(I’m wearing panties.  I swear.)

Don’t worry though.  I won’t be home sitting around pouting.  The reason I’m not able to attend this year is because I have pretty fun and important vanilla obligations that take priority this time around.  Can’t say much more about it at this time, but maybe a little while down the line I’ll post more details. 

In any case, I just wanted to wish all partygoers a wonderful time!  Hope to see you next year and / or perhaps meet at one of the other spanking get togethers held throughout the year.

It was neither a bear nor a wolf that Goldi and Red stumbled upon, but each other.

The day after a shoot, the crunchy knots of muscles in my neck and shoulders often hurt worse than my bottom. I find going over the knee of a spanker seated in an armless chair to be the hardest position for me despite its classic appeal. A large portion of my weight is being supported on my hands, arms, and shoulders, especially if the chair is a high one. Add in those pretzel-like over the shoulder looks back and it’s no wonder my spine is all twisted up.

Perhaps my opinion is therefore being influenced by unusual pain issues, but I prefer OTK positions that allow for assisted support of the upper body such as on the bed or on a couch. I don’t mind being placed over a desk or the back of a sofa either. Just anything that doesn’t require me to hold that inverted V position that causes me incredible pain unrelated to the spanking I’m receiving.

I’ve received feedback from fellow spanking enthusiasts saying that having the spankee positioned on a couch or bed is being too nice and allows too much comfort. The comments go on to state that a difficult or uncomfortable position is part of the punishment itself.

I can definitely wrap my mind around this one and see how bending over to grab one’s knees and present the bottom for the paddle (hopefully without toppling over upon impact!) can be an aspect of the punishment, but I don’t think lying in a supported position versus seated OTK is necessarily taking it easy. When not being distracted by sore, tired upper body, there is nothing else to focus on but one’s hot, painful, spanked cheeks. Why not let the rest of the spankee’s body be in relative comfort while the bottom bears the brunt of the discipline?

So aesthetics aside and judging solely from the point of administering effective discipline, is the exact position key in your opinion?

The sunflowers offered a cheerful splash of color and a nutritious food source for the honeybees for a while.  Then the japanese beetles made lace out of my poor flowers’ leaves killing them all.  :(  At least I have photos to remember them by. 

My boys, the tomatoes I grew from seed, are in full swing now.  The Best Boy plants are producing medium sized tomatoes, many of which have reached peak delicious ripeness.   

The Big Boys are living up to their name and are getting up to a pound in weight before reaching maturity so they are a little bit further behind in ripening.  I love the beautiful orange color of the nearly ripe one in the center. 

And here’s Horace, my naughty bottom baring tomato, showing off his his just-spanked shade of redness.  Off to his right is Horace Jr., green with envy.

Lots of hummingbirds have been visiting our feeder.  Such beautiful and amazing creatures. 

The hummingbirds are far from the only wildlife we’re keeping well fed.  We’ve put up squirrel and bird feeders up on several trees at the edge of our property away from the garden.  Not sure if it’s coincidence or not, but thus far no one has made a snack of my plants except the beetles.  

I love this little guy’s funny face.  His coloring makes him look like he’s grinning. 

This fawn clearly approves of the sunflower seed and corn mix the squirrels and birds have kicked to the ground.  He’s licking his chops!

And of all the things in the yard, Peanut (Stink) is the most fond of the fresh catnip.

When I decided to try my hand … errr bottom at being a spanking model, I worried that my lack of reaction would be a problem. If I felt inhibited in front of just the one person spanking me, imagine how I’d be in front of the spanker, a few cameras, other models, the crew, and the eventual online audience. Most spanking models I’d seen were highly reactive; screaming, thrashing, even cursing, but that just wasn’t me. But one girl I found that was more my style was Jennifer of Real Spankings. She had an amazing pain tolerance and could take an incredible spanking and while barely making a peep. Like me though, when her limits were pushed, tears would flow. Since she was a very popular model despite her quiet demeanor, she gave me the little bit of confidence I needed that maybe I’d be acceptable too.

