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 (29)
jayfar
Just like a lava flow, beautiful.
clbsmiley
Wow!! Fantastic!! Looks a cool place to visit!
helanker
WOW it reminds me of cold lava :-) Looks so fantastic. Super dedi.
fallen21
Excellent capture!
durleybeachbum
This is just gorgeous.
magnus073
What a super cool looking capture Lucinda, this one is great. I've never seen a cypress tree like this one before, and can't get over the living swirls as you put it. This was a super idea for a photo and marvelous birthday dedi for Mike.
flavia49
fantastic capture and dedication
Faemike55
Fantastic capture, Lucinda! Thank you very much for the gift/dedication. bet it would be trippy to just run your hands along and acorss these lines
tennesseecowgirl
Happy Birthday Mike I didn't realize it was your birthday!!
mickeyrony
A magistral tronk and a so beautiful birthday gift for Mike . Great pic for sure We have to take a time to reflection to this beauty of the nature ((5++))
drifterlee
Very cool old tree and dedi!
dochtersions
Such impressing photographic, Lucinda. A fantastic image for Mike. Such a big eye-catcher! As a gift for him which right is coming out of his screen.
jendellas
Wow, that is an amazing tree lovely birthday dedi. xxx
alanwilliams
there's some big effort gone into that growth
wysiwig
Wow, it looks like it is melting or flowing or something. Looks like something from a fairytale which makes it perfect for Mike. Fantastic discovery and dedication.
mgtcs
Marvelous feeling of magic Lucinda, incredible textures and lighting, this is a very sweet dedication to a marvelous person and friend! When I so this picture I immediately imagined gnomes and faeries around! Beautifully done!
sandra46
GREAT DEDI
mystmaiden
Great capture of a grand old tree!
goodoleboy
Yes, like a lava flow. Awesome capture of the awesome Cypress tree with the tortuous striations running up and down its thick roots, Lucinda.
jocko500
the root system looking good here.
npauling
This old tree has really seen a lot of life. A super capture for Mike, and I love these gnarly old roots.
auntietk
Oooooooohh! That is SO cool! I love the patterns. I can see why you like this place!
KatesFriend
A wonderful tribute to Mike who is indeed a witty and wonderful fellow. WOW! It looks like rushing water that got frozen into the fibre of this tree. Maybe the trees are envious of the river and seek to mimic it in their own way. I've never seen anything quite like this grand old tree. It's jaw dropping amazing. I'd just love to see it first hand some day.
emmecielle
What a splendid image! Great capture! :)
JuliSonne
Attention....feet raising!!! Well seen...outstanding!
Chipka
WOW! Though I've been posting on an almost regular occasion, I haven't really been in the swing of things: working afternoon/evening hours really compresses one's day. Ugh! Anyway, I'm finally getting around to the galleries here, and well...I have to say that this is brilliant. I love the way these roots also make me think of that smooth form of lava with an interesting Polynesian name...it's called pahoehoe (I probably spelled that wrong.) It's that sensual form of lava, if lava can be called sensual, and this makes me think of that...which is a part of the beauty of Nature. I love the curvy bits and the way that the light and shadows play. This is a brilliant shot and a perfect dedication.
MagikUnicorn
I see a long life in those crack :) Beautiful shot
Cyve
Fabulous capture !!!
danapommet
I love patterns and the 'flow' of these roots is gorgeous!