A Unique Position

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With the Coronavirus impacting the daily lives of most people, this would probably be a good time for me to up the posting schedule to provide an avenue of entertainment to my spanking viewers.

Obviously I don’t need to tell you that it has been a tough couple of weeks for me, but the last thing that I try to do on this blog is emotionally manipulate anyone. I know what that feeling is like from personal experience so I try to avoid it at all costs. It’s just a reality that there will be some hard times every now and then. Last week I did get a notice that my annual website fees were up for renewal, and I did consider that it was perhaps time for me to move on. It was perhaps only fleeting though, because even though there will be times where I post once a week, there will also be times where I post every day for a month.

The other problem that I have is that I still need to get to England to pick up my Brother’s ashes, and with the current health crisis I just don’t know when I am going to be able to get there. I’m hoping that I can do it either at the end of April or perhaps the end of May. As I intend to go to the Lone Star spanking party this year, assuming that they are still able to have it, I will probably go there first and then head to the UK after for the final family closure.

I do have an interesting spanking photo for you this week, mostly because of the spanking position that has been adopted. My guess is going to be that there are a number of modern spanking productions that have used this position already, probably as a graphic vagina video with a bit of spanking thrown in. It does make the mind wander though!! It looks like such a perfect position for a dose of a heavy strap, or perhaps a caning!! I’m not sure what the object is on the floor on the left of the photo, but I will leave that thought with the more adventurous of you out there 😉

Windsor Sunday Candid’s – 91

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This week I will give you an update on my current status, I will also quite likely post a new story for you once I have finished editing it. It is a lost spanking story from my archive that I don’t believe has ever been posted anywhere, at least not to my recollection anyway.

The Sunday candid this week is from 1941 and it is a birthday spanking. A day out with friends ends up with a playful birthday spanking, perhaps serving as a warm up for the proper birthday spanking that will soon occur once the young lady gets home. The skirt up Paternal version to serve as a reminder that one is never too old for a proper spanking 😉

This will be added to my WINDSOR’S BIRTHDAY SPANKINGS folder which features dozens of rare birthday spanking photos.

Windsor Wednesday Classic – 172

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I’m back after taking a few days off. There are going to be some times where I need to do this but I expect it to get better over time. The biggest drawback, and the most frustrating thing that I deal with, is not being able to share anything of my life with my family anymore. Any anniversary that comes up, or any special event I have to deal with the frustration that my family are no longer there to share it with. Yeah, it gets pretty lonely at times, especially when birthday’s and the holiday’s roll by, and I can’t even call any of them anymore.

It is something that I have to deal with regardless so there is no point harping on about it.

The Wednesday classic this week, yeah, I know, it’s a day late  🙂  Is from 1982 from the play WE DUDE IT. Just click the link for the other 11 photos that I have shared from this play so far. Being a lover of the 80s, and while I realize that it is not a really good photo, I do love the outfit that the girl is wearing. It has 1980s written all over it.

Clips4sale Female Spanks Female

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Over the weekend I spent 8 hours building pages for independent spanking producers who sell their video productions on a variety of sites. Whilst the most of these stores are on clips4sale, it isn’t exclusive to that site. There are no strings attached here, I make no money on commission, this is all a labor of love to give back to the community. There are pages for M/F, F/F and F/M, plus on the MAIN PAGE there is a list of spanking authors which I haven’t built a page for yet until I get a decent number of authors.

If you see your site on here and you DON’T want the free promotion then just send me a message. I will ask no questions, I will simply remove you at your request. Likewise, if you see your site here and you want either the description or the photo changed, just let me know. Descriptions should be 80 words or less.

My Twitter profile is now private and will remain so moving forward, so if you don’t follow me on there and you want to be added to this list then just contact me as noted below. The same goes for your friends. If you have a friend who sells spanking related videos and you think that they might want to be added, just have them contact me as noted below.

To get your spanking store site added to the list just simply leave a message on this page,  email me at richardofwindsor@gmail.com or send me a DM on Twitter. If I have missed you,  don’t get mad,  it wasn’t intentional. Just ask and I will be happy to add you. There will be no politics, I will be happy to add anyone’s spanking related site where they sell their spanking wares. It doesn’t have to be Clips4sale, perhaps you sell your wares elsewhere. You are all welcome here.

CLIPS4SALE SPANKING SITES – FEMALE SPANKS FEMALE

AAA SPANKING AAA SPANKING

Clips4Sale store for AAA Spanking featuring some of the top spanking models in the industry. Over 1400 individual spanking clips to choose from  Visit Store.
Amateur Spankings Amateur Spankings

See the girl next door get spanked! These are real girls, not professional models. AmateurSpankings.com has been making videos of bad girls getting their bottoms warmed since 1998. Welcome to our Clips4Sale store! All of our clips are in the .mp4 format and should play on just about anything.. Visit Store.
AMELIA SPANKED AMELIA SPANKED

Amelia spanked features Amelia Jane Rutherford, amongst others, all dressed in their schoolgirl attire for the Ashton Academy. There are other various domestic scenes as well featuring a variety of outfits.  VISIT STORE.
CHELSEA PFEIFFER CHELSEA PFEIFFER

Here is the clips4sale store Chelsea Pfeiffer’s all female/female Good Spanking clips. There are 1692 clips to choose from at the time of writing, and Chelsea’s was the first girl/girl site on the Internet.  VISIT STORE.
DANA SPECHT DANA SPECHT

The legendary Dana Specht in all of her glory. Perhaps my favorite female top to watch in female – female scenes, she has the maternal role down pat and she spanks as I always imagined a strict woman would spank. Top notch spankings.  VISIT STORE.
Disciplinary Arts Disciplinary Arts

Over 1600 clips in total in the store covering many genres, mostly spankings conducted in a disciplinary fashion. Lets of Female – Female clips to choose from.. VISIT STORE.
ELIZABETH JAMES ELIZABETH JAMES

The overall store contains many different types of fetishes, the link provided here takes you directly to the spanking section of the store. A focus on age regression and pretty things. Roughly 50 spanking clips to choose from. VISIT STORE.
FIRMHAND SPANKING FIRMHAND SPANKING

Almost 2500 different spanking clips to choose from featuring virtually all of the top spanking models in the industry over many years. This is where you will find a large archive of spanking clips featuring Samantha Woodley (over 200 clips). VISIT STORE.
HEIDEE NYTES HEIDEE NYTES

The clips4sale store for Heidee Nytes and her husband Dave, both filmmakers. There are nearly 700 clips to choose from and I have personally been a customer of this store when I purchased the Heidee Nytes spanks the Babysitter clip. VISIT STORE.
LILY STARR LILY STARR

Lily Starr Spanking is here to bring you all the spanking video scenes you love! This production company is run entirely independently by one real life since birth spanko girl who does it because she loves spanking and making spanking films. A purchase here helps to support a very small business and fellow kinkster who happens to be severely disabled.   VISIT STORE.
MISS ELIZABETH MISS ELIZABETH

Welcome to Miss Elizabeth’s Clip Store, Spanking House Productions! You will recognize her from videos she has done for several other producers, but she now has her own video content to offer you. These videos are self directed and produced and you will see models known world wide, including Sarah Gregory, Adriana Evans, Stevie Rose, Rachel Adams, Christy Cutie, Ten Amorette, Cassidy Lau and many, many more . VISIT STORE.
MISS HASTINGS MISS HASTINGS

The formidable strict headmistress, Miss Hastings-Gore doesn’t just run a tight ship at her school, Carlton College of Correction. She believes strict discipline should begin from a young age in the home and her own household is no exception! Her young daughter Alex is at the age of being interested in boys, friends and partying and is frequently finding herself on the wrong side of her intolerant mother.  VISIT STORE.
MISS ICENI MISS ICENI

You can purchase clips of my discipline sessions at my clips store ‘At home with Miss Iceni’ on Clips4Sale. I will be adding to these regularly so that you can see a full range of sessions with my nephew, brother-in-law, my nephew and his step-cousin disciplines together, my nephew being punished in front of my friends, and various other naughty boys and girls who need me to teach them a lesson.  VISIT STORE.
MISS SVENSON MISS SVENSON

From present day or taken back to an old fashioned time when Strict ladies administered even stricter discipline in various forms to young ladies in order to keep them suitably chastised. We produce compelling videos that we hope are suitable to both ladies and gentlemen to view together. The girls being put through their paces are genuine real life girl next door types who just happen to feel the need to be disciplined.  VISIT STORE.
NORTHERN SPANKING NORTHERN SPANKING

