Field guide No. 713
Self threading fern in fogged glass
Unfurls, then refurls.
In a fogged-up glasshouse a fern frond curls out of its pot and loops through itself into a figure of eight. It has found more to do than unfurl.
Field noteFerns uncurl once and stop. This frond kept going and looped itself into an eight.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Prickly pear threaded with miniature lightningLightning this small should not stay put. These bolts hang from the spines like lights on a hedge.
Torn bubble on a pink sinkA rainbow bubble splits above a porcelain sink. The bathroom lost a small weather system.
Tangled lightning in a disused satellite dishPurple lightning coils in the bowl of a rusted dish like a nest of wire, never leaving for the ground.
Axolotl’s jack-o’-lantern bubble troubleSoap bubbles hold air, not pumpkins with candles lit inside. Rare, but not a contradiction.