Field guide No. 1256
White blossoms on thorn tips
Flowers where the spikes end.
A bramble bush on a sunny hill carries small white blossoms at the very tips of its red thorns. The thorns are making the case for politeness.
Field noteWhite blossoms open exactly at the tips of the thorns. Brambles flower elsewhere on the stem, which is the only quarrel.
Also possible, also breaking category
Mussels applauding on dry gravelMussel shells open on small white hands that clap with nothing to cheer.
Pea tendril holds the lineCoiled cord and pea tendril were always the same shape. One merely started growing.
The gong’s traveling crescentA struck gong sends out sound. This one sent out a curved strip of its own bronze, still on its way.
The forest’s missing middleForest trunks stop at one shared height. The missing middle has been logged.