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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale)
@belovedsnail.bsky.social
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reads, walks & occasionally eats.

Likes conversations. Posts pictures of her pets.

Retailer. Mentor. Sometime MeFite. Perpetually restless.

Living in the Hague. She/her. 🇳🇱/🇺🇸


Opinions are my own.
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Looks pretty, but now stuck on the runway for an hour plus wait for a de-icing truck. Fuck.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Hello, Hässleholm.
A stylised statue of a naked girl holding a May crown in front of an orange brick building and a tall Christmas tree. Balls of Christmas lights stand in front of her feet.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Frens. At least when it gets cold.
A large white and grey cat lays next to a small reddish dog
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Arrived in Chester.
A large glass of beer which reads “beer”
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Gladys from bewitched peers in a window. The caption reads “she sees what you did there”
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Clingendael autumn foliage with @minhishi.bsky.social
A canal in the autumn sun with the foliage reflected in the water A British style hedge maze with the forest in the background and the small Dutch hut A manor house with a blue sky and a half bare autumn tree A pond surrounded by fallen leaves and autumn trees
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Went for a walk today with @minhishi.bsky.social and found this creepy bloody doll with a card. Pretty sure it is a Halloween leftover.
A card which reads :” have a tea party with all my friends. I had a tea party with my friends today my stuffed ones. I don’t have real friends. We sat in a circle on the moss and I poured invisible tea into the tiny cups. They were quiet, but I could tell they were listening.” In another handwriting, someone has written : “ you call that a party? Failure. That was quick! You barely even tried! Sit longer next time five minutes at least make them stay. Pretend they are real if you have to. I don’t like it if you rush through our games.” A red splattered doll wrists on a red splattered tree with a stack of cups and an empty envelope
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Still a bit of hanging and unpacking to do, but it is starting to look like a dining room/work space.
A large wooden table with four chairs in front of a large window and balcony door. Afternoon light streams in. There is a large painting of a mythical woman goat. Two cats and a small dog are visible in the space.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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It was briefly pretty today before the murk resumed.
A Dutch canal in early winter with a blue sky and a bridge in the distance
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Nap time.
A blind reddish chihuahua mix lies in a pet bed next to a large white and grey cat.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Goodnight spoon/
Goodnight baboon/
Goodnight stinky white cat who sings a tune
Two reddish dogs and a big white and grey cat go to sleep in two pet beds.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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A little bit of sun makes my hood pretty again.
The Hotel Des Indes a historical hotel in the centre of the Hague. It is bright yellow. Old buildings with colourful awnings stand in The Hague. A large square with a large yellow hotel at the end of the square most of the leaves are fallen from the trees.
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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This hamper was completely uninteresting until I moved it into the hallway.
A calico cat and a white and grey cat sit on a brown storage hamper.
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I always remember this airport station in black and white.
A black-and-white picture of the Copenhagen airport station at night.
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A lot of fun today at the Pasar Raya Indonesia event.
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Checking out my corner bistro after a long as fuck day.
Pasta with wild swine ragu and a glass of wine in the background.
October 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Selfie with forgiving lighting:
A white blonde woman in late middle age with a haircut and carefully chosen light.
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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And some Amsterdam street art.
A punk with “Johnny Rotten” is painted on the side of an Amsterdam house. A stencil of an anguished man in black and white, next to a sticker of a serene Black woman in the center of a flower. A scary wooden sculpture of a woman thing reaching for the sky.
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Lovely day in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam canal in the fading light.
October 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The Brâncuși exhibit in A’dam is awesome. Highly recommend.

And since I visited with a Romanian friend, I now know how to pronounce his name correctly.
A version of The Kiss by Brâncuși from the 1920s. A couple in sandstone is clasped together in a kiss.
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Selfie in the gift shop.
A blonde woman in a maroon shirt and khakis in a mirror selfie.
October 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Goodbye to Ace Frehley. KISS was my gateway drug to Bowie.
Ace Frehley in Kiss makeup closes his eyes as he plays guitar.
October 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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And here we are today.
A small reddish dog sleeps in a white dog bed.
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This is a picture of my little fighter, six years ago after he was rescued. He lost both eyes, more than 20 teeth. He could not walk normally (he had been kept caged for breeding). They gave him just few months to live. Yet here we all still are.
A smiling reddish dog recovering from surgery after eye removal and with a swollen mouth.
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The sunny chair is my favourite place in the new house.
A small corner of a house with an Indonesian chair sat next to a bay window. A calico cat sits on the windowsill. There are four blue bottles in the window.
October 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM