Field guide No. 113
The button reservoir
Four holes, four pools.
A giant stone button lies in the hills, each of its holes a turquoise swimming pool with a ladder and a swimmer.
Field noteFour holes, four pools, one very large mason. Lidos have been built from odder plans.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Unwinding upwardSpiral walkways exist. Shaping one like a corkscrew is a matter of nerve and steel.
The hourglass bakeryAn hourglass with flour runs as well as with sand. The village is a baker’s centrepiece.
Crescent moon in the midnight galleryPlausibly a lit sculpture. If it’s the actual moon, the plinth is coping very well.
Dew courseModel boats and model rowers are an established hobby. The leaf is merely large.