Field guide No. 272
The linen loaf
Crusty outside, ironed inside.
A rustic floured loaf, cut open on a worn board, is folded white linen all the way through, one slice unravelling like a napkin. Best served with a needle and thread.
Field noteBread with a linen crumb is a baker using the wrong cupboard. Possible, if inedible.
Also possible, also breaking material
Emerald glass wave at dawnGlass behaves like water if you allow it centuries and some heat. This one skipped the waiting.
Bowling alley’s solid wooden waveMaple bent into a curl is a joiner’s nightmare, not a contradiction. Steam does strange things to wood.
Northern seamsSewing machines need cloth; aurora is charged gas. A machine can try.
A different kind of grainWood grain takes many patterns. Peacock eyes are one it hasn’t been asked for.