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 (27)
JSGraphics
Outstanding work! Well Done!
mariogiannecchini
Wondedrful !
helanker
What a marvellous tree Lucinda. Dave will be so happy to see it.
durleybeachbum
Gosh! this is very exciting! It almost appears to be moving, like a 'waterfall tree'. Now if Christmas decorations looked like this I could maybe tolerate them!
wysiwig
This is beautiful! I really love the colors and reflections. But I must admit, when I saw this my first thought was 'dreadlocks' - christmas comes to Jamaica (And it is I, Nat E Dread, your rasta santa). Wonderful work.
magnus073
Lucinda, you are such a sweety and I love this dedi so very much :) Your timing couldn't be better as I had time to view it before heading out. This beautiful and colorful Tree Of Joy And Light will be in my thoughts all day my friend.
annie5
Fantastic! That's a great dedication :)
mgtcs
Gorgeous view my friend, I absolutely love the colors here, sweet dedication, congratulations!
drifterlee
This is beautiful!!!
jmb007
great work!
jendellas
Perfect for Dave, the colours are fabulous, beautiful tree.
sandra46
TERRIFIC WORK!!!
flavia49
wonderful picture!!
goodoleboy
A lovely concept of a tree, Lucinda, like a colorful waterfall of lights. as Andrea mentioned above. It might also pass as a battery-operated wig, to be worn on nighttime party occasions, possibly during Halloween or New Year's Eve. And, am looking forward to your comments again.
npauling
A super little christmas tree.
Lisajobb
Im thinking of taking this to the hairdresser and asking for this style and colour;-) Fabulous work.
frankie96
Liquid flowing color....very creative..
psyoshida
It's very pretty and feels perfect for the holiday season. I first thought of a Willow tree with lights, but after reading Mark's comment, I can't get the vision of Mark in his dreadlocks out of my head. Lovely dedication for your new friend and a lovely gift.
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful...and super didication for Dave :)
vaggabondd
I love the title, it fits the beautiful picture my friend
elfin14doaks
It is very awesome. Gorgeous work.
virginiese Online Now!
Nice gradient of colors ! great work
JaneEden
What a beautiful dedi for my bro, and a sweet tree of light, I love how you achieved this fabulous artwork in PS, hugs Jane xx
emmecielle
fantastic work! :)
kasalin
A very lovely dedication, dear Lucinda !!! Hugs Karin:)
anahata.c
like your dancing figure, this is another delicate vision in luminous lines, from PS. It's a tree out of folklore, the kind of tree that shines on people and protects them---and that's what Dave does. (I often call him our resident guardian angel.) And yes, his uploads celebrate wonderful childhood moments, and bring joy to the people he makes them for, as well as to all of us. You did a perfect upload for him. The center of the tree, btw---the trunk---is lush & complex. It's a nice center to all the branches coming out of it. A lovely piece & dedi for Dave, and you're getting very delicate hues in these pieces you're doing in PS.
dragonmuse
Really beautiful :)