Saturday, June 19, 2010

new ink!!!!

Hola, como estas?
This is my new ink!! It is my species of salamander I studied in grad school. Ambystoma macrodactylum (long-toed salamander). i could decide where i wanted him and then the artist (same guy that did the cat face on the back of my neck) was like why dont you put him on your inner arm so that when you bend your arm his tail moves. I also like the idea that it is a different place to put a tatt. :)




i love him!!!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

combo post: camping-critters-cali.

And here begins another blog in the sphere. This, as stated in the title, is a combo blog of some events that have taken place over the last few weeks. Below is Bear Canyon Lake in the Apache Sitgreaves NF. Unfortunately this park will be closed by the time you read this-GD bullshit!
This is our happy dog's smile:)

You'd think i got her high but she just loves camping so much, she always looks like this.

This is our built up camping karma. Gale force winds came upon us Sat. after only being there 20 hours so our camping trip was cut short:( we spent all day gathering wood to have a phenomenal fire on our last night:( camping karma......check

Double click to see the panoramic image of the ASNF. This was taken on the Mogollon rim.

Switching modes to work critters; this scorpion showed up on the OP with me one morning and just scurried by. in all the years that i lived in Phoenix previously i never saw one and this one scared the shit outta me. i literally hollered out 'holy shit' as he went by. he was huge and moved wayyyyyy faster than i imagined!

Winner of critter of the year!!!! the elusive Gila Monster. these guys are critically listed and they spend like 90% of their lives underground. he was just walking along one of the buildings on base-sooooo awesome!!!

He had to be about a foot and a half long and ~6 inches wide-gorgeous!!


these guys are adorable too when they run they hold their black and white striped tail curled up behind them-zebra tailed lizard.


Bilis, with a big smile in the PRevia on our way to Cali. She just loves road trips, a new adventure every time!

This is Justin's backyard basically. he lives in the high desert, at the foothills of the mountains in Yukaipa, CA. this is the stream that Bilis tried to cross-mind you, she does not like water but because dad was sooo convincing she tried and the current knocked her down and dragged her atleast 6 ft before she was up and back by the side.


Back bay-Newport, CA. black Phoebe

Some succulent in the back bay that was just beautifully in bloom.

Justin took us to Huntington (dog) beach. again, not a water dog, she was super afraid of the ocean and didnt even acknowledge the million other dogs around her. she just wanted away from the water. she was the only dog on a leash. all the other dogs were having a blast with their owners; playing frisbee, fetch, swimming, etc. our dog looked miserable as we dragged her down the beach-we looked & were looked at like abusive parents:(


..see how she is keeping a very close eye on that wave of water....


i actually had a real cute picture of B here all wet and smiling to be outta the water and on the sand but in the process of trying to delete all the MF open space b/n pics i erased it:(
You will have to click on the above picture to read both very hateful bumper sticker/decals. we stopped by a doghnut shop in the morning before we headed back to Phoenix from Yucaipa and this is what we ran into. i cannot believe one could have this much hate towards others but apparently their are people out there that are very angry about alot stuff that has gone on over this passed year. this was definately our cue to get the fuck out!