Happy New Year from the Netherlands!
I’m wishing you all have a healthy, successful and loving 2026Happy

Let's Get This New Year Started!!! 😹

In Russia, raising an owl is a common tradition, as it is seen as a friendly pet that enjoys closeness and cuddles with its owner and is known for its strong loyalty.

In Russian culture, the owl is also considered a symbol of wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge!

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Story time 📚📖

In 1705, an Irish woman named Margorie McCat was thought to have died of a fever and was hastily buried to prevent contagion. She was interred wearing a valuable ring that her husband John, a physician, could not remove because her swollen finger made it impossible, drawing the attention of grave robbers.

That very night, before the earth had fully settled, body snatchers began digging up the grave. Unable to slip the ring free, they attempted to cut off her finger. When blood flowed, Margorie suddenly revived from a coma, sat upright, and screamed. Accounts differ on the robbers’ fate, though one claims they fled in terror and abandoned their trade.

Margorie climbed out of the grave and walked home. Hearing a knock, John reportedly joked that if his wife were alive, he would swear it was her….

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Opening the door to find Margorie in burial clothes, bleeding but alive, he collapsed from shock and died. He was later buried in the grave prepared for her.

Margorie went on to remarry and have several children. When she eventually died years later, she was buried at Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland. Her headstone bears the inscription: “Lived Once, Buried Twice.”

Studies show that watching a beaver eat cabbage lowers stress by 17% 🦫

Haha, great slide! 😂

Spy Cats 🐈‍⬛ 😁

She taught her dogs to paint and now she teaches her cat to paint too 🥹🥰

This girl knows how to train her dogs and cat to do anything!

Give her a follow on instagram! @my_aussie_gal

Generational differences 😂

I was rooting for the dog the whole time 😂

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The New Year’s Plunge…. It’s real 🥶

“Oh no, not again here on Earth” 😅

He’s not wrong!! Gimme that!! 😍

After many years we have finally snow again in Amsterdam. Today even more snow fell. It’s a beautiful winter wonderland ❄️☃️🌨️

Honoring Gramma the tortoise (1884-2025) 🐢❤️
A remarkable life that stretched across three centuries, lived with patience, quiet strength, and gentle wisdom.

Gramma wasn't just an old tortoise—she became a symbol of endurance, peaceful aging, and the beauty of moving through the world slowly and intentionally.

For everyone who cared for her, she was comfort, calm, and a living reminder of how nature holds history within its heartbeat.
Losing her means saying goodbye to a rare soul whose timeline reached far beyond our own.

May Gramma rest in peace after an extraordinary journey. Her story will continue to inspire love, resilience, and appreciation for the quiet power found in the natural world.

Let it snow, let it snow , let is snow….
Amsterdam, Netherlands