I was in the Hague last week visiting HC, and I ran into (almost literally) this bundle of hanging cheese, roped and herded for a street market.   (Is there a word for this — like bushel of apples, lug of cherries, or peck of pickled peppers?) Click on photo for full image.

Caught a performance of Handel’s gorgeous Susanna with Les Arts Florissants at the Concertgebouw while I was there.  My mobile listening device is flooded with Handel this last month.  Obsessing a little over Andrew Manze’s recording with Richard Egarr of the Opus I sonatas, and Carolyn Sampson’s album of German arias.  So so beautiful.  The guy is a real heart breaker.

A little something to accompany an absurd photo of hanging cheese.  Simple, but exquisite:

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