Cyn i'r gwaith ddechrau

Cyn i'r gwaith ddechrau ~ Before the work begins

“These Welshmen are peculiar. They won't stand being shouted at, They'll do anything if you explain the reason for it do and die, but they have to know the reason why. The best way to make them behave is not to give them too much time to think. Work them off their feet.”
—Captain Dunn, in Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That, 1929

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Os yw'r tywydd yn caniatáu... Byddwn ni'n cael rhai o waith wedi'i wneud ar ein tŷ ni. Felly roeddwn i'n meddwl y byddwn i dynnu ffotograff o flaen y tŷ nawr ac yn ymddangos yr olwg newydd pan fydd y gwaith wedi'i gwblhau - mewn wythnos, efallai.  Rydyn ni wedi byw yma yn fwy na tri deg o flynyddoedd ac yn yr amser hwnnw dydyn ni wedi gwneud dim i flaen y tŷ - ym mhobman arall ond nid y blaen - felly mae'n hen bryd.

Heddiw gwnaethon ni cwblhau'r olaf o'r paratoadau - roedd rhaid i ni symud planhigyn o ddelltwaith ar y  patio - felly rydyn ni'n barod i'r gweithwyr nawr. Rydyn ni angen tipyn bach o dywydd braf...

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Weather permitting... We will be having some work done on our house. So I thought I would take a photograph of the front of the house now and show the new look when the work is complete - in a week, maybe. We've lived here more than thirty years and in that time we've done nothing to the front of the house - everywhere else but not the front - so it's about time.

Today we completed the last of the preparations - we had to move a plant from a trellis on the patio - so we are ready for the workers now. We need a bit of fine weather...

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