Easter Egg Thoughts

Since it is Easter I have been thinking about eggs during the past week.

Wooden Easter Eggs, Germany, Jena, HandcraftsI have been in Germany close to Easter several times. It is interesting to go shopping then as you can find many different types of Easter eggs for sale. Here are some nice colorful wooden eggs. If you look closely you will see that they have a little ring for attaching a string or ribbon.

Easter Egg Tree - Wooden Easter Eggs - German Traditions - Easter TraditionsIn Germany they hang eggs on trees for Easter. Sometimes they are hung inside as decorations, but you will also see them hanging outdoors on trees in the yard. Of course, the ones hanging outside are usually made of plastic.

Deviled Eggs - Paprika - Finger Foods - Holiday Party - Artistic Finger FoodSince I have been thinking of Easter eggs I am also thinking of deviled eggs. What do you do with the remains of all those colored eggs?

Now on to another egg thought.

Chinese grocery store, egg display, eggs, packagingHave you ever been to a grocery store in a different country? It is always interesting to see how they display or package different items of food.

Here is an egg display in a grocery store in Shanghai. It is interesting that they are not packaged. You can select the eggs that you want to buy from the stacks.

Net Bag Eggs, Egg Cartons, Packaged Eggs, Chinese eggsThey also sell them in net bags or packaged in different amounts.

Have you ever seen eggs sold in net bags?

Steven

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Virtual Hike to Northkill Creek, Pennsylvania

The next destination on my Virtual Hike was Northkill Creek, Pennsylvania.

northkill creek, pennsylvania, amish, massacre, virtual hike, barnsThe previous destination on my virtual hike was Quakertown, Pennsylvania.

The virtual hike from Quakertown went along country roads as it headed west.

There were a lot of scenic views as well as many barns along the way.

northkill creek, pennsylvania, amish, massacre, virtual hike, barnsSome barns were newer.

northkill creek, pennsylvania, amish, massacre, virtual hike, barnsSome barns were older.

northkill creek, pennsylvania, amish, massacre, virtual hike, barnsThe virtual hike finally made it to the Northkill Creek area which was the site of the first Amish settlement in Pennsylvania.

northkill creek, pennsylvania, amish, massacre, virtual hike, barnsThe settlement was disbanded following an Indian attack in 1757 in which members of my Hochstetler family were killed or taken captive. I was able to find the historical marker on Google Maps Street View.

The marker is just across the street from an attraction called Roadside America near Shartlesville, Pennsylvania. However, the miniature village and railroad layout is now permanently closed

I will not go into the details of the Indian attack in this post, but you can learn more about it by visiting some previous posts I have written.

Indian Captives

The French and Indian War

Katey Sagal – Amish Ancestry Katey Sagal is also a descendant of the Hochstetler family

The Light in the Forest

The next destination on my Virtual Hike is a small town on the Susquehanna River with an interesting connection to the Restoration Movement

I have been setting shorter distances between destinations for better motivation for my daily walking and so far it has been working. I have been walking more each day and have made good progress on my Virtual Hike. I am still a few stops behind on my posts.

I am now heading west and have some interesting stops planned that are family or history related.

Steven

Images in this post are from Google Maps and Street View

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