One day we ran out of henna so Tiffany used our face paint on my head. We've never gone back to henna! A couple of times a week we take a few hours out of the day to get a new painted design. We're addicted. When my hair started growing back we decided that I'd shave and we'll continue the paintings until who-knows-when. As with the henna, there is at least one heart in each painting.

Tiffany says that she has never been a painter, but you could fool me. I think the designs are beautiful, and each one is more spectacular than the last!

These are not in chronological order, but when I add new ones, they're at the top.

This is the 134th hairdo. I officially like being bald more than I like having hair!

Lattice all over my head! This is the only time Tiffany has painted lattice - I think it is pretty fabulous!
I'm getting a tan because of the walking that I'm doing. I guess working in the yard helps, too.

This was the Aspen Race For The Cure. It was a beautiful day in many ways. My grandson, Mason, attended with Tiffany and me - we did face painting and Mason joined a couple of the runs. Afterward, we had fun in Aspen. What a beautiful town! The next day, Tiffany, Mason and I went river rafting - what a hoot!
 
 
 

Happy 4th of July!

   
 
 
 
 
This is hairdo #117! We've been doing this for over a year, I believe. I cannot remember exactly when we started.

SPLASH!
Look how long Tiffany's hair is. She's even had a few haircuts since "head shave day"!
 

Sometimes people ask when I'll start letting my hair grow back. I really don't know the answer. As long as we feel like I'm being an encouragement to others, or until we wear out, we'll keep it up. We're scheduled to volunteer our face painting at a few cancer awareness events - we think my painted head is more meaningful at the events than a stubbly head would be.
My granddaughter, Tessa, has a blue trumpet. When she had a concert, we decided I should have a "concert head". That is Tessa - blowing the trumpet on my head!
Tiffany and I attended Art For The Cure in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Tiffany donated a necklace that sold in the silent auction. A couple of days later, someone told me that they saw me on the Cheyenne news.

The butterflies get more beautiful every time!

Tiffany constantly amazes me as she gets better and better!
 

Tiffany thought I needed extra love today - my last day of Herceptin treatments. The end of a year of them!

We tried something different on this hairdo. Most of it is done with stencils, with some of the color being stamping ink. The red flower in the picture below is a temporary tattoo. It is a nice option for people who would like to be decorated but don't have Tiffany around to paint on them all the time!

Tiffany said that metal stencils work better than the flexible plastic ones - they leave a nicer edge.


New Year's Eve 2009. The clock had glow in the dark paint. That was fun!

This hairdo had glow in the dark all over. It made my head wrinkle when it was dry. EEK!
I just loved this hairdo. I wore it until it was shameful that so much hair was sticking through the paint. It still makes my heart swell to look at the pictures.
The next four pictures are of the hairdo I wore when Tiffany and I worked with a friend at a kids bull riding event. It was close enough to Christmas that we thought it would be funny to have Santa on a bucking bull yelling "Whoa, Whoa, Whoa" with all the real cowboys cheering him on. Apparently we thought it was funnier than it really was, as people didn't comment on it at all. Oh, well...

Tiffany working on my hairdo.
My radiation doctor wanted to see Reindeer, so this hairdo came along.
 

The next few are a "do" that Tiffany did before I attended Nutcracker. This is her first time to try her hand at people. I think she did a fantastic job!


This is my "Great Day Houston" hairdo.
I'm wearing my new earrings from I. W. Marks!

 
 
 
These are a bit premature for Christmas but we were in a holiday craft fair, so we went "Christsmasy".
These 3 are henna. We did them so we could do the next design with leopard spots.

This do was for a holiday show where Tiffany and I displayed her artwork.

 

 
My lovely Tiffany painting my Halloween hairdo.

I'll never have black face paint this close to my eyes again! pain

After all, it IS Halloween!

This was our first experience with painting the head. It was done by an artist at the Reniassance Fair.

The first head painting by Tiffany. Can you guess that it was in July? Actually, July of 2008.

 

This is the do I wore to Antiques Road Show in Denver. The show host, Mark Walberg, asked, "Is that your natural color?" as he pointed to my head. Cute response.
 


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About the one to the left and the two in the row above: Tiffany wasn't around, so my sister, Karon, and I tried our hand at painting. I think it was fine for our first try. We didn't do a second try...
 

My birthday do