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I dream a dream, a milky dream
I see a face, so bright so serene.
Radiating calmness sucks me in
My resistance starts wearing this.
The shining sharp eyes soften towards me
A stealthy shy smile teases me not to flee.
I cup that face softly in my hands
I lose myself as though in a trance.
The alluring visage deeply etched in my mind
In this milky brilliance do I my peace find.
I experience a bliss very hard to comprehend
Wish to not to wake lest my dream come to an end.
Poem by TVidhya
I have to admit, I completely forgot to take a photo yesterday for my 365 project, so I'm making up for it with two shots today.
This is a macro of a stir-fry mix, focusing in on the broccoli.
Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic, 12mm Extension Tube, probably f/5.6
My most recent cross-dressing session, 21 March 2023, while enjoyable was not too successful in terms of creating a reasonable looking female appearance . It was a combination of not having cross-dressed for three years, being completely out of practice, a high degree of impatience to become my female alter-ego and, to my surprise a feeling of lethargy was dampening my motivation.
I did push on and was pleased I had. The results were not great though compared to previous occasions but I did gain some reward from the experience. I am obsessed with trying to look female facially and I’m prone, somewhat masochistic I suppose, to taking close-up selfies to see if I can look feminine in any way. I see this as the big challenge as a male to female cross-dresser; probably, my biggest obsession!
It’s because I dream of looking feminine and love imagining I’m a woman. I’m forever experimenting with make-up and eyebrow plucking but ultimately I can’t really escape my male face. I enjoy the challenge though.
I have previously mused on how I like to create a back story for my female portrayals. I feel this gives my female guise some substance and it’s something I can draw on to be the woman I’m presenting as.In my early days I was acutely aware I was a man dressed up as a woman. These days I try to be the woman and suppress my male self. As I’m, well, can only be described as a mature cross-dresser, my back story reflects my age. I created the scenario in which Helene is a divorced woman with grown up children who has had it with men and found she is more at ease with other women and becoming aware she has a lesbian side to her. This is more to add a bit of edge, a slightly slicer vibe to the persona. Helene is also a professional woman running her own business and feels confident and at ease when she wears skirt suits, heels and make-up. She feels she can work confidently dressed this way in her business dealings. She is trying to avoid the overdone make-up looks of plumped overdrawn lips, heavy contouring and false eyelashes. Instead she is (hoping) she can convey herself in a feminine and natural way by more discrete make-up and classic tasteful clothing choices. It’s all fantasy but good fun and actually does help me become the woman when I cross-dress.
Maybe people will think it’s weird I do this but it helps me to feel real as a woman. Maybe, if I was a woman this could have been how it was in reality, who knows! All I know is I love become female (albeit it in reality me dressing up and setting free my suppressed self) and I enjoy my time as a woman. I genuinely believe, mainly because I am keen to pass myself off as being a woman) that having a back story will give me confidence for my planned venture out as Helene this summer. I want to be able to visit galleries, interact with people, go to cafes and see if I can be perceived as female. I’m hoping, dreaming really, no-one will realise I’m a man…as you can see, my fantasies can delude me!
I’m aware I have a few things that are favourable to my dream, I’m not very tall and many women are taller than me, I’m delighted about this. I’m aware I was fortunate enough to have nice legs. I am very willing to pluck my eyebrows and have them more feminine in their style, I have no qualms about shaving off all my body hair for a smoother appearance and I love tucking away my male genitals. I always feel delighted when they are out of the way, most men would be horrified by that but I love it! Knowing I can then wear real female lingeries helps me feel more female within myself.
I have a few lace-front wigs now which I can glue on. This is a confidence booster as in windy conditions your hair can blow about and so move like real hair and your hairline looks natural…exciting! I say exciting as the very rare occasions I have ventured out as a woman (not many at all) I loved the sensation of walking in a dress and feeling the air move around my shaved legs, it was a sensational experience.
That heightened sensation of walking in a dress and wearing make-up did boot my confidence considerably. Female friends have told me how uncertain clothing and make-up application they too feel increased confidence. Being a man is quite drab by comparison.
