What am I Growing?

We have a rosemary and a bay leaf plant that we keep for adding flavour to our recipes. They live in big terra cotta pots; in the winter the pots are in our front window, but in the spring they go out into the garden. Last June, the rosemary plant perished, so the hunt was on for another. By then the garden centres were all out of herbs, and the supermarkets seemed to have only pots of chives. So the hunt was on.

Instead of going to the seed suppliers I usually use for my annual order, I went to Amazon to save the cost of shipping. I found a source in a faraway land that sold rosemary in packs of 20 seeds and ordered one. Shipping was free, and in a week the seeds arrived in a tiny plastic bag, along with a strip of paper that assured me they were rosemary. I planted four seeds in my Aerogarden and waited. 

According to information I found on the internet, the seeds would take 2-3 weeks to germinate, yet in two days they sprouted. Odd, but good progress. Then they started to grow rapidly, and as they grew they failed to take on the look of a woody rosemary plant. Nor did they have any scent when I broke off a tiny branch. This is what they should have begun to look like:

rosemary

 

But this is what they actually look like:

Not rosemary

 

I looked up "plants that look like rosemary" and that didn't help. The plants are pretty, but what the heck are they? Can anyone help?

Oh, yes, I did eventually find a real rosemary plant at the supermarket, and it is flourishing.

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Recap: Spanko Brunch 2.0 for August 27

We discussed enjoying any other kinks besides spanking.

Bonnie: Our kinkiness is not limited to spankings, but any other kinks enhance a spanking session. Other than spankings, there are no stand alone kinks in our world.

We enjoy role play, costumes, light to moderate restraint, photography, video, punishment rituals, thematic spankings, pervertables, suggestive talk, lingerie, toys, and documentation/exploration of fantasies. Sex is not technically a kink, I suppose, since non-kinky people do it too. But for us, sex belongs on this list because it's a perfect conclusion to a great spanking..

The second kink on the list depends upon which day you ask (and what Randy decides he wants to do to me).

Roz: Spanking is the mainstay of our kinkiness, particularly nowdays. However, in the past and to a degree today we also role play, D/s play, light bondage, nipple play etc. We have also tried different relationship dynamics over the years including DD and on a very light scale Daddy/lg.

Jean Marie: I am a boiling cauldron of kink, with spanking the piece de resistance. I named my blog "Butt Stuff" because all manner of activities butt-related turn me on.
I love role play, especially if the scenario can be augmented with costumes, like errant schoolgirl and authority-figure (parent or principal, male or female).
Say that I come down to breakfast wanting to be excused from school because I feel sick. That parent wants proof, so makes me pull down my panties to accept a thermometer up my rectum. That isn't humiliating enough, so they play with it up there, finding that the anal play turns me on. No temperature is detected, but I persist, saying that I don't feel feverish, just with an upset tummy. So I am given a thorough series of enema cleansings. These arouse me much more, so much so that I cannot hide my pleasure, and I'm made to hold the lavage while I'm spanked. Now that my parent has gotten to the truth, the real punishment begins, maybe with paddle, or strap, or cane, or some combination of all three. If that isn't deemed to make me sufficiently contrite, perhaps I must endure a figging, even whittling the ginger root plug myself.
That is just a glimpse into the churning, burning fantasies that are constantly roiling in my mind, wanting to be realized. Whether as complex as all this, or just one simple element of butt stuff, it serves to turn me on tremendously, so that the resultant sex is super satisfying.

Wendel: The only real kink is spanking. We do lots of stuff to make the spankings more fun. Costumes are a favorite. I love spanking Cinderella and me getting my bottom beat by Wonder Woman. We play spanking under the mistletoe every Christmas. Outdoor spanking is another favorite and on the rare occasion self spanking is suggested we critique each other’s work. 

Prefectdt: Took a bit of thinking time over this one. In my early days of playing, I did like to do the “School Boy” thing. So, that counts as some costume and role play, which was a lot of fun.

Since living in Belgium, where there is very little Spanko culture, I have indulged in some more mainstream BDSM play, restraints, Domme worship etc, but these were not my kind of thing. I did not mind this kind of play, but it tends to be about meeting another amateur player half way, rather than what I desire.

Barrel: Spanking used to be our only kink, but it gradually led to light femdom. Our more intense spanking sessions involve suggestive talk over a week as a build up to the actual event. We also play with feminization, restraints, nipple clamps, lingerie, most of the common toys and role play when I do my wife’s hair coloring.

What a great topic for this week. Thank you.

Anon: I am a 100 percent spanko. I love everything to do with adult spanking. That being said, sometimes the thought of a little bondage can super charge things for me. Let me clarify, bondage by itself does nothing for me, I have watched bondage videos and thought is that it, but if it is coupled with a good old fashioned OTK spanking, then sometimes it can really rock my world. 

A.J.: "Is your kinkiness limited to spanking or are you into other things as well?"

Sadly, (Sadly?) it is. (Good God, I'm dull....)

"What would be considered kinky today?"
Good question.
She gives me a BJ - is that kinky? I don't think so.
I give her labia and fun parts a vigorous tongue-lashing - is that kinky? I don't think so.
Tie-her/me to the bed and bring out the whipped cream? I don't think so.

