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 (33)
Vialliy
Nice collage. I like wild flowers.
anmes
Beautiful collage. thanks for sharing .
Madbat
Spring? SPRING??? Snow Grrrrr.....
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful collage with the flowers and the colors of spring ! Happy week ,dear Lucinda !!!
annie5
Super flowers and capture! You did an ext collage :)
wysiwig
A terrific collage, everyone is a gem. My favorite has got to be the Skeleton Weed. The shape is pretty cool and color is gorgeous. Your capture of it is outstanding. Try not to stress out at work (deep breathes).
magnus073
Lucinda, this is such a wonderful collage and really did brighten a day while fighting the flu so thanks :) For sure this needs to be seen in full size view so all the amazing colors can be taken in.
flavia49
fantastic collage!!
goodoleboy
Wheeeee doggie! Well, thank ya ma'am, for all those right purty Texas wildflowers, all done up Sunday-go-to-church style! Super job of collecting, manipulating, and identifying these photographically sharp and beautifully colored blooms, Lucinda! And, I've been wondering where you've been.
mgtcs
Ohhhh....What a beautiful collection Lucinda, loved the blue ones, splendid collage, very well done!
texboy
beautiful, Lucinda! does this ole Texas boy's heart good to see them.... give my regards to San Antone!
mickeyrony
An offering of class my Beatiful Lucinda must believe in the wisdom of our actions. You have a big heart for others. They are gorgeous and famous. Congratulations and many thanks. I love ((5 + +)) Une offrande de classe ma Belle Lucinda Il faut croire en la sagesse de nos actionms . Tu as un grand coeur pour les autres . Elles sont sublimes et renommées . Bravo et mille mercis .J'adore ((5++))
jocko500
these are very lovely
jayfar
This is a fantastic set of images Lucinda, each one superb in its own right.
helanker
But you could garantee, that this is a wonderful montage indeed. WOW! they are all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing them. I hope you are right, Lucinda, that you wont be so busy next week. :)
rainbows
Beautiful collage Lucinda, fine work here. I love the flowers. Hugs. Diane. xx
qrud
Very pleasant view, rest and beauti. Good collage.
durleybeachbum
So interesting to see this super collection of plants that we have to grow specially here!
jmb007
superbes petites fleurs!!
emmecielle
Thank to you for sharing your splendid images and for your friendship, Lucinda! The collage is really wonderful! Great work! :)
jendellas
A lovely collage of these beautiful flowers, all looking so healthy!!!!
dochtersions
The guarantee is, that this are most beautiful flowers, and wonderful captured by you, dear Lucinda. I can't let my eye off them. An amazing collage, I really enjoy it very much!
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE COLLAGE! THANKS!
npauling
A splendid collage of all these beautiful wild flowers and I am amazed that they grow wild in Texas, as a lot of them we have as cultivated garden flowers. It must be wonderful to see them growing wild. Super clear captures of them too.
Minda
very beautiful collage and wonderful flowers lucinda..:)
drifterlee
Gorgeous flowers!!!!
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This is one of my favorite times in Texas - I miss it. I used to live in Houston and I have relatives in Dallas and Killeen. Nice work, thanks for the reminder - and a smile!
vaggabondd
all of these flowers are beautiful but I think that I like the pink evening primrose. very nice collage
anianiani
Excellent work $ Dedication...Thanks
clbsmiley
Lucinda lovely collage!! :)