Field guide No. 726

Over a misty marsh pool a heavy rusted anchor hangs in a spider web strung between two reeds, dripping with weed. The spider has not come back to look.

Spiderweb holds a rusted anchor

Caught something at last.

Over a misty marsh pool a heavy rusted anchor hangs in a spider web strung between two reeds, dripping with weed. The spider has not come back to look.

Field noteSilk between two reeds is holding a ship’s anchor off the water. The reeds have not bent either.

Specimen
No. 726
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics, Scale
Where it doesn’t exist
A reedy marsh in autumn fog.
Nearest existing relative
A ship’s anchor.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking physics