#missouri mud

[sinuousmag]

Poolhouse - Poolhouse a large, rectangular pool house in a backyard with decking.

[herpsandbirds]

may i request some black and red snakes?

Let me see what I have for you...

Black-banded Trinket Snake aka Red Bamboo Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus), juvenile, family Colubridae, Thailand

photograph by Thai National Parks

Oregon Red-spotted Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus), family Colubridae, Oregon, USA

photograph by Dan Loida Buama-Hyman

Eastern Mud Snake (Farancia a. abacura), family Colubridae, MIssouri, USA

This gorgeous nocturnal aquatic snake feeds on aquatic salamanders, like sirens and amphiumas, which it pins down with its sharp pointed tail.

photograph by Peter Paplanus

Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma), family Colubridae, Florida, USA

Fossorial, semi-aquatic, known for feeding on eels (but feed on other small creatures).

photograph by Kevin Enge/FWC

American Pipe Snake aka False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale), family Aniliidae, Brazil

This family is monotypic, containing only this species.

This species is considered to be quite primitive in its anatomy.

photograph by Eduardo Santos

Banded or Tri-colored Hognose Snake (Xenodon pulcher), family Colubridae, South America

Coral snake mimic.

Previously known as Lystrophis pulcher.

photographs by jakescott

[hometoursandotherstuff]

It was common to combine elements of Tudor Revival and Craftsman styles in 1913 and this home has the best of both. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, it has 5bds, 3.5ba, $1.2M.

The wide center hall has the original dark wood finish. I like the orange walls, rather than the usual creamy white.

The sitting room has a typically Craftsman fireplace flanked by glass front bookcases and 2 small windows. The deep dark wood and fancy ceiling is more typically Tudor.

Rich wood paneling covers the whole wall in the dining room and is paired with a coffered ceiling. Love the deep dark wood. Stunning room.

The dining room opens to the sun room.

And, from the sun room you can also go into the less formal everyday dining room which is right outside the kitchen. The floorplan of this home has a wonderful flow.

Love the kitchen remodel- and look at the size of it. Just beautiful. The counter and backsplash quartz really stand out and so does the black hardware. There has to be a contrast when there's a white kitchen.

The kitchen opens to a small foyer/mud room that leads to the back yard.

Pretty guest powder room under the stairs.

The stairs aren't large, but they're beautifully detailed.

The landing is large enough for some seating.

Very large primary bedroom has a full Craftsman fireplace with book shelves and windows.

Great vintage bath remodel. This is how to remodel a bath in an older home.

Tucked in the corner is a modern shower.

Very nice family room.

Plus, a lovely corner office.

On the 2rd level is another bedroom with an en-suite.

Gorgeous finished attic has 2 more beautiful spacious bedrooms.

And, a bath.

The yard has a brick patio and the most picturesque 2 car garage. This home is fabulous and is on a .30 acre lot.

https://matrix.marismatrix.com/matrix/shared/s23pXX4r9fHd/6334McPhersonAve

[scoobydoodean]

Rewatching and like do you have any theories about why Missouri is so.. not nice to Dean???

Yes. I think she's feeling guilty about agreeing to help John hide from them (he was staying in her house during 1.09 "Home" and she knew Sam and Dean were looking for him). She was also afraid Sam's psychic abilities would allow him to sense John, and I think she used Dean as a distraction. Missouri is particularly sensitive to people who have suffered losses, and Sam had recently lost Jess, so she didn't want to give him a hard time. She wanted to make him laugh.

From 1.09:

MISSOURI: That boy…he has such powerful abilities. But why he couldn’t sense his own father, I have no idea. [The camera pans over to her couch, where JOHN WINCHESTER is sitting.] JOHN: Mary’s spirit –- do you really think she saved the boys? MISSOURI: I do. [JOHN nods sadly and twists his wedding ring on his finger.] John Winchester, I could just slap you. Why won’t you go talk to your children? JOHN: I want to. You have no idea how much I wanna see ‘em. But I can’t. Not yet. Not until I know the truth. [They share a look. The screen fades to black.]

The next time she sees Dean (in 13.03), she doesn't have that energy. The first thing she does is give Dean her condolences for his losses—PLURAL. This is more significant than it might at first seem, because Sam has been singling out Mary (the only person they didn't see die for sure) and trying to minimize any discussion of Cas.

My other theory is that Dean like. Tracked mud in her house or something when he was a child jzhdfhvsdzv

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)

(Photo from the Missouri Department of Conservation)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Gulf Coast Plain

Size (Weight/Length)- 70 cm

Diet- Fish; Worms; Insects; Mollusks; Snakes; Amphibians

Cool Facts- Upon first glance, you might think a three-toed amphiuma is a very large worm or small eel rather than a nearly legless salamander. The salamanders are expert hunters and eat anything that swims. After eating a crayfish, the three-toed amphiuma will take over its burrow to call a home. Their vestigial legs are practically useless as they wiggle through water and mud like an eel rather than attempting to crawl across the bottom of a river. Three-toed amphiuma have recently found their way into the pet trade, resulting in wild individuals being captured and sold. Luckily, their population is relatively stable as long as their rivers remain clean.

Rating- 13/10 (Has the largest red blood cells of any animal.)

[b3m0r3ch1ll]

THE VOICES. (falsettos mudding head head cannons) (For people who aren’t from the Midwest mudding is basically going on four wheelers and side-by-sides in the middle of the woods and just getting covered in mud and doing a bunch of epic stuff on bumpy terrain)

• Jason has his own four wheeler (it’s a 280) (and he got it for his 12th birthday)

• Jason has to clean his shoes. every time.

