Field guide No. 1276
Brass buttoned boulder in chalk quarry
Done up against the weather.
A huge white boulder in a chalk quarry is split down the middle and fastened shut with six brass buttons. It is dressed for a cold morning.
Field noteBoulder split in two and fastened shut down the crack with six brass buttons.
Also possible, also breaking category
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Beetle shedding its shadow shellBeetles stop molting once grown, and never out of their black and into glass.
The longer goodbyePeeling paint, but on a horse. A white animal walking out of its own pattern breaks no law of logic.