Monday, December 5, 2011

"Tis the Season....

"Tis the Season,

For lovin' 'n pleasin...




The best gift of all...

"Tis Your naughty teasin....



Enjoy....

~Veritas

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving to my dear Blogging friends.......


 

May you all be blessed with family...




friends...





love....


laughter













and the warmth of the rosey fires of heart








 and
hearth......!!





(Football,

             Beagles

                          and Nekkid lovelies not withstanding....


wink!!)





I have much to be thankful for in my life, and the friendships I have found here give me immense pleasure and are a soothing balm at the end of many a day..... It is a friendly place here amongst the  netherworld of pixelated explorations and was an unexpected and pleasant surprise to discover....


A Blessed Thanksgiving to you all is my fondest wish!!!

........Veritas~

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Seize the Day.....



Seize the Day...


Banish feet of clay...


Wait not for hair steel grey...


Live,   love,                        laugh....play...


Life's journey is dally and stray....


Savor thoroughly each beautiful day.....



'Tis all your humble scribe has today to say............











~Veritas

Seize the Day.....



Seize the Day...


Banish feet of clay...


Wait not for hair steel grey...


Live,   love,                        laugh....play...


Life's journey is dally and stray....


Savor thoroughly each beautiful day.....



'Tis all your humble scribe has today to say............











~Veritas

Thursday, November 10, 2011

In Flander's Fields....

For Those Who Served and Gave All...                                 
                                     and We Who Keep Their Faith....

This is a verse worth reading, reflecting upon and then reading once again.... 
                                                                                                                  I wish you well...


In Flanders’ Fields

Colonel John McCrae, who was Professor of Medicine at McGill University in Canada before WW1 (joined the McGill faculty in 1900 after graduating from the University of Toronto), first described the red poppy, the Flanders’ poppy, as the flower of remembrance. Although he had been a doctor for years and had served in the Boer War as a gunner, but went to France in WW1 as a medical officer with the first Canadian contingent.
It was impossible to get used to the suffering, the screams, and the blood here, and MAJ John McCrae had seen and heard enough in his dressing station to last him a lifetime. As a surgeon attached to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, MAJ McCrae, had spent seventeen days treating injured men -- Canadians, British, Indians, French, and Germans -- in the Ypres salient.
It had been an ordeal that he had hardly thought possible. MAJ McCrae later wrote of it:
 "I wish I could embody on paper some of the varied sensations of that seventeen days .... Seventeen days of Hades!
At the end of the first day if anyone had told us we had to spend seventeen days there, we would have folded our hands and said it could not have been done ".
One death particularly affected MAJ McCrae. A young friend and former student, LT Alexis Helmer of Ottawa, had been killed by a shell burst on 2 May. LT Helmer was buried later that day in the little cemetery outside McCrae's dressing station, and McCrae had performed the funeral ceremony in the absence of the chaplain.
The next day, sitting on the back of an ambulance parked near the dressing station beside the Canal de l'Yser, just a few hundred yards north of Ypres, McCrae vented his anguish by composing a poem. At the second battle of Ypres in 1915, when in charge of a small first-aid post, he wrote in pencil on a page from his despatch book a poem that has come to be known as "Flanders’ Field" which described the poppies that marked the graves of soldiers killed fighting for their country. The major was no stranger to writing, having authored several medical texts besides dabbling in poetry. In the nearby cemetery, McCrae could see the wild poppies that sprang up in the ditches in that part of Europe, and he spent twenty minutes of precious rest time scribbling fifteen lines of verse in a notebook.
A young soldier watched him write it (written May 3, 1915 after the battle at Ypres). Cyril Allinson, a twenty-two year old sergeant major, was delivering mail that day when he spotted McCrae. The major looked up as Allinson approached, then went on writing while the sergeant major stood there quietly. "His face was very tired but calm as we wrote," Allinson recalled. "He looked around from time to time, his eyes straying to Helmer's grave." When he finished five minutes later, he took his mail from Allinson and, without saying a word, handed his pad to the young NCO. Allinson was moved by what he read:
The poem was exactly an exact description of the scene in front of us both. The word blow was not used in the first line though it was used later when the poem later appeared in Punch. But it was used in the second last line. He used the word blow in that line because the poppies actually were being blown that morning by a gentle east wind. It never occurred to me at that time that it would ever be published. It seemed to me just an exact description of the scene.
In fact, it was very nearly not published. Dissatisfied with it, McCrae tossed the poem away, but a fellow officer -- either LTCOL Edward Morrison, the former Ottawa newspaper editor who commanded the 1st Brigade of artillery, or LTCOL J.M. Elder, depending on which source is consulted -- retrieved it and sent it to newspapers in England. "The Spectator," in London, rejected it, but "Punch" published it on 8 December 1915.

