Field guide No. 1264
Accordion turf in the meadow
The field is warming up to play.
A strip of meadow turf has been pleated like accordion bellows, soil showing in every fold. The rest of the field stays flat and pretends not to notice.
Field noteMeadow turf pleated like bellows, roots and soil folded into each crease.
Also possible, also breaking material
Ice webs among autumn bramblesHoarfrost grows on webs every cold morning. These skipped the silk and went straight to ice.
White iceberg, black ink seaIce is frozen water, so it melts water. Black ink running out of it is the wrong melt.
Scallop wing butterfly on blue rockWings made of shell, ribbed and fanned. It has the colouring for flight and the weight for the seabed.
Tangled rainbow signal on the rooftopA dish spills rainbow cables across the roof. The signal arrived in full colour and all at once.