A very sad sight

I was mortified to discover that this beautiful robin, who had been a constant and courageous presence in the garden, had not survived the winter. LJ

In celebration of the stinkiest cheeses to come from France – The Local

Gerard Depardieu is bashing France for its “stinky cheese”, but we couldn’t give a whiff. Here are six of the smelliest you need to bury your nose in, at least once in life. What others would you add?
— Read on www.thelocal.fr/20160922/a-celebration-of-the-stinkiest-cheeses-to-come-out-of-france

Having acquired a Munster d’Alsace from the Christmas Market in Winchester, for which I gladly parted with £9.00 purely for the joy of rediscovering a slice of quintessential Alsace, I’ve just set it alongside a ripe Camembert. Splendid, if a mite whiffy ! LJ

Iphigenie auf Tauris, I, iii (Goethe)

So haben Tantals Enkel Fluch auf Fluch
Mit vollen, wilden Händen ausgesät.
Und, gleich dem Unkraut, wüste Häupter schüttelnd
Und tausendfält’gen Samen um sich streuend,
Den Kindeskindern nahverwandte Mörder
Zur ew’gen Wechselwut erzeugt!