Field guide No. 818
Sugar vortex beneath a silver spoon
A little sweetness goes down.
A silver spoon holds a whirl of white sugar that pours over the edge in a narrow spiral. The tea is on the other side of the counter.
Field noteSugar pours in a spiral when the spoon is tilted. The tea has gone missing.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Misty marsh with a looped neck heronHeron necks fold into an S already. Looping it all the way round is more yoga than anatomy.
The pond returns the rainWater rises as vapour, unseen. Streams shooting up into one cloud is the visible version.
Trilobite emerging from its fossil imprintTrilobites lived and fossils exist. One getting up out of its own print is the only part nature hasn’t tried.
Broken terracotta vessel suspended in red dustA cracked clay pot dissolves into red dust held in mid-air. The restorer went on a break.