Writer, editor, knitter, gardener - and politics (definitely not a Tory, š, ā for the NHS, and #FBPE). Based in Gwynedd. Annibyniaeth š“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æšŖšŗ
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Last Notes npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with a collection of autumn colour from the garden and meadow (one good storm and this will all go). We need a #leafscrollingā¦. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/291/677/658/472/196/original/983163421af23836.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and #FensterFreitag ⦠Summer night, light on the path https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/951/843/039/205/520/original/9dead44103fcdaa4.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with a #bloomscrolling (and a colour-coordinating bug in this Agapanthus floret) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/816/033/640/989/078/original/63e5063435feea81.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales for the start of the week with a #mosstodon in the woods behind the village https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/532/948/529/293/938/original/d6a57b36e6e8a835.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with an apt #FensterFreitag for Easter weekend. Thereās been a church here since the 400s, with links to St Patrick. St Tanwgās is a magical place, half buried in the dunes and without electricity, so services and concerts (I go to the latter) are held in candlelight. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/358/109/311/547/589/original/3e364802ebbd5f87.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #FensterFreitag https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/317/907/101/449/566/original/08c54a7ce4c473fb.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn OMG I feel old⦠hang on, I am old ⦠𤣠npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #SilentSunday https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/131/419/553/175/603/original/d613f614a94e4d43.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with more bugs on plants (waves at #bloomscrolling too). I havenāt been able to identify this emerald jewel⦠any ideas? https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/995/382/016/762/896/original/e1043c5e74cf1cac.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with the snowdrops which are beginning to appear everywhere - so #bloomscrolling https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/978/348/464/690/808/original/e023f8a1253a67b1.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with a #mosstodon (all the wet weather has been great for the moss) I think this is Polytrichium commune⦠am I correct? https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/938/318/231/031/565/original/7c15fad57293e43a.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn I feel the need for a #StandingStoneSunday and this is pretty impressive. Not in Wales, though - itās the Rudston monolith in Yorkshire, the UKās tallest standing stone. Guess which came first, the church or⦠š https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/853/820/780/882/150/original/c9a43ec7e38c74e7.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Any recommendations for #Pixelfed instances? Iām unlikely to quit the increasingly unpleasant #instagram completely for work reasons but not only do I loathe Meta, I also loathe the effect the new 4:5 grid format is having on my carefully curated grids. Hm, on all grids, actually. Yuk. At least I can shift my personal account - donāt think Iāll import my Insta stuff. Thereās too much going on to mess about with that, plus fresh approach and why not⦠npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales still hankering after summer (especially as we have a snow warning for the weekend - which I refuse to believe)⦠Barmouth railway bridge from the Mawddach trail, low tide, midsummer⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/762/977/681/857/935/original/c50af892ada6a07d.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with more #bloomscrolling on a gloomy, windy, grey December day. Orange hawkweed. Glorious colour. Invasive in some places in the world, but not here in Wales. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/678/251/165/832/656/original/6609c9dbf695f5dd.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales is keeping fingers crossed that the problems with posting images are no more. Letās see⦠Just took ages to upload. Now letās hope that when I actually post this, it matches up with my image and not someone elseās (that was an interesting variation)⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/649/811/616/930/279/original/162145d27267e16f.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales is still angry - and so was the weather when I took this (Iāve been on a train along here with the waves breaking over us - so this is ⦠mild) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/593/139/976/326/545/original/0a193b68ad41d7a0.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with a wintry sea (The barrier is there to block high tides from coming up the slipway; there are steps around it for pedestrians and Labradors who just have to go on the beach despite it being both cold and stormy; do not be fooled by the blue in the sky) https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/548/064/823/648/400/original/8515af7f167b3d78.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales as we move towards winter - the rope āswingsā have been there for several years, and often come with attached local kids. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/491/164/232/074/794/original/dc9e221d8b3d5a6f.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with a random pic⦠Oh, a win - mountain crags with a solitary tree https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/463/064/457/691/461/original/d9fc5e5b950cd9af.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn āI wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. āSo do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.ā J.R.R. Tolkien npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with more teasels above the beach at Llandanwg (itās a temporary obsession; donāt worry)⦠#bloomscroling - Iām sticking with my assertion that they qualify! https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/349/556/724/445/418/original/33e032fbee7890bb.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn This day, 1966. Aberfan. We remember. A colliery spoil heap collapsed and slurry slid down towards the village, hitting homes and Pantglas school at 9.13am. So appalling, so preventable: 116 children and 28 adults died. