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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 3d

Love is a flower
You gotta let it grow

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 4d

love is the answer

(Street art by D7606 in Amsterdam Noord)

#Amsterdam #streetart #D7606 #graffiti #poster

Street art poster by an artist called D7606 with a pug holding a red crayon in its mouth and a red heart tag around its neck

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 7d

Peter Visser @ Erwin Olaf expo at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Great expo, btw.

#Amsterdam #ErwinOlaf #museum #bettieserveert

A photo of Peter - guitar player of the Dutch band Bettie Serveert - standing in front of several colorful photos made by the Dutch artist Erwin Olaf, who passed away 2 years ago.

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 12d

mind blown

#jessewelles #tropicalfuckstorm #youletmytiresdown #acoustic #cover
youtu.be/DYqOxUn1p7s?...

Tropical Fuck Storm - You Let My Tyres Down

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 17d

hanging out with Stephan & Herman (our drummer and bass player)

#bettieserveert

Black & white photo of 2 men in a studio, Stephan is sitting behind a computer, Herman is playing bass guitar in front of a drumkit

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 22d

It was an honor to have met you, dear Conrad, thank you for all your kindness ❤️

www.thecurrent.org/feature/2025...

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 22d

on my bike, doing groceries on a sunny afternoon

#Amsterdam

A sunny afternoon in a street in the city center of Amsterdam, with trees and bikes

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · 24d

new toy 🎸

#guitarpedals #tremolopedal #tremolo

photo of a brown/orange tremolo guitar pedal with 3 knobs on it

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Sep 13

#notmycat #black&whitecats #cathurday #sup #cat

a black & white cat with light green eyes, being completely oblivious of what’s going on in the world, is sitting on the kitchen table and staring into my camera saying “sup”. Peter Visser is sitting in the background. Btw, this is not my cat, it belongs to a friend of mine. It's also not my kitchen.

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Sep 13

The first ‘bowl’ should be served late January, the rest of the menu will hopefully follow later next year 😉

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you so much!

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Sep 12

noodling

#bettieserveert #noodling #recording

A woman with long blond hair, wearing glasses and a striped t-shirt, sitting on a bed with a laptop in front of her. There's a mirror in the back and curtains

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 31

Dreamaniacs (acoustic), recorded live in 2005 with 2 mics with Peter & me on guitar & our Belgium drummer Gino 'Gigi' Geudens on backing vocals & shaker during an interview at a radio station in Seattle. No click track, no autotune, yes mistakes ;)
soundcloud.com/bettieservee...

3 members of Bettie Serveert, Peter Visser (wearing a cowboy hat), Gino Geudens and me standing outside in front of a building looking upwards to the sky

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 20

lots of boats on the river of Amsterdam and in the far distance there are some tall ships and buildings

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 20

a woman wearing a white and blue striped t-shirt, sunglasses, blond hair. There's a tall ship behind her called the A.R.A. Libertad from Argentina

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Of course Peter and I had to visit Sail today, we went there on our bicycles. Being a tourist in my own city is awesome & I love tall ships. Somewhere, in some alternative reality, I’m probably a sailor ;)

#Sail #Amsterdam #tallships #staycation

photo of a bold man wearing glasses and a blue t-shirt & a woman with long blond hair wearing sunglasses, there's a boat on the river behind them and some tall buildings in the far distance

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 18

My 1st cell phone, a Pocketline Swing 200, from 1999. Loved the colour. You could only save 10 text messages, so it would keep you in a constant pick-and-choose mode

A sea green handheld cell phone from 1999, with a light blue background

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · Jul 25

Defensive posturing from a wild hamster.

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Bettie Serveert @bettieserveert.bsky.social · Aug 17

Peter and Carol did a short Dutch interview with the OOR magazine about their favorite album covers from other bands:
oor.nl/news/de-favo...

De favoriete plaathoes van Bettie Serveert: 'Nothing But Thieves'

In de speciale zomereditie van OOR vragen we 33 kenners, liefhebbers en visionairs naar hún favoriete plaathoes aller tijden. Vandaag: Bettie Serveert. De band kwam voort uit De Artsen, ooit opgericht...

oor.nl

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 18

Héél deftig ;)

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 16

Peter Visser on staycation at the Paleis op de Dam (Royal Palace) in Amsterdam

Peter Visser at the Paleis op de Dam (Royal Palace) in Amsterdam

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 16

Visiting the first retrospective of Artus Quellinus (Artus Quellijn de Oude 1609-1668) at the Paleis op de Dam (Royal Palace) in Amsterdam. He made beautiful marble statues, this one is called 'Jealousy’. Amazing how he was able to carve such details, like that snake pinching a person’s cheek

A photo of a marble statue made by Artus Quellinus of a person with snakes on their head (NOT Medusa), one snake pinching the right cheek, the person seems to be screaming. I love being a tourist in my own city!

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dankjewel dat je helemaal naar Venlo wilde afkomen! Wij hebben Herman natuurlijk ook gemist ;)

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Carol Lee van Dyk @carolleevandyk.bsky.social · Aug 12

an hour before the festival gates were openend @ Zomerparkfeest in Venlo on Thursday 7 August, where we played with Bettie Serveert

a colour photo taken from the front of the stage, with floor monitors & light rigs, looking out at a big empty tent and a mixing board in the back with 4 tiny people

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Bettie Serveert @bettieserveert.bsky.social · Aug 10

It was great to see all of you at the Zomerparkfeest festival in Venlo on Thursday!/Het was geweldig om jullie allemaal te zien op het Zomerparkfeest in Venlo afgelopen donderdag! XO, the Betties (photo by Janneke Michels)

colour photo of 4 musicians on a stage, lot's of yellow lights, 3 men and a woman.

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