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.Â
Comments (29)
frankie96
High rise shrooms for sure...welcome back.....
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY
koosievantutte
very beautiful mushrooms and a fine addition to the 'mushroom champions' on rr :-)
blinkings
You guys truly are the masters of finding and photographing interesting fungi! This is amazing.
mariogiannecchini
Bella doppia foto di funghi ! Qualcosa di simile è nato nel mio giardino in questi giorni e i funghi sembrano simili. Buona giornata e ben tornata! Fine double picture mushrooms! Something similar was born in my garden these days and mushrooms seem similar. Good day and welcome back!
helanker
OHHH WOOOOW!! This is such a Gorgeous mushroom capture, Lucinda. Wonderful POV on the lower shot. I am stunned by its beauty and the wonderful lighting in it. BRAVOOO!!!! More plzzz.
wysiwig
Looks like another music center by Frank Gehry. Excellent work. Let's hope there weren't to many people looking out their windows and wondering what the crazy lady was doing.
jmb007
tres belle photo!je ne pense pas que ce soit des champignons comestibles! great shot
prutzworks
nice shots
Hubba1
Wow, thats cool :)
sandra46
EXCELLENT!!!! I SUPPOSE THAT THEY ARE CALLED 'FINFERLI' IN ITALIAN AND CAN BE EATEN, BUT I'M NOT SURE!
annie5
You're very lucky..great find! Wonderful captures & photos :)
A_Sunbeam Online Now!
Great pile there! Now, if they were only edible ...
psyoshida
I've never seen a pile of mushrooms like this. How lovely. Mark, is right, LOL. Perhaps this is exactly where Frank Gehry got his inspiration from. Really beautiful shots. I can certainly see the fascination with these.
vaggabondd
very nice capture my friend, I wonder if you can eat these :)
cv1
Very interesing find!!!
jendellas
I think they look good in a pile, like a mushroom tree. Like them better when they browner in the bottom pic. I agree re learning about fungi etc.,
mgtcs
WOw....This is an amazing photo, great shot!
durleybeachbum
FABULOUS, Lucinda! I agree with Helle about the lighting! Superb, and thankyou for sharing them!
mermaid
wow what a fascinating colony in one spot!
goodoleboy
What a plethora of pretty mushrooms you have presented us with, Lucinda. Odd to see them all stacked up like that, resembling a pile of raked leaves. Reminds me of sliced potatoes, all set for frying. Anyway, fine shots, young lady.
danapommet
Magical capture and beautiful collage. Great dedi to Andrea & Helle. They will love this one for sure. Dana
clbsmiley
Cool lovely POV in 2nd, Hope you had a great time with your family. The top one does remind me of sliced potatoes too.
flavia49
wow!!! outstading picture!
magnus073
Wonderful photos for sure and the moment I saw the mushrooms I thought of Helle and was delighted to see she was one of the people you dedicated it to.
drifterlee
We call them toadstools. I don't think you can eat them. Great shots!
0rest4wicked
A wonderful bouquet of shrooms!
npauling
Marvellous captures of these very interesting piles of shrooms. I don't think I have seen them in such large piles before. Well spotted.
Madbat
Holy crap, you found Smurf Village!