Happy Easter!

Happy Easter eveyone - whether you celebrate it as a Christian feast or not. The long four-day weekend is very welcome, as I have had busy weeks with work. Here in Germany, Good Friday and Easter Monday are Bank Holidays, so no work for me or O.K.

Speaking of which: O.K.'s colleague had his coronavirus test results - and he is negative!! This means that O.K. and I can spend the weekened together. Because of public transport still being a risk that can easily be avoided, he will pick me up here tomorrow and then drive to his place with me - not be most environmental friendly way, admittedly, but this is truly an exception.

We won't be visiting anyone, or have visitors at the cottage. The original plan "before Corona" was to host the family lunch on Easter Sunday, which has always been at O.K.'s sister's in the past years; we wanted to return the favour for a change and had already planned the full meal, with leg of lamb and all the trimmings. But we can always do that some other time, can't we.

Yesterday, I went shopping, having run out of fresh fruit, salad and dairy products. For the first time since "all this" has begun, I had to wait outside my local supermarket because there were already a certain number of customers in the shop. It wasn't very long before I was allowed in, and then I only bought the essentials, of course ;-) 

Toilet paper, champagne, flour and coconut chocolate - as I said, only the essentials!

Today after work, I have been at my Mum's "Dustbin Bar" (see previous post). This time, my Dad came down the stairs, too; my parents sat on foldable chairs near the door, while my sister and I were at a good distance on the steps in front of the house. We exchanged our little Easter gifts and shared a bottle of sparkling wine between the four of us - that was our Easter family gathering.

With the warm weather and (mostly) sunshine, and the occasional neighbour walking by, it was rather pleasant; different from what we would normally do, but still nice. It was good to see both my parents "in person" (as opposed to on the screen of my mobile phone or my ipad), and they are in good spirits. 

Chocolate bunnies and home-baked bunny cookies

Now I am looking foward to spending a few days somewhere else than my own four walls. Not that I don't like being home (I honestly do!), but O.K.'s cottage is also very nice, and unlike me, he has a balcony for those nice sunny afternoons and balmy spring evenings (G&T, anyone?). Also, the area around the village is especially beautiful this time of year, with orchards in bloom and the tender green of the woods; with different paths for walks than here in my more "towny" environment.

Sunrise this morning, as seen from my kitchen window

Are you going to mark Easter in any special way?