It is Palm Sunday already and we have spent nearly 7 hrs of it on the road returning from a near perfect trip to Prague.  I am still processing it all and likely will be for some time – figuratively and literally since we took some 400 pictures of that magical city.

I realized this morning that it has been 2 yrs now since we have braided palms in this family.  As this article explains this is a land without palms. Instead, we receive blessed bundles of herbs or branches from flowering spring shrubs. We discovered today that it is the same in the Czech Republic.  Still wonderful, still a reminder of that magnificent procession into Jerusalem so long ago. It is just another of those different things I didn't know before we came here and thought you might not either. 

(You can see more pics here and here)

Whatever is gracing your altars this year, may they bless you greatly. 

I will be sharing as we can in coming days but they promise to continue to be full.  We are so very pleased to be preparing to host the son of our dear friends for the rest of his spring break from his semester in Florence.