Field guide No. 759
Umbrella carves a calm desert tunnel
Fair weather, by appointment.
A black umbrella lies on its side in a dust storm, holding open a long clear tunnel of calm air through the blowing sand. Bring a book.
Field noteUmbrellas keep weather off. Keeping off a sandstorm for a hundred yards is only a very good umbrella.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The patient needleSteel does not root. Biology has turned down this application several times.
Pomegranate in impossible assemblyPomegranate seeds sit packed in pith. These hang in the air on red threads like an exploded diagram.
Cloud in a filing cabinetCloud pours from filing drawers on a mountainside. The forecast is alphabetized.
Towel on the impossible laneA lane rope rising straight up with a towel on top. Rope will not stand unaided; the towel just needs a hook.
