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
Leslie and Lucy Were Here!
Comments (34)
unstart
A wonderful photo and so nice to meet your sister!!
mgtcs
A great shot my friend, amazing place, loved it very much!
Osper
High and dry???????????????? ;)
Madbat
waves at Leslie That reminds me of the old tracks that run across the river here. Most are overgrown except for a stretch that still used to run a 1912 trolley car.
jocko500
wonderful shot of this place
npauling
I went and had a look at this 'High Line' on line and what a delightfully amazing place. I love your capture of it and what an amazing place to see.
magnus073
Lucinda, I can't think of a better way to close out my night and that is why I saved commenting on your pic until last. Seeing Leslie in this one only added to it as I know how close you two are. This really does look like one of those places that is filled with magic, and what a wonderful idea to breathe life into this desolate area in such a manner.
DarkStormCrow
Cool shot and scene, well done....
wysiwig
They left the tracks in place, how neat. So this is the famous Leslie? Definitely a New Yorker. Flat, comfy shoes, long dress, warm jacket and gigantic handbag. Yep, that's the New York I remember.
greensleeves81
So nice to see your sister and friend Leslie. she looks beautiful indeed!
helanker
What a beautiful and fun capture, Lucinda. Strange to see the railroad in themiddle of the park. Almost looks like a science fiction :-)
mariogiannecchini
Molto piacere di conoscere Leslie !Foto molto piacevole con la stranezza di binari che sembrano entrare nell'edificio ! Buona giornata e buona settimana! Very pleased to know Leslie! Photos very pleased with the strangeness of tracks that seem to enter the building! Good day and good week!
whaleman
Can we see another, closer, photo of Leslie?
jayfar
No train expected soon!! Nice shot, nice sister.
durleybeachbum
Such a great way to 're-use' the lines! And she is a very pretty woman!
rainbows
Wonderful capture, Lucinda. So nice to see Leslie. Hugs, Diane.xx
ragouc
Nice shot
Chipka
This is quite a marvelous shot. I love the whole High Line concept and the fact that something like this exists! I also love the idea that the tracks are still there, that they're a part of something else. It also makes me think of "the Perpetual Train" by the brilliant mind that brought us The Scar and the city of Armada...and the "butterflies with unspeakable appetites" that haunted New Crobuzon one summer! Ah...you know who I'm talking about here...but anyway, enough of that! This is quite a marvelous shot and its full of vibrant and brilliant life. Good to see Leslie too. This is super, and it's the kind of garden I could really get my mind around! Just the concept alone is something totally new...at least to me. Yeah, I like this a lot!
flavia49
Nice to meet Leslie! a beautiful lady in a beautiful place!! Fabulous: the garden and the tracks!
jmb007
leslie est tres jolie!!la photo peut etre vue comme une reflexion sur le temps qui passe,et qui ne revient pas!!!superbe photo!!
tennesseecowgirl
Great photo... and nice to see Leslie...
jendellas
Great to meet Leslie, lovely pic!!!!
sandra46
outstanding this one with your sisterm apparently musing over the tracks covered by the grass. A poem in an image.
misskitty
Great shot! NIce that they used the tracks and turned them into 'art' to add something interesting to the park. So very nice to finally get to 'meet' your sister.
drifterlee
Cool old tracks and your sister is very pretty!!
goodoleboy
Nature reclaims its own in this fine foto, Lucinda; looks like it was windy there, and, yes, your sister is most attractive.
emmecielle
Interesting shot! Your sister is a very beautiful woman! :)
M2A
Would like to ride in this green train. Original photo.
0rest4wicked
Nice to see your sister, know how much she means to you!
psyoshida
Those tracks look so wonderful sticking out of the grass with trees growing smack dab in the middle of them. Wonderful and clever idea they had and Leslie makes a perfect model!