• Whizzer refuses to wear anything that doesn’t serve cunt so he’s wearing the cuntiest active outfit

• mendel LOVES mudding

• marvin also loves it and he bought him and whizzer a four wheeler

• trina is partial and it depends on the day

• charlotte goes almost every weekend but cordelia refuses to go so occasionally jason rides on the back of her four wheeler if they’re not on private property

• Jason is COVERED. head to TOE. in mud. once he asked whizzer for a hug and whizzer was dry heaving

• trina is so worried when jason goes ahead of the group (he’s a speed demon) and demands mendel to go faster

• mendel and trina have a four seater razor

• they stop to look at cool shit and marvin and jason skedaddle off to go look at cool rocks or fish or something

• whizzer and charlotte grew up in the heart of the midwest. fucking fight me. (whizzer nebraska and charlotte missouri)

• jason sees a creek and he drives through it at 40 miles an hour

• jason wears his school shoes

i love forcing my midwestern customs onto these creatures

[gentlelass]

🌚 - Miss Misery - 🌝

A Lackadaisy fanfic by GentleLass

Prelude

It was a splendid morning. Wind gently blew, leaves slowly swayed and the sun shone up in the Italian sky. A wonderfully blue sky, that wonderful sky underneath which Marjorie had grown up and that she had loved so much. Just like she had oh so loved the green and blooming prairies, among which she now ran, happy, thoughtless as ever, without a worry in the world. She was just a five-year-old, her dress was but a white lace, and the only accessory she was forced to drag along herself were her golden eyes that perfectly reflected the fervent sun of her motherland. No shoes, corsets, girdles, bows or hats to hinder and weighten her movement. She was free, absolutely free to run and jump and sme and play, by her own rules. And indeed she ran and laughed in the flowers, sprinting like bats out of hell. To her right, a flock of swallows crossed the soft clouds, returning after a long winter to flee from another; to her left, hares jumped fast towards North, almost as if challenging her to a race. And Marjorie of all people certainly wouldn’t have backed from a challenge, so she started running towards their direction, faster and faster. But the closer she got, the more the sound of their jumps became loud, louder, loudest, deafening. Until she got so close she started to feel the ground shaking underneath her feet to the rythm of their furious jumping…

… the Ford Model T roughly steered again thanks to the rough driving of Nicodeme, and the dream ended. Marjorie returned to her 30 something years of age (you don’t ask that to a lady!) , she returned to the corset that was twisting her guts along the cars’ brusque movements, to the shoes that squished her feet and to the skirts hindering her movement. The sky, as blue as it had been, turned grey and threatening, and the clouds returned to thicken into dark hoards of smoke. The sound of footsteps on grass was replaced by squealing and derailing of wheels on wet mud, and the girl’s laugh were soon covered by the flurry of water. Ah, Missouri. The land of humidity and swamps and just… wet.

Wet, Marjorie thought with a grimace of displeasure. That wouldn’t get along well with her heels, if not for the length of them, then the cost. She didn’t do that often - no, not wearing costly shoes in the least likely of occasions, that’s something she always did, if only for some twisted form of sadomasochism, subconscious and mostly unknown even to herself, but very evidently much explored - I meant, grimacing. Changing expressions, or just emoting. Her mind and soul weren’t empty, just… mostly unknown, as said, and as such she knew her looks where the easiest way to get her own - ‘with a smile you’ll get to the world’s heart when you yourself don’t even own one’, her father used to say. And she took those words to her… whatever is it that beats inside her chest (Marjorie drunkenly laughed “Bolero’s the only percussion inside me!” more than once), wearing a smile like you wear an accessory, an accessory like any other, interchangeable, replaceable, and most of all, material and meaningless when it came down to what truly matters. And indeed, when she thought nobody could see her she let it down like it mattered nothing to her, because it didn’t. When she thought nobody could see her… Marjorie snapped her gaze in a violent way that clashed with the fluffy fluttering of eyelashes, immediately baring her fangs as if out of instinct - whether a violent one or something else, it’s up to you to decide: the smile of Marjorie Ford can be as much that sewed shut of a doll, as it can be that cackling and threatening of a hyena. She smiled, and for a second she believed that the person who could see the smile would think the same thing and smile back, too, and the interaction would be just that easy and would go down just that smoothly. Just two people politely smiling at each other, no commitment, just smiling for the sake of smiling.

But alas, it couldn’t. We don’t always get what we want, much to Marjorie’s dismay. The eyes that looked at her now were anything but polite; they didn’t have the sparkle of amusement and kindness that should accompany a smile, they were cold. They were unyielding. They were all that were Marjorie’s own and more, but they didn’t match hers. She saw it. She knew he was seeing it too. She felt it. He didn’t smile back. He didn’t. His face remained a mask of pure indifference. It seemed to mock her, mocking her with its icy, hard eyes, mocking her as his lips never curved into a smile. The smile that was so obviously forced on her own lips froze, and it faded reluctantly, slowly, trembling, and the collapse was much more natural and spontaneous than the raise of it. Mocking her, mocking her, mocking her with his lips that never rose from the stern line - no, no Sir, with those serious and even respectable looks, the ostentatious diligence he dedicated to his work, the spontainety of his frown, while she was constantly fooled by her own decievment and the illusion of beauty surrounding it, and it made her angry. And anger’s the ugliest feeling of them all, and Marjorie’s supposed to be the most beautiful of them all, because what else did she have to offer? No friends, no family, no prospects. Certainly not a husband. She was alone with her feelings and desires. No friends, no family, no prospects. That’s how it is, isn’t it? You’re alone, Marjorie, and alone you stay - the truth that is so deeply engraved deep inside your bones, like iron bars of a rib-cage around… whatever it is that beats inside your chest (“Samba and Rumba!”). So Marjorie smiled and it felt like a sneer instead, but she didn’t stop smiling. She kept the expression frozen as the car’s brakes screamed in surprise and the tires screeched and the wheels hit the ground, until the other person fell for it, or just got tired of watching her, and looked away.

