"I haven't done my best yet... only my best so far."
- Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins
Growing up, my mother always knew I would one day get at tattoo. I have a couple of them now... I grew up in a time when sailors, motorcycle gangs and jailbirds got tattoos. That is not so true anymore. My father has tattoos (he was a sailor) and I would just laugh when he would make the girl on his forearm wiggle. I have always been intrigued by the iconography of tattoos. Especially the meanings that old time sailors gave them. Swallows for a safe journey home, pigs on their feet so one does not drown, but sometime a rose is just a rose. I do my best to keep them hidden; my father always warned me not everyone understands. Here are links to my favorite tattoo shops.
