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 (27)
mgtcs
Adorable captures here, perfect timing, marvelous photos and collage!
Chipka
What a gorgeous collage of shots here. I've been to Amsterdam only once, and I really have to go back. These image stir that urge. I love the sheer number of pigeons and the glimpses of life as it was back when these pictures were taken. I think the only thing that dates one of them is the color of the pants worn by someone exceptionally tall and skinny. I love the concept of this, the arrangement, and the walking tour of a city feeling that I get from looking at this. And on top of it all, it's a wonderful birthday dedication! Marvelous.
wysiwig
Oh I remember this. I was there in 1982. Everyone seemed to be taking the tram or were on bicycles. And the pigeons were the biggest and fattest I've ever seen. The Dutch were so excited to see me they named a street after me - Nieuwe Spiegel Straat. Great set of pictures, especially the window.
dochtersions
Amazing to see this, dear Lucinda. The slides are wonderful. You see the monument on the Dam, and so many (fat) birds (LOL). Amsterdam kids with a big ice-cream. Back into 1980 and see how it was that time, is fantastic. The window is wonderful. Oh, and I suppose you've seen a lot more of Amsterdam then me. I only was there twice, or three times; and that was for a long time ago. Thank you so much my dear friend! p.s. would it be true, that story from the 'Nieuwe Spiegelstraat'?
bimm3d
gorgeous photos!!
jayfar
Lovely set of pics, Amsterdam is a beautiful city.
Madbat
And looking at the previous 3 pictures, I'd guess that windo is the only surface not coated in pigeon shit! I swear there are old houses here who owe their continued existence to a solid cement coating of the stuff!
helanker
What a beautiful and exciting collage. Sooo many pigeons I havent seen since I was young :-) We had them on Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen. Looks much like the first shot. :-)
durleybeachbum
I loved Amsterdam when I had a weeked there, also in the 8o's. Lovely memories.
magnus073
First of all Lucinda let me say this is a wonderful birthday dedi to Mies, and honestly well worth the wait for sure. This collage has such a wide variety of scenes, and each one seems to feature movement and make the entire page almost come alive. Making it complete for me was getting here after Mies saw it and getting to enjoy her comments and her thoughts behind it. Very nicely done :)
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful scenes, Lucinda ! Great dedi for Mies !
flavia49
superlative images!! beautiful dedication!! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!
alanwilliams
A wonderful set of pictures
SSoffia
beautiful collage !!!! dear friend you have a Merry Christmas!!!!
jendellas
Great collage, love that window!!!
emmecielle
Splendid collage, Lucinda! Wonderful dedi for Mies! :)
drifterlee
Wonderful shots!!!!!!
sandra46
EXCELLENT! WONDERFUL!
goodoleboy
Stellar set of old travel photos expertly set in an equally stellar collage, Lucinda! Nice job of scanning the old slides. Each pic is uber cool, especially the bottom one. I suspect that I'm the only one of the commentors that hasn't been to Amsterdam, which isn't unusual....there's a lot of places I haven't been to.
anianiani
this is just special....and a great dedication....
anahata.c
I've always loved Mies' work, I just never got around to commenting. (I've not done that with a number of fine artists here...it's not personal to any of them.) But this is a beautiful montage-dedi, and I can't believe you took them from slides! Slides! I forgot about slides! It must not have been easy to turn them into jpgs---who knew about jpgs back in the days of transparencies! Anyway, they're vivid images, I love your choice of subject, all about celebration both joyous & solemn, I love the bird theme, the top square with all those birds, the two young people & that woman with the birds---amazing captures, Lucinda. And the bottom shot, that beautiful stained glass with its characteristic deep glow (from the light coming through the glass). It's a perfect ending to the group, esp with that canopy above them all, which reminds us of the air (fitting, since you showed so many birds here). I owe you more comments & will deliver, I just am doing one per gallery today to wish everyone a wonderful holiday, and you'll get a reply, too, to your wonderful letter. (As a friend used to say, "when you reply, you reply!" Lol...) But let me say here that I wish you & your family & all your loved ones a wonderful holiday, filled with love & peace. And to thank you for your amazing gallery, and for your wonderful comments both to me and to everyone else here. You are a force of light & embrace here, and it's wonderful to see it wherever I go. Have a great holiday! You'll hear from me soon...Love the montage!
clbsmiley
wonderful collage!! YOU are up early.. or is it late... LOL :)
myrrhluz
It's late :)
rainbows
Lovely shots, dear Lucinda. Great works, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Hugs. Di. xx
ragouc
Cool shots and collage
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTIFUL COLLAGE...AND GORGEOUS CITY
psyoshida
Wonderful set of pictures from your trip. You are well traveled and well informed. How do you always know when everyone's birthday is? Amazing! A beautiful gift for a wonderful artist.