Dochtersions: Hello everybody! Under the name "dochtersions" I started, at the suggestion of my dear husband, in sharing my photos, fractals, and also some paintings, and other 2D art here at Renderosity. That was in January of 2010. I still use my two owls as avatar, which is a reduced image of one of my oil paintings.
The name "dochtersions" came into my head as only one, when I was looking for a name for my blog that I started in 2007.
This name is not that strange, as I know that God is my real father and mother at the same time, and I know that God loves me more and deeper than a man can aware of (or at least I think this way)
I live in the South of The Netherlands together with my retired husband. I've had various occupations. In my last job, I was working as an assistant to a paediatrician and a rehabilitation specialist. When I had children, I graduated "health awareness", and gave lectures on various topics, plus vegetarian cooking classes to teenagers.
My husband and I have together two daughters and four grandchildren. Which all live abroad, to be precise in Lacey (WA-USA) and Davos in Switzerland.
I've always been busy with all kinds of creativity. As a child I drew a lot, later pottery, needle art, tapestries, weaving, batik art, macramé, etc. Painting with oil was my last great hobby.
Around about the year 2000 I started having unexplained physical symptoms as well as insomnia, which was later diagnosed as having PTSD. It turned out that I had repressed a traumatized youth. However, the physical symptoms made that I no longer could be busy with my passions, the real painting, and other activities (f.e. reading books, gardening, travelling), which I was doing without a limit.
What I can stay doing well in limited form, is playing music on my mandolin and my guitar, and also to enjoy/listen my favourite music, which is including the cantatas of J.S. Bach and his sons , f.e. also music from G.F. Handel, G.Ph. Telemann, a.s.o. This is also the kind of music that my husband (on its church organ) and I (on my mandolin) play together.
After being diagnosed with PTSD a lot changed and I was forced to look for alternatives in which I could express myself. That is, that for years I started writing, and poetry, which go quite intense and as a sort of automatic. Unfortunately, my knowledge of the English language is not sufficient enough, so I write in my mother tongue, with sometimes a few exceptions. The thoughts come to my mind right at unexpected moments, and it’s wonderful, to surrendering to your train of thoughts.
In the encounter more and more of impossibilities, in connection with, f.e continuous pains, I learned to shift my gaze. Searching for distractions and alternatives, I learned to focus my happy mind on all the wonderful and admirable little things in the world around me.
My husband since 1968 Karel (kareldg on RR) bought a small pocket camera for me, and taught me to work with Fractal Explorer. Through my little Sony camera I learned to look differently, to see deeper; to see the details, the structure, how refined, and just so unique the small ones are in God's creation.
What is one of my daily tasks is trying to support people who suffer from PTSD, but they suffer more in an emotional way, and I can understand them and listen to their story (digital) they trust me.
Renderosity: What projects are you currently working on?
Dochtersions: Of course I would love to take more concrete technical knowledge to me (to acquire), and follow tutorials, how to work with Ultra Fractal, Mandelbulb, etc.. The capabilities of PSP investigate and experiment with it.
The manual of my current camera (Canon PowerShot SX50HS, and as pocket camera Panasonic DMC-TZ35, since 2020 I use a Canon PowerShot SX70HS). I would like to sift through, and experiment with it. But exactly that kind of things, such as reading comprehension, concentration, makes this especially, by the constant dominating intense facial pain, really impossible.
All in all, I continue to look for improvement, while in the meantime trying to be light-hearted, happy and hopeful, to be open to everything that's coming my way. I enjoy art, stay in the nature, the outer man/woman in me, the love that I've been given, to realize this, and to be thankful for. Wherever I am happy with is that I am able to meet so many lovely people through RR. Unfortunately, only digital, but I'm also grateful.
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Comments (30)
clbsmiley
What an invasion!!!! Poor Iris!!!
tennesseecowgirl
The poor flower didn't have a chance, that must be on tasty Iris.. Nice captures.
durleybeachbum
It is also quite bad manners to have sex at the dinner table. I hope you told them off!
Faemike55
Wonderful captures, Mies!
Richardphotos
what is worse is their larvae stage will eat the roots causing the plant to die period.I use something to kill them and it is still working after 3 years.the iris is awesome
Hubert
Ouch.... poor flower! Great shots!! :)
claude19
Dramatic and very impressive !!! Splendid flower, wonderful colors....and such insects....
kbrog
Yikes! Poor Iris. :( Well at least got got a shot of it before they had lunch. Excellent capture of your beautiful Iris and collage of what happened!
annie5
Amazing pictures, Mies! Awesome :)
Meisiekind
Horrible little critters! I hope the poor iris lived to tell the tale! Great images Mies!
Hendesse
That's a real plague. Too bad for the beautiful flower, but your shots are excellent. Fantastic details.
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastisch
jayfar
Fancy doing that to a beautiful iris - they really bug me.
farmerC
Schitterend werk.
aksirp
oh my god, hope they stay in Neederland! have one beetle found on my Iris, (see on my picture), hope its not the same! very dramatic for the Iris! do you have this invasion every year? great observation and composition, makes me sad for your flowers!
wjames
Great capture Mies, of two links in natures food chain!!!
jmb007
c'est la vie!!!belles photos!!
blondeblurr
My guess, there is enough food for all to go around... so why not start with deserts ? BB
npauling
Wow, you started out with such a beautiful flower but have been left with a limp bit of yellow. What a shame but I guess the beetles enjoyed it.
cricke49
awesome capture, i agree the poor iris didn't have a chance and beetles sure need to learn table manners! lol!:)*5
mermaid
oh my, Mies, never seen such an invasion on a lovely iris.. I wonder why, is it the color or the taste, so sad plants can't just shake them of...
anianiani
good script.........excellent my friend.....
Sheyenne
very nice, Mies, but got a surprise for you in my gallery smile
flavia49
terrific series!!
carlx
How many little critter!!! Excellent close-up!!!
flora-crassella
very interesting photos! GREAT!!!!!!
Carlahoon
Great work!!
sandra46
outstanding image and capture!!!
BertDes
Mooie collage. Interessante beestjes.
inomminate
this is a very good sequence.