Tired of her, tired of her, tired of her— —no, NOT again. It’s just not worth so much worry. Marjorie took a big breath, realising she had been holding it all the while, and sighed. Rolling her eyes and abandoning her head against the window, and letting the usual numbness overtake her, her natural state of mind just as vague, and dull, and bleak as the view outside opaqued by the rain.

Boredom is the most sublime of all feelings, as it afflicts only those with a sensible and refined soul, too selective to be swayed by small flashes of petty emotion.

Souls that inevitably end up disheartening and brutalising: out of boredom, in fact, one can commit actions that are vile and dangerous, or degrading and not very sensible. Marjorie knew a bit too much of it for comfort, on both accounts. She knew too much of the evils caused by human greed and the pleasures provided by selfishness. She knew enough, really. Enough to know she has no reason to expect anything better from life, enough to know that she has no need for any better, and the world will provide her everything, and everything only if there is no resistance on her part.

That’s why she didn’t say anything when she recieved that hard, and frankly uncalled for, stare, from the man sitting as distantly from her as he could in the relatively crampled space of the Ford Model T, just as intent as she was in drowning out the cackling and growling voices of the two hijackers on the front seats.

And to think he could have even made for an acceptable partner in crime, at least compared to those other two… animals… currently fighting for the steering the wheel… if only hadn’t he been so… so…

So Heller.

The bland interest aroused by Mordecai’s manner waned in a matter of seconds as Marjorie’s probing eyes lingered on the strict and austere mien, observing with a certain disgust the blatant disdain and unpleasant disposition he shamelessly displayed against all manner of common courtesy and efficiency in work interaction.

Not that she minded him being rude in the slightest; he was, after all, a fellow employee, and therefore beneath contempt, for the sake of her own making things easier and less committed for herself if anything. No. No, it was because she could see, she knew - the glint in the other’s eyes, the stiffness of his posture and the rigidness of his features, the scowl he bestowed upon her after the first glance, after the first few sentences - this man didn’t like her. At all. No, he probably disdained her as much as she disdained him, in fact. And she didn’t like it - Marjorie didn’t like the taste of her own medicine, but yet again, nobody does. That was something completely beyond her control, a reason more to not like it.

But also a reason to ignore it: again, this game was just not worth the candle. It doesn’t mean anything, because it never does. It was was a game. Life is just a game. A game of pretend and lies, a game she played over and over and over again, trying to fill her stomach with a fake satisfaction and a fake smile, hoping that it might fool someone into giving her whatever it is would actually satisfy her - what exactly, not even she knew.

WOAHHH hey there!!! I’m just publishing this prelude to my Lackadaisy fanfic - Miss Misery - here, because I frankly can’t be bothered to learn how to properly operate AO3. AS ALWAYS I lingered a little *too much* on whatever it is that is happening inside this madwoman’s head… I hope it isn’t too boring, and I swear I’m trying to put a little more action into the other chapters. Hope it gave a little insight into this PUZZLE of a woman’s thought process behind her chaotic and seemingly irrational way of acting and aroused your interest to soon read more.

Comments and constructive critique are more than welcome!

[minefield-of-a-ninja]

All fics are 18+ ONLY unless otherwise noted

SERIES

*at least three parts or chapters

28 Days - AU Dean Winchester x several AU SPN characters

Summary: Dean Winchester is an addict and an alcoholic, a USMC veteran, a father, and an older brother. As Battalion Chief with Lawrence Fire & Medical, Dean comes under investigation when he makes a dangerous and impulsive decision, defying his superiors and abandoning the team he is supposed to lead. He is given the choice to go to rehab for 28 days, or jail. His lawyer insists on rehab, and Dean begrudgingly abides.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Emma Winchester, Jack Kline, Victor Henriksen, Jo Harvelle, Gordon Walker, Bille, Crowley, Rowena, Missouri, Meg, Pamela, Gabriel, Lydia, Casey, Jamie, Carmen, Tessa 

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, emergency action, fire, drug use, thoughts of death and dying, teen endangerment, references to underage drug addiction and prostitution, partially told through flashbacks 

Words: 33K

Author’s notes: Inspired by the film 28 Days and following canon themes from SPN, this is a fic about Dean, a firefighter who goes to rehab, not about Dean as a firefighter.

And Then There Were Three - Winchester brothers x original female character

Summary: Natalie and Dean are in a “not serious” relationship until one night, she and Sam take a step that will change things forever.

Warnings/tags: 18+ONLY, rough sex, squirting, anal sex, butt plug, bondage, dirty talk, orgasm control, double penetration, polyamory, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 13,500

Black Tie Optional: sequel to Plus One - Dean Winchester x Vanessa (OFC)

Summary: The last time we saw Vanessa, she was swooning over Dean’s lasting impression. Now, we fast-forward a year to see what she’s up to.

Pairing: Dean Winchester x OFC Vanessa Martinelli, (eventual) Sam Winchester x OFC Emma Olsen

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, HBO RomCom bullshit

Words: 17K

Combat Baby - Dean Winchester x Jo Harvelle

Summary: canon divergent - Dean’s sweet, but Jo likes him nasty

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, rough sex, biting, dirty talk, brief name-calling, exhibitionism, role play, squirting

Words: 3,073 WORK IN PROGRESS

God Only Knows - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: One weekend, years ago, lives rent-free in both of their minds. Three-part mini-series.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, pining, clothed sex, couch sex, hungover sex, fluff, roomies to lovers, idiots in love

Words: 5,500

If We Make It Through December - Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum

Summary: Donna is horrified to learn that the boys have never had a proper Christmas, so she invites them to her house for the holiday.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Donna Hanscum, Sam Winchester, Jody Mills, Claire Novak, Kaia Nieves, Patience Turner, Alex Jones

Warnings/tags: there was no rebar, 18+ ONLY, fluff, light angst, domesticity, holiday celebrations

Words: 12K

The Kinda Girl You Like - Winchester brothers x original female character

Summary: After Sam reveals to Sofie his sub that he likes to watch, she decides that they should act on it. Then he tells her what exactly it is that he likes to watch…

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sub-sharing, bondage, rimming, the jockey is my favorite sex position, dirty talk, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 6,500

Leaving Heaven - Dean Winchester x Taziana Smith (OFC)

Summary: Tazi is a bounty hunter of mostly human things. She isn’t firmly seated in the supernatural world, but she’s familiar enough that she’s recruited by an old friend of John Winchester’s to capture and deliver a brief acquaintance of her own.