There's an old joke:
Tickle her in bed with a feather and it's sexy.
Use the whole chicken - THAT'S kinky!!

Dan: I agree with Alan's point that it's not easy to identify what exactly qualifies as "kink" these days. Personally, I'm up for trying just about anything once, but adult spanking with a disciplinary angle is the only one that is a consistent interest or attraction, though something domestic discipline adjacent, like female dominance in the form of a Female Led Relationship probably also qualifies as a "kink" for me.

KDPierre: Well, I was out all day and just got in and saw these wonderful responses, but as the instigator it's time for me to chime in. Only fair, right?

I don't know whether I should be proud or ashamed to admit it, but I have so many kinks and fetishes, listing them all would likely result in some people thinking I was making them up, others wondering if I was just copying a fetish list to be funny, and others still likely cringing at several.

For us/me the next "biggie" would have to be all forms of chastity play, from orgasm regulation, to tease and denial. But after that? (hold onto your chair arms)

General Femdom, service/pampering, anal penetration, plugs, pegging, enemas, butt worship, foot worship, axillary worship, clips on various parts, burning ointments, figging, hot wax, bondage, ball crushing and slapping, other miscellaneous CBT, punishment pads, being stuck with pointy things, pee play, cold play, machine play, exhibitionism both indoor and out, age reversals, urethral play, wearing panties, games, dares, and play with others, and a few other things I'd rather not mention. (and I am not making any of this up, and past followers of my blog have probably seen enough to know that.)

Rosco: It started with spanking. Very quickly Irene realized her hand wasn’t effective and switched to a hairbrush. In a moment of (pre-internet) bravery I went to a western store and bought a riding crop (from a flirtatious salesgirl who briefly offered to to try it out on me.)

Don’t know what qualifies as kinky, but decades ago almost every sex act included reverse cowgirl cunnilingus (aka Facesitting with her bottom on my eyes).

Irene bought a few toys to fuck me in the bottom - but never really got into the strap on. Sadly it was uncomfortable for days later so we gave it up.

She peed on me once. It was ok, but we haven’t done it since.

Irene likes to tie up my balls often using a thin red scarf. Seems to work well to this day. Oh and she whips my balls with a riding crop. It hurts like the dickens but is somehow erotic. Never woulda thunk.

And yes she often feminizes me, puts me in pink lacy panties or a nightie and sometimes puts make up on me and tells me stories about what all the sorority girls are doing to me.

And in recent years after intense whippings (whips and straps and riding crops more so than paddles), she’ll tie me to the four corners of the bed for the aforementioned reverse cowgirl cunnilingus. Sometimes I I can use one hand at a time, sometimes not.

Mark: I confess to enjoying many of the above, but spanking is the only one that I share with my wife (and is my primary kink).
I've tried and enjoyed self bondage, e-stim, sounding, enemas, love love love nipple clamps (although an incident with a pop rivet gun and a 4.8mm pop rivet nearly took my right nipple off a fortnight ago!), wearing panties, and cbt.

Hermione: Spanking is our only mutual kink. Many years ago, light bondage was a necessary addition for me. I don't mean full body plastic wrap or intricate rope work, just wrists and ankles tied to the bedposts. That really turned me on. But since reading Gerald's Game by Stephen King, I've lost interest in bondage. If Ron has any other kinks, he hasn't told me about them.

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Spanko Brunch 2.0 #502

This has been a great week for this blog. I received several suggestions for brunch topics (keep 'em coming, folks!) and have been spoiled for choice. Our good friend and former blogger KDPierre came up with a good one, so I will let him introduce today's discussion topic.

"By definition, just by being into spanking, one is pretty clearly already considered 'kinky' by the vanilla world. But spanksters are quite a varied bunch and I would imagine that while for some their kinkiness begins and ends with spanking, for others spanking might well be a companion to another established kink or two. And for others still, spanking might be just one kink in an otherwise jam-packed closet of interests and fetishes. So the question is:"

Is your kinkiness limited to spanking or are you into other things as well? If so, are your other kinks limited to one of two other interests, several, or many? Perhaps you'd be willing to share the next most prevailing one.

Alan asked what would be considered kinky today? Well, that depends on your definition of kink. Check out some of the replies already posted for ideas.

As always, you may remain anonymous. Please leave your response as a comment. Once everyone has had a chance to speak, I will publish an edited summary of our discussion.

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Overheard

It's a rainy day, so time to go shopping at Walmart. You won't believe what I overheard!

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Always Read the Label

My next-door neighbour (NN) has recently acquired some home help. The helper comes weekly to do cleaning chores that NN can no longer do for herself. I thought that was a good idea, and suggested that if the helper did the laundry,  it would save NN the problem of negotiating a flight of steep stairs down to the basement laundry room. She vehemently protested.

"No one else can do my laundry. My clothes have to be washed in a certain way. I always read the labels." 

Yeah, well, so do I, to a certain extent. If a garment has a label that says "Dry Clean Only" I don't buy it. I wondered what was so special about washing the baggy sweatsuits that are all she ever wears.