McCrae's "In Flanders’ Fields" remains to this day one of the most memorable war poems ever written. It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres salient in the spring of 1915.
In Flanders’ Fields

In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.


COL McCrae was wounded in May 1918 and was taken to one of the big hospitals on the coast of France. On the third evening he was wheeled to the balcony of his room to look over the sea towards the cliffs of Dover. The verses were obviously in his mind, for he said to the doctor "tell them, if ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep." That same night COL McCrae died.
Each Remembrance Day the British Legion lays a wreath on his grave – a tribute to a great man whose thoughts were always for others.
The wearing of the poppy to keep faith began when an American, Miss Moira Michael, read the poem "In Flanders Field" and was so greatly impressed that she decided always to wear a poppy to keep the faith. Miss Michael wrote a reply after reading "In Flanders Field" entitled:
"We Shall Keep the Faith":

Oh! You who sleep in Flanders’ fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew;
We caught the torch you threw;
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.
We cherish, too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders’ Fields.
And now the torch and poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead
Fear not that ye have died for naught
We’ve learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders’ Fields.


Miss Michael worked for the YMCA in America and on Saturday 9 November 1918 hosted a meeting of YMCA wartime secretaries from other countries. When several of the secretaries presented her with a small gift of money to thank her for her hospitality, she said she would spend it on poppies and told them the story of McCrae’s poem and her decision to always wear a red poppy.


Semper Fidelas

                                                                                                          ~Veritas

Saturday, November 5, 2011

The Versitile Blogger Award....What? Who? Me???



Temptingsweets99, my utterly fun friend recently nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award, which means that she seems for whatever delusional reason (he he) enjoy my blog. Being somewhat dense, it took me a while to, A: Figure out I got an award (kinda cute eh?) and, B: How to accept it!  (That's what this is here, wink!)

Thank you my friend Sweets! I’m tickled, pleasantly pleased and humbly honored!  Yup, plumb tickled! You’ve made my ears... red...!

Here are the Guidelines to accepting the award:
  1. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you and link to his/her site.  Which is what we're doing now...he he....
  2. Nominate up to 15 blogs that excite and delight you, and tell them. (Now this will take a wee bit of thoughtful consideration cuz I want to do it right....)
  3. Tell you 7 things about yourself. Hmmmm, seven things?  Ok then lets see....more on that, I'm boring! 


Please look at my sidebar for a list of blogs that intrigue, educate and amuse me.

It is an older list and this will be an excellent time to update, check back often! 


Veritas~





Unsaid emotions....



unspoken desires...





until....



V~

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Fantasy Fest....2011 For Your Pleasure...Wouldn't it be fun to go?

2011 Schedule of Events for The Aquatic Frolic

Fantasy Fest!

(* FYI Most of these hotlinks will take you straight to the 2012  Schedule of Events for the 2012 Festival.... Stay tuned for upcoming News!!)


2011 Daily Diversions

CARNIVALE FOR CARNIVORES
Take a trip to Brazil without leaving the Florida Keys by dining at Braza Lena, an authentic Churrascaria! With 16 premium cuts of meat, a salad bar extravaganza and a new bar menu, this is the place for those that need to get a solid base for this fantastic fest. Open 5 pm-10 pm
FANTASY CYBER SOUVENIRS
Visit the Fantasy Fest Store anytime at www.fantasyfest.net for memorabilia that makes the fantasy a reality! Official posters, t-shirts, and limited edition medallions. To purchase the Official 2010 t-shirt please call Keyboard Advertising at 305-292-9315.
FURY WATER ADVENTURES
Get your Aquatic Afrolic on with Fury Water Adventures! Fury offers guests a variety of water sports such as Key West snorkeling, parasailing, jet skiing, sunset sails, sunset cruises, glass bottom boat tours, dolphin watches, kayaking, and more. Call today to save big on Key West vacation packages with Fury’s Stay & Play. 1-866-282-2739; www.furykeywest.com
HAUNTING OF FORT TAYLOR
Experience the Haunting of Fort Taylor 2011! Its guaranteed to make your spine tingle as the shockingly true tales of the island's frightening past come to life before your very eyes! For dates, times and more details please visit http://hauntedkeywestfort.com
INDECENT EXPOSURE
Party like Adam and Eve day and night at the Garden of Eden, clothing optional rooftop bar, above the Bull & Whistle on the corner of Caroline and Duval in the 200 block. Body painting; Open 10 am to 4 am everyday; $
SMOKIN' HOT TUNA PARTY!
Whether you are a "Smokin' Hot Tuna" or you like chasin' Hot Tuna come and join us daily at the Smokin' Tuna Saloon for killer daily happy hour prices and drink specials from 5-7 pm. Open daily from 10 am till 2 am. "We're Smokin' Tuna...and it's legal!"