Characters: MOC/Knight of Hell/Demon Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Crowley, Lee Webb, original characters

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, brief dub-con, mentions of the foster system, references to past rape, commiserating over childhood trauma, threats of sexual violence

Words: 16,500 WORK IN PROGRESS

The Mud On Your Boots - Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum 

Summary: Dean and Donna finally give in.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, dirty talk, fluff, consent is sexy, period sex, fisting, blood as lube, shower sex

Words: 8k (permanent hiatus)

Plus One - Dean Winchester x Vanessa (OFC)

Summary: Vanessa hates weddings until she meets a handsome stranger who agrees to help her mix things up for the night.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, fingery things, squirting, and Dean has no refractory period bc this is fic

Words: 9,600

Pretty Reckless - MOC Dean Winchester x pre-slayer Faith Lehane

Summary: AU where s10 Dean stumbles upon another hunter so much like himself. When their connection grows inexplicably stronger, they find an answer they never thought existed.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Faith Lehane, Sam Winchester, Castiel, Crowley, Cain

Warnings/tags: 19+, rough sex, prostate massage, magical bond

Words: 15K

Run Me Like A River - AU Dean Winchester x AU Jessica Jones

Summary: AU wherein Jessica Jones is super-powered by gov’t experiments to create elite soldiers, the Winchesters are military officers in humanity’s War Against Evil, and they have all gone AWOL from their assigned roles. Dean and Jess embark on a relationship that ends abruptly and explosively until Dean calls her for help on a very personal case.

Characters: Jessica Jones, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Arthur Ketch, Malcolm is Jess’s cat 

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, major character death, unhealthy relationship dynamics, bondage, rough sex, anal sex, ptsd

Words: 14K

Seasons - Dean Winchester x unnamed female character

Summary: She is his safe haven, untouched by anything else or anyone. 

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, canon divergent - no Cassie or Lisa, non-linear storytelling, four seasons, angst, hurt/comfort, references non-con unprotected sex, loss of a pregnancy

Words: 12K

Temporary Scars - Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum x Benny Lafitte

Warnings/tags: 18+, Angst, Donna has intimacy issues, Dean’s the sweetest, self-sabotage, sort of established relationship, Benny’s swoony as fuck, Dean’s in love, polyamory, pregnancy kink

Words: 4,500 (permanent hiatus)

Unopened At Your Feet - AU Sam Winchester x female narrator, AU Dean Winchester x female narrator

Summary: This is the story of how I broke my own heart.

Characters: Female Narrator, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Becky Rosen, Meg Masters, Benny Lafitte

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, weed-smoking, canon-compliant date-rape/roofie (Becky), love triangle

Words: 12,470 WORK IN PROGRESS

Where Is My Shiny Gun? -  Dean Winchester x Donna Hanscum (voyeur Sam Winchester)

Summary: canon divergent - Sam finds himself in a quandary when he realizes he has feelings for Donna by way of the obvious mutual attraction between her and Dean.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, Sam is kinky, Dean is adorable, so is Donna, Dean likes to give Donna massages, Sam directing while masturbating, brief spanking + breast slapping, brief knife play - no blood, W*ncest adjacent

Word Count: 7,800

ONE-SHOTS

A Fight For Love & Glory - Winchesters x you (female)

Summary: You’re struck by sex pollen, so Sam and Dean agree to help you out.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sex pollen, feelings of guilt, ass play, dirty talk, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 2K

Bad Girls Underneath -  Ruby 2.0 x Dean Winchester x Jo Harvelle

Summary: Ruby and Jojo get hit by a sex curse again; this time, they need Dean’s help.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, magical-dick/male-gaze bullshit, probably too much commentary and emotional complication, why am I like this, I’m sorry, sometimes I can’t help myself, fisting, brief choking

Words: 2,600

Cactus - Dean Winchester x Meg Masters x Castiel

Summary: Post-battle, exhausted and wanting, Dean and Meg and Cas take care of each other.

Warnings/Tags: 18+ ONLY, dreamlike sex, a little choking, Dean’s always hungry

Words: 3,200

Caveat Emptor - Dean Winchester x original female character

Summary: Gabriela Cruz invests in a Victorian mansion in the middle of America where the rule of Buyer Beware is absolute. When her twin sister goes missing, a couple of federal agents show up. Lucky for Gabi, Dean and Sam Winchester are on the case.

Characters: Gabriela Cruz, Camila Cruz, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Ed Zeddmore, Harry Spangler

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, language, mentions death of family members, cursed object, mentions of blood + gore, sarcasm, twin dynamics, explicit sex

Words: 4,600

Crazy On You – Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: You’ve had a shitty day, but this beautiful, unfamiliar boy will make it all better.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, Impala Sex, there’s a knife but not in a bloody way

Words: 4K

Crossroads and Bound - Dean Winchester x female demon reader

Summary: He agreed to this.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, femdom, Dean’s tied to a chair, wearing a cock ring, face sitting, things might get a little rough, but it’s all in good fun, squirting

Words: 2,250

The Curve Of Your Pretty Gown - Dean Winchester x female reader

Request: Hey hon! Ok, so it’s my birthday today, so maybe a story about Dean surprising me/ the reader by turning up unannounced to wish me/the reader a ‘happy birthday’ and there’s lots of smut ❤️

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, a little angst

Words: 2,200

Deep - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Dean shows you more about pleasure than ‘deep’.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, Dean being perfect, sensual massage, Dean being the best lay ever, biting, Dean being a fairytale prince, the jockey is my favorite sexual position, try it, it’s amazing, talking during sex, gratuitous use of terms of endearment bc it’s Dean

Words: 3K

Discord and Rhyme - Knight of Hell/Demon Dean x female reader

Summary: He’s on the prowl.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, rough anal sex, crying during sex, blood during sex, there’s a lot of purple prose and excessive descriptions of taste and smell here, sexual coercion, dirty talk

Words: 1,750

Ennui - Knight of Hell/Demon Dean x unnamed female character

Anonymous Prompt: “I really want demon dean stalking someone but I don’t know how to do that with consent? But guh just the thought of him.

