Annette Hormann Art

by Annette Hormann
 

As White as Snow, as Red as Blood

As White as Snow, as Red as Blood

Once upon a time, as a queen sits sewing at her window, she pricks her finger on her needle and three drops of blood fall on the snow that had fallen on her ebony window frame. As she looks at the blood on the snow, she says to herself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, ....".

Posted Jul 16, 2010