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 (38)
bimm3d
wonderful place and photo (paint)!!
rainbows
Wonderful shot and memory. Enjoy your break. Hugs. Di. xx
jayfar
Super shot and captured just at the moment.
durleybeachbum
What a fab pic! Keep well and get sorted!
lior
A so superb capture!
drifterlee
What a beautiful shot! LOoks like a horse jump.
magnus073
First of all it is sad to hear you won't be posting for a while Lucinda, but it's easy to understand how life can get in the way from time to time. Your gallery is a blessing to me and so many others as you always make us feel at home by providing your thoughts on the images you post. More than anything the time and care you put into your comments on our images is second to none, and will be missed. This classic capture from your past is the perfect choice in leading into your break though, as this one of your son James in such a classic setting has to be one that is close to your heart.
dochtersions
This picture shows a real happy and cheerful feeling. What a wonderful memory. If it is necessary to take attention and time to yourself, I think you're very brave to take them. You have good insights. Stay close to yourself. Love to you my friend, thinking of you!
flavia49
wonderful capture!!
annie5
Superb capture, Lucinda! Enjoy your break :)
mgtcs
Your edge always is on target. Love the feel of this great image, excellent shot!
mariogiannecchini
Excellent photo ! A nice reminder of days gone by! I hope to solve all your great stuff!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent shot!
helanker
What a wonderful capture this is Lucinda. Now I long for warmer weather. I hope things will ease for you and I will be glad to see you back. Best wishes.
KateBlack10
Great shot - hope to see more in the spring.
alessimarco
~A wonderful image! Come back soon!~
emmecielle
Wonderful image! I wish you all well, dear Lucinda, and I hope to see you here again soon! :) Hugs!
jendellas
What a wonderful pic, wonder what the walkway looks like now. Take care & see you soon. xxx
unstart
What a sweet picture..will miss your fine photos!!
jmb007
photo evocatrice!!
npauling
A beautiful scene you have captured here so many years ago. That is the trouble with life it gets in the way of the computer. LOL. I hope you enjoy your break and get caught up on all the things that need doing.
sandra46
MARVELOUS, FANTABULOUS IMAGE!!!!
goodoleboy
Cool capture of your son enjoying himself amidst the pastoral milieu, Lucinda! Sorry to see you go, but your other responsibilities have priority. You'll be missed, take good care of yourself, and I hope to see you back with us in the Spring. Tally ho!
psyoshida
Great shot of a lovely countryside. Must be lovely memories. I will miss you dear friend, take care of your life and hurry back. You will be missed.
wysiwig
Don't you just hate it when real life gets in the way of important things? A great shot of what is probably a cherished memory. I hope the 'stuff' is light weight and easy to clean up. Sorry to see you go. Take care of yourself Lucinda and we will see you when we see you.
Madbat
Yeah, 'Stuff' does tend to leer very well. I think there must be classes for that!
tennesseecowgirl
Nice image. Take care I hope you work out all your issues, I sure know that feeling lately. See you in the spring.
vaggabondd
my friend this is both brillant and beautiful. what a way to step away. I hope you get back soon. Randy
anianiani
I love evergreen......take good care
stonelight
Very beautiful scene. Great capture!!