Characters: Knight of Hell/Demon Dean Winchester x unnamed female character

Tags/warnings: 18+ only; this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester; stalking; exhibitionism; voyeurism; dirty talk; horny on aisle 3; fuck it, we ball

Words: 2,400

Equilibrium - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: They have balance.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, established relationship, cock warming

Words: 1,400

Get Down, Make Love - Winchester brothers x original female character

Summary: Steph decides to cut loose and push the envelope with her favorite fellow hunters.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, hot tubbing, drunk sex (consensual), dirty talk, mfm spitroast, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 3,200

Hark and Hush - Purgatory Dean x wolf spirit in a female body

Summary: This is the story of how Dean Winchester hunted, became enamored with, and slew the ancient spirit of the Big Bad Wolf.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, stalking, blood, gore, rough sex, character death

Words: 2,200

Hide Your Love Away – Dean Winchester x female hunter reader

Summary: Mutual hunters seek comfort for a night and a lifetime of memories.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, ass play

Words: 3,600

His Sword - Michael/Dean x female prostitute

Summary: Michael takes some time to remind Dean who’s in control.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, edge play, bondage, knife play, blood play, choking, rough sex, name-calling, character death

Words: 2,300

Just My Imagination - Dean Winchester x female Zanna

Summary: After Mary leaves the boys a second time, Dean needs a reset, or to blow off some steam – something. He heads out on a snowy evening the night before Christmas and finds just the right thing.

Warnings/tags: mature, Hallmark channel fuckery

Words: 2,800

One Night Only (23 in 1) - Dean Winchester x Mila (original female character)

Summary: While on a job in the middle of America, Dean enjoys a rigorous night of mutual gratification with a local art student.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, ass play, shower sex, dirty talk

Words: 5,500

River - Dean Winchester x Ty (Original male character), Dean x Benny implied

Summary: It’s Dean’s first winter after sending Benny back to Purgatory.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, implied underage prostitution, semi-public sex

Words: 1,600

Rules Are Rules - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Dean hasn’t been himself lately. The Mark has seen to that.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, hand around the throat, rough sex, squirting

Words: 2,400

Shattered Like A Stone - Demon Dean Winchester x original female character

Summary: The Mark is demanding, and the demon in Dean can’t deny it any more than he can deny her; it just might get everything it wants tonight.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother’s Dean Winchester, rough sex, bondage, multiple object insertion, suicidal ideation, darkfic, self-destruction, bloody sex, sadism and masochism, anal sex, Jameson as lube, spit as lube, face fucking, Daddy as title, misogynist language, choking, strangulation, assisted suicide

Words: 6,800

Some Stranger’s Hand - 2009 Dean Winchester x 2014 Risa (The End)

Summary: He lost everything.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, plush pink pillow lips for my Eloise

Words: 1,700

Spark, Flicker, Blaze - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Somewhere along the line, her life became something she didn’t like. On her 35th birthday, she makes a decision to change all of that.

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, overly descriptive orgasms, Dean’s the best birthday present ever

Words: 2,200

Stuff & Thangs That Are Awesome… And Not Awesome - Dean Winchester x female character (1st person POV)

*TWD Crossover

Prompt(s): 1) Dean has been arrested twice for indecent exposure – once was in a grocery store. 2) Jensen or Dean x Reader, a small public place, he pins you to the wall, covers your mouth and fucks you. 

Characters: Dean Winchester, Bobby Singer, Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, Rick Grimes eye-fucking, Shane Walsh having a pissing contest with a young, cocky Dean Winchester

Words: 1,300

Supernova - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Since Dean’s had the Mark and the Blade, he’s pulled away from you, afraid of hurting you. You miss him, and you’ve had it. One night you push him to the edge.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, bondage, blood play, biting, bruising, knifeplay, rough sex, dubcon/mindfuck

Words: 2,500

Triptych - Dean Winchester x bisexual female couple

Summary: Dean’s on a case and meets two beautiful women. One of them is recently divorced, and the new couple invites Dean to help them kick off their new life together.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, sex toy, Dean’s real good at sex

Words: 4,700

Wait Till My Brother Gets Home - Winchester brothers x female reader

Summary: She wants to lose control.

Warnings/tags: 18+ Only, rough sex, hair pulling, mfm spit roast, bruising and chafing during sex, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 2,450

When We Fall Then We’ll Know Each Other - Dean Winchester x Benny Lafitte (voyeur Castiel)

Prompt: “There’s nothing wrong with women, but a woman can’t hold you down and fuck you like I can.” 

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, cum and spit as lube, anal sex, voyeurism

Words: 1,400

QUICK AND DIRTY

*1K words or less

Barbed Wire Carnival - Choose your own Winchester

Summary: Absence of feeling.

Warnings/tags: mature, angst, dark descriptions

Words: 300

Brimstone - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: He’s exactly what she wants.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY surprise, bitch

Words: 450

Bring It On Home - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Let’s pretend Dean wouldn’t be terrified to welcome love into his life.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, established relationship, comfort, fluff, handsy Dean

Words: 1K

Communion - Dean Winchester x female reader

prompt: Fluffy dean or Jensen smoking weed plz, ty

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, marijuana use

Words: 1K

Crash Through The Surface - Dean Winchester x Jasen (original male character)

Summary: Dean remembers his First.

