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 (37)
TallPockets
GREAT shot and tribute for a MOST KIND SOUL!
jayfar
Great shot of these two bovines. Trouble is without horns you can't here them coming!!! Lol.
helanker
OH How cute they are Lucinda. :-)) Such a lovely shot :-)
Madbat
LOL @ jayfar! I lived on a farm for a couple of years. Used to have to chase the neighbours cows off the road all the time. It made driving interesting.
durleybeachbum
They look really curious, what on earth were you wearing, Lucinda?! A beautifully lit photo!
mariogiannecchini
Hanno veramente l'aria curiosa! Ma tanto buona !Bella foto,Lucinda ! They really curious air! But so good! Nice picture, Lucinda!
jarmila
cute faces :-) lovely shot..Have a fantastic Easter Holiday
wysiwig
As I get older I eat less and less beef. This is one reason why. They are adorable and look like youngsters. I see what looks like the beginning of a horn on the head of the one on the left. A great image, they look so curious and gentle. A wonderful dedication for Lynell. I know she will love it.
jmb007
dedicace amusante!!elle ont l'air tres intriguees??splendide photo!!
magnus073
This really is a great pic Lucinda and you gave me the biggest smile ever with the title as I knew instantly it was for Lynell. She's going to adore this and the charming nature in which you presented it. I must admit it does seem as if their taking time out to pose just for you.
clbsmiley
Awww. So cute. Very well done!! Lynell will love it! :) :)
LovelyPoetess
LOL Excellent title to go with this great shot. : )
flavia49
gorgeous image!!
unstart
How nice of them to pose for you, just proves all Texans are friendly even the cows. Great photo!
jendellas
They look so curious, lovely faces!!!!
BertDes
Excellent capture.
tennesseecowgirl
awww you are so sweet to post this for me... sorry I am just now getting to it.. its been quite a week here. We had some water damage and I've been dealing with insurance adjusters, cleaning crews and picking out new flooring and fixtures for my master bathroom what fun!! oh well I get a new bathroom out of the deal... Love this!! and I hope to get out pretty soon and get some similar shots.. I sure miss that and I am sure the ducks, cows and and giraffes must be missing me by now LOL They must be thinking wheres the crazy lady with that big black looking thingy. Have a great day my friend!
drifterlee
So cute!!
annie5
They are photogenic Lucinda..lol! Cute shot :)
goodoleboy
Cool foto of the errant bovines, Lucinda, but in all honesty they look like a couple of sheep with transplanted cow heads, which is probably the effects of the low angle of the sunlight bouncing off their bods. I notice their ears are on the alert for any soothing comments from you as you were preparing to snap their picture.
JSGraphics
Superb work! Well Done!
npauling
A lovely couple you found here and they really do look interested in you. Did you have a floral shirt on that they thought may be good to eat. LOL.
mgtcs
What a gorgeous animals my friend, a superb capture, adorable photo!
greensleeves81
wonderful dedication for our friend. I like cows too. These are smart guys. Interesting shot.
sandra46
funny pair! great capture!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent photo.
vaggabondd
I am thinking beef its whats for dinner lol. they do seem pretty interested in what you are doing, nice capture
Chipka
What a title! What a pair of bovine beauties! I love their expressions and eyelashes and shaggy hair. The light is perfect as well. It's funny, even though I see these as either raw steak or milk machines, there's no denying their inherent grace and dignity as well. Funny how that goes at times, but I'm like that. The light in this is fantastic as is the manner in which you've caught subtle shades of color and form...nice curves and ripples and little bovine-hair-arabesques. In short, this is a wonderful piece of work, and well...in addition to that I love Andrea's question and have to repeat it, especially in terms of the expressions on their faces: "What were you wearing?" Cattle don't take much of an interest in things...well...that's been my experience.
myrrhluz
I was wearing a deep purple Mardi Gras T-shirt and jeans. Maybe they like purple, or maybe they are planning to attend Mardi Gras next year. :-) As tourists, not kabobs!
rainbows
A wonderful capture, they really do seem interested in you. A very nice dedication to your friend. Hugs. Diane.