It has stayed dry all day, sunny in the morning and grey in the afternoon.
Peter and I did some Welsh lesson preparation together after breakfast. I find it helps to go through the next few sections in our folders before the class, fewer rabbit in the headlights moments.
In the lesson we began with more work on those pesky prepositions and then turned to a much more entertaining section about animals. Plenty of opportunities to chat and to learn new vocabulary. We had our tutor stumped when somebody asked what the Welsh for chicken run was and she had to resort to her advanced dictionary. Obviously not a term used in colloquial Welsh. There were some fun animal names, hamster - bochdew [bok d ow] / 'fat cheeks' and guinea pig - mochyn cwta [mok in coo ta] / short pig. Others were easy , eliffant, jiraffe, mwnci and teigr. I decided we might as well call flamingos - pink birds.
During the break and after class I sanded out the last few knots and washed down all the woodwork that will need repainting.
Salad has been made for supper and shortly I'll be off to the Hall for an hour of happy dancing.
The female blackbird in particular is fond of these fruits on the end hedge (can't remember what it is). This hedge is also full of powdery mildew which goes everywhere when I cut it especially with the electric trimmer. There's not much I can do about it but at least it seems that each species of plant has a powdery mildew specific to it and it shouldn't spread to any other plants.
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We have a gentleman here who is Welsh and used to write a column for the newspaper. I remember him writing once that Welsh is one of the hardest languages to learn.
Your plant looks like one that is a native here, Oemeiria cerasiformis (we used to call it Indian Plum, now it is known as Oso Berry) and birds, small mammals and bears like the fruit.
Sounds like a really nice mix of learning and everyday life today. The Welsh animal names are brilliant, especially those “fat cheeks” and “short pig” ones, they stick in your head in the best way. Good luck with the dancing later, hope it’s a fun one.
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