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 (27)
myrrhluz
The colors show better on zoom.
flavia49
phantasmagoric work!! lovely dedication!! Happy B-day Cheri!!
JaneEden
This looks truly gorgeous on the zoom, a really love dedi. Happy Birthday Cheri have a great day, hugs Jane xx
annie5
A wonderful Birthday gift..very beautiful! Tapestry or wrapping paper for Christmas :)
magnus073
Zoomed in Lucinda, and have to say the blending of colors is really a site to behold here. Lovely birthday dedi to your friend, and for sure she's going to be grateful.
goodoleboy
Excellent, Lucinda! Otherwise, my comments echo those above.
alessimarco
The colors and textures are quite beautiful!
clbsmiley
Happy Birthday Cheri!! :) Very pretty image, lovely colors. :)
Madbat
Now that would make a cool looking rug!
helanker
What a lovely dedication for Cheri. Happy Birthday Cheri :-)))
mariogiannecchini
Lovely texture , beautiful colors and dedication !
jayfar
Beautiful, colourful and textural image.
wysiwig
Another birthday eh? It seems like she had one just a year ago. This is a great gift for Cheri and would make a fantastic tapestry.
anianiani
A flash shot will always come like this,when i close my eyes infront of lights....yes i got the same right now in eyes...excellent work and dedication...realistic..
durleybeachbum
Fabulous! When do you start the stitching?
dochtersions
A fantastic glowing one, Lucinda. Great dedi!
jendellas
I agree with the others amazing in zoom. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Cheri. xx
wjames
Wonderful work that makes a beautiful dedication!!!
~*****~elfin14doaks
The colors are really cool in zoom! Thank you so much it's gorgeous .
emmecielle
A beautiful birthday gift! Excellent image! :)
PassionateGuy
A beautiful dedication
unstart
Beautiful..indeed magical!!
sandra46
WOW! HOW BEAUTIFUL!
psyoshida
You are right zoom is wonderful. Great fireworks of color and a great b-day card and dedication.
mgtcs
Very, very beautiful image here, fantastic textures and colors, excellent one!
MagikUnicorn
Excellent fractal
npauling
A lovely birthday card with super textures and a great fireworks effect.