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 (35)
anianiani
The first picture of the world been waiting for........love ani
myshelle
What is that beautiful carpet of flowers? in a great setting
Mondwin
Marvelous dedication my dear!!!Bravissima!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
jayfar
Beautiful image.
Haydaad
Beautiful colors. A sea of red. Outstanding shot. thanks for sharing.
flavia49
wonderful image! fabulous red sea!!
durleybeachbum
Gorgeous, and a superb compo!
Meisiekind
Awesome!
magnus073
Lucinda, this is such a wonderful dedi and capture. You've obviously put a lot of thought into this one, and selected a very inviting photo to represent Texas. As pointed out in the title and comments it really is like looking out over a lovely sea of red, and the yellow flowers spread througout serve to highlight it so well. The church with that cool old steeple is the best touch of all as it gives a real classic feel to this.
helanker
What a wonderful place you have captured here. It looks gorgeous.
annie5
This ia a super capture, Lucinda! Great lighting too :)
mariogiannecchini
Splendida immagine , Lucinda e bella dedica a un amico ! Lovely image, Lucinda and beautiful dedication to a friend!
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!
alessimarco
Wow...really gorgeous!!!
PassionateGuy
A beauty of a capture..well presented
unstart
Awesome lighting and composition and gorgeous carpet of flowers!!
sandra46
superlative, astounding image!
emmecielle
Splendid image! :)
SIGMAWORLD
Beautiful!
Madbat
I love all that red!
goodoleboy
Exquisitely bucolic, pastoral, and rustic in this lovely shot, Lucinda!
auntietk
Splendid image! Color, composition, light ... it's lovely!
dochtersions
A fantastic image! What is Texas great in his colors. Lovely dedi, Lucinda!
jendellas
Such a beautiful picture, Texas is looking good :o)
clbsmiley
Lucinda, this is a marvelous capture, I am almost jealous. :)
jarmila
so many nice flowers field,,lovely capture
vaggabondd
when I see this I think little house on the prarie. beautiful capture
mgtcs
A truly marvelous image dear Lucinda! A masterful capture, beautiful colors, I just loved it!
jocko500
love the field of flowers around the church
Xlars
Beautiful image .. I love your composition and the saturation of the flowers etc. A warm and excellent photo!