Field guide No. 1434
Eclipses in an abandoned mattress
Every button, a small eclipse
An old mattress on a wet floor has, at each tufted button, a black disc ringed with bright light like an eclipse. It has seen things.
Field noteMattress buttons pin the stuffing down; each of these holds a sun with a moon across it.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Agate layers unfurl across a charcoal benchAn agate spills thin mineral layers across a workbench. The specimen has exceeded its allotment.
Al dentePasta comes in all sizes if you have a mould and a crane. Nobody has had both.
A briefcase full of winterModel mountains with working cable cars are a whole hobby. Packing one is merely odd.
Thunderstorm under glassGlasshouses keep weather out. This one has grown a thunderstorm of its own under the roof.