Friday, October 21, 2011

GOOMBAY
Tastes, sights and sounds of the Caribbean in Bahama Village, located at Duval and Petronia steets. This family friendly street party continues Saturday! Noon to midnight; FREE
ROYAL CORONATION BALL
"Meet Key West's Royal Family and vote for the King and Queen of Fantasy Fest 2011 at the "Lost City of Atlantis"; a benefit for AIDS Help; 6:00 p.m.; (305) 296-6577; Suggested donation; Southernmost Café, 1319 Duval Street.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

GOOMBAY
This family friendly party continues in Bahama Village! Noon - midnight; FREE
FRIENDS OF FORT TAYLOR'S VAMPIRE BALL
Once again everyone is invited to join us for an evening with the undead. The best party on the darker side of paradise is taking place at the Haunting of Fort Taylor, from 8pm to 11pm. Experience this bizarre affair including music from the Ghost of Kid Kelly who will turn the floor into “Dancylvania”! There will also be food drinks and the “He or she who ‘sucks’ most in Key West” costume contest. For more info go to www.keywestvampires.com. Sponsored by the Friends of Fort Taylor, and haunting people from Ghost to Ghost, the Vampires Ball 2011 will be an evening you won’t want to ‘dismember’! Missing this party would be a Grave mistake.
THE TWIRLING BUOY SALACIOUS SIDESHOW
Key West Burlesque has fashioned a fantastical Fantasy Fest show to titillate your wettest and wildest fancies! The Salacious Sideshow is a raucous ride down into the depths of an old circus carnival full of sordid seductresses and marvelously mischievous characters. Partakein comedic and variety numbers that will beguile and tease you between daring exhibitionism and dance numbers with just the right amount of naughty. Be thrilled by the devilish dancing dragon, enthralled with the worlds smallest 1000 armed lady, and dare to look away from the lion taming man eater! The Twirling Buoy laughs in the face of convention and bares enough to boggle your mind! The gorgeous show girls and guys propel you deep into your sideshow fantasies; you will never be the same! 8 pm at the Waterfront Playhouse

Sunday, October 23, 2011

THE WET AND WILD BLUE PARTY AT THE SHERATON SUITES
The Inaugural “Blue Party” benefiting Aids Help will be held at the Sheraton Suites in Key West on Sunday, October 23, 2011. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. and continue through 6:00 p.m. Live entertainment will be provided by Key West favorite, Howard Livingston. Free food and refreshments, cash bar highlighted by Blue Margaritas. NFL football on TV, raffle prizes and giveaways. Tickets are just $10.00 and include a $5 complimentary raffle ticket. Tickets for the Inaugural Blue Party may be purchased in advance at 305-292-4360 or info@sheratonkeywest.com.
THE TWIRLING BUOY SALACIOUS SIDESHOW
Key West Burlesque has fashioned a fantastical Fantasy Fest show to titillate your wettest and wildest fancies! The Salacious Sideshow is a raucous ride down into the depths of an old circus carnival full of sordid seductresses and marvelously mischievous characters. Partakein comedic and variety numbers that will beguile and tease you between daring exhibitionism and dance numbers with just the right amount of naughty. Be thrilled by the devilish dancing dragon, enthralled with the worlds smallest 1000 armed lady, and dare to look away from the lion taming man eater! The Twirling Buoy laughs in the face of convention and bares enough to boggle your mind! The gorgeous show girls and guys propel you deep into your sideshow fantasies; you will never be the same! 8 pm at the Waterfront Playhouse.

