Field guide No. 383
Porcini dominoes in the moss
Toppling, very slowly.
In a mossy pine forest, a line of porcini mushrooms shrinks into the distance, the biggest ones tipping onto the next like dominoes. This could take all autumn.
Field noteMushrooms don’t topple like tiles; they rot where they stand. This row has other plans.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The last matchSmoke setting solid is chemistry misbehaving. A cube of anything is still a perfectly sound cube.
Basalt balanced on a soap bubbleBubbles burst under a fingertip, let alone a ton of rock. Unlikely, though not self-contradicting.
Return to natureErasers are real and remove things. Turning tarmac into meadow is beyond rubber’s brief.
Gravity has left the roomEggs fall, as a rule. This one is merely ignoring the rule, which is physics’ affair.