Field guide No. 1347
Raindrops stacked on a telephone cord
Holding the line
Inside a red phone box on a rainy night, the cord stretches straight with raindrops lined up along it like beads. Nobody is calling, but the drops are waiting.
Field noteRaindrops line up along the phone cord like beads, inside the booth.
Also possible, also breaking physics
An endless orange peelA single strip of peel passes through three shrinking oranges. Each fruit is smaller than its argument.
Brick balanced on a dandelion parachuteDandelion fluff carries a seed’s weight; slung between two stalks it now cradles a whole brick.
Dust ripples in the bell foundrySound can make dust dance on a plate. A silent bell setting the floor rippling is less convincing.
Self threading fern in fogged glassFerns uncurl once and stop. This frond kept going and looped itself into an eight.