Monday, October 24, 2011

PINKING OF YOU!
Want to partake in a wildly fun event where you can mingle with local celebrities and bid on one-of-a-kind bra inspired creations? The Fifth Annual “Pinking of You” Decorated Bra Auction promises to be a great time for a great cause. Local artists transform bras into works of art, which are then modeled during a live auction to the highest bidder. You never know what you might see! All money raised will be donated to WomanKind, inc. to provide breast cancer education and early detection through clinical breast exams.; 6:00 p.m.; The Westin Resort Key West Resort and Marina; 245 Front St. (Special thanks to the Bolanowski’s)
THE TWIRLING BUOY SALACIOUS SIDESHOW
Key West Burlesque has fashioned a fantastical Fantasy Fest show to titillate your wettest and wildest fancies! The Salacious Sideshow is a raucous ride down into the depths of an old circus carnival full of sordid seductresses and marvelously mischievous characters. Partakein comedic and variety numbers that will beguile and tease you between daring exhibitionism and dance numbers with just the right amount of naughty. Be thrilled by the devilish dancing dragon, enthralled with the worlds smallest 1000 armed lady, and dare to look away from the lion taming man eater! The Twirling Buoy laughs in the face of convention and bares enough to boggle your mind! The gorgeous show girls and guys propel you deep into your sideshow fantasies; you will never be the same! 8 pm at the Waterfront Playhouse

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

REDDY ICE FANTASY FAÇADE ™ COMPETITION
Festively decorated homes and businesses compete for cold cash! Free to enter or for more information, call the Fantasy Fest office 305-296-1817
FREE OFFICIAL FANTASY FEST POSTER SIGNING PARTY
Meet-n-greet the award-winning artists of this year’s poster. Get up close and personal while having a lively libation or two; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel; 430 Duval St.; 5:00 p.m.; posters for sale.
29TH ANNUAL HEADDRESS BALL: UNDER SEAS ODYSSEY
Don't miss this “over the top” Headdress Contest that includes an extravagant show that includes lots of Key West razzle dazzle! You never know what's going to happen next at the Headdress Ball. Cash Prizes for Best Headdress. Adult Themed. Held Rain or Shine. Doors open at 7pm. Curtain at 8pm. For more information, go to www.headdressballkeywest.com. Southernmost Hotel on the Beach, 508 South Street. This event sells out, so please purchase tickets early. (305) 296-1520 or www.keystix.com.
FINNEGAN'S WAKE GREEN PARTY
Come celebrate the ultimate Irish party! Party starts at 7pm til the wee hours of the morning. Live Irish Music from Revels Glen. No cover if you wear green. Costume contest for 'Best Eco Green Wear'. Sign up for the Edamame Eating Contest; 320 Grinnell St.; 305-293-0222; www.keywestirish.com
CAPT. TONY'S PARTY IN PLAID
Experience a party that caters to all exotic lifestyles and fantasies. Weather you wear your naughty or nice plaid to attract old friends or to stimulate the new, this party is for you. Everyone is invited to a party for the ages that only the legendary Capt Tony's can host. Great music and drinks, plaid costumes, exotic people. 428 Greene St, 8 PM Free
WILD, WILD KEY WEST PARTY AT COWBOY BILLS
Put more feathers in your headdress, dust off your cowboy boots and mosey on down for Cowboy Bills 1st annual Cowboys and Indians Party! Be sure to dress in your best Wild, Wild Key West attire because cash prizes will be given for the best costumes and all you cowboys better wear your chaps for the bull riding competition! VIP seating available or watch the action live from our big screens! Drink specials all night. 610 ½ Duval St; 10 pm; (305)295-8219; www.cowboybills.com ; FREE

