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 (25)
ronmolina
Love it!
magnus073
Mies, this is such a wonderful capture of them. I very much enjoyed you're precious memories of this holiday that you shared with us, and learning about this tradition.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful holiday capture Mies!
giulband
very nice
helanker
A really beautiful shot, Jacomina and I loved your story behind your Christmas traditions,. :-)))))))))))))))
farmerC
Prachtige opname Mies. het is en blijft spannend voor de kinderen.
junge1
Great capture!
jayfar
This is a lovely picture and equally a lovely story. I bet you were always good Jacomina!!
durleybeachbum
So very interesting, Mies! I love the different traditions of countries!
adrie
Wonderful picture Mies.
claude19
splendid and nice photography !!!
auntietk
So different from here, yet much is the same. Thank you for sharing your traditions!
johndoop
Denk nog met gemengde gevoelens terug aan sinterklaas in mijn jeugd!! De sint en pieten zijn veel veranderd de laaste jaren in hun voordeel vind ik Dus laten we deze traditie eren en koesteren voor onze kinderen en kleinkinderen O ja een mooie foto!!
flavia49
great shot
sandra46
EXCELLENT WORK
Faemike55
Wonderful photo and cool lesson in the history of Sinterklaas
alanwilliams
a lovely picture and such charming memories
emmecielle
A very interesting legend, Mies! Photo is superb! :)
danapommet
A wonderful story my friend and a beautiful picture. Thank you for bringing your Christmas story to us so that we can understand how people celebrate all over the world! Een prachtig verhaal van mijn vriend en een mooie foto. Dank u voor het brengen van uw kerstverhaal aan ons zodat we kunnen begrijpen hoe mensen vieren over de hele wereld!
netot
Beautiful history, and great capture, Jacomina! Thanks for share this lovely tradition!
X-PaX
Lovely capture Jacomina.
Rob2753
It's a good shot Jacomina and thanks for the story I had heard this before but was good to be reminded :)
LindaPerryMcCarthy
A wondrous, magical tradition, and I like your capture of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet, When I was young, I believed in Santas Claus (as he is known here). The, when I "grew-up," I knew better..I thought. Now, I am believing again. :-)
clbsmiley
Fantastic!!! Great info too.
voske
Brengt mooie herinneringen terug toen onze dochter nog klein was ,leuke foto!!!