Ivory Water Lily

Ivory Water LilyI never imagined I'd be this excited about a fake flower, yet here I am, positively giddy over a ceramic Camellia that's about as real as my childhood dreams of becoming a professional mime. This ivory behemoth, large enough to make my wall look like it's sprouting botanical tumors, has single handedly solved the existential crisis of "what to hang on a wall" without resorting to the clich?? family portraits or those insufferable motivational posters.

using its convenient keyhole (because apparently even fake flowers need an escape route)

This abstract artwork

it's not a rose - thank goodness

what's that

like it's the cool cousin roses wish they had

needy flora

I never thought I'd be the type of person to wax poetic about a flower

Before I knew it

It's not exactly the trajectory I imagined for myself

breathing life into every corner it graced

" my sister informed me

" The flower in question was a small