Easter Wells

[selenak]

Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it. We followed family tradition and visited our Franconian Easter Wells again, which are extremely pretty, despite the fact the winter came back with a vengeance and so there is snow on the painted eggs. But have a look, even if you don't care for the holiday at all, I promise prettiness!










Every village here in Upper Franconia really comes up with its own variation, and attention to detail pays off:












And here's the bunnies' school next to the largest Easter Well:

Comments

[ladystarlightsj.livejournal.com]

Lovely pictures, thank you! And Happy Easter to you!

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I'll tell my half-German sons to look at those!

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

Just wow.. are some of the eggs hand painted?

[kskitten.livejournal.com]

The amount of eggs baffles me a little.

Happy Eater to you too!

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

These are so lovely! Are the eggs fresh dyed every year, or blown and used several years in a row? I can't imagine doing all of them from scratch each year!

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

They're gorgeous! Although, for some reason, I'm partial to the purple.

Thank you for sharing and have a Happy Easter!

[kathyh]

These are always so pretty but I think they look even prettier in the snow. I love the blue flower ones and the bunnies are adorable (though possibly Anya wouldn't agree).

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

Ooo, gorgeous. We had snow this morning, but it turned to rain and melted quickly.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Wow! (and BRRRRRRRR! looks velly velly cold) So pretty! Happy Easter!

(and OMG are these giant CHOCOLATE bunnies?)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Amazing and beautiful; so much detailed work! The rabbit school looks as if it dates back to at least the 19th century.

I wish we had such lovely customs.