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 (26)
junge1
A nice candid capture. Two of these people look familiar! I wonder why lol?
clbsmiley
Cool !!' Glad you had a great visit. ;)
Faemike55
Wonderful capture! from all the accounts so far, everyone had a great time. That's wonderful! does James have an account here?
myrrhluz
No, he doesn't. He takes good photos though. :)
magnus073
Lucinda, you did a great job on this cool photo of your son and everyone. Sounds like all of you had a lot of fun together exploring
tennesseecowgirl
Always great to see when Renderosity members can meet up... great capture of them all
Richardphotos
bmac62 looks different with his beard. very candid
Minda
This is excellent capture lucinda.
mickeyrony
Very n ice to fell those 3 person ((5++))
anianiani
Glad to see them together and a valuable capture...Thanks.
wysiwig
They are a nice couple, aren't they. Glad you had such a great time, Lucinda.
durleybeachbum
So exciting to meet friends! Lovely to see your handsome boy, and I do like this photo.
auntietk
What fun it is to see this! I remember James telling us about that room. I bet he goes back with a bigger flashlight one day! :) (Bill talked me into that flashlight. I thought it was a silly app at first, but boy, does it get a lot of use!) I had such a good time yesterday. Thanks for coming up! :)
whaleman
Nice shot! I enjoy seeing everyone and Tara and Bill will be meeting me up in Canada in the fall of 2014!
helanker
It is such a super shot and so nice to see them all :))) Glad you had such a fine time together :)))
Mondwin
Col family shor my friend!!!Bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
jayfar
A super shot Lucinda and glad you all had a great time.
jendellas
Must be wonderful to meet up & talk pics, glad you met Mandy too. xx
drifterlee
Nice shot. I'm so glad you had fun!!!!!!
goodoleboy
Well now, so that's how Bill and Tara look when viewed from above. And bmac62 with a beard yet. Fascinating, and most revealing. Cool POV of the intent trio, Lucinda.
emmecielle
Great capture! :)
flavia49
very lovely capture
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
blondeblurr
I am so happy for you to meet up with like-minded photographers and good friends ... I agree with Andrea, what a handsome Son you have got, he appears so uncomplicated, smart and easy-going, and a lovely couple Tara and Bill listening to him intently. Every picture tells a story - and a wonderful way to get to know everybody here. ;) fine memories are made of this Lucinda, BB
danapommet
It is always fun to catch up with your children and how special was it to meet Tara and Bill - WOW!!! I think that they have an anniversary coming up real soon. James is a good looking young man!
Cyve
Great picture !
dochtersions
So great to read, see and hear about your fun day with Tara and Bill; and of course with your lovely son James, dear Lucinda. What a joy it will be as B & T will visit you in St Antonio. I'm curious when they will come to you. Sending many hugs and blessings to you --------> Ö>