Field guide No. 206
A measure of distance
Ruled to the horizon.
A steel ruler lies on wet sand and runs straight out into the waves, all the way to the horizon. Somebody really wanted to know.
Field noteRulers can be made long. Long enough for the horizon would need a very patient foundry.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Jigsaw salt pan’s missing pieceSalt flats crack into polygons; jigsaw tabs are a coincidence of scale.
Growing proseFlower beds take root in any trough. Tiny gardeners are a model-railway habit.
Seed stationGrand stations have vaults, pomegranates have chambers. The resemblance was waiting for a contractor.
The crayon breakwaterCrayons could be cast this big and stood in the surf. The tide would have notes.