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 (29)
EyeOfTheJen
This is a great shot by itself but the title... still laughing! I love it and I needed a smile right now. Thank you.
durleybeachbum
Such fun!!
clbsmiley
Man who did that? I know it wasn't me....
emmecielle
Very interesting image and... title! ;) Excellent capture! :) Happy Easter to you too! :)
djescapes
hilarious;) great photo!
Bossie_Boots
Lol fantastic capture happy easter !!
jendellas
So made me chuckle, love the looks on their faces!!!
FractalFactor
Just the title alone gave me a laugh. Great picture too.
jayfar
And the one in the middle is saying 'Did you hear what she just said'?!!!! Brilliant Lucinda. Lots of chuckles.
mgtcs
Beautiful image dear Lucinda, marvelous perspective, you captured the doves perfectly, priceless title! very well done!
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful , Lucinda !Fantastic capture ! Happy Easter to you too!
magnus073
Very nice photo that provided me with a smile Lucinda :) They really don't seem to be too concerned about stepping in it, as it were. Hope you have a HAPPY EASTER
alanwilliams
beautifully done and poop will do nicely
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE IMAGE, MY FRIEND!
annie5
Cute and funny scene! Happy Easter, Lucinda :)
goodoleboy
Stellar stark photo to go along with the amusing title, Lucinda! Never seen gulls like that before. Do you have a name for their variety?
Minda
:):)Like the Tittle lucinda and this is Very nice shot..
mickeyrony
It's like having your feet in the shit .... Hiiiiii All these birds ...... I understand my Beatiful . Good shot. ((5 + +)) C'est un peu comme avoirs les pieds dans la merde .... Hiiiiii Tout ces oiseaux qui...... Je comprend bien ma Belle . Une bonne prise de vue . ((5++))
wysiwig
lol! I love the attitudes of the three gulls. The one in the back - "What did I just step in?" The one in the middle - "Can you believe that idiot?" The one in the foreground seems like it just wants to be left along. Outstanding capture.
jocko500
happy Easter and may the Lord bless you
dochtersions
Cute, wonderful and a fantastic picture, dear Lucinda. The lines on it are so very special. And.....I very like the title, he, he! Have a lovely time, my friend.
vaggabondd
lol I love it. it looks like that is just what he is thinking haha. great shot and title my friend :)
MagikUnicorn
Sweet shot
drifterlee
LOL! Too funny!!!!
npauling
A great title and he does look as if he is looking at his feet. A wonderful capture with such a lot of expression.
anianiani
Great photoshot
Chipka
What a shot and the title is a true winner. I laughed myself into a prolonged moment of urinary necessity. Super great work and I really love the sheer photographic artistry of the picture itself. There's some serious bird poopage going on there too! I suspect the waters in that region are quite rich in bird produced fertilizers.
Madbat
LMAO!! I had no idea what to expect, but that was funny!
CoreyBlack
I wonder if you can get away with the title "I Have S**t on My Toes"? Just a thought. I love this picture!