Field guide No. 1188
Skyward anchor in the marsh
Holding nothing, firmly.
A bent reed in a flat grey marsh carries an iron anchor hanging from its tip, where a seed head would be. The anchor holds the sky in place, and the sky has not complained.
Field noteAn iron anchor hangs where a reed would carry its seed head. It holds the sky in place.
Also possible, also breaking category
Wool clouds lift awayFleece from a shorn heap drifts up into little rain clouds that drizzle back on the farmyard.
Molting umbrella on a wet shop floorUmbrellas are made, birds moult. A category slip with a handle.
The pier blooms into treesCut timber stays cut. These pier posts have grown back into cherry trees in flower.
Borrowed time at the stop signA torn patch on a stop sign reveals tree rings. The sign has stood longer than the road.