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
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Comments (27)
jayfar
This is a lovely 'CAT'alogue of shots.
rainbows
A beautiful work and dedication, I am sure Barbara will love it. Hugs to you both. Diane. xx
npauling
A wonderful collection of your cats of all shapes and sizes. A lovely birthday gift for Barbara and I love how you have described each of them.
JaneEden
Oh how delightful a most beautiful collage of fabulous cats. Barbara will love this, and don't worry she has been away over the weekend, so she will be delighted to find this on her return. hugs Jane xx
alanwilliams
your love of cats shines through
dochtersions
I'm impressed, Lucinda, by your stories and the very lovely photo-shots. A very beautiful dedi for Barbara.
mariogiannecchini
Splendid series of cats !Very beautiful !
magnus073
First of all Lucinda, this collage is so special not just because it is dedicated to a wonderful lady, but because you poured so much into it. Knowing how much you love your kitties made this one so enjoyable as you did such a great job in introducing us to them here and sharing your thoughts on how they each touched your life. Barbara is going to adore this one.
helanker
Now, if that isnt a wonderful montage of your cats... wow! they are lovely :-)
annie5
Fantastic captures of your cats! So funny to see them..Excellent :)
drifterlee
They are so cute! I have five cats!
alessimarco
~A marvelous feline collage!~
jendellas
Thankyou Lucinda, I love them all & your little background on them made me chuckle. xxx
emmecielle
Lovely collage, dear Lucinda! Splendid dedi! :)
flavia49
fantastic collage and dedi!!
sandra46
EXCELLENT CAT-OLLAGE!!!!!
jocko500
a wonder how all cats have a differ personal like people. cool stuff for a wonderful artist
clbsmiley
Lucinda, what a wonderful post!! so nice to see them and a description too. Well done. Yes was fireplace glass a little warped and twisted by me.
goodoleboy
A fantastic display of felines in this remarkable collage, Lucinda, accompanied by a short synopsis on their personalities and/or habits. You had quite a collection of the little fur balls over the years. Meow.
tennesseecowgirl
I got my first cat when I was around 7 I guess, and I named her Tiger, she was a great cat. I also had a cat named Pepper some years ago, now we have a Raskel kitty lol Great collage, I am sure the doggies will love it as well.
mgtcs
What a cute collection here, superb collage, thank you for sharing! Loved it!
Minda
Very Beautiful Collage and wonderful gift for your friend...happy B/D barbara..
wysiwig
"Owning a cat guarantees you joy in your house, companionship in your life, and footprints on the hood of your car!" You never told me you had eleven children. What a beautiful family they are. And what a wonderful gift for Barbara. I admit I have had a crush on 'Tella' since you first introduced her.
MagikUnicorn
Thats really COOOOOL :)
anianiani
I like cats...
Madbat
Awww! I love em all, but Havana Browns are among my all time faves.
jarmila
beautiful and cute collage of cats..happy easter holiday