Arete Roper

@areteroper.bsky.social

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Dutch, love ( my 5*) cats, English, books, science and crochet.

A picture of my tablet, with date (26-06-2026) and time (19:21) below and to the right: the temperature at Winterswijk (NL): 41 °C.
You are looking along a garden path at the side of my house. To the right side of the frame you see a sliver of my home. Between the house and the path 2 foxgloves show up at the front. To the left an apple tree is doing its best. Also visible in the picture are lots of ferns, 2 prune trees, a grape vine, several grasses,wisteria, the remnants of tulips, an oak and a beech hedgerow. Everything is looking very lush and green. Sun is shining down the path and dappled shade covers the bottom half of the picture.
A sleek black cat drinks from a mini pond. It is a rectangular container with 2 goldfish some duckweed and a pond lily. The container fills the bottom half of the picture and is angled slightly left to right. The container is framed by lots of plants (thyme, rosemary, alliums). The cat sits in the middle of the picture with light grey patio pavement behind him. His name is Teuntje and he has his little pink tongue out. 📷: my sister
Je ziet een kruidenrijk grasveld. Aan het eind staat.een stal tussen het groen.
De slijtvast, 3 alinea's.
Een lichtroze met witte kaart ligt op de kruik, die op de tas ligt. De kaart toont een geel hart met bedrijfslogo. Daaronder staat in paars de tekst: "Voor de liefste mama." en daaronder in geel: "Fijne moederdag!".
Op de tas ligt een blauwe kruik in een grijze fleece kruikzak. Op de zak is een geel hart geborduurd met een bedrijfslogo in wit en zwart. Daaronder staat in wit de tekst "Krijg het er warm van". Het woord 'warm' is geel.
Je ziet een papieren tas in Licht roze met witte stippen
A shirt in dark blue with a litte sailboat on small Wales in white. Beneath the boat you see half a giant white whale, about to attack the boat. The text underneath says: "Don't be a dick".
Een paar haast uitgebloeide pruimenbloesems.
Achterop een gedachteniskaart staat de tekst: 'De Heer is mijn herder / bekijk het maar verder.' -Levi Weemoedt
A woman in a black sweater has a broche of a red pencil on it.
A black cat lies on a footstool against the radiator. You are looking at his behind which has caked mud in it.
Je ziet een schermopname van een trainingsprogramma voor de aanstaande verkiezingen op 18 maart 2026. Het toont het voorblad van een proces-verbaal van de verkiezingen. Het betreft hier de gemeente Juinen.
Je ziet de zijwand van een oude steengroeve. Tegen de lichte wand zit op verschillende plaatsen begroeiing, nog bruin en dor van de winter. Sommige bomen staat aan de rand van de afgrond, andere (dode) bomen hangen naar beneden; hun wortels voorkomen dat ze naar beneden storten. Ergens tegen de wand zit de oehoe. Kijk maar. De uil kijkt terug!
Je kijkt naar een veenmeertje. Op de voorgrond de moerassige oever, op de achtergrond bomen aan de overkant van het water. Ergens aan die overkant staan vogels met lange poten in het water. Als je inzoomt en goed naar de wazige vlekken kijkt, zie je inderdaad iets dat erop lijkt.
Juultje sits in the sun. She is a 17 years old tortie. She has chosen an excellent spot: the stone dividing wall and the pavement are warm in the sun.
Mayhem and Ramses who are siblings, lie on the couch and groom each other.
2 paarse krokussen.
A card with black margins with the text in white [above] "What are the four character classes?". In the centre, a picture in black and white of a battle scene. A Knight is fighting an emaciated man. Both carry shields. Bodies lie on the ground a drummer and soldiers. Further back, a castle, woods and mountains. Underneath this picture the text in the black margin: "Wrong answers only.".
Cat Mayhem is a grey cat with a small white splotch on her chest. She is lying on the couch, her feet folded beneath her. She is staring you right in the face, squinting slightly with her green eyes. A beige fleece blanket covers the seats of the brown couch. Behind her and to her left is Aslan, a ginger and white cat. He leans against a crocheted pillow that has shades of blue and petrol.
Twee toppen van een oude pruimeboom en wat andere takken liggen op de tegels achter het huis. De stammen zijn meer dan 2 meter lang.
Screenshot of 2 posts of a thread by @eliothiggins.bsky
Bezorginformatie
My long-awaited book #Buat by Jean-Marie van Tol has arrived. You see the front cover on my lap, one-braincelled cat lying at my feet.
Pakketinformatie van Post.nl waarin te zien is dat mijn bestelling voor de derde keer is uitgesteld naar de volgende dag.
2 cats on the pavement; 1 black and 1 grey.
The snowman is in town! He has black eyes, a carrot nose but no mouth. 2 sticks form his arms and he holds up a broom in his left hand. He has just finished sweeping the sidewalk. It must have been hard work; his green hair stands up in 2 tufts.
Ramses and Juultje on a footstool in front of the radiator. Juultje is barely visible, her head peeks out behind a very big black cat.
Two cats, Mayhem and Harley, sleeping in a red chair. Mayhem is hugging a pillow, Harley lies half on her back with outstretched paws. The only time when these sisters get along.
Mayhem with her grey fur is curled up against a grey bathrobe.
Ramses (a black cat) and his sister Mayhem (Grey or blue cat) lie on grey pavement, paws touching. They look at the camera as if I interrupted them.
Mayhem is laying on the couch, her head is in the top left corner, her front paw stretched out to the right. A soft pink spot on each of the grey cushioned pads.
A black and a grey cat lie on concrete, facing eachother and paws touching. Both looking at the camera. Both murder in their eyes.
3 boeken liggen klaar: Musch, Overijssel Tirannie en Kiezen voor Democratie
My couch with 6 rows of crocheted triangles in reds, yellows and greys. In the corner of the couch my cat Mayhem is sleeping against a Moroccan style crocheted pillow in blues and white
Squirrel sitting on a branch of a large beech tree. Not in the picture: cat Harley on the ground.
My legs are visible as I am stretched out on the lounger. Cat Juultje is lying on my lap as usual. Cat Harley is lying on top of her.
My #cat Aslan is sitting on the window sill admiring the fireworks, as he does every year.
Round crochet in black with a 9 petal flower in the centre in yellow, blue, pink and purple and 9 white skulls with crowns in the same colours.
My cats Mayhem (blue) and Harley (black) are asleep in an armchair (red).
4 crocheted triangles in various colour combinations
De foto toont een deel van een folder met de tekst: "Ook mensen met langdurige klachten proberen wij op te lossen".
A pair of grey woollen fingerless gloves lie on a beech hall bench.the gloves have a interlocking shell pattern.
A brown and ivory crocheted blanket. It is made of brown squares with geometric patterns in relief and 2 ivory rows with the same pattern.
Cat Juultje sits on a small table in the sunshine and she looks directly to the camera. She is a beautiful tortie with the cutest white socks (front paws)
My cat Aslan is red and white. H lies on the couch, his head held up, his front legs stretched out in front of him.
My cat Mayhem is grey (blue?). She lies on a grey and white blanket on the couch.
My son sits outside in a garden chair. His face is not in the picture. He has my black cat Ramses on his lap. Ramses' head and front paws hang off to one side and his hind legs hang off to the other side of my son's lap. He is completely limp.
Two white pillows lie on top of each other. My black cat lies between the two and her head peeps out.