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 (42)
jayfar
Very lovely montage and dedication.
helanker
This is a stunning collage Lucinda. You did a wonderful job on it. :)
Madbat
OK, I am now convinced everyone BUT me was born in June!
durleybeachbum
Marvellous..and just LOOK at those horns! WOW!
emmecielle
Wonderful collage! :)
jmb007
belles photos!!
MrsLubner
Thank you! I've been to it all! i haven't been to this spot in Fredericksburg but I have driven the hills nearby taking pictures of the fields of wildflowers. Its one of the best places in Texas to see that beauty in the spring. And the longhorns are that direction too but I find them in the most unexpected places. And believe it or not, I've been to the Guadalupe River - although not the park but not far from there...I love this and it makes me feel so much at home! Thank you!!
flavia49
marvelous pictures!!
annie5
Great collage for those excellent shots! :)
ShadowsNTime
Excellent collage, and again perfect for PJ! I haven't been to Texas, probably to hot for me there, so I do enjoy seeing shots from there. The Guadalupe State Park looks beautiful and I would love to touch a longhorn. I am used to nothing but milk cows and black angus so I wonder at the texture of their hides and fur.
jendellas
Lovely Texas collage, great dedi!!!!
mariogiannecchini
Collage veramente piacevole di questi belli scatti! Ottima la dedica che penso gradita senza dubbio ! Very nice collage of these beautiful shots! Excellent dedication, I think, certainly appreciated!
unstart
Fantastic pictures and a beautifully constructed collage!!
jocko500
wow that tree is super cool looking. i like them all and she would love this
lior
SUperb collage!
sandra46
outstanding dedication!
magnus073
Lucinda you really did a superb job on this collage, and what a truly magnificent dedi it is. Each image here is incredible, and filled with such beauty and color. It's easy to see you've put a lot of thought and care into this one and that is why your gallery is always such a pleasure to visit.
drifterlee
Awesome shots!!!!!!!
goodoleboy
Excellent captures of the varied Texas subject matter in this outstanding sequence, Lucinda!
Chipka
Another marvelous collage! I have to say that that bovine person with those horns is quite impressive. The whole collage is marvelous, filled with such variation and surprise. I love the seagulls doing what seagulls do best, and everything else really stands out as top notch as well. In short, this is one of those perfect presents that always brightens MY day as well as the day of the actual recipient! That's always a good thing. Really nice work! Hmmm...I wonder if that bovine person might let a Chicago photographer get close enough to do abstract horn shots?
wysiwig
Wonderful collage and birthday wishes for PJ.
alanwilliams
I love this, each picture stands out, and it works beautifully as a montage, rural America fascinates me, i need to be there at some stage.
misskitty
What an absolute stunning collage!! Beautiful artwork, as always!!!!
psyoshida
What a beautiful collage, nicely composed. Each picture stunning in it's own right but together....! A lovely gift!!!
npauling
A beautiful collage of wonderful photos. I love the serenness of the lovely river view. A very nice birthday gift.
greensleeves81
A beautiful dedication to my best friend P.J.! Oh! I missed her B'day. What kind of friend am I. I like the tree very much and its struggle to hold its land.
dochtersions
What a wonderful collage for P.J., with amazing pictures to see :)
rainbows
Beautiful scenes, I love the poppy field. A wonderful Birthday gift to PJ. Belated wishes for a happy Birthday. Hugs. Diane. xx
MagikUnicorn
Gorgeous collage
tennesseecowgirl
Texas rocks... so does this awesome collage~~~