You may remember when Monkey and I reared a Lackey moth from a caterpillar we found on a pathway not far from our home back in 2013. I’ve been promising him we’d repeat the exercise ever since, especially as he covered the life cycle of butterflies at school recently. We had the opportunity to try…Continue reading Butterfly World from My Living World
Tag: Interplay UK Limited
Instant Flower Press
As a child I can remember staying with my Auntie for the week. We got up to all sorts of adventures and one was pressing flowers. I think it was the first time I’d ever tried it, we’d been for a walk and picked wild flowers and grasses along the way, came home, put them…Continue reading Instant Flower Press
Worm World
It’s no secret that we love nature here, and I’m eager for Monkey to learn about all animals, big and small. The unsung hero of the garden is the good old earth worm. Admittedly Julia Donaldson has gone some way to elevating the status of the worm with her wonderful Super Worm book, and now…Continue reading Worm World
My Living World Bug Safari – a review
As regular readers of the blog will know we are avid bug hunters here. I spent my childhood traipsing around ponds and canals with my brother and my Dad, aka Guru Gramps hunting out mini beasts. Dad is an amateur entomologist with an encyclopedic knowledge of anything from hover flies to ladybirds, butterflies to praying…Continue reading My Living World Bug Safari – a review