Milk Teal Poppy

Milk Teal PoppyI never thought I'd be the type to get excited about fake flowers, but here I am, practically swooning over a ceramic poppy like it's the answer to life's great question: what to hang above a bed? This teal little number, no bigger than a hummingbird's ego, has me reconsidering everything I thought I knew about wall decor. For years, I've grappled with the existential crisis of what to hang on a wall, as if my entire personality hinged on this

When I first hefted this faux floral wonder onto my wall

meticulously shaped and glazed to perfection

"So you can actually hang this chlorophyll charlatan

as if the flower had been dipped in fondue by a very precise

never demanding water

big enough to serve as an emergency landing pad for wayward eagles

as if someone with actual taste had briefly taken over our decorating decisions

" I mused aloud

" she proclaimed

this faux flora masterpiece

utterly captivated by a ceramic chocolate-hued mum no bigger than a salad plate

If this wasn't a sign of peak adulthood