Disclaimer: This is a swimming post with no swimming in it because I got a tattoo last week and now have to stay out of the water for at least two weeks while it heals. To use some old-school Kiwi vernacular, I’m beached as! * I got my first tattoo 28 years ago, in 1996. I was 18, flatting in Auckland, and enjoying my adult freedoms. I chose a small black cat (the design was copied from a bemused colleague’s keyring) on my hip, so I wouldn’t see it too often and I figured cats were generic enough that I wouldn’t regret it. It cost $40. I’m glad I didn’t get a boy’s name or band name and it’s been a harmless addition. I don’t regret it one bit. While its outline is slightly fuzzy now, it’s more or less kept its shape.
I love the tattoo and this post Shona. I have fond memories of the dawn ceremony for the opening of the Seatoun Wharf and agree that it is so great to have photos of ordinary everyday swims as well as extraordinary feats and that the one who takes the most photos gets included. Wahine Waimembers are in serious discussions about a group tattoo - we have put Fifi to work to think up some cool designs. It may take a while but hopefully it will happen. Patience and anticipation! I am off to the Deserts of New Mexico soon but hopefully might get to swim in the Rio Grande. Now that would be something special!
I love the purple shells of Janthina. They very occasionally land on our coastlines and are treasured when we find them. I think your tattooist did a beautiful job in translating the image.
I'm obviously not swimming at the moment and Hell's Teeth I need a swim, I'm telling you! So I get where you are coming from. Have a good Easter anyway - cheers.
I love the tattoo and this post Shona. I have fond memories of the dawn ceremony for the opening of the Seatoun Wharf and agree that it is so great to have photos of ordinary everyday swims as well as extraordinary feats and that the one who takes the most photos gets included. Wahine Waimembers are in serious discussions about a group tattoo - we have put Fifi to work to think up some cool designs. It may take a while but hopefully it will happen. Patience and anticipation! I am off to the Deserts of New Mexico soon but hopefully might get to swim in the Rio Grande. Now that would be something special!
I love the purple shells of Janthina. They very occasionally land on our coastlines and are treasured when we find them. I think your tattooist did a beautiful job in translating the image.
I'm obviously not swimming at the moment and Hell's Teeth I need a swim, I'm telling you! So I get where you are coming from. Have a good Easter anyway - cheers.