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 (34)
mgtcs
Adorable view my friend, the colors are fantastic, beautiful place, and amazing capture!
alessimarco
Wow...what beautiful fields! Excellent capture!
danapommet
WOW!!! That is an awesome sight to see. Dana
clbsmiley
Yea!! You found them Cool!!! I saw a few in the spot I told you about.. but nothing like this!!! Great capture , Thanks for sharing! :)
magnus073
Wow Lucinda this photo is simply breathtaking. I'm so glad you spotted this field and were able to share it with us. I think the sun being down really added to the moment here.
MagikUnicorn
BLUETIFUL ;-)
Madbat
Wow, that's blue all right!
helanker
OHH WOW !! What a paradise of flowers indeed. The cows MUST be the happiest cows in earth :-) I wish I was there. :-)
durleybeachbum
Sensational to see this! Our wild lupins are pale yellow and grow on the cliff, and are VERY difficult to establish in a garden. These look stunning!
jmb007
belle photo!!
alanwilliams
A first class study in blue.
frankie96
A beautiful rural spring scene...
annie5
Cool that you found them! What a nice view..Ext capture :)
flavia49
great landscape! Flavia & Sandra (still in Prague ;-D!!)
vaggabondd
I think the old saying is true, everything is better with bluebonnet on it lol. nice capture my friend
psyoshida
A lovely capture at a spectacular time of day! Whenever I see Blue Bonnets I think of Lady Bird Johnson and her beautification program. Perhaps this is one of her projects. It's a beautiful flower can't wait to see more. Lovely scene with the cows too.
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot!
jendellas
AWESOME, beautiful love the contrast of the sky, trees & flowers!!!!
misskitty
Spectacular view! The entire ground is blue! Maybe I need to visit Texas :) Great capture, indeed!
unstart
Great shot..we're starting to see them here..after the poor showing the last couple of years I'm really looking forward to them!! Our Bradford pears looked great this year for the first time in a long time!
mariogiannecchini
Una bella visione !Molot belle queste tonalità tra verde e blu. sembra quasi il mare ! A beautiful sight! Very beautiful these shades between green and blue. seems the sea!
emmecielle
Looks like the sea! Wonderful shot and splendid colours! :)
goodoleboy
Keen scene, Lucinda! The title reminds me of the Bluebonnet margarine they sell in the local markets.
wysiwig
This is nice! I'd find it hard not to brave the fence and the cows in order to get closer. A beautiful pastoral scene.
npauling
What a wonderful sight they must have been. I hope you got a closeup while you were there. Excellent capture with the sun gone.
e-brink
The colour and light are wonderful. The green and blue interact in a very nice way, emphasizing the lost sun. Love the distant patches of green.
rainbows
A glorious capture, incredible carpet of blue, so very beautiful. You are lucky to see such in the wild.... Diane.
jocko500
lots of blue flowers
lior
Superb capture!
BertDes
Beautiful view.