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)
myrrhluz
Many thanks for the comments and favs of my last two images. I really appreciate it, especially as I have not been commenting much lately. I'm not sure when I'll be back to comment regularly, but I am seeing and loving your work.
ArtistKimberly
Delightfully Wonderful Image,
jayfar
A lovely atmospheric image and a great dedi.
rainbows
Beautiful rainbows and capture. Hugs for all day. Di. xx
dochtersions
Such a delight to see this heavenly photo, dear Lucinda. It's great as a gift for our friend, Ani.
durleybeachbum
Superb picture of hope.
jendellas
Two rainbows, excellent!!
magnus073
What a beautiful capture Lucinda, and a rare sight indeed. This lovely image makes for the perfect birthday dedi for Ani. He is one of the kindest artsts in the gallery and very deserving of this thoughtful dedi.
Faemike55
Very beautiful gift for your friend
flavia49
fantastic
blondeblurr
Two rainbows for the price of one - great to see and a lovely present and birthday dedi for your friend, Lucinda ... BTW I am familiar with beautiful Schloss Heilbrunn in Germany and I do keep my fingers crossed, that all goes well with your sisters new medication, there in Germany, go girl - with all our support and love to both of you.
Jean_C
Wonderful shot!
helanker
Superb shot and dedication to your friend, Lucinda :-)
anianiani
My Dear Lucy.., How can i explain My thanks & the beauty of this Gift... i think u knows my feelings of this Great Gift...Im really touched. You are in thoughts and prayer's always.. Stay Blessed Love Ani
emmecielle
Fantastic capture, Lucinda! Great gift for your friend! :)
0rest4wicked
A grand gift!
drifterlee
Gorgeous scene and shot!!!!!
jocko500
wonderful
goodoleboy
Hey, stranger, fantastic colors and contrast in this shot from the olde sod!
npauling
A beautiful rainbow and shadow you have caught especially for Ani. A lovely capture.
KatesFriend
Beautiful shot Lucinda. I love the intensity of the colours from the first rainbow. It's fascinating the level of emotional response such effects in spire in people. I've always loved rainbows myself. A secondary rainbow is not unusual during a bright sunny day though I've been told people have seen the much fainter tertiary rainbow - apparently no one has photographed one though.
mariogiannecchini
Great image and dedication for a friend !
ia-du-lin
beautiful capture, very nice scene with rainbows
mickeyrony
So nice and you are so lucky to have two lol....Better to take a loto ticket....((5++))
mgtcs
What a beautiful dedication for a marvelous friend and artist Lucinda, amazing colors, a truly lucky gift!!
Celart
Great capture. Nice atmosphere. Great shot. Well done
danapommet
A double rainbow and a fantastic dedication for Ani!