Hare Décor

Image: Sculptor and photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Hare Décor – May 24, 2020
• Hare Décor – January 24, 2020
• Hare Décor – September 12, 2019
• Hare Décor – October 18, 2018
• Hare Décor – June 16, 2018
• Bronze Hare
• Ornamental Hare
• Hares at Play
• Resting Hare
• Standing Hare

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

Autumn: By Far the Most Paradoxical Season

Of the four seasons, autumn is by far the most paradoxical. Wedged between an equinox and a solstice, it moors us to cosmic rhythms of deep time and at the same time envelops us in the palpable immediacy of its warm afternoon breeze, its evening chill, its unmistakable scentscape. It is a season considered temperate, but one often tempestuous in its sudden storms and ecstatic echoes of summer heat. We call it “fall” with the wistfulness of loss as we watch leaves and ripe fruit drop to the ground, but it is also the season of abundance, of labor coming to fruition in harvest.

– Maria Popova
Excerpted from “A Beginning, Not a Decline:
Colette on the Splendor of Autumn and the Autumn of Life”
The Marginalian

Image: Catherine Hyde.

See also the previous posts:
• A Time of Transformation
• Autumn Hare 2008 | 2016 | 2018
• Autumn Hare | II | III | IV
• Song in Autumn
• In Autumn Fields
• Autumn Beauty

And at The Leveret’s brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Autumn: Season of Transformation and Surrender
• Autumn . . . Within and Beyond (2021)
• Autumn – Within and Beyond (2018)
• Autumn – Within and Beyond (2016)
• O Sacred Season of Autumn
• “Thou Hast Thy Music Too”
• Autumn Psalm
• “This Autumn Land Is Dreaming”

Penis Planters

. . . Also known as Body Positive Planters and Male Body Vase Planters. (Designer unknown.)

See also the previous posts:
• Penis
• Soft
• Spiritual Phallicism

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

Souls Alike

Every living thing on this earth has a heart
Every little thing that I am, so you are
And if you look in my eyes
You will see we are souls alike.

We are pearls
We are pearls
We are pearls on a chain

– From “Pearls On a Chain”
by Olivia Newton John and Amy Sky
(from Olivia’s 2006 album,
Grace and Gratitude)

Related Off-site Links:
Olivia Newton-John’s Legacy of Healing – The Wild Reed (August 8, 2022).
Olivia Newton-John Dies at 73 – Gina Vivinetto (Today, August 8, 2022).
Olivia Newton-John Fought Breast Cancer For Three Decades Before Her Death: Her Cancer Story and Advocacy Work – Korin Miller (Women’s Health Magazine, August 9, 2022).
A Woman For All Seasons, Olivia Will Remain Something Specific and Personal to Each of Us – Michael Idato (The Sydney Morning Herald, August 9, 2022).

See also the previous posts:
• Eyes of the Hare
• The Beauty of the Hare

Image: Artist unknown.

Boys of Summer

See also the previous posts:
• Boys of Summer (2021)
• Boys of Summer (2020)
• Boys of Summer (2019)
• Boys of Summer (2018)
• Boys of Summer (2017)
• Boys of Summer (2016)
• Boys of Summer (2015)
• Summer Boy
• Summer Fun
• Tan Lines

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

Running Hare

Image: Photographer unknown.

Day of the Male Dryads

Invocation to the Dryads

Hail, Keeper of the Trees!
Hail, Spirits of the Old Ones!
Sinewy strong male beings,
Seductive to those of us
We men who love men.

You who are the living breath of the forest,
You who are the living soul of the wood,
You who raise your arms to the wind,
You who are stripped nude by the autumn
And grow full rainment again in spring,
We honour you today, not merely with words,
But with deeds; we will work the earth
And plant more of you than we cut down.

You give us warmth in winter, and heat for cooking food,
And fruit, and nuts, and most important,
The very air we breathe.
We lust after you for your many gifts,
Handsome ones who cast their spells.

Hail, male dryads of the forest!
We give you honour on this day.

– Dave B. Gay

Related Off-site Link:
Lughnasa: How to Celebrate the Ancient Celtic Festival – Michael Gilligan (Irish Central, August 1, 2022).

See also the previous posts:
• Harvest Blessings
• A Calendar of Hares

Image 1: Lokiween.
Image 2: Photographer unknown.

Morning Coffee

See also the previous posts:
• Morning Coffee I | II | III | IV | V | VI
• Mon Bel Amie – May 11, 2015

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

Mystical Hare Art on Reclaimed Oak

Image: A. Hammond.

See also the previous posts:
• Running Hare – March 9, 2010
• Hare Décor – August 22, 2019
• Magical Creatures
• The Hare and the Moon

Morning Light

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.