I do tend to ramble on about my man hermit *flirt!* If you can put up with that, feel free to wander round at will... :)
"Take my hand I give it to you, Now you own me, all I am... You said you would never leave me, I believe you, I believe. I can feel you all around me, thickening the air I'm breathing... Holding on to what I'm feeling, Savouring this heart that's healed."
Me and Eric went for a day trip to Anglesey on Wednesday. It didn't start out too well when we got rear~ended by some idiot who 'didn't see the brake light because the sun was too bright'. I take it he didn't see the indicator light either? Or the fact that we were stopped in the road, waiting to turn into a side street?? Moron.
Anyway, I digress. :) We had a lovely rest of day. The weather was a bit dull, but warm and fresh at the same time. We walked for miles around a couple of bays, and out to South Stack Lighthouse. The Irish Sea wasn't as choppy and rough as we'd have liked ~ not so dramatic. But beautiful nonetheless. :)
I enjoyed playing around with the camera ~ the slate rocks, the algae, flowers etc etc. Eric thinks I'm a nutjob. I think he's a philistine. :)
Yes, you can tour the lighthouse, which I've done on a previous trip years ago. We didn't this time ~ there are about 20 million steps to get to it, which would have meant the end of Eric. Hehe.
The gulls were demons. I think it would have meant the end of both of us if we hadn't shared with them. Lend me that gun when you've finished with Rocky? ;)
I thought that foal was dead when I first saw it, it was lying in a funny position and not moving at all. I was so bloody relieved when it got up! That's a small farm behind it. There were three adult horses too, Shires, and i was in my element feeding them! Not half so ruthless as the gulls.
The rocks are all slate ~ it's been used for hundreds of years for roofing tiles and stuff. Probably thousands for one thing and another.
The little pink flowers, I have no idea. They looked a little like clover, but they weren't. I'd not seen them before. Really pretty, even the loads of dead ones, with pale beige seed heads. :)
I love that coat ~ it's warm enough for cold weather, but light enough for days like Wednesday when it was breezy but warm. Plus it has big pockets for my camera and ciggies. ;)
Those last flowers are honeysuckle. Usually you can suck the sugar out of the petal, it's like a hollow tube almost. But these were a bit past their prime. Still pretty though. :)
Thing is, anyone reading this will look at all those double "L"s (one letter in the Welsh alphabet), and pronounce them as "L". Wrong. There is no English equivalent to the Welsh "double L". The nearest sound is "thl". Try it. The "ch" at the end (ch is also one letter) is pronounced as the "ch" in J.S.Bach. Just remember also that "u" is pronounced "ee", and "y" is pronounced "u" as in 'but', and you're away....
For the "ll", one just has to lift one's tongue to the roof of their mouth, as if they are going to say "la", but instead of vocalizing, simply exhale sharply, whilst holding one's tongue in place.
For the "ll", one just has to lift one's tongue to the roof of their mouth, as if they are going to say "la", but instead of vocalizing, simply exhale sharply, whilst holding one's tongue in place.
I don't suppose that someone would be kind enough to leave an audio reply for those of us who aren't doing a good job of it ourselves?
For the "ll", one just has to lift one's tongue to the roof of their mouth, as if they are going to say "la", but instead of vocalizing, simply exhale sharply, whilst holding one's tongue in place.
Do they actually teach you that in school in Wales? Sheesh, I thought speaking was supposed to be more or less instinctive...
horses i love horses ,,,,,,,,,,,note to Mousie Horse's and ponies will lie done full out when they feel relaxed and not threatened. When i lived in the New Forest where the ponies roam free the Verders who looked after the forest kept having holiday makers phoning saying they had seen a pony dead but it was just sleeping
My life in nutshells... all that's important to me.
Why are you wearing a winter coat? 