Warnings/tags: mature, bi-sexual Dean, references to prostitution

Words: 800

Custard Pie - Dean Winchester x female reader

Prompt: Dean/OFC based on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Custard Pie.��

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY oral sex

Words: 800

Drag You To The Shore - Dean Winchester x GN reader

Prompt: Dean Winchester settled in between someone’s legs on the bed. Like his back to their chest, their legs wrapped around him, heels keeping his thighs open while they jerk him off, explicit but soft vibes.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY

Words: 800

Fall Away Into - Dean Winchester x Ruby 2.0 x female reader (voyeur Sam Winchester)

Prompt: “Dean x reader x Ruby 2.0 with Sam watching from the corner.”

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY drug-induced sex, OOC Dean, mff spit roast, use of the word bitch during sex, rough sex, hate sex, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 530

Foxholes - Annie Hawkins x Bobby Singer/Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

Summary: Annie recalls time spent with each man and what their facial hair told her about them.

Warnings/tags: mature language and references to sexual activity

Words: 349

The Gazelle - AU Dean Winchester x AU Benny Lafitte x female reader

Summary: They aim to please.

Warnings/tags: mature, power exchange, Denny apparent

Words: 1K

The Good Slayer - Dean Winchester x Faith Lehane

Prompt: Dean and our girl Faith. (This is a sequel of sorts for Pretty Reckless.)

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, talking during sex

Words: 800

Hollow - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

prompt: Would anyone be willing to write something with Dean [or Jensen] x reader to the song Love on the Brain by Rihanna

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, dirty talk, rough sex, angst

Words: 1K

I’ll Keep Them Still - Dean Winchester x Jo Harvelle

Summary: Dean remembers promises and pictures in his mind. And he remembers her.

Warnings/tags: mature, songfic, angst, dream/afterlife sequences, purple prose, I’m sorry

Words: 1K

Just One More Peaceful Day - MOC Dean Winchester x female reader

Prompt: angsty Dean with the line “I can still remember just the way you taste” from the song “It’s been a while” by Staind

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, blood play, knife play, mentions of addiction

Words: 700

Laissez Les Bons Temp Rouler -  Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: He’s got a dirty mouth when he’s drunk. 

Warnings: 18+ ONLY, dirty talk, a dirty public bathroom during Mardi Gras

Words: 600

Lifting the Veil - Choose Your Own Winchester

Summary: You’ve been missing something of paramount importance - until now.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, infidelity, squirting

Words: 1K

Mind Blown - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Mind-blowing orgasms can sometimes be literal.

Warnings/tags: mature, transient global amnesia after sex, dirty talk

Words: 560

Nihilism - Knight of Hell/Demon Dean x female reader

Prompt: Can you tell me about the morning after going several rounds with Dean he rolls over in bed and adjusts the covers, causing you to forget your shift to be his good girl a couple more times?

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLY, this is not your mother's Dean Winchester, name-calling, rough sex, nihilistic themes, Knight of Hell Dean, fantasies of being fucked to death? Idk it’s one of mine, might as well be yours, you’re female AFAB in this scenario

Words: 800

One For Tomorrow, One Just For Today - Dean Winchester x female reader

Prompt: before leaving on a hunt, Dean sings “Love Me Two Times” to his lady.

Warnings/tags: 18+ ONLT, Dean can actually sing, and he does it during sex

Words: 660

The Prerogative To Have A Little Fun - Donna Hanscum x Jody Mills x Winchester brothers (kinda)

Prompt: Donna’s visiting Jody for the weekend and the boys swing by on their way home from a hunt. Dean mows the lawn, Sam fixes a leaky shower head, Dean makes dinner, and they both do the dishes. Meanwhile, the ladies sit back and enjoy the domestic display.

Warnings/tags: mature, men doing manly things, inspired by Shania Twain’s song “Man! I Feel Like A Woman”, W*ncest adjacent

Words: 1K

Recompense - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: Dean is sorry for hurting the ones he loves.

Warnings/tags: mature, angst, Dean saying hurtful things then trying to make up for it

Words: 500

Scream - Dean Winchester x past-female reader

Summary: Dean tells us the real reason he loves “All Saint’s Day” as much as he does.

Warnings/tags: mature, references to coming untouched, getting turned on by scary movies

Words: 320

Soft Cell - Dean Winchester + teenage female

Prompt: Dean + reader dancing in the bunker

Warnings/tags: one F-bomb bc Dean

Words: 720

Through The White Night - AU Dean Winchester x original female character

Summary: 18th Century matrimony isn’t as simple as it is today.

Warnings/tags: mentions of wall sex and finger-y things

Words: 560

Wish - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: You want it to be love – but it isn’t. You want him – but you can’t have him. 

Warnings/tags: mature, sepia-toned angst ™ @boondoctorwho

Words: 765

With Pleasured Hands - Dean Winchester x female reader

Summary: He’s got secrets she has yet to uncover

Warnings/tags: mature

Words: 500

[forever-eternal]

Whoops, sorry

This is arcade prompt anon

I wanted to see generally wanted to see states that aren’t talked about much and I think you know who they are? It’s basically the midwestern states

Thank you for the ask, Lovely Anon! I’ve included the following States:

North Dakota - Andrew

South Dakota - Aiden

Nebraska - Maxwell

Kansas - Evan

Minnesota - Jasper

Iowa - Caleb

Missouri - Owen

I didn’t do every Midwestern State, but I hope you enjoy nonetheless!

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“Alright,” Adam hums, looking the seven States— all shifting in their seats in excitement— through the rearview mirror, “Remember the rules: No theft, no destruction of property, and please don’t get into a fight with young children.” He side-eyes Robin at the last sentence, but his wife only smiles innocently from the passenger seat.

“We have a limit of five hours, alright?” Adam crosses his arms, “So make sure you’re all wrapped up by then, okay?”

