Tattoos & Transformations

Yesterday Bluey & I went to the city to arrange a appointment for me to get my tattoo. Erik had told us that our favourite studio was well booked out. When we enquired, we were told the earliest appointment was July. We didn't really get a answer as to how much my desired tattoo would cost, however going by the price of Blueys previous ones, we didn't expect it to be cheap. Hers are great works with fine detail, but shaded in comparison to my somewhat larger, detailed & coloured tat would immediately push the price up. So we went off to ask at another reputable studio. We were relieved that the bloke immediately recognised the subject, said it was a great picture & suggested it be a bit larger & went off to enlarge the image so it would be better sized for my arm. At first I was somewhat concerned that it was an attempt to make it more work & thus more money for them, however when we enquired about the price, we were quoted a very good price much cheaper than we expected. However, once again we were faced with a booking dilemma. This studio had its next appointment sometime in November! What is going on here...why is everyone suddenly getting tattoos? When we first got ours done we had about 1-2 weeks wait, not nearly 1/2 to 1 year! Ahh well, what can we do but wait & hope that there is a cancellation & I can get in earlier. Fortunately Bluey has only 2 months to wait ^^ to get her tattoos refreshed.

Another thing that has happened is a few nights ago we were laying in bed, just about asleep & Bluey asked "What the hell is your praying mantis doing?" It was on the top of the enclosure, hanging lower than normal. "It's shedding I think!" I said as we quickly went to investigate & sure enough, there it was hanging under its old shed skin with tiny wings not yet developing. It's a bugger we missed the actual shedding, but we did manage to get photos of it at different stages of develop-ment throughout the night. Now, I just need to get a orchid praying mantis as well ^^...maybe. We will just have to see what future blogs may bring won't we? :-)