresur po bathow gen helerhyas metol. Bes rag fra ma carr war an treth ma? E veu whans dhe nebonan a delher parkya frank! An rosow ew stag en treth down. Jynn-tedna a'n tednas mes. What do you do on a beach? Perhaps you like walking with a dog or searching for treasure or coins with a metal detector. But why is there a car on this beach? Someone wanted a free parking space! The wheels are stuck in deep sand. A tractor pulled it out.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Whegh De Meurth, pempes warn ugens mis Gorefen Tuesday, 25th July Eus degolyow dhe whei? Pandr'ew agas pedn viaj moyha kerys? Ew da genowgh mos dhe'n treth rag degolyow morrep? Ma lies ostel reb an mor - Atlantek po Mor Cres, whei ell dewis. Ostyjy ell neyja e'n mor po omhowla. Bes ew an mor saw? Terweythyow ma gwithyjy-treth. Bes martesen an peryl na ell bos gwelys. Woja glaw poos, hager gawas, bystyon alja scappya e'n dowrow. Nena nag ew saw dhe neyja. War Rhodes an bobel a goscas war an treth dhe scappya tanyow gwyls. Do you have holidays? What is your favourite destination? Do you like going to the beach for seaside holidays? There are many hotels by the sea - Atlantic or Mediterranean, you can choose. Guests can swim in the sea or sunbathe. But is the sea safe? Sometimes there are beach-guards. But perhaps the danger cannot be seen. After heavy rain, a downpour, sewage could escape into the waters. Then it is not safe to swim. On Rhodes the

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Pemp De Lun, pajwora warn ugens mis Gorefen Monday, 24th July En Kernow ha Sillan hedhyw tho an gewer gwenjek. An gwens o yeyn lowr. An eborn o glas - terweythyow blou ha terweythyow loos, gen cloudys gwydn. Bettegens, deffrans o war enesow en Mor Cres. Ena, tho an gwens tobm ha crev, ow fanya lies tan gwels. Na alja an eborn ha'n howl bos gwelys awos mog tewl. In Cornwall and the Scillies today the weather was windy. The wind was quite cold. The sky was "glas" (blue/green/grey) - sometimes blue and sometimes grey, with white clouds. However, it was different on islands in the Mediterranean Sea. There the wind was hot and strong, fanning many wildfires. The sky and sun could not be seen because of dark smoke.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Pajar De S ü l, tryja warn ügens mis Gorefen Sunday, 23 rd  July Creunyores o vy. Ma dhebm taclow coth en seher ha copartys. Terweythyow theram ow cavas neppeth nakevys (ankevys). Ero whei owth ajon an gwias ma? Martesen tho whei re yonk. Lebmyn thew ev plüvek (gwres nanj ew termyn hir gen Ownter Fred), saw e'n gwerryans tho va parash û t. Oll sortow taclow a veu gwres gen owrlyn parash û t – otta goon mariach (en museum). I am a hoarder. I have old things in bags and cupboards. Sometimes I find something forgotten. Do you recognise this fabric? Perhaps you are too young. Now it is a pillow (made a long time ago by Uncle Fred), but in the war it was a parachute. All kinds of things were made of parachute silk – here's a wedding gown (in a museum).

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Trei De Sadorn, nessa warn ugens mis Gorefen. Saturday, 22nd July Jorna gleb ha loos! Pe le ma hav? An kensa dedh degolyow scol - na vedh an flehes lowen. Na ellama mos mes ow honan - my a wra enjoya ow daffar nowydh! Agan chei ew pecar'a clojy lebmyn - gen cador, scavel ha dornla specyal. A wet and grey day! Where is summer? The first day of school holidays - the children won't be happy. I can't go out myself - I'll enjoy my new equipment! Our house is like a hospital now - with a special chair. stool and handle.

   2023 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dew De Gwener, kensa warn ugens mis Gorefen Friday, 21st July Hedhyw tho vy sqwithüs ha sqwithys. My wrug kerdhes, redya, mires orth tele, debry ha scrifa - bes oll a taclow na o blewek. Ma othom dhebm a art. Martesen avorow my a vedn liwya po tedna nebes flourys. My alja gwil carten rag pednbloodh ow howethes. Bloodh hei ew pajar ugens. Today I am boring and bored. I walked, read, watched TV, ate and wrote - but all those things were boring. I need art. Perhaps tomorrow I will colour or draw some flowers. I could make a card for my friend's birthday. She is eighty years old.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans hag Onan De Yow, ugensves mis Gorefen Thursday, 20th July Ma liwyow e'n lowarth war whynas ha prysk . Ma flourys blou war an hydrangea bras - my a wrug gonis hedna. Ma flourys purpur war an buddleia - ev a wrug gonis y honan! An whynas ew gonys gen an gwens. There are colours in the garden on weeds and bushes. There are blue flowers on the big hydrangea - I grew that. There are purple flowers on the buddleia - that planted itself! The weeds are sown by the wind.

  2023 Dedh Dew Cans De Merher, nawnjegves mis Gorefen Wednesday, 19th July Na ellama leverel, "Glas ew an mor hedhyw," drefen na ellama kerdhes dhe weles an mor. Bettegens, my ell leverel, "An hav ew glas." Oll an keow ew glas, an gwedh ew glas ha ma lies moren las. Ma greun glas war an greunwedh - scawen, kerdhen. Whath ew an know coll glas war golwedh. Gwyweres ew  gòcky - na ell anjei g ò rtos. Nag ew an know arves, saw ma plysk gwag war an dor.  I can't say, "The sea is blue today," because I can't walk to see the sea. However, I can say, "The summer is green." All the hedges are green, the trees are green and there are many green berries. There are green berries (grains) on berrytrees - an elder, a mountain ash. Even the hazelnuts are green on hazel trees. Squirrels are silly - they cannot wait. The nuts are not ripe, but there are are empty shells on the ground.

