Meadow Doorway

Artwork: Jolene Casko.

See also the previous posts:
• Hares and Fieldfares
• Hare and Swallows
• Among Spring Blooms
• Crown of Blooms
• Murmuration
• The Beltane Hare
• The Return

Versatile Phoenix

See also the previous posts:
• Year of the Phoenix
• Morning Touch
• Morning Light (3/16/24)
• Poolside

Yesteryear

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

See also the previous post:
• Yesteryear (Part I)
• Yesteryear (Part II)
• Yesteryear (Part III)
• Yesteryear (Part IV)
• Yesteryear (Part V)
• Yesteryear (Part VI)
• Yesteryear (Part VII)
• Yesteryear (Part VIII)
• Yesteryear (Part IX)
• The Art of Wilhelm von Gloeden
• The Art of Guglielmo Plüschow
• The Art of Felix d'Eon

And at The Leveret's brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Manly Love
• Reclaiming the Power of Male Touch
• The Archetype of the Double and Male Eros, Friendships, and Mentoring
• A Fresh Take on Masculinity

Selfie

Images: Subjects/photographers unknown.

Running Hare

Image: Artist unknown.

Poolside

See also the previous posts:
• Year of the Phoenix
• Morning Touch
• Morning Light (3/16/24)

Image: Phoenix Fellington. (Photographer unknown)

The Beauty of the Hare

Image: Photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• The Beauty of the Hare | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII
• Hare in Summer Field
• A Still Moment
• Mostly Solitary
• Unhoused
• Solitary Hare

The Art of Roger Payne

Roger Payne’s artwork often crosses an unspoken bridge and captures two conflicting forces which are constantly at odds with modern men living in a restrictive world: Primal instincts pitted against social, financial and gender/sexual classes.

In the fantastic worlds created by Roger, no matter his social standing, uniform that his job requires him to wear, wealth or age, men are internally heart-throbbing, sweating primal beasts looking for sexual enjoyment and fulfillment. And man’s instinctive lust and desires will usually manifest themselves when given an opportunity to do so. Or to put it another way, never underestimate the power and majesty of a rock-hard cock to level all social trappings and labels to zero.

Roger Payne’s art of men engaging in intimate pleasures has made him very famous, although most fans don’t know much about the man behind the images. It’s reported that Roger’s adult gay sketches started as a hobby in the 1970s when he was a teenager. His fantasies were sparked by the men he would see living and working all around him, and he was able to translate "everyday guys" into visions of what might happen in private, given the right opportunities. He studied at London’s St. Martin’s School of Modern Art.

For a while, Roger made a living by making historic illustrations for children’s books. Later, he was invited to work for publications like Advocate Men and Handjobs. When the Internet came into millions of homes, his works exploded everywhere. There have been at least three collections of his art, including 2007’s ROGER which have become treasured by his admirers.

– Source

Art: Roger Payne.

See also: The Art of P.K. Benbow | Martin Bedolla | Avel de Knight | Frank-Joseph Frelier | Claudio Bravo | John Singer Sargent | Salem Beiruti | Ismael Álvarez | Stefano Junior | Alireza Shojaian | Frédéric Bazille | Saul Lyons | Barkley L. Hendricks | Alexis Vera | Mauna Nada | Ego Rodriguez | Liam Campbell | Richard Vyse | David Jester | Aaron Moth | Travis Chantar | Douglas Simonson | Guglielmo Plüschow | Vilela Valentin | Dante Cirquero | Nebojsa Zdravkovic | Brenden Sanborn | Wilhelm von Gloeden | Richard Haines | John MacConnell | Leo Rydell Jost | Jim Ferringer | Juliusz Lewandowski | Felix d'Eon | Herbert List | Joe Ziolkowski

Hares and Fieldfares

Art: "Hares and Fieldfares" by Niki Bowers.

See also the previous posts:
• Hare and Swallows
• Up With the Larks
• The Return
• Among Spring Blooms
• Three in One Field
• In August Fields

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Beauty and the Beard
• Bel Homme – September 4, 2023
• Bel Homme – December 7, 2021
• Bel Homme – January 7, 2021
• Bel Homme – May 30, 2018
• Bel Homme – September 24, 2016
• Bel Homme – June 5, 2016
• Bel Homme – December 18, 2014

“Ostara is Here”

Writes Brigit Anna McNeill . . .

Beautiful and growthful Ostara is here. A time where birds sing plants awake, where bumble bees begin to speak their low hum in response to the vibration of pollen, when greens, buttery yellows and golds begin to colour in the bare earth, where blossom and leaf bud open and the forests and hedgerows are once more blooming with medicine.

The voice of wild life force and growth is once more whispering, vibrating and singing within the trees, the nests, the little rooted ones, warm fleshy bodies, the tiny ones and the feathered.

May you too let yourself feel that life force, may it sing to you of life, of beauty, of regrowth, of dreams. And may it be to your body and soul, a beautiful wild guide.

– Source

See also the previous posts:
• The Goddess Ostara
• Eostre: Goddess of New Life Beginnings
• Remembering Eostre
• Celebrating Eostre

Art: Tijana Lukovic.

Finishing Touches

See also the previous posts:
• The Original Easter “Bunny”
• Easter Bunny or Eostre Hare?
• Easter Hare (2011)
• Symbol of Enlightenment

Image: Stevan Dohanos.