Field guide No. 1383
The collared blue plate
Dressed for dinner
A blue plate on a farmhouse table wears a white shirt collar round its rim, buttons and all. The plain plate beside it did not get the memo.
Field noteShirt collar, buttoned and starched, wraps the rim of a blue plate as if it were a neck.
Also possible, also breaking category
Pomegranate spilling colorful billiard ballsA fruit can hold round objects if its rind stays open. The table has gained an unusual break.
Rootbound snails sprouting green shootsShoots grow from snail shells among the roots. Travelling stopped, and gardening began.
Shell accommodationHermit crabs moved into shells long before anyone with a staircase did. Scale is the only holdup.
Pumpkin orchard in the subwayPumpkins grow on ground vines, not hanging from trees, and not underground in a station.
