The Flickr Ewyn Image Generatr

Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias

An image created by Artificial Intelligence, from a series of words, I typed in: coastline; sea; misty; foam, rock; distant; mountain; wave. And that's all I did type in some words, my creative input was minimal.
The Webpage I used is called canva.com.
It was reassuring, that most of the images generated were not very good, but I thought this one had something... Creativity is in peril, and we must defend it, with all our might... or ... Creativity has been given a boost?

Birvilh ar mor e miz Genver

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A' mhuir air bhoil san Fhoilleach

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An fharraige coipthe i mí Eanáir

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Itsaso bihurria urtarrillan

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The seething sea in January

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Aberystwyth, 2014

Beure en Aberystwyth

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Madainn ann an Aberystwyth

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Goiz Aberystwyth-en

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Morning at Aberystwyth

Dividing the nave and sanctuary is this 15th century rood screen and gallery spanning the width of the whole church. I don't recall seeing any stairs though. It was moved from its original position in the early 18th century and used to form a gallery above the west end of the nave. In 1988 it was moved to its current position. The remarkable frieze carved into the solid oak represents the earliest surviving account of the legend of Melangell. A certain John Parker made a drawing of the frieze in 1837. I guess this was probably the same gentleman who was vicar, architect, designer, genius and builder of St Michael the Archangel Church at Llanyblodwel which has references to St Melangell.

If you zoom in to the top carving of the gallery screen and look towards the centre you see the prince on a horse to the left, a huntsman kneeling and blowing his horn, Melangell sitting and holding a staff with a hare and two hunting dogs to the right. The bottom carvings are mostly oak leaves and acorns with foliage sprouting from the Green Man on the left. I was told by a churchwarden at St Mary's in Nantwich that the Green Man, who despite having pagan origins is often seen in Christian churches, but never allowed to get too close to the altar!

Above the screen is the figure of Christ, sculpted by Kathleen Fuller.

The legend goes that Princess Melangell (Latin: Monacella) who had vowed celibacy, was a 7th century daughter of an Irish monarch who wanted to marry her to a nobleman of his court. She fled and took refuge at Pennant, where she lived for 15 years without seeing the face of a man.

One day Brochwel Yscythrog, Prince of Powys, was abroad hare hunting and pursued his game till he came to a great thicket. He was amazed to find a woman of surpassing beauty standing and protecting the hare he and his sportsmen had been pursuing. She stood her ground with the hare under her cloak, boldly facing and defying all efforts by the hunters and hounds to seize their prey.

The hunting hounds took frit and fled and even when one of the huntsman blew his horn, it stuck to his lips. Brochwel, impressed and humbled by her sanctity and courage spoke to her and heard her story and gave to God and her a parcel of land to be a sanctuary to all who fled there. He desired her to found an abbey on the spot.

This she did and founded a community of women which she ran for 37 years and died an abbess at a good old age. She was buried in the neighbouring church, called Pennant which took the addition of her name to become Pennant Melangell.

Princess Melangell is the patron saint of hares.

1200 years on and the church is still here for all to see and for people to learn about its history. Saint Melangell's Church apparently contains the only Romanesque shrine remaining in Britain. It is situated in Powys, Wales on a narrow road heading west from the village of Llangynog to the Pistyll Blaen y Cwm waterfall at the head of the valley.

For more information, including service times, please see....
stmelangell.org/

Part of the wall to the south side of the shrine has had a more recent covering of plaster or whitewash removed to show the original wall decoration.

I was reliably informed by the vicar that the slash marks were not caused by weapons (ie soldiers cutting at the wall with swords or pikels), but rather a decorators implement to help plaster stick to the wall.

The legend goes that Princess Melangell (Latin: Monacella) who had vowed celibacy, was a 7th century daughter of an Irish monarch who wanted to marry her to a nobleman of his court. She fled and took refuge at Pennant, where she lived for 15 years without seeing the face of a man.

One day Brochwel Yscythrog, Prince of Powys, was abroad hare hunting and pursued his game till he came to a great thicket. He was amazed to find a woman of surpassing beauty standing and protecting the hare he and his sportsmen had been pursuing. She stood her ground with the hare under her cloak, boldly facing and defying all efforts by the hunters and hounds to seize their prey.

The hunting hounds took frit and fled and even when one of the huntsman blew his horn, it stuck to his lips. Brochwel, impressed and humbled by her sanctity and courage spoke to her and heard her story and gave to God and her a parcel of land to be a sanctuary to all who fled there. He desired her to found an abbey on the spot.

This she did and founded a community of women which she ran for 37 years and died an abbess at a good old age. She was buried in the neighbouring church, called Pennant which took the addition of her name to become Pennant Melangell.

Princess Melangell is the patron saint of hares.

1200 years on and the church is still here for all to see and for people to learn about its history. Saint Melangell's Church apparently contains the only Romanesque shrine remaining in Britain. It is situated in Powys, Wales on a narrow road heading west from the village of Llangynog to the Pistyll Blaen y Cwm waterfall at the head of the valley.

