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 (32)
vaggabondd
Thank you my friend this is so beautiful, you are right I just Love Umatilla, she sings to my soul and I love big birds to. this is a perfect gift. Thank you so much for everything my friend :)
anianiani
No Words..
jayfar
An absolutely wonderful dedication Lucinda, both the picture and the poem.
durleybeachbum
Amazing talent, Lucinda! You voice an experience with which I am familiar. Thankyou. MARVELLOUS!
Feliciti
wonderful words and dedi for him!!
helanker
WHat a lovely SHot and Poem. SO beautiful indeed.
Kindredsoul
nice birthday dedi poem
dakotabluemoon
So beautiful and a perfect gift for him.
jendellas
So beautiful, excellent pic & words!!
THROBBE
Excellent work and birthday wishes!
dochtersions
A great poem, marvelous, dear friend. And perfect for Randy. Happy birthday wishes, Randy.
Faemike55
Very beautiful poem and image & a great dedication to Randy Happy Birthday Randy
bimm3d
great dedication!!
magnus073
Lucinda, it's hard to imagine a more beautiful birthday dedication. Once again you've put a lot of thought and loving care into your work and it paid off. The poem was a true delight, and the capture really made this one complete.
Minda
Beautiful words and nice dedication...Happy birthday...:)
Jean_C
Superb dedication!
emmecielle
Stunning dedication to your friend! Image and poem are splendid! :)
drifterlee
Beautiful dedication!
alessimarco
~A very beautiful birthday wish!~
bobrgallegos
Outstanding beautiful dedication!!
angora
BEAUTIFUL!!! perhaps the most precious gift of all...
mgtcs
Ohhh.....So beautiful Lucinda, very sweet dedication, adorable work!
blondeblurr
You are full of surprises! - here is something else I never knew about you, but it shouldn't really come as surprise - your writing style is second to none ... a wonderful presentation for your friend, Lucinda I am reading it over and over again, to memorise it - impressive, BB
mariogiannecchini
Stunning dedication to your friend! Image and poem are splendid!
flavia49
fabulous image! wonderful dedication
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE DEDICATION!
virginiese Online Now!
great dedeication. And yes, poetry is not easy at all :-) Nice capture of the eagle too !
jocko500
very wonderful
clbsmiley
Excellent!!!!
KatesFriend
Took my time with this one because I wanted to read the prose a couple of times on differing days. The words are very moving, I've felt something similar from time to time. The kind of fundamental truth or foundation one finds in the study of mathematics. There is also some of the "oneness" philosophy which I took away from reading the book, "The Toa of Physics". I should read it again some time soon. May I say this is such a wonderful gesture for your friend. And your hawk capture is very breath taking. I've always loved hawks. I see several of them on my drive to work everyday, surveying the landscape with those fantastic eyes they have.