18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 34

And including Emperor Joseph II!

from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:

Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.

(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)

Fiber arts: 11 months

It has been about 11 months since I learned how to crochet!

The number of meetings I have to go to has gone way down (mostly because the projects that had All The Meetings and which led to my learning crocheting in the first place came to an end or are on hiatus) so I have been churning out things at a much lower rate, but in fact I have been crocheting and, um, also doing more and more knitting.

( Knitting, crocheting, yarn. Two pictures. )