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Now I'm asking myself what else is hiding in my files??? Yes, I've been intending for months to add images to my tattoo gallery but other things keep getting in the way. Remember that gallery? The photos of tattoos that I took last August at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival? I'm sure this is the most spectacular of the lot, but I still have close to 250 tattoo photos to go through. It's a good thing it's winter; maybe now I'll stay home and take care of business.

I well remember D. How could I forget her? Seems to me I had to take at least a dozen frames to get all of her tattoos. She told me she'd been being "inked," as it's called, for seven years. For the past four she's had a standing appointment every other Saturday with her tattoo artist, Chet Duvenci. D respects him so much that she gives Chet carte blanche to ink any images on her body that he wants. Most of them are original. "Chet knows what I like and he's the artist." You might assume that D lives in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco or some other urban art center, but she doesn't. D lives in Kansas City. Art is everywhere!

I found this photo on Tuesday in my final search for possible photos to submit to the 2007 Black & White Spider Awards. December 7 is the last day to qualify for their multiple entry special price, so I'm in the process of making my final decisions. Believe me, D's tattoo is a definite YES!!!