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 (35)
jayfar
That is some complicated growth Lucinda.
jmb007
jolies branches!
JSGraphics
Fantasitic and well done! Love it!
durleybeachbum
It has taken up tatting!
MagikUnicorn
SWEEEET POV
jendellas
Lovely pic of the take over branches!!
magnus073
Great photo here Lucinda and as always I very much enjoyed your thoughts. Sounds like you have had your hands full and hope things calm down for you soon.
ArtistKimberly
Wonderful work,
helanker
Such a beautiful shot :-) Like these branches :)
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!
Jean_C
Superb shot!
emmecielle
I like the interlacing of the branches! Wonderful shot! :)
ia-du-lin
beautiful tree branch photo, great pov and lighting
Madbat
All I know is there's some kind of ash tree with red berries that sends me and my sinuses to the 7th level of hell! My sympathies!
npauling
A super capture of this very gnarled tree. I love the POV you have taken this from and it is my favourite way of looking at large trees. I love seeing all the undercarriage of the branches. This one really does look to be going in all directions. I'm sorry to hear that it causes you so many problems when the pollen is around. I hope it doesn't last too long.
goodoleboy
OMG, convoluted is an understatement in this sterling shot, Lucinda! Limbs, branches and twigs undulating all over the sky. Cool lighting contrasts are a bonus.
watapki66
Great title, and intricate structure!
Minda
A stunning capture lucinda and excellent POV..
jocko500
hope you are fine . this is a lovely shot
anianiani
This is great...I like aged trees always,,,
mgtcs
Amazing capture Lucinda the tree is really amazing and the atmosphere is magic, marvelous capture my friend, very well done!
0rest4wicked
Ash and Olive trees are hard on me too. Hope that rain brings some relief!
bimm3d
superb!! great POV and photo!!
wysiwig
They do tend to wander, don't they. Nothing seems to bother me. I'm so insensitive. I hope you find relief very soon.
blondeblurr
Certain grasses seem to do that to me - time for some more lawn-mowing, but trees ? that's new to me, but I can sympathise with you ... Never-the-less it's a great ol' tree and the POV actually shows off his gnarly advantage perfectly. BB
sandra46
outstanding image!
mariogiannecchini
I like the interlacing of the branches! Wonderful shot!
flavia49
wonderful photo
KatesFriend
A long and curious growth history to this old fellow. Interesting how so many of the branches make a near 180 degree turn. I wonder what event in its environment cause such an abrupt change. Perhaps a building went up nearby and so the branches had to grow in a completely different direction to reach the light.
dochtersions
A very complicated way of growing. This tree did not take the highway, but many turns. Turning this way coming back to start somewhere other curves and turns in her way. Will it ever reach its end? Love this intriguing capture, dear Lucinda! Just take it easier than this image, dear friend :)