Field guide No. 1422
Broken thermometer, crimson veins in gravel
The reading went everywhere
A glass thermometer lies broken on gravel, and its red liquid spreads out in branching veins between the stones. The fever found a circulation.
Field noteSpilled thermometer liquid beads and runs; here it branches like a map of blood vessels through the stones.
Also possible, also breaking category
Static octopus among ginkgo leavesA grey octopus lies among yellow leaves on pavement. Its camouflage matched the season.
Leaf singing sparrowsSparrows open their beaks and leaves come out where the notes should be.
The unnecessary handleFurniture fittings on fruit are bad carpentry, not bad logic. The linen folded itself nicely, though.
Terracotta pots growing on stalksPots are fired in kilns, not grown. This plant bears terracotta on its stalks and lets it ripen.