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PET MASQUERADE & PARADE
A magical carousel of frisky pets and playful owners delightfully disguised and ready to frolic for fame and fortune; Registration for competition is at 4:30 pm; Show starts at 5:30pm; FREE to watch; $25 to enter; benefits Lower Keys Friends of Animals; Casa Marina Resort; 1500 Reynolds St. For more information call 305-304-1026 or quepasakeywest@hotmail.com
LAZY GECKO REDNECK PARTY
Hey ya'll, come on down to the Lazy Gecko Redneck Party! Gussy up in your best camo or slide into your sexiest Daisy Dukes!! Prizes for the best Redneck, Redneck Babe, Redneck couple, and Team Redneck (yeah, that's you and your best bubbas!). Party starts at 7 PM Lazy Gecko 200 Duval St
CELEBRITY LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST
Do people always tell you that you remind them of someone famous? Well then, this is your event! Imitators of the famous and fabled vie for cash and prizes; Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel; 430 Duval St.; Contestant sign up 8:00 p.m.; FREE to watch; FREE to enter.
DUNGEON OF DARK SECRETS and FETISHES
Embrace your darkest desires… come one and come all (boys & girls, boys & boys, girls & girls) to play in our dungeon of fetishes! Play, voyeur, or take part in the show to unleash your darkest desires. Attire: PVC, leather, latex, uniform, period, levi, underwear, vintage, glam, cyber, burlesque, masks, wear as much or as little as you want, but dress to THRILL! 801 Bourbon Bar/Saloon 1, 801 Duval; (305) 294-4737 or (305) 731-9055; 9:00 p.m; $
FOGARTY'S RED NIGHT
Fogarty’s 10th Annual Red Party! Don’t miss this often imitated, but never duplicated party with a costume contest and door prizes! Live Band. 227 Duval St.; (305) 294-7525; 9:00 p.m.; $10 per person.
MAD HATTER PARTY
It’s going to be an outlandish, whimsical evening at Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar. Join us for our first ever Mad Hatter spectacle! Unleash your creativity and create a one of a kind head piece, whether it’s wickedly sexy or magically fun you are sure to have fantastic time. Cash prizes for the Best Mad Hatter! 218 Duval Street; (305) 292-7770; $
SWING & SKIN FREAK FEST PARTY
Freaky behavior dominates this affair. Charlie Sheen's own Goddess and adult film star, Bre Olson, invites the adventurous and risque to personally interact with her and super hot exotic dancers in an adult entertainment club setting while dancing to guest DJ's live in the mix. Dress in less sexy wear and enter the $700 Couples Pole Dancing Competition. Limited number of tickets available to the public for this private, star-studded, red carpet Extravaganza. Tickets available at www.keystix.com; Bare Assets 1029 Truman Ave; 305-304-1188; 10 pm; $
OVERBOARD'S AQUATIC EROTIC BUBBLE AFTER PARTY
Dive into the sexiest and most erotic party Key West has to offer!! Overboard's Aquatic Erotic Bubble After Party. Don't settle for the typical crowded, hot and sweaty dance scene when you can be refreshingly and luxuriously covered from head to toe with bubbles, while grinding with Mermaids, Titans and all other forms of Sexy Sea Creatures!! The after party starts at midnight with a Live DJ, drink specials and much more!!! Cover at the door. Overboard Bar & Grill, 712 Duval St. Key West, FL

Thursday, October 27, 2011

DANTE'S 5TH ANNUAL HALOS & HORNS POOL PARTY AND WET T-SHIRT CONTEST
Whether you wear the halo of an ANGEL or prefer devilish HORNS, GET WET & WILD at Dante’s for a chance to win BIG $$$! Free body painting, Live Music, Great Giveaways, Fantastic food and drink specials & our one of a kind stage in the CENTER of the POOL! The party starts at NOON & goes till 6:00, pole dancing starts at 4:30; Dante’s Restaurant & Raw Bar; 951 Caroline St, next to the ferry terminal; VIP seating is available….Visit www.danteskeywest.com for more details
PRETENDERS IN PARADISE
The legendary costume competition with $10,000 in cash and prizes! Combining extraordinary creative genius and performing energy, this year's event promises to be a frolicking good time! Pier House Resort & Caribbean Spa, beachside; www.pierhouse.com; 8 pm; $
SLOPPY JOE’S 28TH ANNUAL TOGA PARTY
“Still The Best Ancient Roman Party in Town!” To enter the contest, contestants must be dressed in toga and are encouraged to use Fantasy Fest’s theme “Aquatic Afrolic” for inspiration. Three divisions: Groups/Couples - $500 first place prize; Men’s - $250 first place prize; and Women’s - $250 first place prize. Free to enter contest; registration at 8:00 p.m. and contest begins at 9:30 p.m.; 201 Duval St. Door charge.
EXPOSED AT THE BOURBON ST. PUB ADULT ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX
Looking for the most risqué party of this years Fantasy Fest? This party really plays into the theme, “Aquatic Afrolic,” Pool, Hot Tub and Foam Party all out doors, under the stars, complete with a black out / black light dance party inside. This all welcome, clothing optional, (Bare What You Dare) party, will include glow sticks, 2 DJ’s, dance floors, large projector screens (playing all your favorite fantasies), exotic dancers (male and female). VIP, front of the line, passes will be on sale at the New Orleans House starting October 1st; 9 pm - 4 am; 305-293-9800; 724 Duval St; www.Bourbonstpub.com
COWBOY BILL'S 5TH ANNUAL GIT-R-WET T-SHIRT CONTEST
Catch the hottest ladies competing for $1500 in cash prizes in this over the top competition. Contestants model the finest and most creative cotton wet t-shirts. Drink Specials all night. VIP seating available or watch the action live from our big screens! 610 1/2 Duval street; 10 pm; (305)295-8219; www.cowboybills.com; $
MONSTERS BALL
Sea serpents, mermaids and other bizarre creatures of the deep! What lurks below and who’s dancing on the reef? Dive into this annual costume party and explore some surreal fantasies and some -too-real fantasies that should perhaps remain submerged! Green Parrot Bar; 601 Whitehead St.; (305) 294-6133; www.greenparrot.com; 10:00 p.m.; FREE
PAJAMA AND LINGERIE PARTY
The hottest Playboy model in the world Kristy Morgan from the reality TV show "Tila Tequila" encourages you to dress sexy for this skimpy affair. Enter the $700 Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like contest, plus enjoy guest D.J.'s live. This event is guaranteed to sell out! Purchase advance VIP tickets online at www.keystix.com; Mangoes 700 Duval St; (305) 304-1188; 10 p.m. $

