2001 Road King..."Ruby" is Her Name

The Lord has blessed us again with a new bike & what a steal! We bought this 2001 Road King yesterday for $7400. We couldn't even argue the price with the guy~!

Jessica named her Ruby & she's a sweeet ride.

Sleeves of Love Finally Started!!!

Wayne Allen of Red Dragon tattoo kicks... well you get the idea. I have been forming this idea for a tattoo in my head for over a year now and Wayne is just the man to make it happen the way I want it to be!

I have too many people in my life that I love to have their names tattooed on me (besides... BORING! And I don't put names on my body anymore. I made that mistake once which is now a pair of beautiful flowers on my hip!)

Portraits are out too. I could have done a rainbow of colors for each birthstone but then I decided I really like flowers. I researched birth flowers for the birth months of the people I love put together a folder for Wayne with pictures and names of the flowers and what color I wanted each flower (I also included the name & birth month of the person the flower is for.... for my own info... I'm getting old & the mind isn't quite what it used to be)

We started yesterday. Wayne is AMAZING!! Since he was working on my shoulder & arm I could watch him work. Circles turned into sketchy, rough flowers which turned into better flowers. Then it was time to start laying the ink. My "quarter sleeve" has turned into a "half sleeve". He started by doing the outline of each flower in the color I wanted it to be then he added the heavy black lines called "weighted lines". The very top flower with the red outline is for my nephew Tyler (August is a Gladiola) & that one caused me the most pain - youch!!! The 3 flowers that are the same - Lily of the Valley - are for my adopted daughter Roo, & my dear friends Jessica & Narissa. The rose is for my sweet niece Mariah who was born in June. My brother & his wife are both born in July so I found two different flowers for July. The large, beautiful Water Lily is for my sister-in-law Lori & the Larkspur (the tailed, blue flow) is for Allen. I was most worried about the Larkspur because I had a hard time finding a good picture but Wayne came through. It is my FAVORITE so far! My dad was born in March & his flower is the Daffodil. And last but not least my mom's is the Morning Glory for her September birthday.

The other sleeve on my left arm will have the flowers for myself, Duck, Jessica, our wedding flower (& my favorite flower), Cristina & Jo Jo and last but not least, my mentor & dear friend Janet.

Both of these sleeves will be connected across my shoulders with vines & ivy (which represents fidelity).

I will continue to post pictures as the work progresses. Tattoos may not be for everyone but they are definately for me... especially when they are sleeves of flowers for the people I love!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Moms out there! My daughter gave me a GREAT Mother's day card & is baking me a white cake with strawberry & whipped cream toppings.... yum. It smells so good. I am truly blessed with the best kid in the world!

Well, Duck & I are still trying to recover from the motorcycle accident from last weekend. I'm doing better than him. He has something wrong with his back (pinched nerve?) & the MD wants to send him on to a pain management doc.

The insurance company totaled the bike. Since we own it out right we could have bought it back & salvaged it or let them take it & they'd give us about $4000 more than we paid for it. They towed the bike off yesterday so now we're in the process of looking for another bike. We also get new helmets outta the deal.

I got to do another little photography shoot last night. It was a dual 40th Wedding Anniversary party. It was a great party. I hope I got some good pictures for Lori-Cae.

My next shoot is a wedding.

Next weekend is my high school Alumni Reunion. We had planned on riding the bike out there but now.... We might be able to borrow a bike, but we'll see. It should be a fun time though.

I'm gonna look for a couple of netflix movies with Jesse & probably take a nice long nap.

I hope EVERYONE has a great day! Until next time... :)