SIX YEARS OF SPIKE SPEED

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKE!





Spike continues to be the magical, wise, surprising, philosophical one of our Crowd...





...he inspires and delights...everyone that meets him is smitten...he casts a spell without even trying...





We surprised him with a day at the National Zoo...he got a monster pile of Legos, a nerf crossbow, new shoes and a lesson in patience since some other presents didn't show up in time!

He requested a blue alien cake and pasta for dinner...he got beautiful weather, both Mom & Dad home, and happy times with the family...a good birthday!

25% FINISHED

Christina's big left-arm project got under way during our trip to N'rn Ohio this weekend...all hail the Mighty, Mighty, Ink-Stained Ryan Speed...



For anyone wanting the details, this is Christina's 'mother' tattoo...she picked each kid's birth month flower and had Ryan design the sleeve...

top of the shoulder = chrysanthemum = November (C and Rik)
back of the arm = larkspur = July (Boris)
crook of the elbow = aster = September (Spike)
bottom one = Gerbera daisy = April (Hella)
small ones scattered about = snow pea = January (Royal)

this is all about 25% done...lots of color to come...

(and, for the record, the butterfly is her 4-yr-old 'sister' tattoo, shared with Bev...Ryan is incorporating it into the design...)