I had been thinking about getting a cover up over the tiny lady bugs on my left breast. They are so small, that it was hard to tell what they were…they looked more like drops of blood. So, I got a new tattoo yesterday. I had thought about getting a pair of fish to represent Pisces. Most people get koi when they do a fish tattoo. I wanted to be different, so I got salmon to also represent the Pacific Northwest.

It took five hours to do the tattoo and it really hurt compared to other tats I’ve gotten in the past. The artist was Israel Caine, currently of Cicada Tattoo on Aurora (he did my last tattoo of the morning glories on my right arm). He was so psyched to do a fun tattoo and encouraged me to enter in the small art contest at the upcoming Seattle Tattoo Expo…we’ll see.

Here’s a picture of it (it’s still red and swollen since it was taken right after Caine finished).