Online since 1999, as Northern Spanking since 2003, we are one of the longest continuously operating providers of spanking and corporal punishment films and imagery on the web. Northern Spanking is owned and operated by Paul Kennedy and Alex Reynolds from our base in Los Angeles, California. VISIT STORE.
OKG SPANKING ASSOCIATION OKG SPANKING ASSOCIATION

OKG SPANKING ASSOCIATION which features domestic discipline at Pharaoh’s house. Lots of old fashioned butt whoopin’s featuring Pharaoh and Sha, along with their family and friends. Lots of use of the paddle and strap and the country location will probably bring back memories for a lot of you. Check their video store out RIGHT HERE, especially if you love old style traditional country whoopin’s. VISIT STORE.
PUNISHED BRATS PUNISHED BRATS

These pretty ladies apparently haven’t learned good manners. They are rude and insolent, so they need their bare bums smacked for their misdeeds. You will see their rosy buttcheeks taking quite a beating. Sometimes it’s metered out by a woman and other times by a man. You’ll get hundreds of great-quality videos of bad girls being spanked. VISIT STORE.
SARAH GREGORY SARAH GREGORY

Sarah’s website started in 2010 and has grown to one of the biggest network of spanking sites on the Internet. There are over 2300 spanking clips to choose from on her store, a good number of which feature traditional discipline between a mother and a daughter.The mother is quite often Dana Specht VISIT STORE.
SHADOWLANE SHADOWLANE

Where would our spanking world be without the originators, Tony and Eve. Since the mid 1980s they have been producing the finest spanking material on film. Starting with the all time classic, and my personal favorite spanking film of all time, Tony and Eve – A College Fantasy. There are roughly 1000 spanking clips of theirs on clips4sale and this store is a personal recommendation of mine. I am the owner of many of their DVD’s  VISIT STORE.
SPANK ASS STUDIOS SPANK ASS STUDIOS

I wasn’t able to find much online about this store, but give it a shot for yourselves. All spanking sites are welcome here and if you like F/F spankings then this is another clips4sale store for you to check out. VISIT STORE.
SPANKING 101 SPANKING 101

We have been very fortunate to have been able to work with some of the spanking Scene’s most important icons, including Erica Scott, Amelia Jane Rutherford, Sarah Gregory, Dana Specht, Chelsea Pfeiffer, and Miss Chris. We have also been amazingly lucky to work with many of the Scene’s current elite spanking models, including Leia-Ann Woods, Katherine St. James, Pandora Blake, Ten Amorette, Nikki Rouge, Skylar, and Lily Starr.  VISIT STORE.
SPANKING SARAH SPANKING SARAH

From the network of spanking sites that includes English Spankers, on this clips4sale store you can find over 1500 spanking clips in high definition. All full length films giving you the best bang for your buck.  VISIT STORE.
SPANKING SERVICES SPANKING SERVICES

Spanking clips featuring Liz, Shanelle and a bevy of schoolgirls spanking or being spanked. The theme for this store is traditional English discipline, but it isn’t just canes, there are a lot of OTK spankings going on as well.  VISIT STORE.
STEVIE ROSE STEVIE ROSE

Stevie Rose presents her world of spanking from her point of view, with many UNIQUE and AMAZINGLY SEXY videos featuring many well known spanking models in many scenarios that haven’t been done before, as well as many of her real discipline sessions from her disciplinarian, Kyle Johnson. A never-before-seen mix of clips including videos with Stevie’s REAL Mom and Aunt spanking her. VISIT STORE.
WORST BEHAVIOR PRODUCTIONS WORST BEHAVIOR PRODUCTIONS

Lot’s of sexy spankings featuring a host of beautiful women. From Casey Calvert to Stevie Rose to Ashley Lane to Violet October. Some of the finest talent on camera with a lot of erotic spankings. Check the page out and decide for yourself, this is spanking as seen through a whole new window. VISIT STORE.
ZOE PAGE ZOE PAGE

Here is the clips4sale site for the amazingly beautiful Zoe Page. Zoe plays many roles on her clips4sale page in the BDSM world, but she does make for an awfully cute young woman to spank. Clips feature a host of British and international spanking stars, and of course there is Zoe herself who is widely known for her dominant roles as well. VISIT STORE.

