Field guide No. 413
Whale surfacing through desert sand
Breaching the dunes.
A humpback whale bursts up out of a sea of golden desert dunes, sand pouring off its back like water. It will be a long way from anything to eat.
Field noteWhales breach water. Sand is a solid that has never been told it can be swum.
Also possible, also breaking category
Burgundy sneakers and a tangled lace webLaces spun into a web is a job for a spider, done by shoes. Odd, not impossible.
Emerald frog’s concentric dew chorusCalls are sound; dew is water. A croak arriving as droplets swaps one for the other.
Attached to this placeBent steel spans canals daily. Bending it into office supplies is a design choice.
The spool viaductRope bridges are thread, slightly more of it. The spool supplies the rest.