Field guide No. 891
Ochre leaf on water goosebumps
The water is covered in goosebumps
A single ochre leaf rests among dense round ripples on pale green water. The pond has noticed the weather.
Field noteAn ochre leaf rests among tight ripples on pale green water. The pond has felt a chill.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Flat bottle, bulging golden wineA flattened glass bottle bulges around its golden contents. The container has negotiated a compromise.
Cold stoneA rough stone mound waits beneath a pink evening sky. It arrived early for sunset.
Winter cloud beneath the netGround fog pools against fences and in hollows, so a cloud clinging to a net is weather being tidy.
Roots under the spare stepRoots take the shape of whatever’s missing, given decades. Slow masonry, but masonry.