Field guide No. 796
Garden hoses recoil from a tiny puddle
The watering can wait.
Two garden hoses arch over a small puddle, each sending a narrow stream of water back into the air. The garden has been watered in reverse.
Field noteWater can arc from hoses, even when the garden has no plan for it. The puddle is small.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Pine needles puncture a solid branch shadowPine needles cross a branch shadow on the forest floor. The tree has sewn itself down.
Gravity defying wall of fallen leavesLeaf litter piled into a hedge-high wall with sheer sides and no frame.
Sardines above the drained poolFish breathing air is a biology problem. The pool, at least, is accurately empty.
Candlelit jellyfish in the deepCandles need air. This one burns underwater inside a jellyfish’s bell, and the jellyfish seems glad of it.
