march + april: cemetery culture & easter egg walk.

in late march i met up with my dearest friend l. from frankfurt to check out one of the cemeteries in her neighborhood, the hauptfriedhof höchst. it was opened in 1925, so it's still a young cemetery, but it still offered a few beautiful statues.

angels watching over everything at the entry to the cemetery.

outdoor columbarium.

cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

fresh burial grounds.

i managed to take a decent woodpecker photo.

i loved this grave stone the most.

soon march turned into april and on one weekend i decided to check out a hiking route in auringen. i managed to totally get lost and after meandering around for a few hours decided to try the route at different time. i still ended up at a few interesting places, like the egg fountain in medenbach.

view out to the west.

the little church in medenbach.

the glorious easter egg fountain. in villages around wiesbaden it's a tradition to set up easter egg sculptures, but mostly they are hung on a pole. i loved this approach to the easter egg pole a lot more.

the eggs are partly handmade and partly your average boring plastic eggs. my favourite are of course the handpainted ones.

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