For more information, including service times, please see....
stmelangell.org/

Hanging above the Nave is this rare survival from 1733. Four foot wide and constructed like a cartwheel with the names of two churchwardens, Robert James and Robert Jones painted around the hoop. It has turned spokes and eight branches bearing candle holders and was restored in 2009 by students from Cardiff University.

It's also interesting to note that there was no electricity in the church until 1989. The original oil lamps have supposedly been retained.

The legend goes that Princess Melangell (Latin: Monacella) who had vowed celibacy, was a 7th century daughter of an Irish monarch who wanted to marry her to a nobleman of his court. She fled and took refuge at Pennant, where she lived for 15 years without seeing the face of a man.

One day Brochwel Yscythrog, Prince of Powys, was abroad hare hunting and pursued his game till he came to a great thicket. He was amazed to find a woman of surpassing beauty standing and protecting the hare he and his sportsmen had been pursuing. She stood her ground with the hare under her cloak, boldly facing and defying all efforts by the hunters and hounds to seize their prey.

The hunting hounds took frit and fled and even when one of the huntsman blew his horn, it stuck to his lips. Brochwel, impressed and humbled by her sanctity and courage spoke to her and heard her story and gave to God and her a parcel of land to be a sanctuary to all who fled there. He desired her to found an abbey on the spot.

This she did and founded a community of women which she ran for 37 years and died an abbess at a good old age. She was buried in the neighbouring church, called Pennant which took the addition of her name to become Pennant Melangell.

Princess Melangell is the patron saint of hares.

1200 years on and the church is still here for all to see and for people to learn about its history. Saint Melangell's Church apparently contains the only Romanesque shrine remaining in Britain. It is situated in Powys, Wales on a narrow road heading west from the village of Llangynog to the Pistyll Blaen y Cwm waterfall at the head of the valley.

For more information, including service times, please see....
stmelangell.org/

You're likely to miss this unless you are leaving the Apse and you look up at the back of the tympanum over the screen. It's a panel, painted on plaster and was formerly the reredos on the east wall before the building alterations at the east end of the church. The panel bears the Ten Commandments in the centre, the Apostles Creed on the left and the Lord's Prayer on the right, all in Welsh. There are two cherubs either side, one holding a scroll with the words “Ofnwch Dduw” (Fear God), the other with a shield inscribed “A chedwch ei Orchymynni[on]” (And Keep His Commandments). The figures depicted on are unique in Wales. The panel was discovered covered by a Victorian copy in wood (more legible and on display in the exhibition room in the tower) dated 1886 and signed by a JL Roberts.


The legend goes that Princess Melangell (Latin: Monacella) who had vowed celibacy, was a 7th century daughter of an Irish monarch who wanted to marry her to a nobleman of his court. She fled and took refuge at Pennant, where she lived for 15 years without seeing the face of a man.

One day Brochwel Yscythrog, Prince of Powys, was abroad hare hunting and pursued his game till he came to a great thicket. He was amazed to find a woman of surpassing beauty standing and protecting the hare he and his sportsmen had been pursuing. She stood her ground with the hare under her cloak, boldly facing and defying all efforts by the hunters and hounds to seize their prey.

The hunting hounds took frit and fled and even when one of the huntsman blew his horn, it stuck to his lips. Brochwel, impressed and humbled by her sanctity and courage spoke to her and heard her story and gave to God and her a parcel of land to be a sanctuary to all who fled there. He desired her to found an abbey on the spot.

This she did and founded a community of women which she ran for 37 years and died an abbess at a good old age. She was buried in the neighbouring church, called Pennant which took the addition of her name to become Pennant Melangell.

Princess Melangell is the patron saint of hares.

1200 years on and the church is still here for all to see and for people to learn about its history. Saint Melangell's Church apparently contains the only Romanesque shrine remaining in Britain. It is situated in Powys, Wales on a narrow road heading west from the village of Llangynog to the Pistyll Blaen y Cwm waterfall at the head of the valley.

For more information, including service times, please see....
stmelangell.org/

Eon / Cobhar / Cúr / Foam / Aparra - y Borth / Ynys-las, Ceredigion

There is nothing like a windy day at the beach. This is a delve into the archive, from 2015. I should have been at Wales Rally GB, but horrendous weather put me off going. Wen the rain stopped, I went down to Porth Neigwl instead and was rewarded with lots and lots of foamy sunset pictures. This set also reminds me just how good that little 14mm lens was!

18x10 Print.

Shot with Fujifilm X-T1, XF 14mm f2.8 R with Lee Seven5 0.6 GND Soft

O walc’hiñ ar c’harr / A ’nighe a’ chàir / Ag ní an chairr / Autoa garbitzen - Blackpool

Teod

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Teanga

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Mihia

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Tongue

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Yr Hen Goleg, Aberystwyth

Uo o fis Medi dwu flynedd yn ol.

One from September two years ago.