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 (38)
Madbat
Nice to see there's some colour somewhere! It's snowing here at the moment.
lior
A so wonderful and peaceful place I'd like to be!
wysiwig
Wopnderful carpet of colorful wildflowers. The great old tree makes a perfect anchor for this image. The wildflowers here should be coming out within the month.
SoulEatar
These really are flowers gone wild - very beautiful view !!
mariogiannecchini
Fa piacere vedere un campo così colorato ! Il bel tempo è vicino ! Bella anche la pianta con la sua impressione di sicurezza ! It is pleasing to see a field so colorful! The weather is near! Bella also the plant with its sense of security!
alanwilliams
Wild and indeed wonderful, a carpet of colour to gladden the heart.
greensleeves81
So you had a wonderful time in the weekend. Good composition!
durleybeachbum
Phlox are one of my most favourite garden flowers, and this is a joy to see them growing in such profusion..amazing! I look forward to the closer ups!
rainbows
A beautiful view, you are lucky to see so many wild flowers. Excellent work. Diane
magnus073
Wow Lucinda, these are really something. When you told me you were searching out wildflowers I knew you'd find them but this is awesome. Lovely capture that started my day off perfectly.
annie5
A splendid view..nice colors! Great summer scene :)
helanker
WOW How beautiful it is, Lucinda. It is a wonderful shot :-))) Thank you for sharing it with us :-)
unstart
What a beautiful spot and a beautiful photo!
jendellas
What a beautiful field. One of the fields I walk on is a wildflower meadow as they call it!!!!
BertDes
A beautiful lot of flowers. Great shot.
JSGraphics
Fantastic! Well Done!
sandra46
a new great image!!!! well done!!!GORGEOUS!
Hubba1
B E A U T I F U L !
tennesseecowgirl
Gorgeous tree~~
goodoleboy
Really pretty wildflower foreground contrasted against the darker background trees, Lucinda! Okay, with your floral knowledge, the next time I have pics of mystery flowers, I can rest assured you'll know the names of all of them, and tip me off, which will make me feel a whole lot better when I post them on RR.
npauling
A wonderful display you found here and fancy the phlox growing wild with you when I struggle to get it to grow here. A superb capture.
flavia49
fantastic image !!! so beautiful!
mgtcs
This is a marvelous a peaceful place my friend, beautiful flower, amazing work, superb shot!
jocko500
so lovely
psyoshida
What a lovely, lovely sight. That tree has so much character and charm then surrounded it with a symphony of colorful flowers and it's a perfect scene.
jmb007
superbe photo!!
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot and flowers!
bmac62
The big picture looks really good...will look forward to the collage.
nicki_mcmanus
Absolutely beautiful!
Radar_rad-dude
Fascinating and marvelous nature shot! Gorgeous POV and subject! A most excellent photo! Well done!!!