Pigs and 'mouse-ears'

Well, I guess that everybody in Europe already heard the news about the dead pigs that was found in the Huangpu river in Shanghai. Depending on which news site you read, they have cleaned the river from everything between a few hundred pigs, to up to 6,000 pigs. And still the Chinese authority claims that the water is safe to drink... The sad part is that even if people would get sick by drinking the water now, we will never know of it. What people don't know hasn't happened. And as they have cleared that the water is safe, it will stay safe according to the authority no matter what happens. That's local politics for you!
Here are some pigs whose fate I hope have been better than ending up rotting in a river. Taken on the highway between Rizhao and Qingdao:

Now it is not only the much warmer air that shows that spring is coming, I found some flowers and some trees on my morning walks this week that has dared to come to life again:

And as we have Easter soon approaching, I thought I would inspire you with this colorful picture of some coloured chickens you can buy here at the local market. Don't ask me how they colour them, I don't think I want to know...

So: Happy Easter in advance, and for you in Finland: enjoy some mignon eggs for me please!!