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 (40)
lizzibell
cute capture...
Iceshark39
Delightful image! Love the 'yea, so what?' expression on kitty's face. Wonderful capture!
Madbat
Heh heh...that looks strangely familiar! (as I brush the fuzz off my keyboard....)
mariogiannecchini
Mi sembra anche che non abbia nessuna intenzione di spostarsi ! Forse pensa di essere un grande ostruzionista ! Buona giornata Lucinda ( o forse buona nottata ? ) I also think that they have no intention of moving! Maybe he thinks to be a big blockade! Lucinda good day (or maybe good night?)
alanwilliams
Obviously a cat at one with its computer, if only i could say the same. Lovely picture.
helanker
LOL! Lucinda! That was a great idea for a shot. And that lazy cat just wants your attention :-D I so like that shadow :)))
wysiwig
Don't point that thing at me, its got a nail on the end of it! Besides, I'm not done checking my fan mail. Love the shadowy finger. Well done.
prutzworks
cool idea & shot
wlmay33
Keeping a "new" toy close at hand helps affix the blame. lol I'm glad to know I'm not the only one when fuzzies crawling all over me while I work (and play). Excellent shot. Great capture of the hand shadow.
flavia49
lovely capture!!
magnus073
Lucinda I love this photo as it made me smile first thing today. Great work at showing us how is to blame for your problems but I can't see as how anyone could be upset with little Rotella ;)
unstart
Thanks so much for the smile, kitty doesn't seem too impressed with your admonition!!
durleybeachbum
Such a clever idea.. love the hand!!
mgtcs
This is a splendid shot my friend, the shadow is a gorgeous touch, love it!
annie5
Lucinda, it's a cool shot! He make me smile, cute :)
wjames
Great picture, very clever.
ShadowsNTime
Such a beautiful kitty! Makes me want to reach out and touch her, love that she is blocking the keyboard:-) Very cute photo Lucinda!
vaggabondd
lol this is awesome, I love the shadow effect, very cool and as for Rotella, I would use her to rest my wrist on while I typed haha
jendellas
Bless Rotella, she wants you all to herself, "No computer tonight mum" Please!!!!
drifterlee
Gorgeous cat!!
Chipka
Oh, I can just hear contented purring just vibrating out of this shot! I love the shadow! As for the...um...obstruction...yeah, having lived with cats I can truly understand this image! Now that I'm catless, I actually miss having to move those little four-legged people off of things I need to use. My little Natasha (an impeccable curtain climber) would always jump right onto my lap whenever I moved her OFF of the computer...and at some point, she'd oh-so-subtly move herself BACK onto the computer, or spend time on my lap, purring and playing with my thumbs as I tried to type. Ah...cat! I love them! This is a perfect shot. Whenever people say that cats are mysterious and aloof and a wee bit scary, just show them this...a cat being a cat! Which also means a cat being lazy and...well...yeah...a fuzzy little obstructionist.
MagikUnicorn
Really COOOOOL I LOVE THIS :)
npauling
This is a wonderful capture and I love how you have the shadow finger pointing to the culprit. Very imaginatively set and Rotella seems blissfully unaware that she is causing problems. I'm glad our cat hasn't found he could be on my knee while I'm on the computer or he would be just the same.
goodoleboy
Astute imagination and wonderful photography went into this concept, Lucinda! Not a shadow of a doubt...you definitely fingered the culprit in this offering. Rotella appears stunned at the reprimand.
psyoshida
She likes to comment too! I love your shadow finger pointing at her, she really seems unconcerned with your accusations. In fact, she is quite pleased with herself. Adorable!
nigh23
Rotella has become a pretty girl and aparently good at what cats do.
JaneEden
A D O R A B L E !!! Isn't always the way that if a cat sleeps we do not disturb, but if it were our dog in our place we would ask them to move!! So who thought of the phrase 'Let sleeping dogs lie' then???? Thanks for sharing this fabulous shot with us, hugs Jane xx
virginiese
what a cute and funny cat ! great details and excellent capture !
BertDes
A computer cat. Wonderful.
misskitty
GREAT!! This one made me smile. Sweet sweet Rotella! Can't count the number of times one of my kitties tries to lay on my keyboard. lol Love the pointing finger! -- even though she doesn't seem to care :)