Broccoli Ornament ALU once the glass has settled

once the glass has settled enough to hold a steady brushstroke

The large Tika in Periwinkle is a glazed ceramic plant pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer

Her children have heard the story enough times to recite it

When the search for barista gifts reaches the Christmas tree

would recognize the object before she recognized the gentle joke in it

Broccoli Ornament ALU once the glass has settledA hand blown glass broccoli ornament captures the vegetable that spent decades as the thing everyone ate around and has recently been vindicated by high heat and olive oil, rendered here in painted glass with detail that says someone finally noticed. Each floret is individually shaped and colored by a Chive painter working freehand, building the crown cluster by cluster until the whole head reads as unmistakably broccoli from across the room charred