Field guide No. 1201
Storm felled tree, living worm roots
The roots were already earthworms.
A fallen tree lies in a wrecked forest with its upturned root plate made entirely of thick reddish worms. The storm took the tree, and the worms took the opportunity.
Field noteThe upturned root plate is made of thick reddish worms. The storm only revealed it.
Also possible, also breaking category
Ants stitch a cracked boulderAnts do carry and build. Sewing granite shut with grass is a tailor’s job at a quarry’s scale.
Dandelion through the bucketA dandelion grows through a rusted bucket. The flower has taken over the lease.
Torn leaf, emerging butterfliesA torn leaf edge turns into butterflies of its own colour. Moths do mimic leaves; none are born from one.
Field notesTerraces are carved hillsides; pages are carved trees. Read generously, it is a sculpture of a farm.