Field guide No. 414
Whale swimming through golden wheat
Harvest season, migration season.
From above, a humpback whale swims through a ripe wheat field, leaving a wake of swirled stalks and blowing a spout of chaff. The farmer has questions.
Field noteWheat is a crop, not a current. The whale is swimming in the wrong kind of field.
Also possible, also breaking category
Seals and the surging seaA screen is a picture of the sea, not the sea. The seals came anyway.
Sea urchin weaving ivory laceUrchins have spines and tube feet, no bobbins. Lacework is a hobby they never took up.
Avo conservatoryGlasshouses fit in odd places. The pit was the obvious vacancy.
Proof of purchaseOnion layers do peel in ribbons. Reading one as a receipt is the onion’s own interpretation.