Friday, October 28, 2011

HAIR OF THE HOG, LEATHER AND LACE PARTY
Wake up with the hogs at our Bloody Mary Blow Out Breakfast! Wear your laciest lace or your luckiest leather and win $$$! Grey Goose Bloody Mary bar and beer specials. Featuring the Hog’s Breath awesome breakfast burrito! For more information visit www.hogsbreath.com; 400 Front St.; (305) 296-4222; 9:00 a.m. to noon
FANTASY FEST STREET FAIR
Duval Street’s mile-long eater-tainment extravaganza features arts and crafts, food vendors, lively libations and costumed frivolity; Noon to 10:00 p.m.
801 BOURBON BAR TEA DANCE
Plenty of sugar and spice at this “tea in the street” party; Live D.J., cool drinks, dancers, drag queens and celebrities; (305) 294-4737 or (305) 731-9055; 801 Duval St.; 1:00 p.m.; FREE
SOUTHERNMOST SIRENS, SEA NYMPHS AND SAILORS COSTUME CONTEST
Calling all seductive Sirens and Sea Nymphs to lure off-course Sailors from near and far to the Sirens, Sea Nymphs and Sailors Costume Contest! Be part of this aquatic affair with sexy sea urchins and striking seaman at Poseidon's Paradise poolside at Southernmost on the Beach hotel at 508 South Street from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Registration begins at 3:00 p.m.; Contest starts at 4:30 p.m. Then at 6:00 p.m. join us for the Masquerade March Half Way Party - FREE.
MASQUERADE MARCH
Join the crowd as they parade through Old Town with music and noisemakers! Thirst quenchers provided at selected guesthouses. Begins at the Key West Cemetery Frances Street entrance but revelers can join the mad march anywhere along the two routes! Start marching at 5:00 p.m.; All welcome; FREE
11TH ANNUAL LIVING ART AIRBRUSH EXPO
Contestants will use the human form as a living canvas for artistic expression in competition for $2000 in cash; drink specials and live entertainment! Painting and partying start at 6:00 p.m., judging begins at 9:00 p.m. Sunset Pier at Ocean Key Resort; (305) 295-7045; FREE; Backstage VIP tickets available at www.keystix.com.
FETISH & FANTASY PARTY AT THE ISLAND HOUSE FOR MEN
Envision yourself in a maze of mystery and excitement. Pursue your fantasies at the only all male event held during Fantasy Fest. This clothing optional event for adult men is co-sponsored by the Key West Wreckers. Come feel the thrill. Doors open at 9:00 pm. Clothes check provided. Purchase advance VIP tickets online at www.keystix.com. 1129 Fleming St - 305-294-6284
RUM BARREL'S 5TH ANNUAL PIRATE BASH
Dress and drink like a pirate at the Rum Barrel’s most outrageous pirate bash in the world! More than $1500 in cash prizes for the best pirate and wench costumes, great music on the rooftop stage, and awesome rume rum specials. For more info call (305) 292-7862 or get piratical inspiration at www.rumbarrel.com; 9:00 p.m.
PIMP AND HO PARTY
America's #1 movie star, Ron Jeremy, invites you to come fulfill your fantasy at this exotic dance party. Enter the $700 Mr. Pimp and Ms. Ho costume contest, plus enjoy guest D.J.'s live. This event is guaranteed to sell out. Purchase advance VIP tickets online at www.keystix.com; Red Fish Blue Fish 407 Front St. (305)304-1188; 10 p.m. $

