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)
jayfar
A very beautiful picture for this dedication to Susan. Happy birthday Susan from me too.
Minda
Very beautiful flowers and nice dedi lucinda.
anianiani
Wonderful Dedication And picture to our lovely friend Susan.. Very Special macro shot..Thanks.
Madbat
Ooh, purple! Happy B'day Susan!
blondeblurr
A very 'Happy Birthday' to you SUSAN and many happy returns - stay healthy and take care, celebrate surrounded by loved ones and all of us here at Rendo, thinking of you! ~ a lovely dedi Lucinda and the frog is a bonus! BB
magnus073
This is a beautiful photo Lucinda and made for a great dedi for Susan's birthday. The colors of these flowers are so lovely and you captured them perfectly.
dochtersions
Such a wonderful capture for Susan, Lucinda. Didn't see the frog, but after reading Brigitte, I indeed discovered this. May Susan have a day filled with love.
midnightmum
lovely shot , so beautiful.
durleybeachbum
What a delight with the frog!! happy Birthday Susan!
helanker
Such a beautiful dedication for your friend, Lucinda :-) Happy Birthday, Susan :-)
Feliciti
wonderful Dedi and the color is a dream!!
Faemike55
Very beautiful image and dedication to Susan Happy Birthday Susan
thecytron
Stunning colors!
alessimarco
~Gorgeous!~
Jean_C
Superb dedi, excellent image!
alanwilliams
a superb composition
flavia49
beautiful flower and dedication
jendellas
He must be so light to stay on that petal :o) HAPPY BIRTHDAY Susan. xx
emmecielle
Splendid flower and dedi! :)
drifterlee
Gorgeous flower and dedication!!!!!!
sandra46
SO PRETTY BDAY GIFT
npauling
A wonderful birthday gift for Susan. It is a magnificent capture of this lovely iris.
goodoleboy
Rich, lush, rich, lush, rich, lush, ad infinitum, in this gorgeous BD dedication, Lucinda! Orchids?
ia-du-lin
beautiful shot, great colors
dragonmuse
Really lovely :) A sweet birthday gift for a sweet lady :)
danapommet
Super combination of frog and flower - also wonderful contrast - which makes a fantastic birthday dedi for Susan.
jocko500
so lovely
mariogiannecchini
Splendid flower and dedi to Susan !
psyoshida
Aaaaw what a cute little froggy and a great shot. It certainly makes a wonderful birthday card! Lovely!
KatesFriend
Very sorry I missed this one Lucinda.I just love the very striking violet in this picture. Indeed, all the colours are so, well, alive. And of coarse, there's that little frog sunning himself/herself (amphibians can change gender) on the petals. Quite a remarkable capture and a nice gift for your friend.