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 (30)
mariogiannecchini
Un bel racconto sulla sensibilita' di un cane ! Ma siamo sicuri che gli umani siamo noi ? Veramente un bel lavoro, mia cara amica ! Buona giornata. A nice story about the sensitivity 'of a dog! But we are sure that humans are we? A really good job, my dear friend! Good day.
psyoshida
Great montage! Dogs are so needy, unlike aloof cats! DJ is very cute though, so it's very endearing.
helanker
OHH, That was so touching. Wonderful photographs :-D
jmb007
une belle histoire!!de belle photo great work
durleybeachbum
Ahhh! this is why I never have just one dog! Poor DJ, abandoned in the midst of a strange pack!
Meisiekind
Dogs are so forgiving!! That's what I like most about them! What a cute series of photographs of this 'poor abandoned' doggie... Hehe... :)
magnus073
Lucinda this collage is warm and wonderful. It strikes at the heart of what a lot of just what true unconditional love really is. This gave me a warm feeling on such a cold day :)
mgtcs
Adorable photo, great shot!
emmecielle
Lovely story and photos! :)
jendellas
Bless DJ, they always make you feel so guilty & think they should go everywhere you do.
MrsLubner
With animals, it seems to be all or nothing. Either everything is in place and as it should be, or the world has just collapsed and doom is a breath away. Great collage!
sandra46
very fascinating sequence! with a happy end! ;-)
0rest4wicked
Ah yes, the unconditional love and loyalty of ones dog! Well captured collage!
drifterlee
ADorable shots!
flavia49
splendid collage!!
goodoleboy
Superlative collage of the disconsolate little pooch awaiting the arrival of his owner. Alas, poor little fella...the world is so cruel. And, when I saw DJ in the title I thought you were referring to a Disk Jockey.
tennesseecowgirl
wonderful collage of Amy and DJ my cat goes nuts when my daughter is gone, and she just left today for a week so I will be dealing with 'the' Cat !! lol
vaggabondd
lol this is so cute, the story makes the pictures, very nice my friend
clbsmiley
Awww...So sweet.. and well done. Go see the one I just posted... Reese's
virginiese
wonderful collage and cute dog :-)
BertDes
Wonderful collage from a lovely dog.
wysiwig
I read somewhere that dogs have no sense of time so when you leave, for them, its forever. And they are so glad to see you when you get back. A really adorable collage. Happy dogs are the best!
bmac62
I absolutely can never pass up a cute dog or cat photo. This is a wonderful collage that tells the story of the everyday losses and gains of DJ. A favorite:)
jocko500
so cute
misskitty
Awwwww What a sweet reunion! Great capture - both in pics and words!!
npauling
What a great series of lovely photos and the joy of seeing her return is so plain to see.
danapommet
Great collage of DJ. Good looking dog but then - you already know that. Dana
eekdog
cool dog, looks like he enjoys that lap right now, thanks for your comment about my cat. steve
Madbat
LOL, I go through this with the two cats here! Priceless!
MaraP
Very moving .. excellent work