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 (39)
Dreamingbee
so cool idea by your neighbour, mies.. and so great photo .. !! thx for sharing this, it brings me a smile !! have a good weekend hugs heike
RadiZ
now everyone gets there old shoes out of the closet and use them for decoration, cool idea and great photo..
barbdennist
This is a good use for old boots, and well photographed.
lyron
Cool picture!!
jayfar
Should have washed his feet more often Jacomina!! Super shot and a nice idea.
durleybeachbum
Brilliant idea!
mininessie
but now not! :D
jclP
cool idea and shot
Richardphotos
now they are firmly planted!!no more walking for them.superb subject
qrud
Een staaltje van iets moois, een uniek idee. Een uitzonderlijk foto.
kbrog
I don't think so with that title Jacomina. LOL! ;D Superb capture and a clever idea for what to do with old boots! :)
alida
nice recycling pots
clbsmiley
Great little planters!!!
JuliSonne
I also planted shoes ... I think that is simply cool!
claude19
splendid idea! wonderful forms and colors !
sandra46
terrific shot
Faemike55
Very good idea to reuse the boots Great shot
jocko500
hahhah good recycle idea
npauling
They deserve to have a happy retirement as they look to have been everywhere. An excellent capture and the moss looks great on them.
mgtcs
Superb shot my friend, coll boots, super cool!
magnus073
What a fantastic photo Mies, someone had a clever idea for these boots
anianiani
Everything Special And Newlook On it...Excellent Photo Jacomina...Thanks.
cricke49
plants they grow anywhere in anything, superb capture mies! so sorry i made you cry, you can e-mail me at richardcricke@aol.com at anytime to talk my precious friend!:)*5
anahata.c
beautiful detail, and so vivid, and a wonderful juxtaposition of things against things (the shoes against that big pot or barrel, the soil and plants in the shoes, everything against that beautiful stone ground, etc). I love the green moss/mold on the shoes, and you captured it all with real vividness. A fun and, at the same time, beautiful capture of life playing itself out. And done with very loving attention to the smallest detail. I really love this piece. (And I zoom on everything, and this is fully worth the zoom!)
mariogiannecchini
Fanatstic shot , dear Myes ! Great capture and idea !
X-PaX
That is a very cool idea. Instead of throwing away old shoes, they can be used for this purpose very well. Very nice capture Jacomina.
carlx
Superb and fun capture, Mies!!!
psyoshida
Ha! What a great idea. That's one way to get those stinky old boots to smell sweeter. I love the flower but I think he is trying to escape the boot. :) Wonderful shot, I love it.
farmerC
Prachtige opname. en zo is een 2e leven nog leuk met de vetplantjes.
flavia49
fantastic image