Saturday, October 29, 2011

DUVAL STREET PROMENADE
Sassy entertainers, enticing food and spirited libations tempt costumed merrymakers as they party from the Gulf to the Atlantic; Noon to 10:30 p.m.; FREE
EPIDERMAL ARTS AND TORSO TAPESTRIES
Art lovers gather for this bona fide cultural event to determine the best-illustrated bodies. The battle of the emblazoned bods elevates this art form to something aesthetic, creative and maybe even poetic; Green Parrot Bar at 601 Whitehead St.; (305) 294-6133; www.greenparrot.com; 2:00 p.m.; FREE
CAPTAIN MORGAN FANTASY FEST PARADE
Join 70,000 frolicking partygoers as this year's parade surfs down Duval Street. Featuring glittering floats, marching bands and dancing groups, it doesn't get any wilder than this! Parade steps off at 7:00 p.m.; www.fantasyfest.net/parade.cfm; FREE

Sunday, October 30, 2011

"THE FAT LADY SINGS" TEA DANCE
As the saying goes, "It ain’t over 'til the fat lady sings." Everyone will be at La Te Da from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for the last official event of Fantasy Fest 2011. D.J. Junior provides the music for the very last hoorah. La Te Da Hotel, Restaurant, Cabaret and Bars at 1125 Duval St.; (305) 296-6706; $5


OCTOBER is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month,  "A Breast is a Terrible Thing to Waste....BUT a Delicious Thing to Taste....!!"

~Veritas

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Contemplation....variations on a theme....

The thought grew, slowly....



 much like a seed scattered by the winds, flung off into the furthest corner of the gardens I so carefully tend deep within my mind....

....And there it grew,
 slowly but, oh so surely, gradually taking hold there in that furthest, cluttered, eclectic corner. 


Unobserved, yet nourished, as it slowly reached into the fertile soil of emotion and yearning... bathed in the mist and drinking in the dew of imagination and contemplation....

".....Yes,

I do believe I would miss you, even if we had never met....."











































 
~Veritas.....

                            ....summer wanes and the harvests soon will ripen... gather the pleasures of the ones you love, wasting not.....




Treasure each sweet kiss, savoring it's gossamer memory;  for each is unique and special in its own way.....



No words spoken........


                                                    ~V

I must thank Sweets for the last image, exquisite isn't it?  And for inspiration; well, I am a daft fool for a romantic movie....!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

"Inamorata....."

   8.11.2011...                                                    "Inamorata...."



The word rolls off the tip of my tongue, whispered gently in her ear as she browses; lit only by the light of the screen....


She lookes up and smiles that little half smile she thinks is dorkish but I know to be the spark of desire....  Sparking my desire for her....

She doesn't quite know the term, it shows in her eyes but she smiles, her curiosity piqued....

"Inamorata...?" she asks, brows raised in unspoken question.  She had been in a thoughtful mood for some time the last few days.  Thoughtful and lost in her inner thoughts and puzzles.  "Life is so precious, fragile and fleeting;" she had remarked earlier.  "Far too fleeting to squander," had been his unspoken response to her quiet comment.  A response now in actions, if not  words.

" 'Tis you, mine."  And she smiled, a slight blush rising across her chest as those tiny hairs on her skin rose in pleasure. 

"You've never called me by that before," she softly replied.  " I like the sound.... I think, yes, I do believe I do" She said smiling, the world wide web forgotten for a moment....

"I like the way it sounds, I think," she continued, repetitiously savoring her pronouncement; tracing a slender finger across his chest, dallying in the thatch, as his hand slowly undid her own buttons... 

 Turning and drawing near, she nibbled gently across his chest.  The sensation electrifying his skin as if a thousand tiny kisses were alighting, one by one, spreading out across his senses driven onward by each, tiny, kiss....  A button undone, a zipper found and lowered; her lips unrelenting in their assault.

