Sock Top & Dragonfly
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 1 Aug 2017 22:57
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Sock Top &
Dragonfly
 Today, I drove myself for a five hour
session with Bill, he took my tattoo virginity nearly
thirty years ago so I wanted him to do my sock top, orchids (representing
Malaysia) and dragonfly (representing Indonesia) – for safety reasons I trust
Bill more than I do some of the so called ‘salons’ we have seen out and about in
such places as Bali..........etc........ We spent the day catching up on the
last three decades and Doc (Bill’s dad) joined us when it was time for him to
munch on a pork pie and natter after making us a cup of tea.
  I ‘borrowed’ these pictures of Doc from an article written about his long career and at
eighty-five years young, he may be the oldest tattoo artist in the world. He is
currently building a white box in the back garden and helps Bill when he is
busy, he did three hours inking only yesterday. His funniest story of the day -
a chap had his wife’s name tattooed on his forearm in Thailand and sitting in a
local restaurant the waiter wanted to know why he had “Windows 7” on his
arm............
    My sock
top features Beez bee on my knee, a lighthouse inner knee, compass
outer knee and butterfly at the back, all finished
with spring flowers. The last picture shows the butterfly but also a bit of an
extension to my eucalypt which nicely finishes that particular gap.
 Then came the filling of my gaping
area at the front of my sock – a rather handsome
dragonfly en route to a bunch of orchids.
Chuffed or what.
   Back to
dog-sitting in Wembury and the reason Bear couldn’t come with me, he had been in
charge of getting Bella
poofed and preened at the parlour and very excited she was to show off
her sweet-smelling new look.
 ALL IN ALL A PLEASING
DAY
A ‘HANDSOME PAIR’
INDEED
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