Clips4sale Male Spanks Female

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Over the weekend I spent 8 hours building pages for independent spanking producers who sell their video productions on a variety of sites. Whilst the most of these stores are on clips4sale, it isn’t exclusive to that site. There are no strings attached here, I make no money on commission, this is all a labor of love to give back to the community. There are pages for M/F, F/F and F/M, plus on the MAIN PAGE there is a list of spanking authors which I haven’t built a page for yet until I get a decent number of authors.

If you see your site on here and you DON’T want the free promotion then just send me a message. I will ask no questions, I will simply remove you at your request. Likewise, if you see your site here and you want either the description or the photo changed, just let me know. Descriptions should be 80 words or less.

My Twitter profile is now private and will remain so moving forward, so if you don’t follow me on there and you want to be added to this list then just contact me as noted below. The same goes for your friends. If you have a friend who sells spanking related videos and you think that they might want to be added, just have them contact me as noted below.

To get your spanking store site added to the list just simply leave a message on this page,  email me at richardofwindsor@gmail.com or send me a DM on Twitter. If I have missed you,  don’t get mad,  it wasn’t intentional. Just ask and I will be happy to add you. There will be no politics, I will be happy to add anyone’s spanking related site where they sell their spanking wares. It doesn’t have to be Clips4sale, perhaps you sell your wares elsewhere. You are all welcome here.

CLIPS4SALE SPANKING SITES – MALE SPANKS FEMALE

AAA SPANKING AAA SPANKING

Clips4Sale store for AAA Spanking featuring some of the top spanking models in the industry. Over 1400 individual spanking clips to choose from  Visit Store.
Amateur Spankings Amateur Spankings

See the girl next door get spanked! These are real girls, not professional models. AmateurSpankings.com has been making videos of bad girls getting their bottoms warmed since 1998. Welcome to our Clips4Sale store! All of our clips are in the .mp4 format and should play on just about anything. Visit Store.
ASSUME THE POSITION STUDIOS ASSUME THE POSITION STUDIOS

The HARD SPANKING Home of Christy Cutie and Casey Calvert. Always HARD, always on the BARE! Panties pulled down, spread for punishment with HAND, HAIRBRUSH, BELT, STRAP, CANE, and PADDLE.  VISIT STORE.
DALLAS SPANKS HARD DALLAS SPANKS HARD

Just what the title says, Dallas does indeed spank hard. A legend in the spanking world who has been doing this longer than some spankos have been alive. Hard punishment spankings for a variety of beautiful women, quite often resulting in tears. Dallas has worked with virtually every top model as well as models not seen on camera before.  VISIT STORE.
Disciplinary Arts Disciplinary Arts

Over 1600 clips in total in the store covering many genres, mostly spankings conducted in a disciplinary fashion. Lets of Male – Female clips to choose from.. VISIT STORE.
FIRMHAND SPANKING FIRMHAND SPANKING

Almost 2500 different spanking clips to choose from featuring virtually all of the top spanking models in the industry over many years. This is where you will find a large archive of spanking clips featuring Samantha Woodley (over 200 clips). VISIT STORE.
LILY STARR LILY STARR

Lily Starr Spanking is here to bring you all the spanking video scenes you love! This production company is run entirely independently by one real life since birth spanko girl who does it because she loves spanking and making spanking films. A purchase here helps to support a very small business and fellow kinkster who happens to be severely disabled.   VISIT STORE.
NORTHERN SPANKING NORTHERN SPANKING

Online since 1999, as Northern Spanking since 2003, we are one of the longest continuously operating providers of spanking and corporal punishment films and imagery on the web. Northern Spanking is owned and operated by Paul Kennedy and Alex Reynolds from our base in Los Angeles, California. VISIT STORE.
OKG SPANKING ASSOCIATION OKG SPANKING ASSOCIATION

OKG SPANKING ASSOCIATION which features domestic discipline at Pharaoh’s house. Lots of old fashioned butt whuppin’s featuring Pharaoh and Sha, along with their family and friends. Lots of use of the paddle and strap and the country location will probably bring back memories for a lot of you. Check their video store out RIGHT HERE, especially if you love old style traditional country whuppin’s. VISIT STORE.
PUNISHED BRATS PUNISHED BRATS

