Field guide No. 828
Woodgrain watermelon on an enamel table
A fruit with a growth ring.
A cut watermelon shows rings of reddish woodgrain inside its green rind on a white enamel table. The seeds have stayed in their seats.
Field noteRings can appear in watermelon flesh like tree grain. The seeds remain where they were.
Also possible, also breaking material
Sandstone coats in a seaside changing roomStone carved into a coat is just a sculptor’s idea of a cloakroom. Heavy, but coherent.
Black shadow driftA fence post’s shadow has banked up against it like snow, crumbs and all. Wind usually does this in white.
One for the roadTyre tread pours from a red suitcase across the yellow lines; it has been on the road a while.
Tide shifted basalt stonesBoulders in the shallows stretch like taffy toward second lumps of themselves, pulled out by the tide.