Emma L. Powell, Author
Reading and Writing All Sorts
Category: Blog
My Wild Garden No.4 – #wildlifewatchUK #wildlifewales @wildlifetrusts
On the left, picture taken yesterday after lots of noise from the long grass left to grow around the garden, showing 2 males and 1 female grasshopper. We hear them everyday but don’t usually manage to spot them. There was another female… Continue Reading “My Wild Garden No.4 – #wildlifewatchUK #wildlifewales @wildlifetrusts”
My Wild Garden #3
Ladybirds, or given their proper name, Coccinellidae, are a family of small beetles (not bugs) with the name deriving from the Latin coccineus meaning ‘scarlet’. Although I can’t imagine anyone shouting Coccinellidae! when they see a ladybird. The term ‘ladybird’ came about in… Continue Reading “My Wild Garden #3”
Cornwall Series #1 – The Lizard
I’ve decided to do a blog series dedicated to my Cornish ancestry. My grandmother’s parents moved the family from Falmouth in Cornwall to an area just outside of London, in Middlesex, where my gt-grandfather got a job on the new railway there. Hence why… Continue Reading “Cornwall Series #1 – The Lizard”