These pretty ladies apparently haven’t learned good manners. They are rude and insolent, so they need their bare bums smacked for their misdeeds. You will see their rosy butt cheeks taking quite a beating. Sometimes it’s metered out by a woman and other times by a man. You’ll get hundreds of great-quality videos of bad girls being spanked. VISIT STORE.
REAL SPANKINGS REAL SPANKINGS

The home of the real spanking network which dates back 20 years or so. Hard spankings and even harder southern strapping’s, going to the woodshed will never be the same. There are also a lot of school scenarios featuring hard paddling that brings many a girl to tears. VISIT STORE.
RICHARD WINDSOR RICHARD WINDSOR

This is my own home on clips4sale. Inactive for a few years but there will be new films in 2020. My videos are on the lighter end of the spanking scale featuring lots of panty spanking and most also include the use of my belt.  VISIT STORE.
SARAH GREGORY SARAH GREGORY

Sarah’s website started in 2010 and has grown to one of the biggest network of spanking sites on the Internet. There are over 2300 spanking clips to choose from on her store, a good number of which feature traditional discipline between a mother and a daughter.The mother is quite often Dana Specht VISIT STORE.
SHADOWLANE SHADOWLANE

Where would our spanking world be without the originators, Tony and Eve. Since the mid 1980s they have been producing the finest spanking material on film. Starting with the all time classic, and my personal favorite spanking film of all time, Tony and Eve – A College Fantasy. There are roughly 1000 spanking clips of theirs on clips4sale and this store is a personal recommendation of mine. I am the owner of many of their DVD’s  VISIT STORE.
SPANKING 101 SPANKING 101

We have been very fortunate to have been able to work with some of the spanking Scene’s most important icons, including Erica Scott, Amelia Jane Rutherford, Sarah Gregory, Dana Specht, Chelsea Pfeiffer, and Miss Chris. We have also been amazingly lucky to work with many of the Scene’s current elite spanking models, including Leia-Ann Woods, Katherine St. James, Pandora Blake, Ten Amorette, Nikki Rouge, Skylar, and Lily Starr.  VISIT STORE.
SPANKING PARTY GIRLS SPANKING PARTY GIRLS

If you are looking for both M/F spankings and F/M spankings, this might be the switch place for you to head to. Lots of OTK action featuring pretty girls and the long time scene veteran playing the role of top or bottom depending on the scene. VISIT STORE.
SPANKING SARAH SPANKING SARAH

From the network of spanking sites that includes English Spankers, on this clips4sale store you can find over 1500 spanking clips in high definition. All full length films giving you the best bang for your buck.  VISIT STORE.
SPANKING SERVICES SPANKING SERVICES

Spanking clips featuring Liz, Shanelle and a bevy of schoolgirls spanking or being spanked. The theme for this store is traditional English discipline, but it isn’t just canes, there are a lot of OTK spankings going on as well.  VISIT STORE.
STEAMY BEDTIME STEAMY BEDTIME

I’m Judy (AKA: @SteamyBedtime) and I love exploring spanking, discipline and other kinky fantasies! In our videos we aim to capture the closeness and intimacy of my frequent and very thorough spankings. We don’t impose elaborate play-scenarios into the videos, so you can expect to find nothing but high quality recordings of pure, real spankings, in (and out of) everyday clothing and several sexy roleplay outfits! VISIT STORE.
STEVIE ROSE STEVIE ROSE

Stevie Rose presents her world of spanking from her point of view, with many UNIQUE and AMAZINGLY SEXY videos featuring many well known spanking models in many scenarios that haven’t been done before, as well as many of her real discipline sessions from her disciplinarian, Kyle Johnson. A never-before-seen mix of clips including videos with Stevie’s REAL Mom and Aunt spanking her. VISIT STORE.
SWEDISH DISCIPLINE SWEDISH DISCIPLINE

A nice little store featuring some Scandinavian cuties in a mostly school setting. This might be something a little different for you so I would recommend checking out this spanking store from Sweden. VISIT STORE.
UNIVERSAL SPANKING UNIVERSAL SPANKING

