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)
Madbat
Grrr....we're still under 2-3 feet of snow. I'm building an ark 'cause when this all melts....
mariogiannecchini
Una bella luce accogliente sembra venir fuori dalla casa di tua sorella !Molto belli i fiori in primo piano ! Buona notte , Lucinda ! ( qui , con l'ora legale , sono le 8 di mattina ) A nice warm light seemed to be out of the house of your sister! Very beautiful flowers in the foreground! Good night, Lucinda! (here, with the DST, are 8 am)
auntietk
I LOVE this! Fantastic capture.
jayfar
A lovely shot and well seen.
durleybeachbum
What a lovely pic!
rainbows
Warm and beautiful a delightful capture. Hugs. Di. xx
dochtersions Online Now!
How symbolic this picture full of light. And your description, that the mountain has shrunk so much. You hard working girl. I admire you. So nice to read you had a wonderful time with Cheryl. Hugs.....
mgtcs
OMG...What a marvelous photo my dear, looks so comfortable, it's not only a photo but the capturing of a beautiful moment, the lighting inside is perfect, thank you very much for sharing!
morningglory
Amazing capture.
jmb007
une chaude lumiere!!
magnus073
Just saw the photo you took of Cheryl in her gallery so knew you were back. This pic is beautiful Lucinda, and a very thoughtful way to let everyone know you've returned. The title is perfect as the light does seem to welcome all
annie5
Beautiful house..lighting is perfect! Well captured/Excellent photo :)
flavia49
great capture!!
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!!!!!
jendellas
Very warm & welcoming, hope you & Cheryl had a wonderful time. xx
alessimarco
~Leave a light in the window for me too! Very nice capture!~
sandra46
SUPERB!
goodoleboy
Stellar lighting effects in this cool nightshot! Reminds me of the Motel 6 radio ad, where the dude says, "we'll leave the light on for you."
clbsmiley
Great you posted it!! I really like this one!! Had a great time. Told Bill we would be gone again someday :) :)
Minda
Very nice house of ur sister i really like it beautiful shot and Great to see u posting again..
jocko500
lovely working
anianiani
The picture lightning like a star....excellent
emmecielle
Fantastic night capture! Lighting and atmosphere are splendid! :)
MagikUnicorn
Beautiful shot
wysiwig
Well hello stranger. Welcome back! This is a really warm image. It could also be a metaphor for your return to Rendo. Call it 'Coming Home.'
npauling
A wonderful capture and it really does look inviting. You sound to have had a great trip with Cheryl.
blondeblurr
That's what I like - it says welcome home, come inside and relax by the fireside maybe even have a drink; it appears so warm and inviting - the scene is set with lot's of atmosphere - how can anyone resist ? let the show begin ... BB