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)
tennesseecowgirl
Really great shot, and I really love your framing, cute humor !! And Mario I hope you have a wonderful day!
Faemike55
Love the frame great capture and dedication to Mario Happy Birthday Mario
Fidelity2
It is very well done. I thank you for this one. I want to see more from you. 5+!
jayfar
Lovely shot Lucinda and a great dedi to Mario.
anianiani
This is very special capture ..........wowwwww...........
dochtersions
LOL, about 'feed me'. dear Lucinda. What a speed this birthday-card shows. It's just such great for our friend, Mario! The perfect shot!
mariogiannecchini
http://www.cartoline.it/pics/grazie_240703_04.swf I love the seagulls, they mean freedom for me! Thanks 1000 for this beautiful image , dear Lucinda !Hugs !
clbsmiley
Wonderful capture!! And Happy Birthday to Mario!!! :)
GiMi53
What a great shot, so perfectly presented ! :~)
magnus073
Lucinda, first of all this is a delightful birthday dedi you prepared for Mario. Always enjoy your sense of humor and the way you illustrate it so well in your uploads. Gulls do seem to have a one track mind, and it's nice to think that they are not totally self centered and would keep Mario in mind at least one day a year ;) This really is a wonderful capture by the way, it makes you feel like your right there with them during this celebration.
alessimarco
~A marvelous capture and perfect birthday dedi for Mario!~
Jean_C
Amazing capture, superb dedi, Happy Birthday Mario!
jendellas
Superb in flight capture!!
flavia49
fabulous shot and dedi!! Happy Birthday Mario!!
durleybeachbum
A perfect pic for our friend! A suoerb shot.
mgtcs
Adorable photo my friend, superb timing!
emmecielle
Fantastic image and presentation! Wonderful birthday card for Mario! :)
helanker
That is indeed a lovely capture for Mario. I love seagulls. Remind me of the harbour near my home, that once was a really fishermans harbour. :-)
Kindredsoul
nice seagulls excellent shot.
auntietk
Wonderful capture! The dof makes it something extra special. Happy Birthday to Mario!
drifterlee
Beautiful dedication!
Minda
sooo very nice capture and nice dedication lucinda..
goodoleboy
Beyond splendid! Amazing focus and composition in this positively phenomenal capture, Lucinda! I'm confident that Mario will appreciate this no end.
THROBBE
Fantastic work and Birthday wishes!
pauldeleu
It looks very wonderful.
dragonmuse
Delightful capture :)
blondeblurr
A wonderful image of these gulls - free as a bird ... but I have never seen them camouflaged with Zorro mask before, Lucinda ;) maybe they wanted to keep it as a surprise for Mario on his birthday - many happy returns to him! BB
psyoshida
Great shot how ever did you do it? The bird looks as if he's flying right to you. Fantastic. A great birthday gift for Mario, I love the frame in words. Cute!!!
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE CREATION! WONDERFUL DEDICATION FOR OUR MARIO!
jocko500
look like the bird is going to fly into me.