Simultaneous nods, and excited chatter consumes the vehicle as Adam pulls into a parking spot. The van doors swing open, each of the seven States tumbling out.

Minnesota— Jasper— shoves his way out first, “Move it!”

Next are the twins, North and South Dakota— Andrew and Aiden— tumbling out and landing in a heap on the asphalt,

“Get off!”

“Let go of me!”

Nebraska and Kansas— Maxwell and Evan— slip out next, taking a wide step around the tussling twins as Robin climbs out of the passenger seat and comes round.

Missouri— Owen— is the next to exit the vehicle, snickering quietly as the Dakota’s are pulled apart by their mom, though the two redheads continue to snarl at each other.

Finally, Iowa— Caleb— steps out, holding the door open for Adam, their father. The older man grunts as he steps of out the drivers seat, the door closing shut behind him.

“Alright, you all have your money and you know the rules.” He says, making a small shooing motion with his hand, “Off you go.”

With that, the twins stop fighting— instead, they start bolting across the parking lot, chanting in unison.

“CHUCK. E. CHEESE! CHUCK. E CHEESE!— STOP COPYING ME!”

“No fighting!” Robin yells over their own chanting, “Or the two of you will be sitting with me and your father instead!”

The twins shut up.

For now, at least.

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“I struggle to believe that people seek this place out for the food.” Robin hums, nose slightly scrunched in disgust as she watches a family at another table devour their pizza, “I find it barely edible.”

Adam hums from across from her, eating his own slice of the pepperoni pizza on the table between them.

“It’s fine.” he says, but Robin just scrunches her nose at him instead.

“You’ve eaten mud before, dear, forgive me if I do not trust that coming from you.”

Adam just hums.

On the other side of the arcade area, Andrew and Aiden are kicking at each other’s feet as they play DDR, the only Chuck E Chees to have that machime.

“You suck at this, Andy!”

“Oh, shut up!”

Max has been at the pinball machine for thirty minutes, and has developed an audience of preteens.

“See, ya just gotta practice! Then you’ll get reflexes faster than the ball itself!”

Caleb has hidden in the skytubes, and is currently conversing with several young children.

“What? No no, the T-Rex is so overrated! Velociraptors are cooler!”

Evan and Owen have been play air hockey, niether willing to let the other win, and have amassed a crowd of onlookers.

“Think we should finish up soon, eh?”

“First to ten points?”

They each only have two points, scored early in the game.

Jasper had been spinning the ticket wheel, landing on jackpot at least five times, and is now at the prize counter. There are three kids following him.

“Aight, whatchu wanna get? I got enough to get a bit for all four o’ us!”

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“Did you all have fun?” Adam asks as they load back into the vehicle later that evening.

A chorus of ‘yes’s, with several items from the prize counter held tightly as they buckled back into their seats.

“I am making a proper pizza when we get home.” Robin huffs, sliding into her own seat.

Several cheers sound from the back seat.

“The pizza is awful here.” one of them huff, and Robin smiles smugly at Adam.

The man rolls his eyes, starting up the engine.

“I thought it was fine.” he sighs.

A snicker from the backseat as Andrew leans forwards slightly, “Dad, Ian once gave you rock soup and you ate it. You don’t get a say.”

The man rolls his eyes, and pulls out of the lot.

[benandstevesposts]

‘Reckless Disregard’: Missouri Officer Facing Charges He Kidnapped, Assaulted Black Man He’d Detained and Left Bloodied on Side of Road Busted After Applying for New Cop Job In North Carolina

A former suburban St. Louis police officer has been arrested and charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, and the kidnapping of a Black man during this year’s celebration of the Fourth of July.

Samuel Davis was arrested on Monday, July 17, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, after authorities in St. Louis County, Missouri, issued a warrant for his arrest. He had left Missouri following his suspension from the Northwoods Police Department during an investigation into his conduct after arresting the man on Independence Day. The 26-year-old reportedly had tried to secure a police job while in North Carolina.

Authorities believe Davis assaulted a man he arrested at a Northwoods Walgreens during the holiday, brought him to a field in the primarily Black nearby town of Kinloch, and left him bloodied with a broken jaw.

A woman discovered Davis’ patrol vehicle parked in the field and sought to investigate what was happening. She found a man, the officer, and an unbelievable scandal.

While the victim remained beaten on the ground, she captured a photo of him lying bloodied. Later she uploaded the image on Facebook with a detailed description of seeing an officer standing over him.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell also released a statement, saying this behavior “will not be tolerated” on his watch.

Bell says -

“These actions put a black eye on all law enforcement officers who are doing their jobs the right way and tired of their profession being dragged through the mud because of the bad actions of a few.”

Davis is waiting to be extradited from Fayetteville to St. Louis. Once there, he will be held on a $750,000 bond.

Second Police Officer From Missouri Department Charged in Connection With Attack See More On This Report Here...

This report originally appeared on AtlantaBlackStar it can be viewed in its original publication by clicking here.

[chaplinlegend]

Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton (Ralph Barton), born August 14, 1891 was a popular American caricaturist of contemporary actors and other popular people. His works enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s and were considered to be the quintessence of the era.

