Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
Comments (33)
elfin14doaks
So cute. Great shot. I love cats. We have them.
Grizabella
Cool shot, cute kitten!
mistressotdark
awwww
Rainastorm
lol cute!!
tizjezzme
cute kitty :) :)
wysiwig
Sho, shmaybe I could g..uh..g..uh procure shum-ore of thish catnip? Staggering is a sign of strength, only weaklings have to be carried home. ...Maurice Barrymore, John Barrymore's father. ROLFLAMO - cats are just nuts.
goodoleboy
Fabulous feline foto! I like Rotella's facial textures. And her ears are huge compared to the size of her head. Actually, it looks rather neato.
psyoshida
LOL!!! This almost didn't need a title. The truth is in her expression. Very cute and hysterically funny. Great shot!
mgtcs
awww....amazing work, Lol
LovelyPoetess
LOL LOL Cut that kitty off! Not sure they have 12 step programs for catnip.... Great catch!
Aioros
Super image, very funny.
mariogiannecchini
Un'immagine molto simpatica A very nice
Alz2008
Wonderful capture..
Alex_Antonov
Beautiful work!
durleybeachbum
I love Mark's comment...she does look completely spaced out.
frankie96
Rotella is one lucky kitty....
annie5
So cute..is it a smile?..lol! :)
flavia49
s0 cute!
sandra46
too cute, i love Rotella
MC-Jay-One
lol, the expression is great :D Nice shot!
moni2000
Sweet kitten. Thus a small animal you just have to love!!!!!
jendellas
I love her little face, she is so cute.
misskitty
Such a cute kitty! I love the expression. Brought a smile to my otherwise hectic day. Thanks so much for sharing!
Kilrah_23
Cute little one. Nice shot.
katy555
Beautiful cat and light, nice work...
nigh23
everytime I look at this I chuckle I will put it in my favs
DEWoodward
Exquiste capture!
Artformz2
Great expression, lots of personality.
-seek-
cute cat.. i like his/her color
magnus073
She is such a cutie and I can honestly say I've never seen that expression on a kitty before today. lol Great one and it looks like you really caught Rotella at one of those classic moments Lucinda