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.
Comments (23)
beachsidelegs
You was so lucky there are so many funny things I want to say but I would be banned so we will leave it at that...Great picture my friend :)
mininessie
wow! happy it don´t bite you! hugs!
Faemike55
Just looked up the information about this hornet - I think you are very, very lucky it did not sting you! Great picture
miwi
Cool story,great macro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
durleybeachbum
Lucky lady, and a superb photo!
RodS
OMG!!!!!!!!
I'm not terribly squeamish about bugs and such, but I would NOT be happy with this critter hanging out in my jeans! You are very lucky!
You really got a great, sharp photo of it, though.
Glendaw
Oh what a big hornet 🐝.
You are very fortunate it didn't stab you more than once as you wiggled and jiggled about.
That would have been very painful indeed.
xoxoxo 🙀🙀
auntietk
I thought to myself, "What a unique and unusual experience!" It occurred to me to look up hornets to see what the "spirit totem" people say about it. There's so much useless babble out there, I thought maybe I could find something interesting. One of them talks about fertility issues, but unless you're planning on becoming pregnant, I'm sure that's not it! :P Another said that whatever is troubling you now, next year it will be largely resolved. "You are going through a period of tangled emotions and mood swings -- try to stay calm and centered." So there you have it. Of all the blah-blah-babble out there, I actually found something that might be helpful! LOL!
jocko500
cool
rachris480907
LOL! What a great shot and story! (And the "LOL!" is only because she DIDN'T stab you!)
I wonder if this story would have happened differently if you had been out in public....
Hope you had a wonderful weekend, dear friend!
Juliette.Gribnau
dat zal schrikken geweest zijn; fraaie foto
helanker
YIKES! I wouldnt be happy about having such a big lady in my pants either. Amazing that she didnt harm you at all and i am happy nothing bad happened. Superb shot. The least she could do was to pose for you.
water
Awesome !
kgb224
Superb capture Mies. Luckily it did not sting you. God bless.
T.Rex
Oh, MY! Gives me the creeps! But apparently soft skin (yours) under a hard surface (jeans) meant it didn't get too squashed or anxious to sting. But what a scary experience! Glad you got rid of it. Nice photo of the frightening critter!
VDH
Een prachtige macro Mies, de details zijn verbluffend !!
farmerC
Prachtige macro-opname Mies.
iborg64
Wonderful shot of this impressive looking insect
cryptojoe
Great narrative! Big bug. Luckily you were not stung!
BTW, I've pulled my pants off in public for less reasons than this! LOL
Pelican
A wonderful animal ! It hasn't stung you !
Richardphotos
it might be a fly mimic and they do not bite, but still look very intimidating. great macro
anahata.c
well maybe this hornet sensed your deep and positive energy, and it didn't want to harm you. The ancient Hindus might say that the hornet was a reincarnation of someone who you helped in a previous life; so when it was about to sting you, it suddenly realized who you were, and it left you alone, out of gratitude. Then, it might just be that the hornet wasn't threatened by you, so it had no need to hurt you. In any case, I'd have freaked out, lol; and it's great that you got such a stunning photograph. The detail is stunning, and the colors and bands on its body are stunning as well. An amazing macro of that 'bastard beast'. And amazing story.
sharky_
Nicely captured. Aloha