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 (37)
MarciaGomes
EXTRAORDINÁRIA FOTO É UM SONHO MÁGICO,BELA DECORAÇÃO COM AS LUZES.+++++++++++5
goodoleboy
Tree lights galore, beautifully displayed and photographed in this night shot, Lucinda!
mgtcs
WOw....Enchanting lights and place dear Lucinda, very beautiful photo, amazingly done! Loved it very much!
flavia49
fantastic!
mickeyrony
It's very exciting for a walk like my Beatiful . The magic of Christmas cheer us and make us benefit the joys of our expectations ((5 + +)) Cela a du faire une promenade très excitante comme ma Belle . La féérie de Noël nous acclame et les bienfaits nous rendent les joies de nos attentes ((5++))
Kindredsoul
oh those are wonderful christmas lights soooo pretty
magnus073
Lucinda, this image really was just what I needed tonight my friend. It's hard to imagine a more beautiful scene on earth. Love this colorful light display, it is almost like being transported to another world. Thanks so much for sharing this lovely photo.
anianiani
This is like the film Avatar....Excellent capture dear friend. Thanks
Minda
wow! This is amazing lucinda,those xmas lights are beautiful....i am going to put up my x'mas tree this week...:)....By the way Thank u very much for all ur wonderful comment on my work..really appreciated...Merry x'mas to you and to your family..:)
charpix
Great capture. Love the colors of lights.
AZVaquero
Excellent picture! Beautiful setting! Amazing what beautiful lights can do for an area.
KatesFriend
Dare I say it, but this is awesome! Goodness me this is a fantastic and beautiful scene. I love coloured lights and this brings to mind places like Lothlórien.
vaggabondd
Now that is a lot of lights, they remind me of the beads that you see in the little hand crafted change purses. nice capture my friend :)
Feliciti
so beautiful all this lights !!
wysiwig
Boy they don't mess around in San Antonio! Very beautiful. A great shot. For some reason I get the overwhelming feeling these trees should be walking around.
durleybeachbum
What a wonderful sight! I feel like Mark that these are Ents in their party outfits.
fallen21
Fantastic capture.
dakotabluemoon
Wow thats very cool nice night capture.
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic night shot , Lucinda ! Very beautiful capture !
jendellas
Wow, so beautiful, I love lights!!!
jayfar
Don't you just want Christmas to go on forever????
bobrgallegos
Wonderful capture of this beautiful Christmas scene!!
helanker
WOW ! How beautiful all the light is. Looks like our TIVOLI in Copenhagen :) A wonderful capture. :)
jocko500
it all deck out with lights. wonderful shot of it too
emmecielle
fantastic shot, Lucinda! Splendid light! :)
blondeblurr
It's just like walking in a Winter Wonderland - magical, and a sobering thought to follow, it must have been a lot of work and time gone into this, creating a fantasy - unbelievable, hours and hours ... but the result is a dream come true! BB
sandra46
THEY MADE A MAGIC JOB OVER THERE
Chipka
This is stunning! I love the way in which the lights are simply hugging the trees. The color and the light/dark contrasts are perfectly captured and everything is so crisp and refreshing. Brilliantly seen and captured.
Madbat
That looks splendid! WE can't have scenic river walks here, cause the river is frozen for the next 6 months, but if it wasn't frozen, something with tentacles would get you. Happens all the time, especially to cyclists.
dochtersions
This is STUNNING!. An amazing view. Thank you so much for sharing, dear friend.