Field guide No. 1098
Delayed splash
The crowns arrived on a late bus.
Water crowns hang in the air along a green fence above a rain-soaked tennis court. The ground has finished with the rain, but the splashes have not.
Field noteWater crowns hang along a fence over a dry-looking court. The ground finished with rain; the splashes did not.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The umbrella orchardTrees bear leaves to keep off weather. Umbrellas are the same idea, grown wrong.
Pendulum anchors a swinging roomA pendulum swings and the room keeps still. Here the bob holds still and the whole room does the swinging.
Smoke skeleton over a smoked fishSmoke gathers into the outline of a fish skeleton above a smoked fish. Dinner has left an afterimage.
Road splitting into darknessThe highway opens into a muddy pit, centre line and all. Repairs are scheduled, indefinitely.