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 (31)
mgtcs
Very beautiful image my dear, a marvelous view of Central Park, lovely dedication, very well done!
mickeyrony
Superb ..... hooo my Belle. He will love this mural sports. Congratulations and many thanks again. Maybe the third strake hiiiiiiii? ((5 + +)) Hooo .....Superbe ma Belle . Il va adorer cette fresque sportive .Bravo encore et mille mercis .Peut être bien la troisième prise?? ((5++))
npauling
A lovely capture of Central Park and you sound to have had a great day just wandering around it. I hope we get to see more shots from your day out. I like the way you have the light and shade in this shot.
jocko500
this is wonderful cool. America past time
bobrgallegos
Very well done !!!! Love baseball.
jayfar
Lovely shot and you even got the pitcher in action.
helanker
A lovely shot Lucinda. A relaxing day watching sport in the city :-)
Bossie_Boots
Amazing capture and a wonderful dedication superb work !!
alanwilliams
nice to see the American game in situ
durleybeachbum
What an intersting pic!
rainbows
Wonderful action capture. Great dedication for Magik. Hugs. Di. xx
fallen21
Beautiful shot.
jendellas
Lots going on here, I love the tall buildings in the background & the buggy in the foreground, great pic!!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent photography and gret dedi too....!!!
dochtersions
So very fine to read you and Leslie enjoyed your day. What a perfect shot, dear Lucinda. I also love the buildings very much! Great you did this for Magik!
magnus073
Very nice looking photo Lucinda, and one of those that reminds us that summer is really here as we so often link it with baseball. As always your so perceptive to have noticed Magik's love for baseball from one of your past images, and very thoughtful to create this dedi for him. Sometimes just wondering around an area pays off as you can discover some real hidden gems.
annie5
A nice view of the Central Park! Great dedication too :)
drifterlee
Great shot!!!!!!!
flavia49
wonderful shot
goodoleboy
Stellar ambience in this foto, Lucinda! I know this is the legendary Central Park, but so odd to see all this nice green foliage in steel and concrete New York City.
anianiani
Energetic atmosphere to play ball...Excellent
mariogiannecchini
A lovely shot Lucinda!Bella immagine di vita quotidiana in Central Park !
jmb007
bonne photo!
emmecielle
A wonderful view of a splendid park! Excellent capture! :)
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
tennesseecowgirl
My favorite sport as well. I've been a Dodger fan all my life. Nice work.
Madbat
Great looking shot! Um...for some really odd reason, I can just picture the faculty of the unseen university in the stands.
danapommet
A great shot for Magik - he loves all sports. Dana
MagikUnicorn
You know I love baseball...I use to play 1972-1990 ;-) And still play couple game each summer...but I need a triple strong hit to run for second base ;-) Fabulous shot of a small part of Central Park :) NEAT SHOT Thank you very much
wysiwig
Great shot. I've been running behind all week and didn't know it was your birthday. Well...happy birthday! I hope it was a good one. I gave them up years ago figuring what I don't know won't hurt me.