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 (26)
Faemike55
Very lovely image and birthday wish for your friend
Cyve
Fantastic capture!
magnus073
Lucinda, you did such a marvelous job on this thoughtful birthday dedication for Ani. I'm certain he will love this colorful capture of Chinatown.
clbsmiley
Cool one! Hope you are having a great trip. Happy Birthday Ani. ;)
ronmolina
Nice shot!
emmecielle
Wonderful birthday card! Excellent capture! :)
durleybeachbum
A beautiful night scene.
jayfar
A superb image and dedi Lucinda.
MagikUnicorn
Lovely night view ;-)
auntietk
Victoria is such a wonderful city to visit ... I bet you're having a ball! :)
flavia49
very beautiful image and dedi
Kindredsoul
nice birthday dedi
goodoleboy
Spectacular lighting effects in this night shot, Lucinda. And I didn't know there was a Chinatown in Victoria.
wysiwig
Nice night shot. Love the colors. I hope you are having a great time.
jocko500
a lovely shot too it is. Heard the city you in is flood if I am hearing right. hope you ok
anianiani
Thankyou so much Lucy...I liked that three main lights in this lovely image...Thanks a lot...Love,Ani.
blondeblurr
Green light means 'GO' - for your journey Lucinda ;)) and what a lovely City (& Country) to visit and night time is the right time, by the look of this ... A nice and warm dedication for your friend Ani, Take care, BB
helanker
What a fantastic shot this and a gorgeous dedication to your friend. Happy Birthday Ani.
tennesseecowgirl
wonderful image!!
jendellas
Excellent night pic!!
drifterlee
Great shot!!!!!
sandra46
SUPERB WORK!
KatesFriend
Beautiful shot Lucinda. A fine tribute to your friend. I had no idea your were up in Canada. Though to be honest I've never been to BC so this scene is a real treat. Looks like you caught it at the right time of night when there is still just a little colour left in the sky. Alas, Toronto's Chinatown though very colourful is nothing like this. The lanterns strung along and across the street really catch the eye. Looks very exciting in there, I kind of envy the man crossing the street and seemingly through the gateway.
Chipka
This is super and for an instant, just an instant, I was reminded of Chicago's Chinatown. It has a similar gate, but then, I suspect that every Chinatown has a gate like that, a look like that. I love the gleam of the night-light, the sense of jiggling, vibrating life. The colors are amazing and everything is so crisp. This is gorgeous, and a perfect dedication.
mgtcs
Masterful shot my friend, impressive lights, marvelous B-day gift!
danapommet
I loved Vancouver & the 86 World's Fair, the people and a lovely Buddhist Garden.