Amid Daisies

Image: F. Crickmore.

Men Amidst Flora III

With today being World Naked Gardening Day, it seems like a perfect time to post an installment of The Leveret’s “Men Amidst Flora” series.

World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD) is an annual international event generally celebrated on the first Saturday of May by gardeners and non-gardeners alike. WNGD was founded and organized by Mark Storey (consulting editor for Nude & Natural magazine) and permaculturalist Jacob Gabriel, as a project of Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC). In its early days, Storey had a vision of BFC engaging in “guerrilla pranksterism” such as showing up spontaneously in an urban environment and engaging in guerilla gardening.

In the New York Daily News, Storey noted that WNGD is not owned by any one organization. “No particular organization owns World Naked Gardening Day,” he said, “and it’s not actually one large gathering of horticulturists in Seattle who strip down and shear some shrubs together.”

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Men Amidst Flora I
• Men Amidst Flora II
• Going Floral
• The Art of Travis Chantar
• The Art of Vilela Valentin
• Afternoon Light
• Bel Homme – August 22, 2015
• Bel Homme – April 22, 2013
• Bel Homme – July 5, 2012
• Bel Homme – June 2, 2012
• All the Time
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Spring Bouquet
• Burgeoning Life Force
• “Hail to the Seasonal Prince”

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

The Beltane Hare

Image: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Beltane
• A Beltane Blessing
• “Hail to the Seasonal Prince”

And at The Leveret’s brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Beltane: Casting Off the Darkness and Celebrating the Light
• Beltane: Celebrating the Sheer Exuberance of May
• Beltane and the Reclaiming of Spirit
• Beltane Morning Light

Headwear

Hats | Caps | Helmets | Headdresses

See also the previous posts:
• Headwear – February 21, 2021
• Headwear – September 8, 2020
• Mon Bel Ami – January 22, 2015
• Bel Homme – May 20, 2012

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

The Return

Image: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Welcoming the Return of Spring
• Burgeoning Life Force
• Spring Bouquet
• Spring Blossoming
• Among Spring Blooms

Spiritual Phallicism

Everything is contained within the Divine. Under that premise, Cock Worship is as valid a spiritual practice as any other. To me, Spiritual Phallicism is a lifestyle, an ongoing spell we consciously cast to dispel the false duality of matter versus spirit.

It is beautiful beyond words to witness the rebirth of this ancient tradition which liberates Men from the shackles of guilt, fear and shame and allows them to embrace their sexual nature as Brothers!

– Source

See also the previous posts:
• Phallus
• Penis
• Soft
• Hard
• Rethinking the “Normal” Penis
• Not a Weapon or a Mere Tool
• Reaching Out
• The Body’s “Holy Hole”
• A Source of Great Pleasure
• Body and Soul
• Buddies
• “Downtown Heaven”
• Setting Free
• Sweet Release
• Divine Expressions
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Affirming Our Essential Goodness
• Animal Energies
• The Art of Dante Cirquero
• The Body: A Holy Place of Romp and Renewal

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

Alcove

Image: Photographer unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Ornamental Hare
• Garden Hare I
• Garden Hare II
• Hare Décor
• Resting Hare

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

Easter Greetings

Image: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• The Original Easter “Bunny”
• Origins of the Easter Bunny
• Easter Bunny or Eostre Hare?
• Eostre: Goddess of New Life Beginnings
• The Goddess Ostara
• Remembering Eostre
• Celebrating Eostre
• Hare at Eastertide
• Easter Hare
• Vintage Easter Card

Related Off-site Link:
Sacred Hares, Banished Winter Witches, and Pagan Worship – the Roots of Easter Bunny Traditions Are Ancient – Tok Thompson (The Conversation, April 13, 2022).

In the Arena

See also the previous posts:
• In the Arena | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI
• Wrestling: "The Heterosexually Acceptable Form of Homosexual Foreplay"
• The Domain of Eros
• "Deal with It": Joe Kort's Message to Straight Men Who Shower with Gay Men
• Olympic Male Beauty
• Olympic Male Beauty II
• Ball[s] Sports
• Colin
• LeBron
• In the Arena, a Call for Justice

Images: Photographers unknown.

Hare House

On one of the many buildings peppering the quiet and winding streets of Gaia, Portugal, is a massive sculpture [of a rabbit or perhaps a hare] made from recycled materials and trash collected from the city.

The sculpture, which was brought to life by Portuguese artist Bordallo II (who often creates animal art using repurposed materials), serves as a subtle yet scathing critique of society’s wastefulness and its consequences for the natural environment. The art piece is also a call for increased social awareness of ecological sustainability.

Gaia is located on the other side of the Douro River and faces the city of Porto. You can get to this city and the sculpture from Porto by crossing the Luís I Bridge or by taking the Teléferico (cable car) down. In fact, the sculpture can be seen from the Teléferico.

– Source

Artist: Artur Bordalo.

See also the previous posts:
• Leporid Sculpture
• Edgy and Contemporary
• Dancing Hares
• Leap
• Bronze Hare
• Surreal
• Stone Arch