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 (30)
durleybeachbum
Amazing you kept it! A most curious whatsit, most interesting!
jayfar
Is that a sheep??? Interesting!!
clbsmiley
Very Cool!! I like it!! Very Fun.
blondeblurr
I imagine it to be a Star-sign design (Aries or even Capricorn?) you can find in horoscopes, for newspapers or magazines. But it appears here a bit on the gaudy side and as a slightly cracked up montage ;) ... and it certainly put a smile on my face! I would also like to say "Many Happy Returns" to Gail, unbeknownst to me - because she hasn't posted here in a long time - maybe this will be like a kick-start, you never know? that's what Sisters are there for, right Lucinda? BB
Kindredsoul
very nice birthday present. Excellent work.
magnus073
Very clever idea for the title Lucinda, it gave me a smile. You did a wonderful job on this thoughtful and lovely birthday dedi. The colors here are soft and very soothing.
helanker
HA! THat is indeed an awesome Birthday gift :-D A happy one :D
auntietk
It's a lovely whatsit! :) I love the result you got. Festive, and very gift-like! :D
emmecielle
Interesting image! Lovely idea for a birthday gift! :)
vaggabondd
Ok I think it is a volley ball with a ram face on it lol. I am not sure what it is but it is very cool. very nice my friend :)
drifterlee
This is really cool. Did you paint it?
jendellas
I like it, cute!!!
mgtcs
Excellent abstract my friend, the colors and textures are excellent, creative piece, loved it!
jocko500
this is wonderful and a happy image
wysiwig
I'm thinking 'Soccer ball with ram's head'. Unfortunately, Aries the Ram doesn't come around until March. Chinese zodiac doesn't work either. Wonderful color range, light and pattern. Happy birthday Gail!
sandra46
REALLY FASCINATING AND PUZZLING THING
goodoleboy
Good heavens, a geodesic basketball contrasted against a geodesic background! Ultra super color blends and lighting effects in this one, Lucinda.
fallen21
Awesome work.
mariogiannecchini
Very nice birthday present. Excellent work ! Happy birthdat to Gail!
flavia49
wonderful work and dedi
Madbat
Cool looking thingumie-wazzit!
dochtersions
What a happy image, Lucinda. Such cute and a special birthday gift.
Chipka
This is incredibly cool...it reminds me--vaguely--of a buckyball! The colors are amazing and the whole image has a nicely otherworldly vibe to it: it reminds me of the lines and squiggles on the Roland Emerich version of the Stargate, which was appropriated for the television show, but the show--in general--did away with the interesting lines and abstract swirlies that were all over the place in the original movie, though they did make their appearance on the big, bad invader ships in Independence Day...needless to say I like those designs and the crackly, stained-glass look of this reminds me of that in all of the best ways. The colors are really nice and crisp and the ram-like design does recall something zodiological or at least glyph-like. I also noticed a nice blend of shapes--the way the swirly bits seem to float below or above that lattice-type design. All-in-all, there is a lot here to see and it's a perfect birthday gift. I love that Aries-like face doing that Mona Lisa half-grin. Perfect!
KatesFriend
Oh my goodness this is beautiful. Very strange and cryptic, a bit like an Esher painting though of a different mode. The simple elegance of geometry an colour however is reminiscent of classical Arabic artwork. I can't even guess how much work you put into this. Very, very impressive.
danapommet
Love the colors and design! As soon as I saw this my mind wandered into Greek mythology and the Minotaur. He was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man. He was in the first National Geographic magazine that I ever read and he became my childhood superhero.
MagikUnicorn
Very creative render love it ;)
npauling
A splendid birthday gift with lovely colouring and textures. This will really get the ball rolling for the birthday party. Excellent work.
rainbows
Love this design, dear Lucinda. Superb work. Hugs Di. xx
0rest4wicked
I'm with Dad, thoughgt of a minator at first glance. After reading the comment by blondeblurr was thinking Taurus. I happen to be a Capricorn(on the twelwe zodiac cycle, when we go back to a 13 month calendar I'll acknowledge a 13th zodiac, it struck me as maybe being Taurus. Then again November would be Sagittarius, and then again a zodiac may have nothing at all to do with this intriguing creative concept!
psyoshida
How did I miss this? It's so happy and I love the colors and the face of your Whatsit. What a great gift! Excellent and creative artwork at it's best.