"Save the draft, minx," his voice steady in her ear. 

"Long since forgotten, my Sir...uhm perhaps a night full of surprises?  I think I can make it worth your while...."



And with that, he paused a fleeting thought caressing his distracted consciousness....

Seduction... Is it his art practiced on her?  Or, hers, on him?
She'll never say, her sphinx like silence invades the room as she watches, eyes glittering in the low light of the monitor..... 

That was the first way he saw her, Her eyes alight in LCD haze, cheeks highlighted in a smile...a simple blue "T" demurely hiding those blossoms he loves to touch and, well never mind....

She says they are small, He knows they are far from small and delightfully, playfully....responsive....tastably so.....


"Worth my while?" He asked as she gently tugged down his jeans... 

"I want you inside me, deep...." She whispers in my ear... "Now..."  And with that she took me in hand, as my own slipped her buttons undone.  Breasts exposed, nipples as pearls hardening under his caress....  "Sometimes, you get me soooo wet....!" She moaned almost breathlessly as he played gently with her nipples...

"You moan well, mine...."  Catching his breath suddenly as she began to stroke his hardening cock....

"Take me, now...." She begged.....

"Soon...." His soft reply, "soon..."

She paused just a moment, peering into his eyes, searching as if for his soul, she is in control she well knows, but this man of hers, he turns the tables with the idle swirl of his thumb and a slow deep thrust....yes, she is his....



And this second instalment rides below the first.... more tomorrow dear reader, be not shy, pen some lines and give me your thoughts.....?


Until....


Veritas~


There will be more soon....  If you have a suggestion for how the evening will progress, by all means....  Comment!

~V




Sunday, July 31, 2011

Lov Hate Sex Cake.....

I just, just found this blog....

Cheeky Minx, she writes so, so well,

I want to pause...to read...to dwell....

Pulse quickens, eyes agog,

Far better than my own meager fare,

Go enjoy dear reader she has quite a flair!




Funny thing about the pet name Minx....


For me it has a special meaning.


I do believe Ms Cheeky to be of similar mind
and temperament, delightfully so....


(Love the title too!!)

~Veritas

Friday, July 29, 2011

Evening's Introspection....

We were talking, she and I, about what and why and how we are....

I can't explain it and wouldn't try if I could.  You see, it is what it is....and it soothes my soul as no other....

Penned for she......

                     "I was... defenseless against the small dress,

A willing victim to your soft caress,

Normally so quiet, filled with introspection,

Lonely in a crowd, so needful of affection,

A chilled Chablis, a kiss, shared comfort on a quiet night,

Alone, in a crowd... perhaps not my plight,

Thoughts of you and fancy takes flight,

But by my side... your sweet breath dances along my ear,

All for you, for you my Dear,

Defenseless... against your small dress..."


                                             ~Veritas........


V~

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Deep....

I was asleep....

She stole close, a thief in the night....

My cock is hers, 'tis her right...

She took me possessively, all and deep...

Erupting tautly, my seed to flight....

Savoring, eyes meet....hers, hers to keep....




~V

Sometimes she likes to feel it on her face and tits.... sometimes she swallows unwilling to share....

She does as she feels....




It is


    but one


       of her many,

          
          varied,


             appeals.....
























Veritas~

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Wanna Ride?

"Wanna Ride?" She whispered.
"Deep inside?" He answered.
"If your good!" She countered.
"Spread wide," he winked.
So the morning started, sweating and kinked.....




~V

There is something deeply erotic about a woman offering herself to be taken.... 

To see her "want,"
                    To sense her scent,
                                        Vulnerable and emboldened with desire....

Life isn't all sexual to be certain, the days are filled with the routine drudgeries of daily living....  Myriad petty indignities rise from the crankiness of work, of bills, endless household demands and ever grumbly offspring, counterpointed with the tiring yet delightful pleas of the newly born, urgent and lovingly needful, 

But,

The mind does wander....seeking refuge, whether it be an imagined day at the beach, or....thoughts such as these.

and these I offer to make the days pass perhaps a tiny bit easier, with a slight spring to the step and with that tiny, enigmatic smile I dearly love....

One, that betrays the knowledge that romance and pleasure can be found in the most ordinary of days....

~Unsaid pleasures to be tasted and savored....

Veritas~



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