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 (27)
KatesFriend
WOW! The effect looks so magical with the ribbons seeming to move and dance on their own. Curiously, the scene reminds me of the twisting and folding of magnetic field lines around the Earth. The colours of course brings to mind the northern lights which are created by the same magnetic forces.
Faemike55
Very cool and beautiful Great dedication to Tara
vaggabondd
These arms seem to be caught up in the dance of spring, great shot
MagikUnicorn
Very nice I like it :)
alessimarco
~Wonderfully captured!~
mgtcs
Ohhh....marvelous timing Lucinda, excellent capture, amazing colors and flow, magical indeed, congratulations and thank you for sharing!
auntietk
I love this! The ribbons seem to move of their own accord, marshalling order out of joy. I like the floating randomness better than the organization (so different from when I was young!) but see the value in both. This has beauty and philosophy, color and dance and wisdom, and it's perfect. Thank you, my friend! :)
durleybeachbum
Very unusual and so happy!
magnus073
This is one fantastic photo Lucinda and I have to agree with Clayton about what s colorful dedication this is and how cool the effects are.There is nothing more exciting and beautiful than Maypole dancing and you managed to capture that and the spirit of it perfectly right here.
jayfar
A very lovely capture Ursula.
helanker
What a lovely capture, Lucinda. So sweet to see, how the ribbons are dancing in the wind.
anianiani
Very Lovely and special Photoshot and dedication... Happy Birthday Tara
flavia49
marvelous picture and dedi
Kindredsoul
excellent maypole for birthday dedi.
blondeblurr
The nighttime image of those dancing ribbons is so unique and looks absolutely sensational, not to mention the POV - I am impressed Lucinda and so will be Tara, there is no doubt about it! gorgeous capture, BB When I travelled to Berlin in 1999, I saw a street-sculpture, called 'the dancing spaghetti's - something resonated within me there for a second, something to be seen, to be believed ... but that is another story.
Jean_C
Superb capture and dedi!
drifterlee
Very cool dedication!
jendellas
So effective, love the pole against the night sky.
jocko500
love the colors and all
sandra46
very creative shot!
npauling
A super capture of this Maypole dancing in the moonlight. A wonderful birthday gift for Tara. It looks to have a mind of its own. Very well spotted.
psyoshida
It appears to move of it's own accord through the night. Magical indeed!!! Great shot and a wonderful b-day card.
mickeyrony
Happy birthday my Beautiful . I hope you have a great day? Nice to you my beautiful . You have a heart of gold (<(5++))
mariogiannecchini
What a lovely capture, Lucinda !Very cool dedication!
dochtersions
Amazing such an unique birthday image for Tara. It fits to our friend so well :D
danapommet
A fantastic collection of colors!
radioham
Have never seen an Maypole in my life my I have had an cool life