Easter Monday - The Last Easter Day and a Long Weekend
With this day today, Easter 2022 is now over. Today was still a holiday in our country, Easter Monday is virtually like a second Sunday attached to the weekend.
I love these long weekends, there is so much more peace and quiet. Probably all people would be much more balanced and healthier if we had two days off every weekend. Or at least, like in the past, the stores would close at noon on Saturday.
But we are all so addicted to consumerism that we can no longer switch off. I can't remember my grandparents or parents ever having anything like "weekend or freetime stress"! We have all become driven, constantly more, constantly action, only not once just do nothing. I find that very unfortunate, but of course everyone as he wants. Nevertheless, one may also like to question whether our "normal life" is really still normal?
So a long, beautiful weekend with a lot of family, too much food, a lot of fun but also with a lot of quiet times comes to an end. Today there was except breakfast only a salad from the leftovers from the barbecue yesterday and I'm still papp full. Then I watched a movie again for a long time, basically just to test whether the TV still works ;-) They were super nice days, I enjoyed them and now I'm looking forward to when spring is finally fully there and it will slowly become summertime.
By the way, if you like to use good olive oil in the kitchen, it might be a good idea to look for a large batch, which you can usually get in Greek or Turkish stores. You can then simply fill the oil into a nice carafe for daily use and in the end you have even saved a little with it and supported a small store.
DEUTSCH / GERMAN
Ostermontag - der letzte Tag des Osterfestes
Mit diesem Tag heute ist Ostern 2022 auch schon wieder vorbei. Heute war hierzulande ja noch ein Feiertag, der Ostermontag ist quasi wie ein zweiter Sonntag an das Wochenende dran gehängt.
Ich liebe diese langen Wochenenden, es kehrt so viel mehr Ruhe ein. Wahrscheinlich wären alle Menschen viel ausgeglichener und gesünder, wenn wir jedes Wochenende zwei Tage frei hätten. Oder wenigstens wie früher einmal am Samstag die Geschäfte mittags schon schließen würden.
Aber wir sind ja alle so sehr dem Konsumwahn verfallen, dass wir gar nicht mehr abschalten können. Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, dass meine Großeltern oder Eltern jemals so etwas wie „Freizeit Stress“ hatten! Wir alle sind zu Getriebenen geworden, ständig mehr, ständig Action, bloß nicht einmal einfach nur nichts tun. Das finde ich sehr schade, aber natürlich jeder wie er will. Dennoch darf man auch mal gerne hinterfragen, ob unser „normales Leben“ wirklich noch normal ist?
So geht also ein langes, schönes Wochenende mit viel Familie, viel zu viel Essen, viel Spaß aber auch mit viel Ruhe Zeiten zu Ende. Heute gab es außer Frühstück nur noch einen Salat aus den Resten vom Grillen gestern und ich bin immer noch papp satt. Dann habe ich seit langem mal wieder einen Film angesehen, im Grunde nur um zu testen, ob der Fernseher noch funktioniert ;-) Es waren super schöne Tage, ich habe sie genossen und jetzt freue ich ich, wenn der Frühling endlich voll da ist und es langsam Sommer wird.
Wer übrigens gerne gutes Olivenöl in der Küche benutzt, für den empfiehlt es sich vielleicht mal nach einer großen Charge Ausschau zu halten, die man meist in griechischen oder türkischen Läden bekommt. Man kann das Öl dann einfach in eine schöne Karaffe für den täglichen Gebrauch füllen und am Ende hat man sogar ein wenig gespart damit und einen kleinen Laden unterstützt.
Ich hoffe ihr alle hattet auch so eine schöne Zeit und viel Freude im Kreise eurer Lieben. Dann geht es jetzt wohl auf ins "normale" ;-) Alltagsleben :-) Eure B.
Who missed out something, here you find all my postings from this time:
My Easter Posting Journey 2022:
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Palm Sunday - The Making of my Easter Bouquet
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How to Paint Easter Eggs for the Easter Bouquet
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Austrian Easter Tradition Food on Maundy Thursday
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Austrian Easter Tradition - Easter Saturday with Family
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Sublime Easter Sunday with Friends, Family and Grilled Lamb
I hope you all had also such a nice time and much joy in the circle of your loved ones. Then it goes now probably on to the "normal" ;-) everyday life :-) Yours, B.
all photos by @beeber
mostly Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
and also my posting no 18/30 for the #hiveblopomo by @traciyork
That food all looks pretty darned tasty. Yum!
I think "normal" is whatever we want it to be these days. I think as long as we're happy with it, does it really matter?
Easter Monday? What a wonderful tradition. We don't have that here in the US, but I like the idea a whole lot.
Yay! 🤗
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Hi Beeber
A beautiful Easter post. I agree with you, I don't think our "normal" is actually normal at all anymore and I feel the shift to constantly be busy and be striving isn't healthy or balanced. It looks like you were able to get in some good rest time this weekend though which is good, I'm glad you had a good time.
Have a good week ahead.
Andy
Yes Easter Monday is always a holiday for us, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both holidays, so it is a wonderful long weekend!
All those little pictures where you show us your food look so succulent, happy holidays to you.
Your pictures are lovely. The meals look delicious. Easter is celebrated in my country, but in my work, holidays mean extra work to do 😞.
What you said is 100% correct. We will all be better and healthier with days off to rest.
I wonder when we will realise this and put it into practice. Life will be more enjoyable and longer that way!
Have a fantastic week ahead!