MrJoop
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Joined RedBubble to show the world my art (oil painting) but, I guess typical of my age group, I indulge in anecdotes about my teaching career, Dutch background, life in Sydney, love of the beach (naturally).
And so, I do that right here. But, of course, I hope you appreciate my painting. 
Actually 2255 views!! But who’s counting?? (LOL)
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Please visit my original Ozcloggie bubble , to view my paintings and drawings. 
Thoroughly enjoyed meeting a variety of people who came to my “remembering – an anthology” exhibition!
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My high school had another reunion!! It was GREAT!!
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Joop’s World
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During 37 years as a chalkie, I have accumulated a lot of good memories and a lot of memorabilia, including these
and these
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If you’re an ex-pupil, please check out this
Been there. Done that
Groups
MrJoop hosts Naturists and nudists, naturally. and is a member of * Painted Ladies *, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, ! Creative Writing & Poetry !, ! ♥♥♥Love Is (Join us!)♥♥♥ !, !**CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE)**!, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 3 works total, *Alice in Wonderland*, 4 Winners Only, A Place To Call Home, Adjacent Flames, Affection, All About Water, All Out Emotion, Altered by Design (3 per day), Anything Theatrical, Art And Text, Art By Bubble Hosts , Artrageous RB Artists - Self Portrait Gallery, At The Store, Australia! You're Standing In it...., Australian Contemporary Photography, Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Portraits, Australian Travel Photography and Writing - 1 per 24hrs, Beach Art, Behind the Mask, Bicycle, Bits and Pieces, Bridges, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Challenge Café, Childhood, Compassion, Courage & Friendship, DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY, Days Gone By (Photographs must be twenty years or older and include people please), Dutch Touch, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Everyday Life, Family Unlimited, Far West and Central NSW, First Things, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , FOR THE LOVE OF TEDDY BEARS, Freedom In Words & Art, Friends of RedBubble, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Good News Group - Sharing & Caring, Got Melanocortin-1? , Green!, Hats and Hat Boxes, History, Humour Captured, ImageWriting (2/24), In the Pink 50% pink, Kittens!, Let There Be Rock!, Life Session Expressions, Livestock in General, Love & Romance , Masterpiece: Art, Mature Men, Men Appreciation (Men = 18 years + ), Minimalism, Mood & Ambi(e)nce - Strictly Photos / ( No need to enter images in the group for the challenges), New South Wales Photography, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Oh So Emotional Current emotion: Nostalgia , Old farts of redbubble, On The Run, Paris, Passions, People and Portraiture Photography, Personal Meaning Photography, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Photographers self portrait, RedBubble Nude, RedBubblers, Remember When, Self as Other, Self Portrait, Shameless Self-Promotion, Something Fishy, Speaking Photos (Storytelling) - 2 per day -, Students and Beginners, Sydney, Sydney's Guide to Exhibitions, TABLES AND CHAIRS, That's Entertainment! (Fun & Recreation Photos), The Collector's Corner, The Dutch Connection, The Family Album, (Pics From the Past ONLY), The Human Condition, The Shire (Sutherland Shire, NSW, Australia), THE WAIST UP - Portraiture Photography 2 per 24 hour limit, The World, This Is Relevant (2 per day), Toy Camera, Tropical Art, Two Beings Group, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, roadways, and railways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Your Country's Best (2 images per day), Your Magic Place (PLACES only!!) and ~anything and everything~.
Journal Entries
The skipping rope song that sealed it.
Posted 11 days ago, 1 comment so far.
Still friends. Toch vrienden. As time goes by and other clichés!
Posted about 1 month ago, 4 comments so far.
The cat's in the cradle and we'll have a look.
Posted 2 months ago.
"...would be walking between these two women,......"
Posted 2 months ago, 2 comments so far.
A brush with fame - no doubt!! :)
Posted 2 months ago, 1 comment so far.
15 December - Gouda by candlelight. Seeing it again!
Posted 3 months ago.
I AM!!! dreaming of a white christmas!
Posted 3 months ago, 4 comments so far.
"I see nude people but YOU're not there" "Oh yes I am!!"
Posted 3 months ago.
A different purpose, this time.
Posted 3 months ago.
Speaking pictures....Apparently not this work.
Posted 5 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Art
Writing
Brushing up on the past. Filling in some gaps.
As a young boy, I sat with a huge number of fellow AJC members, around a campfire there (see below) and slept with other “Swallows”in a tent. / I’ve been to the museum dedicated to …
I'm a little Dutch Boy.....
I picture myself, / a month from now, / somewhere near Egmond aan Zee, / ( I like that name. ) / on a cold winter’s day, / feeling like I’m in a movie scene, again,..
Making Modern Australia. My part in it......
Suddenly there was a loud bang and the front doors burst open. Machinery flew through the building and my father and the young man climbed up on the roof.
R.T.A. - Really Taken Aback! "But I've paid." "No. You haven't."
No. I had not paid! The screen told them so! / . / I was surprised at how easily my mood swung from friendly chat to tears somewhere, inside, about shoulder-level. / .
The Lady in Red
Lady Jane Beach, is on Sydney Harbour and is a legal nude beach. / Lady Robinson Beach is not.
The candle factory.
In this photo, my mother is the only one, with styrine/candle wax down her apron, having had to, once again, rescue sister Juul, and prevent her from being scolded by the hot wax.
