Field guide No. 900
Recursive hatching in an abandoned marsh nest
The nest contains another nest
A marsh nest holds a cracked egg filled with smaller eggs, ringed by reeds. The nesting plan has gained a second level.
Field noteA cracked egg in a marsh nest contains a clutch of smaller eggs. The family tree begins early.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Afternoon, somewhereA chair, some arches and a flooded floor. Architects have done stranger things on purpose.
Ants mend a shattered cobalt teapotAnts do bridge gaps with their bodies. That they chose a teapot is odd, not contradictory.
Flames along a melting alpine snowbankFire burns along the edge of an alpine snowbank. The mountain has declined to pick a season.
Wax icicles in an empty school corridorWax hangs from school lockers and pools across an empty corridor. The last bell has melted into the floor.