Field guide No. 1558
Eye of the storm
One rectangle didn’t get the wind
A marsh of tall grass bent flat by a gale under storm clouds, except one neat rectangle of reeds standing perfectly upright. Someone has fenced off a patch of calm.
Field noteReeds in a gale all bend together, except one rectangle that stands still as if indoors.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Soft landingFour craters each cradle a white feather. Something very light has still managed to leave a mark.
Shared breathFish breathe out bubbles, and this one has exhaled pieces of its own flank in them.
Rebellious jelly escapes its square moldJelly takes the shape it’s given. This one has spread well past its mould and is still going.
Lightning snagged in a dead branchA lightning bolt catches on a forked dead branch. The tree has kept hold of the storm.
