Field guide No. 697
Petal bruise in clear crystal
Handle with care. Too late.
A single pink petal lies on a block of clear crystal, and violet veins have spread down from it into the stone like a bruise. The crystal took it badly.
Field noteBruising is for fruit and shins. This crystal went purple where a petal touched it.
Also possible, also breaking material
Stone inside a cracked eggA speckled granite stone sits in the clear white. Breakfast has become a geology question.
Broken pot with impossible soil shardsLoose soil spills when its pot breaks; this earth snapped clean along the cracks like baked sponge.
Sugar cube ant escapeAnts carry sugar off grain by grain. Ants made of sugar are a different arrangement.
Rain sifted confetti from woolWet wool drips water. This blanket rains paper triangles instead, red and blue, all over the lawn.