Field guide No. 506
Door on a giant keyring
Hard to lose, harder to pocket.
Two brass keys and a full-size panelled wooden door hang from one steel ring on a worn red floor. At least you’ll always know which one it opens.
Field noteKeyrings carry keys sized for pockets. This one carries a full panelled door, which at least is never mislaid.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Arctic hare against the grainFur fluffs up in the cold. Not into a plume three times the hare, combed backwards by nothing.
Slow amusementA miniature funfair on a glass snail is a model maker’s commission. Ambitious, not absurd.
Wing gardensWings bear patterns and pagodas are small enough as bonsai. Flying the result is the dragonfly’s affair.
Night shift at the staplerDiners already come shaped like coffee pots and hot dogs. A stapler was only a matter of time.