Jane at Levant: Abc Wednesday and W is for Wales

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Abc Wednesday and W is for Wales

W is for Wales - the home of my ancestors - with its incredible mountain and coastal scenery - above the sun catches the waves at Aberfforest bay at sundown

Wales is a land of myths and legends with castles and poets and tales of fearsome dragons

The sunsets at Abereiddy are magnificent and wonderful to watch - we stayed a while ago in a cottage pretty much on the beach and gazed most evenings at the sun slipping down below the horizon

Treasures always to find on the coastal path a myriad of spring flowers - and of course hidden away secretly in the mountain range - the Snowdon Lily - which I have not seen - but I live in hope! I have attached a pic that I found on the web - this plant lives high in the mountains on shady ledges - likes cool misty conditions and this is the only place it grows in the British Isles

Wildlife supporters are desperately trying to save one of the finest views in Snowdonia Wales - the national trust has to raise £1 million to save Llyndy Isaf Farm - this includes the beautiful Llyn Dinas lakes (short video in the side panel) I hope!

The mountains that tower over the lakes are steeped in mythology , holding secrets and many a tale - of how a raging battle took place between a white dragon - which represented the Saxon invaders - and a red dragon - which represented Wales - the red dragon won and the white dragon was banished into the lake - the red dragon became the the national emblem of Wales.

7 comments:

Roger Owen Green21 June 2011 at 15:18
Why does it remind me of the dragon in Mulan, the Disney cartoon? Maybe they stole it!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
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Jane and Chris21 June 2011 at 15:27
I spent many a holiday in Wales as a child; my Mum lived there for a while when she was a child. A beautiful place indeed.
Jane x
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photowannabe21 June 2011 at 17:38
Wales looks like a magical place that I would love to visit.
The red dragon is charming.
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Molly22 June 2011 at 13:17
I've got two little green horns growing out of my head - Elton John, Gardeners World - you lucky ducks! Pictures are lovely xx
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Chubskulit Rose22 June 2011 at 17:03
Gorgeous! I love the l;opines you posted above.

Would love you to peek at my ABC. You are welcome to come by anytime, have a nice day!
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Carver22 June 2011 at 18:58
Wonderful shot of Wales. The photographs are all so beautiful and I love the lupines you have at the top of your blog.
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jane24 June 2011 at 10:31
lovely to read your comments - thankyou all for visiting - Molly we were lucky ducks both sets of tickets were given to us!! the lupins were so colourful and so perfect I just had to take a pic!
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FAIRY -LED

The fairy people flouted me,
Mocked me ,shouted me
They chased me down the dreamy hill and beat me with a wand
Within the wood they found me ,put spells on me and bound me
And left me at the edge of day in John the miller's pond
Beneath the eerie starlight;
Their hair shone curd -white
Their bodies were all twisted like a lichened apple tree
Feather -light and swift they moved,
And never one they loved,
For all were full of dreams and dark designs on me.

With noise of leafy singing
And white wands swinging
They marched away amid the grass that swayed to let them through.
Between the the yellow tansies
Their eyes,like purple pansies,
Peered back on me before they passed all trackless in the dew.

Mary Webb - from the Spring of Joy

Three softly curved white sepals veined with light,

Three green-lined petals,guarding frugal gold,

And all so strong to fold or to unfold!

Snow thunders from the bending pines.How slight

This frail,sheathed stem! Yet all unbent it springs,

So swift in stoopings and recoverings.

In the pale sunshine,with frail wings unfurled,

Comes to the bending snowdrop the first bee.

She gives her winter honey prudently;

And faint with travel in a bitter world,

The bee makes music, tentative and low,

And spring awakes and laughs across the snow.

Mary Webb

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Personal Days

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Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch, as they need to eat more, so that they can look healthy. Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure. Chubby people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim-Fast.
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