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 (30)
magnus073
Awwww, Lucinda this is such a wonderful collage of D.J. as he seems to be wound up and reminds me of a dog named Flippy from my childhood. Great work on this thoughtful dedication to Barbara, I'm sure she'll adore it.
Madbat
He does seen full of energy, but then, I've yet to see a small dog that wasn't!
psyoshida
He looks like he does tricks too. Very cute.
mgtcs
Awwwww...Shit is si adorable, amazing collage, and marvelous captures! A sweet dedication!
lizzibell
Great collage...
jayfar
Very good shots of this lovely dog.
clbsmiley
Excellent!!! I see you made it to post today cool!!! He is a cutie. Enjoyed seeing you today!!
durleybeachbum
A spring for a tail and another in her step!
jmb007
adorable petit chien!!!beau travail!
flavia49
fantastic collage!!
jendellas
AWWWWWE thankyou, you are so kind. I love this collage D.J. is so cute & clever too I feel :o) :o) Meadow loves little dogs, bet she would love him. Jasmine says thankyou in her usual WOOF, WOOF way :o)
unstart
Lovely collage of a cute pup!!
annie5
Su cute, Lucinda..it's a great presentation! Excellent collage and dedication :)
helanker
OHHH How very cute this little doggie is :-))) Very lovely captures.
sandra46
OUTSTANDING WORK!!!! SUPERB COMPOSITION!!!
drifterlee
What a cute doggy!!
goodoleboy
Wow, the best dog-gone birthday greeting I've seen in quite a while, Lucinda! Nice brick framework around each canine pic. And what is that second word that mgtcs used? Has Renderosity given us free rein to go that far?
misskitty
A very nice birthday collage. You are always so thoughtful! Thoughtful AND talented! Great work!
npauling
A lovely birthday collage with a very energetic looking subject which you captured very well as I guess he wasn't still for a minute.
wysiwig
So DJ is doing the birthday dance? A very nice birthday gift for Barbara.
SSoffia
lovely dedi & collage too :)
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent!
Chipka
Such raw cuteness! I love images like this. Dogs are such funny creatures. They're predatory but like cats, there's something about them that just defies what we'd expect of their nature. I love that. This is a brilliant collage and a perfect birthday dedication. It's not even my birthday and I love it, though I have to say that the piece of music I am listening to at this moment is such a jarring contrast to it...that in itself is humorous in a rather surreal way, but then that's kinda normal for me. This is great work.
mariogiannecchini
Un bello e simpatico collage per una dedica eccellente , sia pure tardiva . A beautiful and nice collage for a dedication excellent, albeit late. Buona giornata , Lucinda !
greensleeves81
Excellent Post work! I like the way you did this.
lior
Superb collage!
emmecielle
Lovely collage! :)
MagikUnicorn
Lovely dedication for her :)
rainbows
Such a lively little dog, he makes me smile. lovely dedication to your friend too. Beautifully presented work. Have the best day, Lucinda. Hugs. Diane. xx
BertDes
Wonderful collage.