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 (31)
helanker
It is beautiful Lucinda. I am sure Magic will like it alot. Best wishes for your recovery, MagikUnicorn.
wysiwig
This is charming and a very nice gift for Magic. All these good wishes, I am sure, will have a positive effect.
durleybeachbum
I didn't realise you did this sort of interesting stuff too! Best wishes for Magic.
mariogiannecchini
Un lavoro veramente bello e piacevole ! Credo che anche se non spaziale sarà molto gradita da Magik al quale indirizzo anche i miei auguri di un pronto recupero. A truly beautiful and pleasant! I believe that even if the space will be much appreciated by Magik which address also my wishes for a speedy recovery. Buona giornata, Lucinda
ShadowsNTime
Wow, this great Lucinda! Very creative work and words! I didn't know Magik was ill, my best wishes for a speedy recovery Magik!
magnus073
Well Lucinda if you ask me this is so much better than a space picture, and you really seemed to have went all out. I know Magik will be grateful for this beautiful and heartfelt dedi and the little family of Fingleclarks here ;)
unstart
Very creative..Magik will love it!!
jendellas
Think Magik will love it, wishing a speedy recovery to Magik!!!
garegaupe
Beautiful
annie5
Sure Magik will love it, great textures on your planets! Fantastic space image Best wishes for your recovery, Magik :)
mgtcs
WOW....Magic will love it, amazing image my dear friend, great textures, love the atmosphere, well done!
vaggabondd
very nice work and gift my friend, I think I need a space fishing pole haha. nice job
flavia49
sweet dedication and beautiful picture!!!
BertDes
Wonderful composition. I like th pseudo space ships.
jmb007
beau travail!!
drifterlee
Cool dedi!!!!!
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE WORK AND DEDICATION!!!!!!!
goodoleboy
Capital concept of those big fishes soaring through space, with what appears to be Jupiter on the bottom left and possibly Venus at the upper right, Lucinda.
psyoshida
Once again your cleverness and artistic ability shines through. I love this and those fish are perfect. How could that not cheer Magik up and put a big smile on his face? Great job.
npauling
A great looking cosmic scene to really cheer Magik up.
Madbat
This is delightful and sure to please!
Chipka
Space dwelling organisms are always interesting and I love the old school sf style of this picture. The Flinglecark triad is wonderfully done. When I read what they were, I immediately thought of the story "Mimsy were the Borogoves" which is one of my favorite SF short stories...what a Borogove is and how it could be mimsy is one of the delicious quirks in that story. The Flinglecark(s) remind me of that. I'm sure Magic will love this, it's right up his alley! I hope it speeds his recovery as well!
lior
A superb sc-fi scene!
misskitty
Well done! (I started humming the Star Trek theme in my head) :) Great job!!
virginiese
He will like it ! very creative work
Osper
NICELY DONE! A travel poster for them!
JaneEden
Lucinda you created something special for a very special man, it is a delightful dedi for our friend, hugs Jane xx
e-brink
Very nicely composed in an interesting style - I can see that MagikUnicorn will connect with this.
Radar_rad-dude
Beautiful artistic imagination and creativity! A most superb work of art!!!
clbsmiley
Hi ! Great space scene.. are you up late or early??? LOL early here, arm is driving me nuts.