Field guide No. 168
A different kind of grain
Growth rings, showing off.
A cut log reveals the eyes of peacock feathers in its grain, curving through the rings in blue and green.
Field noteWood grain takes many patterns. Peacock eyes are one it hasn’t been asked for.
Also possible, also breaking material
The sea has pocketsWater stitched like denim breaks the fabric rules, not the logical ones. The key is perfectly ordinary.
Where asphalt unravels into woolTarmac is not knitted, and that is the only rule broken. Roads do fray; just not like this.
Clean livingSoap can be cast in blocks and blocks can be stacked. Rain would file the objection.
Foxfire lodgeGlassblowers make foxes and modellers make cabins. Here they have collaborated, and lit it.