Tattoosday in the Berkshires: Bob & Sue's Excellent Tattoos

Back in June, we took a trip up to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berkshires">the Berkshires</a> in Western Massachusetts to drop my older daughter off for a summer program in Lenox. I had anticipated seeing some cool tattoos on the weekend trip, but came up empty-handed. That is, until we were headed back to New York, and took a small detour in Stockbridge, MA, where I ran into Bob and Sue.<br /><br />We spotted the couple in a shop along Main Street and talked to them about their tattoos. They had been up at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglewood">Tanglewood</a> the night before to hear the Boston Pops perform a "Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration," which made sense, when we took a closer look at Bob's tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKMTs1R1DOF6FiIWsZpAMitTJghasyepjpVrHmqfftMsgS4UnaZnMAuxFYDGeNBnOht-9OPXyV2vsF5vcnXHQVWJrs9XrrLkLxwBVuwjMPDccbPtzezl2lfsXLAvXpZqcW_YVStWF40Y/w332-h659-no/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKMTs1R1DOF6FiIWsZpAMitTJghasyepjpVrHmqfftMsgS4UnaZnMAuxFYDGeNBnOht-9OPXyV2vsF5vcnXHQVWJrs9XrrLkLxwBVuwjMPDccbPtzezl2lfsXLAvXpZqcW_YVStWF40Y/w332-h659-no/photo.jpg" /></a></div><br />Bob explained:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"The sun is from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_Flag">Filipino flag</a> - it's my heritage. The hills are covered with trees from New England, that's where I grew up. The road is not straight, it's narrow ... that [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_Stratoliner">Yamaha Stratoliner</a>] is based on my bike, and I'm a <a href="http://www.dead.net/">Grateful Dead</a> fan."</blockquote>The artist is <a href="http://www.visionstattoogallery.com/tattoo-piercing-artist-bios/">Canman</a> out of <a href="http://www.visionstattoogallery.com/">Visions Tattoo Gallery</a> in Medway, MA.<br /><br />Sue shared these two tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCfWgnPxaYW-VT3nKbw2st86TQ-ViEIjCwVTOV_6msppnM8fsO9RZ77EdFFJDhFVSq4T2pkbXrLhvMBwslR_xv0Mx4dL_cYXd4lt1WUIlI_aKjrKe_8dNgb-koM7q4YsAdDuC6b3eqwI/w261-h658-no/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCfWgnPxaYW-VT3nKbw2st86TQ-ViEIjCwVTOV_6msppnM8fsO9RZ77EdFFJDhFVSq4T2pkbXrLhvMBwslR_xv0Mx4dL_cYXd4lt1WUIlI_aKjrKe_8dNgb-koM7q4YsAdDuC6b3eqwI/w261-h658-no/photo.jpg" /></a></div><br />This portrait, inked six months ago, depicts their children, who are in their thirties now. Their daughter is twelve in the portrait and this, too, was done by Canman, as was this other piece on Sue's opposite arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPR2Q04E2mN3XLksgV-a7N8gPxgVUavkARQdUcafg-NznuakxaSWEtpKsmnx-YBKHChCjr-QvhfSmIDDUyGtG9Y8gPj-fGzSMYbUSxG7uBenbe6tAO3vVyfx7nvM651_MJuJIKJmF_fU/w328-h659-no/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPR2Q04E2mN3XLksgV-a7N8gPxgVUavkARQdUcafg-NznuakxaSWEtpKsmnx-YBKHChCjr-QvhfSmIDDUyGtG9Y8gPj-fGzSMYbUSxG7uBenbe6tAO3vVyfx7nvM651_MJuJIKJmF_fU/w328-h659-no/photo.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />This piece is about four years old, yet it's still fairly bright.<br /><br />Thanks to Bob and Sue for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday.</span></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-793fe941-2f46-f44b-d90d-2f53b9fa701f" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. 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Tattoosday in the Berkshires: Bob & Sue's Excellent Tattoos

Back in June, we took a trip up to the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts to drop my older daughter off for a summer program in Lenox. I h...

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