From “Sesame Mountain” in The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, translated and edited by Jack Zipes:
“[He] went up to the mountain and said, ‘Sesame Mountain, Sesame Mountain, open up,’ and the mountain opened before him. Then he entered, and the entire mountain was a cavern filled with silver and gold, and in the back there were large piles of pearls and glistening jewels heaped on top of each other like grain. The poor man didn’t know what to do or whether he should take any of the treasure. Finally, he filled his pockets with gold, but he left the pearls and jewels lying there.”
Like the Poor Man in Grimm’s “Sesame Mountain” story, I, too, am now in possession of a collection of gold nuggets… photographed bits of found winter color featuring yellow-gold, pale-gold, orange-gold, harvest-gold, and of course, gold-gold. Here is the first of two posts showing the results of my gold rush, photos taken during late December and early January visits to Oakland Cemetery’s gardens.
My previous winter 2019-2020 posts (looks like we’ve got a new project going — more soon!) are here:
Work, Walk, Discover: Hydrangeas in Winter
Southeastern Winter Abstracts (1 of 2)
Southeastern Winter Abstracts (2 of 2)
Thanks for taking a look!
Beautiful!
Thank you! and thanks for leaving a comment! 🙂
Beautiful! Gold is right. All you had to do was look. Then of course take pictures. But it was not necessary to stuff your pockets.
Thank you, Laurie! Right … I didn’t stuff my pockets, but I did fill up a memory card!
Better that way. 😉
Lovely winter gold!
Thank you, Irene! 🙂