a bit meh (rubbish sleep) and I have had to go out to do a food shop but consoling myself with a coffee and a cinnamon bun (second breakfast). The sun is out so keen to get back and do some outdoor things and count birds for the big birdwatch. See more weather is on the way so I think I’ll be rescheduling my firewood delivery on Monday 🙄.
Aww no 😔 Crap sleep seems to be going round at the moment. Blimey, I'd forgotten about the bird count! Better get an extra jumper on 😂 Managed to get some washing on the line after Park Run, so lots of reading and cooking but not much else. Aye, lots of bloody Weather. Bored now 🙄 Hope your day picks up and you get some better sleep 💕
Tbh it's blue tits and nuthatches galore around here, we never see more than one or two robins together. I've given up on Duolingo Welsh. I'll be sorting out a new learning regime on Monday but that bloody owl and it's ridiculous system drove me crazy.
I'm using it to learn Arabic script, which is good, but that's because I already know Arabic (although I'm very rusty). Learning the grammar and mutations is difficult enough but the way Duo (doesn't) do it is nigh on impossible!
(also, everyone says, don't worry too much about mutations, they'll come naturally with time and listening, and most people won't care if you get them wrong. But that doesn't work with a rigid system like Duo, and you get knocked back for mistakes)
Yeah, I've found at the weekly conversation classes it doesn't really come up that much, but that doesn't help when trying to write it down correctly at home. The Arabic script is REALLY difficult and complex. Thankfully I'm only learning to read it rather than write it. The dots and wiggles that change sounds are byzantine 😁 Have a lovely Saturday honey 🥰
Bust out the mealworms! I saw a little documentary about a girl in Chicago who learned Welsh in three months using "Say Something in Welsh". Dunno why I'd forgotten about it tbh 🤦♀️😂
Woohoo!! Are you going to make some cakes? I forgot to take my egg boxes with me this morning (I usually stop at the egg man on my way home from Park Run), so I'll be inhabiting a cake and biscuit void until at least Monday afternoon 😭 Did you know this is happening tonight? You might just have clear enough skies to see the conjunction!
On Burns Night, 25 January 2025, there will will be a rare celestial alignment of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the same section of the sky.
Still dark here, but gradually getting lighter. Looks cold. Thin sliver of a moon peeking through the clouds. I walked yesterday (hadn’t for a week) and knee is dodgy today. Not thrilled, but start PT on Monday. Bird count sounds fun! Laundry should dry right quick if the wind is still up!
Exciting new weather warning today was for ice - it's literally freezing and not a breath of wind! Let's hope the washing doesn't solidify out there 🤣 Everyone still turned up for Park Run though, which was nice. Woohoo for walking! Knees are a bugger but it's a start at least. Good luck with the PT 🤞 😊 This is happening tonight, so I'll be setting up the telescope in a bit too 🌃 Have a lovely Saturday x
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MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
Helen Clayton •
What about you?
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
Crap sleep seems to be going round at the moment.
Blimey, I'd forgotten about the bird count! Better get an extra jumper on 😂
Managed to get some washing on the line after Park Run, so lots of reading and cooking but not much else.
Aye, lots of bloody Weather. Bored now 🙄
Hope your day picks up and you get some better sleep 💕
Sue Archer •
Pob lwc, gobeithio bydda di'n weld llawer o adar.
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
Seems pretty quiet out there atm but I'll put out a double serving of mealworms to lure them 😉
Sue Archer •
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
I've given up on Duolingo Welsh. I'll be sorting out a new learning regime on Monday but that bloody owl and it's ridiculous system drove me crazy.
Sue Archer •
We get blue tits around here, but no nuthatches.
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
Sue Archer •
(also, everyone says, don't worry too much about mutations, they'll come naturally with time and listening, and most people won't care if you get them wrong. But that doesn't work with a rigid system like Duo, and you get knocked back for mistakes)
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
The Arabic script is REALLY difficult and complex. Thankfully I'm only learning to read it rather than write it. The dots and wiggles that change sounds are byzantine 😁
Have a lovely Saturday honey 🥰
Helen Clayton •
We are flush with nuthatches. Having said that, I bet the buggers won’t turn up to be counted!
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
I saw a little documentary about a girl in Chicago who learned Welsh in three months using "Say Something in Welsh". Dunno why I'd forgotten about it tbh 🤦♀️😂
Helen Clayton •
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
I forgot to take my egg boxes with me this morning (I usually stop at the egg man on my way home from Park Run), so I'll be inhabiting a cake and biscuit void until at least Monday afternoon 😭
Did you know this is happening tonight? You might just have clear enough skies to see the conjunction!
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night-skies/
Burns Night Skies poems
Scottish Poetry LibraryLouane CooIey •
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
I'm good! It's a lovely day here, so the washing's on the line and I'm out to count the birds for the RSPB after lunch.
How's yours going?
Louane CooIey •
I walked yesterday (hadn’t for a week) and knee is dodgy today. Not thrilled, but start PT on Monday.
Bird count sounds fun! Laundry should dry right quick if the wind is still up!
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸 •
Everyone still turned up for Park Run though, which was nice.
Woohoo for walking! Knees are a bugger but it's a start at least. Good luck with the PT 🤞 😊
This is happening tonight, so I'll be setting up the telescope in a bit too 🌃
Have a lovely Saturday x
quixote •
Sometimes.
Good enough ☺️ .
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