I’m posting yet another picture because this week my desire to cross-dress is truly powerful and as usual I have no opportunity to do so. Despite this, I find the desire and just recalling previous times I dressed as a woman is creating a somewhat intoxicating feeling within me. I’m still pinching myself that I have been cross-dressing for just over twenty years. Knowing I had the desire and acted upon it it is rewarding and it is always an exciting thing to do. I love everything about women and I have no regrets I have spent time wearing make-up, lingerie, dresses and heels. There is a lot more to being a woman than the superficial aspects I’ve just listed but it is an incredible thing to experience. Also, I find time as a woman is incredibly liberating and I feel emotionally free and far more confident. I feel I’m more alive as Helene, I adore cross-dressing!
This time, a tribute to all the nursing staff, looking after us, particularly through these difficult times. This is meant to represent a child dreaming of being a someone in a role model position, as opposed to a traditional superhero or celebrity with no known talent. Not sure if I've explained it that well, but I'm sure you get the picture!
(I'm wondering if any of you are trying to tilt your head to see the reflection the other way up!!)
Dream Travelers. Skógafoss, Iceland.
Skógafoss, with a width of 25 meters and a drop of 60 meters, is originated by the water of the river Skógaá that falls from the cliffs of the former coastline.
After the coastline had receded into the sea (it is now at a distance of about 5 km from Skógar), the cliffs stayed behind parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometers, creating together with some mountains, a clear border between the Lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland.
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VIDEO → The Wonders of GOĐALAND, winter Iceland
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I can't say how often I've driven Messenger Road, a potholed passage which never really goes where I'm going. It's a bridge between things, like so much of my life seems to be. It's a metaphor in my mind for a kind of prophecy, the sort you say and then go about trying to make come true. Things to share and the drive to share them, I've got more of that than most. I was once accused of being a "wannabe profit", and though the typo is accurate in the sense that I could use the money, the term "prophet" doesn't really fit me. There is no targeted truth in what I'm writing, no big vision or dream to relate. I'm not planning on predicting the future, only trying to do that old tribal thing. Campfire tales and cave paintings, so we can look back on our lives and back at our faces, and see something that keeping our thoughts to ourselves couldn't show.
November 20, 2022
Paradise, Nova Scotia
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Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true
Dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on...
Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
Sing with me, if its just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away
Wang Ge is Tibetan poet. He “received” a “gift” in a dream as a teenager — the gift of public poetry or rapping. He’s uneducated, but can talk and sing with rhyme and rhythm, non-stop hours on end, even all day. He shares the Story of King Gesar (an historical Tibetan king), though the details can be poetic and not literal.
Yep it's that time again, to close the eyes and let the imagination run free, good night all, sweet dreams ;)
Dream as if you'll live forever...live as if you'll die today...!
just playing with my newest fave photo of us... :)
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Ideal soundtrack // Bande-son idéale: TALK TALK ("Renée"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cog7vYXTHIo
"Out of touch, she lives in FADED DREAMS..."
"I want to be in this dream. So well done, that treatment. Excellent !!!" // "Je veux partager ce r^ve. Ce traitement est très bien fait. Excellent !!!" (1WITHONE / www.flickr.com/photos/38256859@N00/)
"Surprising variation in b&w," // "Etonnante variation en noir & blanc." (OKULARIO / www.flickr.com/photos/okulario/)
own texture.
Crinum are bulbous perennials, sometimes evergreen, with umbels of showy, fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers held well above the strap-shaped leaves
C. × powellii is a bulbous perennial forming a tuft of strap-shaped, bright green leaves, with umbels of fragrant, trumpet-shaped light pink flowers to 12cm in width, on stems to 1.5m, from late summer - and what a show they put on in my garden!
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“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?”
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452
(Italian draftsman, painter, sculptor, architect and engineer whose genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. 1452-1519)
Today is the anniversary of this amazing man's birth
“I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.”
Kahlil Gibran