Read these labels carefully. Rinse. Repeat.

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Recap: Spanko Brunch 2.0 for August 20

At what location would you dread being spanked?

Bonnie: I would certainly dislike being spanked on the public square, but that isn't likely to happen.

I've been spanked in every room of our house and while some are better suited than others, there isn't one spot I dread.

KDPierre: I would dread being spanked in a caldera. My butt gets hot enough as it is. ;-)

Seriously though, this is a tough question because so much of it is conditional. In other words, what would it be about a place (other than the aforementioned caldera) that would make it so dreadful? Public exposure? Discomfort? Risk of arrest? Pick any one of those and if the question is open, the answers would tend to lean towards extremes.

Like Bonnie, there is no place in my home, or probably anyone else's, that I would dread. Move outside, and I'm going to stick with the caldera. LOL

appleTom: Not so much the room as the circumstance. I was being spanked in my girlfriend's apartment first floor living room where the front door went to the shared entrance hall/landing. She had me handcuffed to the furniture in a corner directly opposite the door to the apartment. It must have be a brass frame day bed as I was seated upright cuffed to a frame behind me. I seem to remember that she had gotten me to dress in some female garments, (at her urging, I guess I was having a corrupting influence on her). Well, a female friend of hers knocked on the apartment door and she got up and opened the door and talked to her friend with just her body and the partially open door blocking the friends view of me. I guess they talked for about 5 minutes, (though it seemed longer), before she closed the door and came back to continue paddling me. That open door made me very anxious and frightened.

Roz: Ooh, that is a tough question. Like the others, I don't think there is a room in the hone I would dread, bathroom would be the closest. I'm going to say a public space with lots of onlookers. On public transport such as bus or train (although you wouldn't get away with that).

Prefectdt: Easy answer, anywhere in my own home. Paper thin walls in a terraced house, it is just not on. I can hear the neighbours pulling chairs out to eat a meal. I have self spanked here, just to keep my pain tolerance up, and at such times the neighbours have been treated to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, a bit of meaty Carl Orff or something similar. A proper, two person spanking, could not happen here.

Jack: Dreaded place for me was staying at a nice hotel. My attitude was not good, my wife said nothing in the car. Once we checked in, she took out the hairbrush, laid it on the bed. She looked at me, I said please not here, I'll be good. She had enough and told me off with everything and best be quick about it. She placed a chair in the middle of the room, and as I stood, naked, pleading she pointed to her lap and over I went. I know I could be heard.

Rosco: Well I’ve fantasized about being spanked in the company of certain other women, but mostly wouldn’t want to be outed publicly. Our home now is pretty private.

Generally I’m spanked in the bedroom but there have been occasions elsewhere. The middle of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon comes to mind (hoping the noise of the water eliminates the echoes).

It’s also not fun if I’m not comfortable. It’s important to be in a relaxed position so I can appreciate the intensity of the spanking.

S: A little while back, one of my wife's friends made a comment that she did not care what people thought, she liked to spank girls when she was on the dance floor. That got me thinking that maybe she also liked to spank naughty men as well. Since then I cannot get the thought of her putting me over her knee and spanking me silly out of my head. I was really worried on my 65th birthday, she teased that she should give me a birthday spanking in our family room in front of my wife. I blushed 3 shades of red, I think I would have die of embarrassment, but also be secretly thrilled as she set my bottom on fire.

A.J.: "In what location would you really dread being spanked?"
If I walk in and I see a dungeon - I'm outta' there!

"Have you actually spanked or been spanked in such an undesirable place?"
No. 

Graham: I'm not sure dread is the correct word, but it was both exciting and unnerving when I was younger to get spanked in a spot where it was remotely possible but highly unlikely to be seen. And, yes, despite the odds, we were observed once. It was in a very hard to access bamboo forest which provided good caning material. About 1/2 through our scene, we noticed that another couple hiked by only a few meters away. They couldn't have missed seeing or hearing us, but they proceeded with their lively conversation and didn't bother us. We finished a very fun session that ended with me dipping my very red and hot bottom in a bubbling mountain stream!

Wendel: We do not spank in the bathroom. It just does not appeal to us. We do like outdoor spanking, but it has to be in private spots. Hotels are fun. The all-time favorite is the Luxor Pyramid in Vegas. In front of the dark angled window makes for a perfect spot to place the chair. At night with the room lights off no one can see in from the outside. The Misses has gotten some really good paddlings there.

Hermione: Anywhere out in public, unless it happened to be at a play party or a public exhibition of corporal punishment techniques.

Wow! There is much food for fantasy thoughts here!

 

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Spanko Brunch 2.0 #501

Welcome to the second half-century (so to speak) of our well-attended spanko brunch. To kick things off, Our faithful attendee Jack has suggested today's topic.

In what location would you really dread being spanked? It might be a room in your home, an interior location elsewhere, or somewhere outside. Have you actually spanked or been spanked in such an undesirable place?

Please leave your response as a comment, and I will publish an edited summary of our discussion once everyone has had an opportunity to respond.

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