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Matthijs den Daas
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Composer, lover of food.
Kindness is the key to all things...
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Ok, the good news: Everything that was in storage is now finally at home with me.

The bad news: I'm gonna have to sort out all of these boxes now and give everything a place in my house!
About a dozen big cardboard boxes stacked on top of each other.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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My neighbour's shed caught fire! I called the fire dept, they've got it under control... I hope.
Big flames rage behind a garden fence. A clothes line hangs in sillouette. Smoke rises behind a garden fence.
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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I don't know what you are, but I love you... 😍
Brown furry animal laying comfortably with it's paw in front of its snout.
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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I'm looking at my pictures from Japan again 'cause I miss it... There's just nothing like it.
Night-time photo overlooking the cityscape of Tokyo. Highrise buildings as far as the eye can see.
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I wanted to clear my fridge which resulted in an unusual pizza with tomato, olives, pesto, and... pickles, with a truffle sauce drizzled on top. I'm happy, if very surprised, to report that pickle on pizza actually works!
Pizza with fresh tomatos, olives, pickles, green pesto, and a white truffle dressing. Served on a green and brown plate on a wooden table.
October 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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It's a good day today.
A cloud against a blue backdrop. The sun is visible as a small white circle piercing through the cloud.
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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It's DnD night and I AM READY!
Let's slay some monsters and eat some brie...
A cup of coffee and a cheese plate with brie and crackers.
September 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I made my own flat bread today! With friend zucchini and olives and truffle sauce. It's the first time I made my own bread from scratch and I'm quite happy with it!
A flat bread with fried zucchini and olives with a truffle dressing, rested on an azure plate, on a wooden table.
September 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you.
These are my first 5 purchases: Empire: Total War (ROW) Terraria Total War: Shogun 2 DLC's: Ikko Ikki Clan, Rise of the Samurai, and Sengoku Jidai. Skyrim Total War: Shogun 2 - blood pack DLC. The timespan is between March of 2009 and January 2012
August 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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So it appears I'm getting another shot at photographing aurora soon... Fingers crossed the skies will be clear! Here's a shot I managed to get last time this happened in the Netherlands.
Aurora Borealis. Streaks of bright red across a starry sky, with green to the right side of the frame.
May 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Best Star Trek Crew, Wrong Answers Only
A pic from "Pigs in Space", a Muppets spoof on Star Trek.
May 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I'm gonna miss this tree from my old place. It's bloom never disapoints.
Pink blossoming tree.
April 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Felt homesick for Japan, so I bought some mochi...
Meanwhile, spring is finally here and it shows!
A young tree with large pink flowers in bloom. behind it, a much larger tree looms against a bright blue sky.
April 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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#photography
A black and brown bird sits atop a tree against a blue sky. It's beak is a gradient from light brown at it's base, to dark brown at it's end. It has white spots on a black belly.
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Photo of a magpie standing on the edge of it's nest in a tree top.
March 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Photo of a magpie in a tree top, building a nest. It holds a branch in it's beak.
March 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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There are two wolves inside me...
...both are pretty harmless.
A young wolf pup, playing with a branch. A very young wolf pup, sleeping in a small cardboard box.
March 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Home-made shio ramen with pork, bakchoi, and spring onions.
Home-made shio ramen with pork, bakchoi, and spring onions.
March 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, what's it like dating you?
A very delapidated house, overgrown with plants. A tree in soft pink blossom. It's branches hang down like a willow. A couple with their back to the camera walks the streets of Tokyo together at night. The streets are relfective with rain. With barely a finger, the girl holds the hand of the boy. The boy seems excited, the girl more contemplative. A high lookout over the city of Tokyo at night. City lights stretch out to the horizon. Highrise buildings to no end.
March 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I've been in this situation many times.

From Lost Records.
A sunny forest, with flowers in the foreground. In the background, a girl is sitting by herself with her back toward the camera. Screenshot taken from Lost Records.
February 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I took this picture in a kite museum in Japan. It's from a diorama in miniature of a kite festival in Hamamatsu. I thought the parent carrying their child was super cute ^^
Miniatures in a diorama. A busy scene of people in Japanese traditional clothing. Their faces are blank but their poses speak volumes. You can almost see a father and child look at each other while the child is seated on the parent's shoulders, even though they don't have eyes.
February 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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All in all, it was a whopping 8 courses.
Now I won't be seeing my family again until March at the earliest, but they do make it memorable!
Lobster soup. Pavlova Duck on toast. Deer and boar on puree of Topinamboer, a red wine and chocolate sauce and glaced leek.
December 26, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Here's what Christmas dinner was like for me...
A dinner table set for Christmas. There are green branches displayed in the center, and deep blue water bottles and candle holders. A manhatten cocktail. Scallops in green parsley oil and coconut cream. Pasta with parmagiano and white truffle.
December 26, 2024 at 10:26 PM
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Scene from the Matrix where Neo and Trinity fight guards in a lobby.
December 12, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Same!
A picture of the moment the assassin killed the CEO. In the top left corner it says "Everyone liked that", a reference to the Fallout games.
December 9, 2024 at 5:48 PM