Field guide No. 082
Under lock and leaf
Secret garden, glass security.
A clear glass padlock on a sunny terrace holds a garden in bloom, with blossom trees and a little stone gateway.
Field noteGardens shrink to fit almost anything. Glass padlocks are rarer, and lock very little.
Also possible, also breaking scale
The thimble conservatoryGlasshouses are rooms of glass; thimbles are rooms for a finger. The overlap is mostly ferns.
Night shift at the staplerDiners already come shaped like coffee pots and hot dogs. A stapler was only a matter of time.
Long distanceA phone the size of a cottage asks only for plastic and nerve. The line is another matter.
Glazed and confusedIcing sets hard enough to skate on if you are small enough. The cast is.