By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Decoration.
Inspecting the decorations at the 2012 and 2013 Tugboat Races—
We look forward to this year’s North River Tugboat Race & Competition!
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Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.Johna Till Johnson
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Always amazes me how few make any sort of imaginative use of the nipple!
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A very perceptive observation! It’s probably because most tattoos seem to be pictures created ahead of time and then just transferred passively to a convenient patch of skin, rather than being designed with a body part already in mind…
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The tattooists are thinking in terms of their ‘paints’ rather than the ‘canvas’.
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Exactly!
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Perceptive indeed… never crossed my mind until you brought it up! (Of course, now I can’t help imagining interesting ways they could be used… the pupils of giant eyes, for instance!)
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The look on the female coast guard officer’s face makes me wonder… did you ever get a photo of that rather, ahem, outre’ tattoo that I seem to recall? Speaking of nipples, I think it was a buxom mermaid…
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Possibly this one?
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This was great! Such a fan of ink!
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:-)
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What a creative take on the theme Vlad .Some intense decoration to be sure.
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It came to mind as soon as I saw Ailsa’s theme :-)
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I am no friend of tatoos but your pics and interpretation is great!
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Thanks!!
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Try as I may… no, not for me… there’s no decorative effect! Anyway, good to get the debate going! ;-)
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That debate has been going on for a long time, I think ;-)
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Wow! I wonder if it hurts a lot. :?
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I wouldn’t know myself ;-)
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I am no fan of tatoos but good interpretation of the challenge. Those hurts!
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Thanks!! :-)
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My one tatoo doesn’t compare wit these…but, love the art!…and the one I have!…matches my Granddaughters …we got it when she turned 18 and I was 64…
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It’s good to have at least one or two defenders of tattoos! :-)
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Yay for tattoos later in life. Now you don’t have to worry about what it will look like “when you’re 50” :-). What is it?
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a pretty butterfly with the words…”In God’s Hands” in Latin…My granddaughter and I chose to have matching ones…
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Nice! :-)
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Not yet seen the tattoo that is as pretty as my skin; keeping an open mind.
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:-)
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Yeuch! Not my scene…though…I do like a particular tattoo as in taps and toes in Edinburgh, an annual event to attend at least once in a lifetime.
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Have attended… and I think I saw quite a few men, and even some women, with tattoos at the tattoo ;-)
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TattoucheVladimir!
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Couldn’t find the accent – and missed the space. Ah! Age! Sorry and all that
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It came out better that way—I was impressed! :-) :-)
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I love your interpretation of this theme. Great pics!
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Thanks!!
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