It took a while, but over time I became more at ease with being spanked (on screen or off). I realized my yelps and squirming are desirable for a good scene. Slowly my natural reactions began to surface knowing that I was being spanked in a safe manner and that nothing bad would happen for making noise. I’m still not a summon-the-police style screamer, but I’d say compared to what I used to be, I’m pretty darn demonstrative these days.

Some of the girls that we’ve worked with at PB are naturally reactive like Sarah Gregory or Sarah Jane Ceylon (maybe it’s something to do with the name!!) and some are more reserved. Often the girls that are very quiet the first time we work with them come out of their shell by the second. I think it can all be such an overwhelming experience the first time around that inhibitions run high. It’s not that the girls aren’t feeling their spankings, as occasionally they will call a stop to the scene early because they are at their limits even when they haven’t cried out or flailed much.

Based on member feedback, there are fans of both the major reactions and the quieter squeaks of distress. Although we do encourage the girls we work with to kick, reach back, yell, and whatever else might come naturally to them, it’s good to know there are fans of both large and small reactions. While I certainly enjoy a dynamic scene complete with lots of genuine fussing and reasonable distress, I will always have a soft spot and great admiration for Jennifer who took her spankings so stoically.

It was warm and sunny that day but the water was a little brisk!  Still, I had fun splashing around.  The only really tough part was running barefoot over the rocks and getting into position fast enough before the camera’s timer went off.  I have some amusing outtake shots (not posted) though.

I’m glad this one in particular turned out.  While it wasn’t hard to get onto this large rock, it did require getting too close to a bunch of millipedes for my personal comfort.  I guess they were sunning themselves too.  If one had crawled on me, I probably would have screamed and fallen off the rock.  

This will likely conclude my naked in nature self-portrait series for a while.  It’s gotten surprisingly chilly recently considering it’s still August and as thrilling as it can be to be daring for these photos, I fear that one day I may truly startle a hiker if I keep pushing my luck.  As I gear myself up for trying to get just one more photo, I run excuses through my head that I might use if caught - “I’m an art student working on my final.”  “My clothes?  I knew I forgot something when I left the house this morning.”  “Public nudity?  Errrmm … uhhh … OMG!  Look over there!” (points and runs in opposite direction)

** Edited to add outtake photos as requested: 

Outtake 1

Outtake 2

Outtake 3

Outtake 4

One day my boyfriend found a narrow wooden paddle for sale at one of the tables.  The seller said it was some sort of old handmade food paddle.  Food paddle??  He bought it but had no intentions of assaulting food with it.  The only buns this paddle would be spanking were mine.

He gave me a few swats with the paddle and it had a delightful sting.  But rather than add it to our toy collection, we were concerned that the aged wood would split if we really played with it.  So my crafty boyfriend headed down to his workshop and made a replica … only heavier, thicker, and ouchier than the original.  How errrmmm … thoughtful.  Really, he shouldn’t have.

 He still wants to touch up his creation with another layer of clear coat (which will probably only make it sting worse) but was eager to test it out first.  I have to say, it definitely did the job!  And unfortunately I think it will be a while before this one splits and breaks.

Similarly, I think of the belt as a traditionally masculine implement because I picture a man wearing one as a part of his everyday attire and then quickly removing it to tend to a naughty bottom.

Do you associate certain implements with a particular gender or am I the only one to sort them into such categories based on their primary domestic purposes?

It was very hot and sunny so of course I slathered up with plenty of sunscreen.  Still, I wanted to see if maybe I’d redefined those tanlines a little despite the SPF 55.  I took a peek Coppertone girl style but there wasn’t much of a notable color change.

No bare bottom photos.  As it was, I managed to take a cheek peek just as the park police drove by on patrol.  Good job!

It was nice to get away even if it isn’t all that far away at all.  Had a great time soaking up some rays, kicking butt at pinball, dining on oversized, overpriced treats, and walking the boardwalk for hours.  Lovely summer retreat.