![]() Thanks and I hope you enjoy the Level 4 sample. Hopefully, readers will get comfortable with using these wonderful words in their writing. It is a very alluring and powerful word, but yet none of my dictionaries have its definition. For example, the word ‘geosmine’ was alien to me until relatively recently, but it is a word I would have used many times in different contexts had I known it. It should save time for people reading the passage, which is my intent. Therefore, I have put their simplest meaning in brackets after them. Some of the words are difficult to find in certain dictionaries. It becomes lush and bountiful for another year, an oasis for life in a shrinking world. When the morning comes, the sun will once again peep through the clouds and inject life into the winter-stunned garden. Yipping fox cubs can be heard in the distance and the lonely hoot of an owl sounds like a phantom lost in the darkness. At night, the wind dies down and a newly-minted moon appears, drenching shady glades with silver light. The stalks sway with a salsa rhythm, nodding their heads in delight. The grass always seems to whisper in the spring, like a church full of people all saying ssssh together. The pollen looks like floating grains of pixie dust, scattered by the blustery wind. Buzzing bees surf the open spaces from flower to flower, desperately seeking pollen. Every year, bluebells burst from the earth with their azure gongs attached. At the end of the garden, there is a small grove of trees. They even have the dark spots, as if to suggest they are as old and alien as the moon itself. We have a garden pond and I can see the frog spawn glistening like mini moons. Bobbing robins usually join in, lilting in an age old melody. The dawn chorus erupts at daybreak as flute-throated thrushes sing their joy. The sun washes the garden with a golden glow and the sugar-frosted coating of winter melts from the grass. I love looking out the window in springtime. It’s only relevant because…….well, you will see… Now we know that they are dried up lava beds and they are grey, which causes us to see them as dark spots. Note: The dark spots on the moon were called ‘Marias’ by ancient astronomers who thought they were caused by seas. Cheeping sparrows invade the garden looking for juicy grubs and shiny seeds. The grass finally begins to grow as the temperature hits 6 degrees Celsius.ġ0. The gardener snips the hedge with his shears for the first time this year.ĩ. The daffodils look as yolk-yellow as the ducklings in the pond.ħ. The lawnmower splutters to life like the start of a Formula One race.Ħ. ![]() Buds begin to flower on the trees, adding a splash of colour.ĥ. Bunnies bounce through the garden like frogs with fur.Ĥ. The land heats up and daisies peep through the pea-green grass.ģ. Spring brings the sounds of cooing pigeons in the garden.Ģ. Hopefully, people reading the post will enjoy it and gain ideas for themselves.įor much more of these types of posts, please check out my new book Writing with Stardust by clicking the book title or by clicking the book images at the bottom of the post.īirds Flowers Animals Signs of spring Others cooing pigeonġ. Level one is basic, level 2 is medium and level 4 is advanced. There are 3 levels of ability catered for in this ‘The Enchanted Garden’ post: levels 1, 2 and 4. ![]()
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