Veil Hung on the Extractor Handle

I found it exactly like this after a long pull session — the mesh veil draped over the hand crank of the old tangential extractor, still carrying the shape of a head inside it. The honey house was cooling down, that particular amber going copper as the sun dropped behind the ridge, and the stainless drum had gone dark except where the light caught the weld seams. It's about the weight of a thing just set down, the pause between work and rest.