Sunday 24 March 2013

Taking home Willow Catkins
Viennese Moments


Willow Catkins
In Austria, on Palm Sunday
churches are being decorated
not with palm fronds, but with willow catkins,
Palmkätzchen in German, i.e. Palm Catkins

More about Palm Sunday and Willow in Europe -> Palm, Willow and Yew

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful!! Wish I could be there! Hope your weekend is going well, Merisi and have a lovely Palm Sunday!

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  2. GOD PÅSKE / HAPPY EASTER!

    I like your image, bright color and happiness in it.

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  3. Lovely splash of yellow...so Easteresque!

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  4. Terrific spring photo; the willows, the checked coat and the lemon yellow wrap work beautifully together.

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  5. Frohen Palmensonntag dear Merisi!

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  6. Lots of catkins on our trees around here right now.

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  7. I must admit I had never asked myself what people used in other countries, so thank you for the informative photo. In Italy, we use olive branches.

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  8. Black and white and bright yellow - very stylish. We decorate with catkins too. We call them "bazie".

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