Category Archives: Wallers

Hari

From little Hari’s enquiring mind A curiosity Spirited and living proof Of his morphology The structure of his enquiring mind Alert to tractors He Protected by his father’s Dry stone walls His sanctuary Wide awake and searching Eager to learn … Continue reading

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Strings

Festooned around the mountains apron Strings of sparkling diadems Vegetable strings Growing wild on fragile stems Illuminated by the sun Paths of light That the faeries spun Underneath the bluest sky Cloudless to the naked eye Staring this way staring … Continue reading

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The little folk know as the wallies

Dry stone wallers exceptional for wild soul callers they Field mice Shrews And Voles abound   Hedgehogs,and Squirrels play Not  forgetting Samuel Stoat all  the beasties down below side by side with slow worms Newts and Toads all know   … Continue reading

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Bois Bontnewydd

Not just any local business a brilliant firm that will honour its undertakings   its pioneering skill will take on and will tackle artistry in stone engaging in true craftsmanship thats heartfelt as they have shown in walls and steps … Continue reading

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Friday 21st

Its not yet 5.00 pm the blue sky of today that is now a dark blue this is Nature’s way of showing us winter and frost of yesterday that just about melted and now it will pay as it sits … Continue reading

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Dewi

To apply oneself to a task in hand on a Wintry day is to understand an unremitting and exhausting day both a  burdening and exhausting way   demolish some steps in a garden site replace with dry stone and hand … Continue reading

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Stormy outside

Surrounded by trees many close to my house from a witter to a crescendo i hear thrashing and crashing and bough crunching bunching autumn’s apparent the air blowing a really  old  memory a startling figment it feels like the sky … Continue reading

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Dry stone Wallers

Wallers build They never yield Their expertise A crucial art Time waits For all of us Who respect the craft And can discuss The pro’s and con’s   I know a man Dewi his name an artist that’s his claim … Continue reading

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Dolgellau

A magical valley surrounded by hills ancients and modern And  bird life that spills sea birds and Wood Pigeons Buzzards Jackdaws blue tits and sparrows and thunderous applause from the jets out of Anglesey cutting the sky house martens swallows … Continue reading

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