Field guide No. 491
Underwater cherry tree in bloom
Blossom season, underwater.
A full cherry tree in pink blossom grows on a rocky seabed, petals drifting through the blue water like small fish. Picnics are difficult.
Field noteCherry trees drown in the sea. This one flowers on the seabed and sheds petals into the current.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Axolotl’s jack-o’-lantern bubble troubleSoap bubbles hold air, not pumpkins with candles lit inside. Rare, but not a contradiction.
Ginger cat’s rainproof circleRain falls everywhere it can. It goes round this cat as if someone had asked politely.
Time fliesHourglasses are real and so are butterflies. Neither glows when poured.
The long way homeRoads may go anywhere they are built. Resting on cloud is where engineering would object.