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 (32)
annie5
A very nice dedication..superb photo/capture! :)
durleybeachbum
beautiful! She will be thrilled.
Liam.
Great POV
jmb007
beau cadeau!!!
jayfar
Very beautiful.
MaraP
Wonderful! All our thoughts are with her!
mgtcs
Very, very beautiful my dear friend, so delicate, a marvelous dedication to a marvelous person, loved it, you are a great friend always!
tennesseecowgirl
What a unique flower and beauiful way you presented this. very lovely!!
JaneEden
Yes we all are thinking of you Susan and I keep you always in my prayers as you know. This is a beautiful dedi to our poorly friend, a really sweet gesture. hugs Jane xx
jendellas
Beautiful flower, we are all thinking of Susan. xxx
helanker
It is a really wonderful dedication for your friend. My best wished for Susan.
alanwilliams
super picture
emmecielle
What a splendid flower! Lovely dedi to Susan... also my thoughts are with her!
unstart
A beautiful flower and fine tribute!!
sandra46
FANTASTIC DEDI!
drifterlee
Beautiful flower!!!!!!
flavia49
gorgeous lily and exquisite dedication!!
Blush
Ohhhh I love spider lily's This is beautiful So many thanks for posting this image and your prayer Def a fav with me Was sick all night feel some better today Again many thanks def a fav:) Hugs Susan
goodoleboy
Belle photo!
magnus073
Lucinda, this is such a lovely and warm dedi for Susan. She is a wonderful lady and thanks for your kind heart in putting this together for her. I'm reading her response and know that you truly managed to lift her spirits which makes you an Angel in my eyes.
vaggabondd
beautiful capture my friend :)
MrsLubner
That deep coral color is so inviting. Love the sweep of the center pieces.
psyoshida
It's a beauty flower of exquisite color. I've never seen. It seems you made a good choice for Susan. Wonderful shot.
jocko500
this is so lovely
mariogiannecchini
What a splendid flower! Lovely dedi to Susan !
MagikUnicorn
B E A U T Y
npauling
A beautiful capture for Susan of this lovely Spider lily.
Xlars
Great "best wishes" card.. I like how you manged to integrate the text into this image.
dochtersions
This is such a wonderful flower, and shot as dedi for Susan. Sure this lovely gift will make her happy, Lucinda. I never saw this Lily. It's such special beauty!!!
A_Sunbeam Online Now!
Beautiful flower - a splendid choice for a dedication.