#St David's

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Trouble in the 1800's - Good Omens

The next time we see them together Crowley asks for holy water. What did they do to the poor dear?

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Go West

After weeks of working and nothing else I decided to book a last minute deal in a Premier Inn in St David's West Wales.

We have stayed at that Premier Inn before and so decided to make it a road trip with the kids. We left much later than usual and so spent most of the day travelling and getting some last minute bits and pieces but overall we enjoyed the weekend trip.

We did a nice costal walk along Saint Non's and a trip to Newgale Beach which was nice to blow the cobwebs away.

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[etherealarte]

Mediterranean Escape: A Summer Well Spent by David Gandy Wellwear

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus i bawb!

That's right! It's WALES' BIRTHDAY*!!! Yaaaaayyyy today you are all Welsh. Enjoy your 24 hours of perfect harmonisation ability and utter disinterest in any celebrities. Watch out for the dragons.

*It is not Wales' birthday

I have decided to revive an old favourite of this blog to mark the occasion - prepare for a classic Pick The Fake Welsh Word Poll! And to super charge the Welshness today we are assessing the glory that is the daffodil - the national flower of Wales (lol not really, our national flower is the leek. And that's why queen Lizzie Two had to get coronated with a leek on her dress because we refused to let them use the daffodil even when the palace designer begged. Iconic.)

(But the daffodil is still a symbol of Wales, so it counts here.)

So! Let's go! Etymology at the end.

Etymology Notes

Croeso'r Gwanwyn - they flower in March! Hence the St David's Day link. One of the first flowers to bloom in spring.

Clych babi - the trumpet bit looks like a bell, I suppose, and has similar (make a noise' connotations. Why a baby? Dunno. Maybe a spring link again.

Gwayw brenin - the leaves are definitely spear-like, and the petals look a bit like a crown

Pibell felen - 'pibell' usually means a pipe in the sense of music, so another trumpet reference. Except we didn't have trumpets in Wales, so pipe it is

Gylfinog - the trumpet again. The word is often used for animals (morfil gylfinog is beaked whale, for example). Cognate with Cornish gelvinek, Irish gulba, etc.

Cenhinen Pedr - Peter is probably the saint. The leek is otherwise a Welsh emblem

Lily pengam - the angle of the flower head, maybe, makes it 'wry-headed'? And then the lily link, which turns up a few times

Melyn Clamai - yellow is obvious. Clamai is a corruption of Calan Mai - May Eve. Another reference to the time of year

Lili Clamai - lily again, Calan Mai again.

Dwndili - a corruption of the English word 'daffodil', and the lili again

Daffidondili - further corruption

Daffitwndili - corruption but with hypercorrection of the d to a t! Can you tell these ones are dialectic?

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Enjoy!

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I'M HAUNTED

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A ver cuándo - Los piojos

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Zooming in on David Tennant - Part Ten

See the [ Zooming on Tennant Series ] tag for more

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Poster for 'The Survival of St. Joan', a medieval rock opera by American rock band, Smoke Rise, from an original concept and libretto by playwright and screenwriter James Lineberger (1971). Artwork by David Edward Byrd.

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My Star Trek: Discovery retro episode posters for the final season are 9 out of 10 complete. The series finale premieres on Thursday so keep an eye out for my final poster and limited print sale announcement at the end of the week.

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LOSERBOY AND HATERGIRL

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...at the bench.

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Star Trek: Generations (1994) // Dir. David Carson

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The Round House, St Davids, Pembrokeshire.

James Gowan c.1967

Sept 23