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.Â
Comments (31)
durleybeachbum
What a great idea! So many different varieties. Did you know the flowers are edible? http://www.poppainc.org/pdfs/Daylily_recipes.pdf
jayfar
These shots are very beautiful and this is a wonderful dedi to your dad.
dochtersions
What a touching dedication for your dear father, my friend. He captured those lovely daylilies in a very beautiful way. The colors are so tender and special on it too. Great that you've such memories, and you got the slides from your mother.
Feliciti
wonderful collage of this beautys and lovely dedi to your dad too !!
flavia49
beautiful collage and great dedi!
dakotabluemoon
Wonderful the way u put these together awesome piece of work.
Bossie_Boots
Just incredible they are amazing they have certainly bought some light into my day thank you for sharing !!
magnus073
Lucinda, you did a marvelous job on this beautiful and thoughtful dedi to your Dad on his Birthday. So sorry for your loss as it sounds like he was a wonderful and caring man. It's easy to see why he loved these lovely flowers so much and what a thrill it is to see these photos and in a way see them through his eyes.
jocko500
you did a marvelous job on this. guess you have a scanner that will do slides? very good job here
helanker
What a wonderful idea and a beautiful collage, Lucinda. These lilies are just gorgeous :)
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful collage and fantastic dedi to your dad !Very beautiful flowers 1
jmb007
jolie!!
drifterlee
Beautiful variety of lillies!!!!!!
jendellas
Beautiful lillies!!!
ia-du-lin
wonderful lilies photos, beautiful collage
psyoshida
What a lovely tribute to your Dad. The array of lilies and colors make a stunning collage. What a wonderful way to remember your Dad and to pay tribute to him. Gorgeous!!
Minda
Beautiful collage and Great dedication lucinda..
Faemike55
Very beautiful flowers and wonderful tribute
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE TRIBUTE!
vaggabondd
these are beautiful flowers and very nice captures. I am sure your dad would love the collage you have made in his honor. very nice :)
wysiwig
A very touching tribute to Dad, Lucinda. The trouble with our fathers is that they are always behind the camera. I have all of the home movies my father took but he isn't in any of them. These flowers are a tangible legacy you can keep. Thye are beautiful images. Your dad was a great photographer. I guess it runs in the family.
mgtcs
Adorable photos, marvelous colors, thank you for sharing Lucinda!
goodoleboy
A dazzling testimony in this superb collage of your father's wonderful ability to plant and rear these lovely daylilies, Lucinda.
mickeyrony
What wonderful and happy memories in your hearts my beautiful .. Just to see that makes us a little Mossad losing a father .... I also remember my post for you ... Now it's gone (Your father)it should be warm to every day what you do probably ....(( 5 + +)) Que de beaux et bons souvenirs dans ton coeurs ma Belle ..Juste de revoirs cela nous rend un peu mossade de la perte d'un papa....Je me souvient aussi de mon post pour toi ... Maintenant qu'il est partit il faut le réchauffer à tout les jours ce que tu fais surement....((5++))
blondeblurr
Isn't wonderful, that there is usually something close by, that reminds us of our loved ones and those flowers are just so precious to you and I am sure he knows, that you will be looking after them for him - even if it's only in photos. Gorgeous colours - some I haven't seen before. BB
anianiani
Thanks for sharing memories abt dad and lovely flowers...I like it
Kindredsoul
nice flower shots excellent
MagikUnicorn
Excellent collage
emmecielle
Wonderful flowers and lovely tribute to your dad!
danapommet
Gorgeous collection of lilies in this collage. Love the different colors.