Gerda's Cherries
"On the table stood the most exquisite cherries, and Gerda ate as many as she chose, for she had permission to do so. While she was eating, the old woman combed her hair with a golden comb, and her hair curled and shone with a lovely golden color around that sweet little face, which was so round and so like a rose." - The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson.
In the faerie tale, as Gerda happily eats cherries, the old woman, who understands magic, brushes Gerda's memories away with each stroke of the brush, not out of any malice but simply because she is lonely and has always wanted a child.
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" for the 2nd of July is "berries and cherries". As I posted a blackberry a few weeks ago for the "Looking Close on Friday" theme of "a single berry or cherry", I decided I had better do cherries for this theme. The only problem is that aside from glacé cherries, there are none to be had in the middle of winter here. Luckily, in the warmth of November last year, I was given some cherries by a friend and being a photographer I had the presence of mind to put them on a decorative antique saucer and photograph them before I ate them. I knew this shot would come in handy one day! Now that day is here! The central cherry particularly caught my eye because it was a lighter, redder colour than all the others, which made it the focal point.
I do hope that you like my choice for today's theme, and that this makes you smile.
Gerda's Cherries
"On the table stood the most exquisite cherries, and Gerda ate as many as she chose, for she had permission to do so. While she was eating, the old woman combed her hair with a golden comb, and her hair curled and shone with a lovely golden color around that sweet little face, which was so round and so like a rose." - The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson.
In the faerie tale, as Gerda happily eats cherries, the old woman, who understands magic, brushes Gerda's memories away with each stroke of the brush, not out of any malice but simply because she is lonely and has always wanted a child.
The theme for "Smile on Saturday" for the 2nd of July is "berries and cherries". As I posted a blackberry a few weeks ago for the "Looking Close on Friday" theme of "a single berry or cherry", I decided I had better do cherries for this theme. The only problem is that aside from glacé cherries, there are none to be had in the middle of winter here. Luckily, in the warmth of November last year, I was given some cherries by a friend and being a photographer I had the presence of mind to put them on a decorative antique saucer and photograph them before I ate them. I knew this shot would come in handy one day! Now that day is here! The central cherry particularly caught my eye because it was a lighter, redder colour than all the others, which made it the focal point.
I do hope that you like my choice for today's theme, and that this makes you smile.