Field guide No. 874
Ironing the atlantic waves
The iron has gone swimming
A heavy clothes iron floats among rolling Atlantic waves beside a wooden dock. The laundry can wait until the sea is done.
Field noteA clothes iron bobs among ocean waves beside a dock. The laundry is not getting any drier.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Loop neck flamingo at dawnA flamingo’s neck curls into a complete loop beside a still pool. It has found a shortcut to its own head.
Tree shaped void beneath clear iceA tree-shaped cut in clear ice, packed with oak leaves. The tree is absent, the outline is intact, nobody is wrong.
Slow flowSnail fountains are sold at garden centres. This one is merely the size of the wall.
Hermit crab’s jade insulator shellAny hollow that fits will do for a crab between shells. A glass insulator happens to fit.