Dedh Cans ha Whegh

De Merher, pemdhegves mis Ebrel
Wednesday, 15th April

Ma clowys genam an gog - bes hedna veu bohes bledhednyow kens lebmyn. My a welas cog nanj ew lies bledhen. Nag eus cog e'n vledhen ma ha nag era cog e'n vledhen ew tremenys, na'n vledhen kens hedna. Nag eus besca clowys cog wir gans ow flehes gwydn. Bes ma bleujyow a'n guckou ow tos et ow lowarth. Martesen ma othom dhodhans a hanow nowydh - clegh blou po clehigow blou - le avel prydydh bes moy gweythresek. Ma hynt a vlou emesk meur a las. Ellowgh whei gweles? Scon e vedh moy. Ma hynt a liw e'n gwedh avalow ewedh - kigliw gwednek ew an bleujyow. Nag ew pub tra teg. Ma whel dhe wil e'n lowarth. Paynt gwydn ew gellys dhort frammys beistry e'n crow. Ma othom dhodhans a vos parys gen paper treth ha payntys gwydn arta. E'n gwettha pres radn an predn ew còskys. Ma va ow codha mes. Na ellama cawas predn nowydh whath.

I have heard the cuckoo - but that was a few years before now. I saw a cuckoo many years ago. There is no cuckoo this year and there was no cuckoo last year, nor the year before that. My grandchildren have never heard a real cuckoo. But there are cuckoo flowers coming in my garden.  Perhaps they need a new name - blue bells or little blue bells - less poetic but more functional. There's a hint of blue among a lot of green. Can you see. Soon there will be more. There's a hint of colour in the apple trees as well - the blossom is pale pink. Not everything is beautiful. There's work to do in the garden. White paint has gone from the window frames in the shed. They need to be prepared with sandpaper and painted white again. Unfortunately ,some of the wood is rotten. It falls away. I can't get new wood yet.

Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

avel prydydh poetic, like poetry
bleujen a'n guckou (f) bluebell (literally cuckoo flower)
bleujyow (collective plural) blossom, flowers
clehik (m) little bell > (plural note consonant change) clehigow
clogh (m) bell > (plural - note vowel change) clegh
cog (f) cuckoo (also cuckou)
còskys rotten (of wood - you can also use poder) 
gwydnek pale, whitish
gweythresek functional
kigliw pink (literally flesh coloured)