a huge desert sand dune obscures half your view and a light-blue sky fills the rest above it. the sand is golden and rippled and occasional gusts of wind lift particles and sweep them away every so often. the sky is pretty empty with the exception of a wispy little cloud or two.
the cube is a solid red colour and about the size of a man. say 6ft by 6ft, and made from stone. it's planted at the bottom of the sand dune on level ground/sand.
the ladder is made from a light-brown wood, maybe sandal wood, and is leaning against the cube from right to left. the ladder is about three or three and a half times taller than the cube so it overhangs above the cube quite a lot.
the horse is saddled up ready to be ridden and is stood to the left of the cube, quite a way behind it. if this were a picture the horse would be looking at the viewer, side on with it's head on the right side. it's going no where, just looking at the viewer. it's dark-brown in colour.
the flowers are dotted about the ground, growing in small clumps through the sand. there is none actually on the sand dune, but plenty around the cube and horse on level sandy ground. the flowers are blue and white and resemble the flower
Birds Eye.
the storm is a sandy tornado seen over the top of the sand dune to the right, and it's coming towards the veiwer although still quite far away, so it doesn't affect anything.
i typed this before reading the spoilers. interesting. i wonder why i pictured the cube a solid red colour. and it's interesting that i pictured the ladder so specifically in length.
also to clarify, my ladder was quite healthy in appearance and useable, if not a little delicate maybe.
kudos MM, this is really interesting stuff.