A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Peswardhek warn Ügens De Sadorn, nessa warn ügens mis Est Saturday, 22nd August Lôwen o vy dhe weles tüs erel ow bos lôwen. Ha rag fra ew tüs erel lôwen? Hedhyw, nag ew an jedh dhe wil whel. Nag eus scol ha nag eus coljy. Hedhyw ew dedh dhe berna cofednow kig hag eva cor (po sugen)! Hedhyw nei ell omjersya e'n lowarth ha kestalkya, yonk ha coth warbarth. Ew nebonan skith? Ev alja disqwithy gen lagajow degëys. Eus keherow skith dhe nebonan? Lôwsel en kibel a dhowr tòbm ew bryntin. Riel dra! Terweythyow, flehes ell radna aga thybyansow en còsel, heb kenkya! I'm happy to see other people being happy. And why are other people happy? Today is not the day to do work. There is no school and no college. Today is a day to buy pasties and drink wine (or juice)! Today we can make ourselves comfortable in the garden and chat, young and old together. Is someone tired? He could relax with closed eyes. Does someone have tired muscles? Loosening up in a tub of hot water is...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Terdhek warn Ügens De Gwener, kensa warn ügens mis Est Friday, 21st August Solabres, dew vis ew tremenys wòja Golôwan. Scon e vedh Kidnyadh. Hedn' a vedh solas. Hav ew re dòbm ragam. Ebòrnow blou ew blewek. My a veu lôwen dhe weles cloudys e'n ebòrn mettin ma. Lebmyn my a ell anella heb gref. Already, two months have passed after Midsummer's Day. Soon it will be Autumn. That will be a relief. Summer is too hot for me. Blue skies are boring. I was happy to see clouds in the sky this morning. Now I can breathe freely.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dewdhek warn Ügens De Yow, ügensves mis Est Thursday, 20th August Terweythyow ma othom a checkya atalgutter. Kemerowgh with derevel an còvren. Ma  kenis ow lurkya! Holma a nedhas neyth owrlyn rag hy oyow. Ma hei ow qwardya hy felen arvys en fers. Nag ew gwias kenisen rag cacha kelyon. Fesys ew nebes kenisednow behatna. Scon an genisen gelednek ma a vedh en tewlder arta. An atalgutter ew da lowr. Sometimes a drain needs to be checked. Take care lifting the lid. There are spiders lurking! This one spun a silken nest for her eggs. She is guarding her precious orb fiercely. It's not a cobweb to catch flies. Some smaller spiders have been chased away. Soon this brave spider will be in the dark again. The drain is OK. Gerva rag hedhyw Vocabulary for today cachya to catch, trap checkya to check còvren (m) big lid, cover kelednik brave kelyon (coll.) flies > kelyonen (f) kenis (coll) spiders > kenisen (f) > pl. kenisednow nedha to spin, twist neyth (m)...

  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...