This is where you’ll find awesome spanking action that leaves leaves beautiful and tender butts very sore and always red! We feature classic storylines, amateur scenes from parties and events, and real punishments with sizzling discipline!!! VISIT STORE.
WORST BEHAVIOR PRODUCTIONS WORST BEHAVIOR PRODUCTIONS

Lot’s of sexy spankings featuring a host of beautiful women. From Casey Calvert to Stevie Rose to Ashley Lane to Violet October. Some of the finest talent on camera with a lot of erotic spankings. Check the page out and decide for yourself, this is spanking as seen through a whole new window. VISIT STORE.
ZOE PAGE ZOE PAGE

Here is the clips4sale site for the amazingly beautiful Zoe Page. Zoe plays many roles on her clips4sale page in the BDSM world, but she does make for an awfully cute young woman to spank. Clips feature a host of British and international spanking stars, and of course there is Zoe herself who is widely known for her dominant roles as well. VISIT STORE.

Streetcar Sundays – 124

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Tomorrow I will have a post that independent spanking producers will probably love. Over the weekend I spent about 8 hours in total building pages for clips4sale sites and I am really happy with how they look. Currently there is a spanking party going on so I won’t launch this until tomorrow, and the reason for that is because it will allow producers a chance to pull out if they don’t want the free promotion.

Each producer may have their own plan for their own promotions so they might not want it for business, personal, moral or ethical reasons, so I will give them a chance to tell me so and there will be no questions asked. By tell me so I mean that they simply have to tell me to remove them and I will do so without questioning it. Most will probably want the free promotion but others may have their own philosophical reasons for not wanting the promotion. Either way, come back tomorrow and I will show you what I have been creating.

The MEN ARE LIKE STREETCARS spanking pic this week comes from Saranac Lake, NY in 1955. This is another recent find that falls into the really good selection of streetcars spanking images as I am sure you will all agree. Click on the image for the larger version.

 

Saturday Spanking Art

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First of all I spent hours upon hours on this website yesterday making something to promote independent spanking producers. It isn’t quite finished, but the main frame is built and even though I am only halfway through, it is easy from here on in. The main part took about 6 hours, the other half will only take about 2 hours. Now there is a spanking party going on right now in Vegas so I won’t launch this until tomorrow. Some independent spanking producers might not want the free promotion due to business, personal or moral reasons, so I want to make sure that they have the opportunity to see my post and pull out if they don’t want their production to be associated with my website, no questions asked. I’m excited though because it looks really good and I have put so much work into it.

One thing that makes me happy is to give to others, and I think that there will be a lot of happy producers tomorrow. Tomorrow I will just post a teaser to go along with my regular Sunday post, and then on Monday I will make a full post.

The art this week is from books that are found on the open source website, archive dot org. The first two are from the book, Children Of The Void by Regina Stone. The book is based on the lifestyle of Miss Martindale. Coincidentally, 13 years ago I posted three videos of a Miss Martindale documentary that are still online to this day. There is some spanking in the documentary but mostly it focuses on the discipline lifestyle in a country setting. It is well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it yet and you can watch all three parts RIGHT HERE.

F/M Friday 8

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I’ve got some juggling to do coming up, and I’m not sure how I am going to pull it off. The party is next, and then I had also hoped to go to Lone Star for the first time as well. Complicating things are the legal issues that I have to deal with in the UK. Without boring you, I have to go to the UK sometime in the next three months to pick up my Brother’s ashes, and then I also have to do some legal work for the family estate to be put in my name. Previously my brother was in charge of our Parents affairs and that of our younger brother who also passed away. Now I have to control the affairs of all of them.

The latter part isn’t all that bad, I literally worked with the trust company and sold all assets. I mean I live in the States, it’s not like I am going to need my brother’s 32″ TV 🙂 The problem is going to be the ashes. I mean I could bring them to the USA with me, but is that really what he would have wanted? There is a location in our hometown that his friends think is best. I agree with them, but it’s not exactly legal 😉

Anyway, I still hope to attend both parties and make it to the UK.

Our vintage F/M spanking pic today is from Lexington, OK in 1976. While it may appear to be something else, this is actually a Superlative pic so the dude is about 18, even if it appears that he is much older. This will be added to my F/M COLLECTION folder.

The regular photo this week is from the 1980s. How can I tell it is from the 80s? His socks man, begads!!