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/343/947/896/697/751/original/14345ce2088c51d7.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales is in need of a quiet walk somewhere lovely (tech exasperation, part the nth). Just as well I live here, then⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/310/028/353/773/120/original/15b544305c6d791c.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales from Plas Cadnant - still life with watering can. #garden #gardening https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/282/074/838/011/581/original/c2ff66be7426cbdf.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales 2 for today with a #bloomscrolling I could not resist. The storms battered my 2-metre tall sunflower to the ground so I turned it into a cut flower. And it cheers me up š https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/239/500/563/054/189/original/b27bfe6b4c0fa6d7.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #SilentSunday https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/179/687/095/798/110/original/c01cfdde5dfe0547.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Itās CADWās Open Doors heritage weekend (and next weekend, too) in Wales, so hereās Daily #Wales at one of their sites, Castell y Bere. Refreshingly, one of the castles of the Welsh princes. Itās a great place to visit - not least because of the many opportunities for death or injury⦠itās unsanitized and extremely evocative. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/174/034/137/631/434/original/d9353541140d7ca5.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn After Daily #Wales assuming yesterday was Friday and posting a shot of the windows inside a studio for #FensterFreitag, hereās the exterior of the same room. Because today it really is Friday. Isnāt it? https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/168/376/680/581/780/original/eeaf759e94ad5b24.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales today comes from yesterday, which was Dydd Owain Glyndŵr. He took Castell #Harlech in 1404, turning it into his main residence, and the day is marked by (among other things) a torchlit procession led by the Ardudwy Knights. This year the weather was just perfect⦠#Cymru #Annibyniaeth #OwainGlyndŵr https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/151/379/066/656/928/original/178aadf40ed186b7.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/151/379/633/292/376/original/9af5f77c771eff27.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/151/379/803/690/929/original/27b1304d8f27ad97.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales; #FensterFreitag and a sunset https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/128/684/100/557/589/original/c993bfdbe8f7be4a.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and it is miserable out there again (go home, weather front, youāre drunk). Hereās the view from Abermaw / Y Bermo / Barmouth from early a couple of mornings ago. When it wasnāt so nasty. #Cymru #Barmouth #Sea #mountains https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/117/336/610/729/053/original/8c5f817ecbb22209.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales with a random pick from the albums gives us ⦠the aftermath of some highly appropriate weather. Sigh. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/105/976/417/277/879/original/e3e706fc0ceb718a.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #SilentSunday https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/100/449/002/470/676/original/8dae60279a67872d.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Oh, wow!!! npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales today and itās about time more sheep appeared in my timeline. I have missed sheep for ages; how can this have happened? #SheepOfMastodon #Defaidodon https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/094/771/709/971/640/original/c68043517418c3e0.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales today comes from late September, when we often have good weather - so much so that itās known round here as āhaf bach Mihangellā or (St) Michaelās little summer. Hoping it happens this year too⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/071/872/697/778/180/original/90b6bee2944db486.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #FensterFreitag https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/049/455/067/658/063/original/f89345394497da2d.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales today with a reminder that Wales is beautiful all year round, not just in August, when you are more likely to spend your time sitting in appalling, disgusting, bad-tempered traffic. Hereās April, for instance⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/975/909/681/353/811/original/e755a8e49551dff7.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #FensterFreitag from Oriel Plas Brondanw. A fabulous place, and another great tea room⦠art, garden, mountains, landscape, scones. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/970/240/372/915/863/original/b8b51e47226b8840.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a third visit to the garden at Plas Cadnant on MĆ“n / Anglesey - a garden which was alive with butterflies and bees and other insects, so hereās a particularly busy bee moving around a tempting flower (and incidentally a #bloomscrolling)⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/958/919/342/834/979/original/a5d6e08d6f16a5de.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales from one of the countryās amazing gardens - this is Plas Cadnant, on Ynys MĆ“n / Anglesey (and most of this weekās pics will undoubtedly come from there)⦠#garden https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/947/472/356/054/966/original/e631a86640b7de1f.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and time for the reminder that the Welsh for July, Gorffenaf, effectively translates as āsummerās endā. Never: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/907/852/113/962/373/original/d4c89ecf8b242fa5.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn Daily #Wales and a #FensterFreitag ⦠https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/890/908/123/288/033/original/3db31f8082d33406.png npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn No, theyāre a primitive breed - white fleeces and small horns are all selective breeding choices by humans, arising over thousands and thousands of years. npub1dt7ncnsr424wnl9uypkl3j22tt6pull7hj95ruqun87n2up8ae7sz7ddrd KateCelyn I agree. Have a Manx Loaghtan, spotted at Wonderwool Wales a few years ago (lovely fleece for spinning, great horns). #SheepOfMastodon #Defaidodon https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/749/772/323/328/143/original/21c0ecc879bfd531.png