   2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ugens ha Nawnjek De Meurth, etegves mis Gorefen Tuesday, 18th July Thera vy ow mos rag tabm ha tabm, cabmow bian. My a gerdhas e'n vownder dhe vires orth an gover. Whath nag eus dowr lowr etto, saw an gwibes ew lowen. Da via genam kerdhes dhe'n gwelyow po treth, saw na ellama, na whath. En bledhydnyow eus passyes me a welas barlys glas ow tevy. Eus barlys e'n vledhen ma? Ew an gwelyow re segh? I am progressing bit by bit, small steps. I walked in the lane to look at the stream. There is still not enough water in it, but the midges are happy. I would like to walk to the fields or the beach, but I can't, not yet. In past years I saw green barley growing. Is there barley this year? Are the fields too dry?

  2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ugens hag Etek De Lun, seytegves mis Gorefen Monday, 17th July Fysiotherapydhes ha gwithyades clevyon en udn jorna! Tydn ha skith marow oma. Thera vy et ow gwely moy avarr vel usyes. A physiotherapist and a nurse in one day! I am sore and exhausted. I am in my bed earlier than usual.

  2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ugens ha Seytek De Sul, whetegves mis Gorefen Sunday, 16th July My ell kerdhes gen fram kerdh. My a gerdhas e'n vownder ha mires adro. Thera lies bran e'n pras agan kentrevoges, ha lies anodhans ow neyja e'n ayr. Rag fra ma mar lies? Udn tycky-Duw a neyjas ogas dhe'm troos. My a welas nebes moy. I can walk with a walking frame. I walked in the lane and looked around. There were many rooks in our neighbour's meadow, and many of them flying in the air. Why are there so many? One butterfly flew near my foot. I saw several more.

2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ugens ha Whetek De Sadorn, pemdhegves mis Gorefen Saturday, 15th July En hav per cov gwav. Hav ew lebmyn ha ma fr û tys bian war wedh. E vedh avalow lowr rag kidnyadh, saw anjei a vedh debrys ken gwav! Ma odhom dhe nei a wedh moy. Ma avalow saw nag eus per. Ma'n mor  dû ow pleujyowa e'n ke, bes re  û hel ens. E vedh calish dh'aga cuntel. In summer remember winter. It's summer now and there are little fruits on trees. There will be enough apples for autumn, but they will be eaten before winter! We need more trees. There are apples but there are no pears. The blackberries are blooming in the hedge, but they are too high. It will be hard to pick them.

  2023 Dedh Cans Pajar  Ügens  ha Pemdhek De Gwener, pajardegves mis Gorefen Friday, 14th July  Nag eus howlsplan hedhyw, na whath tòbmder an howl, saw ma genam bleujow a'n howl spladn. Emesk flourys melyn ma flourys r ü dh    (montbretia) ha flourys glas (agapanthus). Thens flourys a'n hav. Mowns ow tevy pur dha en Kernow en hav. Ow agapanthus ow h ò nan a veu ladhys gen rew a'n gwav. Ma montbretia melyn et ow lowarth, ewedh, saw nag ew an flourys mar spladn. There's no sunshine today, nor yet the sun's warmth, but I have bright sunflowers. Among the yellow flowers there are red flowers (montbretia) and blue flowers (agapanthus). They are summer flowers. They grow very well in Cornwall in summer. My own agapanthus was killed by winter frost. There's yellow montbretia in my garden, too, though the flowers are not so bright.

  2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ugens ha Peswardhek De Yow, terdhegves mis Gorefen Thursday, 13th July Skith o vy, saw lowen. My a welas lies tycky-Duw ha udn cronek du brith et ow lowarth. Ha cowethes da a dhanvonas flourys teg dhebm. I am tired, but happy. I saw a lot of butterflies and a spotty toad in my garden. And a good friend sent me lovely flowers.

  2023 Dedh Cans Pajar  Ü gens  ha Terdhek De Merher, dewdhegves mis Gorefen Wednesday, 12th July Dedh Deg gen clün nowydh ha my ell kerdhes oll adro dhe'n gegin, an basfry, an stevel sedha, ow chambour bian (ow sodhva), an attesva ha'n losowjy. Na wrüga vy crambla an degre, bes my wrüg kerdhes e'n v ô wnder. My a veu lôwen gen howlsplan war ow bejeth. Day Ten with a new hip and I can walk all around the kitchen, the hall, the sitting room, my little bedroom (my office), the toilet and the conservatory. I have not climbed the stairs, but I have walked in the lane. I was happy with sunshine on my face.

  2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Dewdhek De Meurth, udnegves mis Gorefen Tuesday, 11 th  July Pe le ma ow ympydnyon hedhyw? Nag ujy traveth owth obery! Na ellama redya, na ellama scrifa, na ellama rekna. Pe le ma ow awen? Martesen avorow, w ò ja  còsk  moy. Where is my brain today? Nothing works! I can't read, I can't write, I can't do sums. Where is my inspiration? Perhaps tomorrow, after more sleep.

   2023 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens hag  Üdnek De L ü n, degves mis Gorefen Monday, 10 th  July Nanj ew  üd n seythen thera vy en clojy. Lebmyn otta vy en chei. My eth ha dos tre en ambulans. Na wruga vy codha war ow fedn, saw whath tho vy nebes sogh.     One week ago I was in hospital. Now here I am at home. I went and came home in an ambulance. I didn't fall on my head but I am still a bit dimwitted.