My New Ink

I’ve been planning a big tattoo for years.  Cherry Blossoms.  I love what they look like and I love what they mean.  I started thinking about them over 5 years ago.

“…besides being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life…”

“The transience of the blossoms, the extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality…”

The little one was an impulse tattoo but I love what it says.  I don’t like the job the guy did but I can have that fixed.  If I can’t have it fixed, I see a big shoulder piece in my future.  😉

I went with my friend Karley from work.

She got her “Live to conquer”.  Pretty.

Then we went for Pho.

And now for the big one…

He just drew it on me from a picture.

This one hurt a lot!  I didn’t cry though.  Not even close.  Just a lot of deep breaths and clenched teeth.  Maybe a little historical laughing.

And maybe a little texting.

This is around the moment I found out my long-time friend Denis was coming home for Christmas.  Yay!

This is Kyle, my new favorite tattoo artist.

Almost done!

Voila!  How pretty!!

Thanks Mario for taking all these pictures.  He sat there through the whole thing.  You are totally Super!

Then we hit the Lone Star and I had one of these!  Yum.

This is what it looks like all healed.

So, that’s the story of my new ink.

Next post: the things I’ve been working on.