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 (28)
mgtcs
What a wonderful collage, excellent job!
MagikUnicorn
Sweet collage
donnena
So,you admit to putting your feeble desires ahead of their dinner? What are you thinking, man!!!!! Cool images!
frankie96
We have a couple of rescues and we feed several more....like your collage...
wysiwig
How did I know you would turn out to be the crazy cat lady? }:-o You do have very good looking neighbors and have captured them well. I like how Oreo's ears are spread out to catch the wind. He looks like he's ready to take off.
lizzibell
great collage...
mariogiannecchini
Sweet collage !
Chipka
They all have such distinct personalities and a common thread of feline dignity and grace. Oreo reminds me a wee bit of my cat Natasha, now with other human companions. This is a great collage, wonderfully presented and I love the crisp clarity.
JaneEden
Oh I was there with you in the moment and the beautiful evening, and how I laughed when you said they only wanted to be fed "the little blighters", thanks so much for the smile today. My cats usually do the same with me and often I am sat here at my computer. Last thing at night they always get their suppers and Mistapus does everything to get me away from my screen, and does at times go so far as knocking off ornaments from my shelves!! Can't help but love 'em though :o) hugs Jane xx
flavia49
fantastic collage!!!
moochagoo
How amusing collage
vaggabondd
boy you feed them once and you know what happens, looks like a good bunch of friends nice collection of cats
jendellas
Have to agree with these beautiful puss cats, feeding & tummies certainly come first before pictures of the sky!!!!! :o) :o) Lovely collage of lovely cats.
helanker
HA! What a super collage of wonderful cats. They really look gorgeous.
tennesseecowgirl
Looks like cats rule in your neighborhood.. lol great collage.
psyoshida
Each cat personality shows up very clearly in your photo. Just the way they sit says a lot. Mark is right about Oreo, Cleo is very confident and relaxed, Pepper is hiding and waiting, Patches is fat and sassy, Manny is ready to pounce like a lion, Neighborcat is a sphinx and please treat her royally. Hahaha. Great shots all are beautiful creatures.
sandra46
great shots a super collage! (i'm a cat maniac)
elfin14doaks
Your cats and their friends are very beautiful . This is a great collage. Thank you for sharing. You know I'm a cat lady so I say AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
goodoleboy
Stellar shots in this fine circuitous collage, Lucinda! Coincidentally, I also have a cat foto posted for today.
misskitty
Perfect (or should I say, "purr-fect") collage for today, National Cat Day :) Pepper reminds me of my dearest friend, the late Checkers. Manny looks a lot like one of my newly adopted kitties. What better way to share the afternoon than with furry friends. Great photos! Thanks for sharing!
danapommet
All pretty cats and great montage. The "Pepper" photo is my fav. Dana
Alex_Antonov
Outstanding work!
ShadowsNTime
Beauties one and all! Cute story:-) Oreo's name fits perfectly, lol! Great collage!
BessieB
They are all beautiful, each and every one! How did I miss this when you posted it I wonder, I am a mad cat woman so adore all cat photo's.
A_Sunbeam
Great set of moggies; just like round here, hardly a dog in sight, just cats. Most of them get on fine, but there's the occasional punch-up ...
jarmila
are all yours? lovely cat's collage
magnus073
Lucinda this is a lovely collection of kitties and I can tell you enjoy when they come to visit. It is so sweet of you to put out enough food to make sure they get to eat also. Each one really is so unique and all are special.
anianiani
Nice pictures..well edited..thanks.