Self-Portrait Tuesday

I've seen a few different blogs that have themes for different days of the week. One of them is Self-Portrait Tuesday. I'm pressed for time this week and can't seem to squeeze in the time I want to compose the deep thinking, socially responsible blogs for which I'm known. So I'm going with the whole self-portrait thing.



This is the fabric I've chosen to make a quilt for my nephew. You can't really tell from the picture, but the fabric does coordinate. The fabric on the left is actually a light blue and the greens in the turtles coordinate with that funky square pattern.

And how is this a self portrait you ask. Well, it's a representation of what I'm doing right now. And do you see the turtles? Those are Hawaiian turtles and they are called Honu. They are special to me because I was able to visit my brother and his precious family twice while they lived in Hawaii. On my last visit my brother and I decided to get tattoos together. I know, I know. It's not what some families would do, and trust me, I called home to discuss it with hubby before I actually inked. After explaining it would be small, hidden, and one color, hubby seemed to be OK with it so I went ahead with the deal. As an aside: yes, it hurt; no, I won't be doing it again.

For my tattoo I chose a small group of four honu that vary in size and represent each member of my family. It's on my hip and isn't even visible when I wear a bathing suit (especially since I only wear skirtinis). My brother also chose a grouping of three honu (to represent his own family) which he had placed swimming up from his foot to his calf. They are quite nice, actually. It was a really great day. Right up there with the day we learned to surf together.

Rather than take a picture of the tattoo and share that--which I'm just not ready to do and I'm sure you're not quite there either--I chose to take a picture of the fabric. My nephew was born in Hawaii and the honu are a special symbol for me that I would like to share with him.

That's my self-portrait Tuesday.