A Short Biography of Ralph Barton by Bobb Edwards:

"Cartoonist, Illustrator. He was one of America's most famous artists of the 1920s. His stylish celebrity caricatures, playful yet not mocking, became synonymous with the "Jazz Age" and were widely influential. "It is not the caricaturist's job to be penetrating," he said. "It is his job to put down the figure a man cuts before his fellows in his attempt to conceal the writhings of his soul." Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His mother was a portrait painter, and in his teens he sold cartoons to local newspapers. Following a brief early marriage and even briefer study at the Art Institute of Chicago, he settled in New York City in 1913 as a contributor to the humor magazine "Puck." Its editors sent him to France in 1915 to cover the Parisian home front during World War I; the experience turned him into an ardent Francophile and from then on he divided his time between Manhattan and Paris. His style showed the influence of Aubrey Beardsley before evolving into Art Deco sleekness. Barton's fame really took off after the war, when he began portraying stars of the arts and entertainment worlds, often in fanciful group portraits. He commanded $1500 per drawing for such leading publications as "Vanity Fair," and his designs appeared on silk scarves and other fashion accessories. In 1922 he caused a sensation with his intermission curtain for the popular Broadway revue "Chauve Souris," featuring 139 celebrity caricatures staring back at the audience. Barton was an artistic advisor for the magazine "The New Yorker" from its 1925 inception, and that same year he illustrated Anita Loos' classic novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." He also photographed and directed a home movie version of "Camille" (1926), which combined staged scenes with shots of dozens of international notables clowning or just posing for Barton's camera, linked together with ironic intertitles. It survives as a fascinating curio. Barton's success masked a troubled personal life. Having "climbed out of the Kansas City mud" (as he was fond of saying), he reinvented himself as a foppish bon vivant who travelled widely and seemed to know everybody who was anybody. He was particularly good friends with Charlie Chaplin. But he was plagued by depression and a lack of self-esteem that drove him to reckless behavior. "The human soul would be a hideous object if it were possible to lay it bare," he once confessed. His three subsequent marriages, to model Anne Minnerly, actress Carlotta Monterey, and "Les Six" composer Germaine Tailleferre, all ended in divorce because of his compulsive philandering; he never got over Carlotta, who he claimed was the only woman he ever really loved. (She later married playwright Eugene O'Neill). The failure of his book "God's Country" (1929), a satirical view of American history through drawings, and the onset of the Depression marked a downturn in his popularity. In January 1931, Chaplin tried to raise Barton's spirits by inviting him as his traveling companion on an extended tour of Europe. The cartoonist started the journey well enough, but once they arrived in London he refused to leave their hotel and began exhibiting signs of paranoia. He returned home alone after only a few weeks. Fearing he was going insane, Barton shot himself in his Manhattan apartment shortly before his 40th birthday. His suicide note read in part, "I have run from wife to wife, from house to house and from country to country in a ridiculous effort to escape from myself." He also left $35 to his housekeeper with a note apologizing that it was all he had. His ashes were returned to Kansas City, the hometown he proudly thought he had put behind him. Barton was quickly forgotten after his death; a few years later an original Barton caricature sold for $5. Renewed interest in his work began in the late 1960s."

[darkmaga-returns]

Trump Becomes 47th President Of The US. Post-Election Truths. U.S. Military to launch a hypersonic nuclear missile. US warns Iraq. Netanyahu fires Gallant. What is HAARP?

Lioness of Judah Ministry

Nov 06, 2024

Donald Trump Projected To Become 47th President Of The US; Republicans Take Senate, Lead House

Harris has won California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine’s District 1, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska’s District 2, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Minnesota.

Trump has won Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, and Maine District 2.

Coverage:

Donald Trump delivers victory speech after US election win

Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins)

“If voting could ever really change anything, it’d be illegal.”— Thorne, Land of the Blind (2006)

After months of handwringing and mud-slinging and fear-mongering, the votes have finally been cast and the outcome has been decided: the Deep State has won. Despite the billions spent to create the illusion of choice culminating in the reassurance ritual of voting for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, when it comes to most of the big issues that keep us in bondage to authoritarian overlords, not much will change. Despite all of the work that has been done to persuade us to buy into the fantasy that things will change if we just elect the “right” political savior, the day after a new president is sworn in, it will be business as usual for the unelected bureaucracy that actually runs the government.

77 Days Of Transition: New Law Aims To Streamline Presidential Power Transfer Process

Under this mandate, Trump and Harris may find themselves forming rival administrations for weeks...

The 2024 presidential election will see the first application of a 2022 amendment to the laws governing the transfer of power between administrations. There are 77 days between the Nov. 5 election and the Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration of the next president, during which time the president-elect will ready his or her administration to take over from President Joe Biden. The handoffs between an outgoing administration and a government-in-waiting have been largely drama-free for decades, and they have been governed by the rules enumerated in the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.

Michigan Man Arrested for Threat to Murder Christians If Trump Wins

Federal law enforcement has arrested a 25-year-old Michigan man for allegedly threatening to carry out a terrorist attack against Christians should President Donald J. Trump reclaim the White House.

According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Isaac Sissel is being charged with sending threatening communications. “I shall carry out an attack against conservative Christian, [sic] filth in the event trump [sic] wins the election. I have a stolen [AR-15] and a target I refuse to name so I can continue to get away with my plans,” Sissel allegedly wrote, according to an anonymous online threatening submission filed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia on November 2.

Antifa Returns On Election Night, Causing Chaos In Downtown Seattle

"Seattle PD had a heavy police response to Antifa's violent direct action on Election Day." 

The potential return of former President Trump to the White House appears to have sparked rage among far-left activists on Tuesday night. With Trump currently leading the electoral count at 214 votes to Harris's 179, reports are surfacing from Seattle that show Antifa activists have mobilized.  Ahead of the elections, National Guard troops were activated in Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Guardsmen in Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Washington, D.C., are on standby.

[herpsandbirds]

Eastern Mud Snake (Farancia a. abacura), family Colubridae, MIssouri, USA

This gorgeous nocturnal aquatic snake feeds on aquatic salamanders, like sirens and amphiumas, which it pins down with its sharp pointed tail.

photograph by Peter Paplanus

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Completely rehabbed 1890 home in Saint Louis, Missouri. 3bds, 4ba, $525K.

A wall was opened to give it a modern open concept and they gave it a new fireplace with an exposed brick feature wall.

The kitchen's lovely and the island is huge. Like gray cabinets.

At the end of the kitchen is a spacious dining area.

There's a back door and behind the 3/4 wall is a very nice mud room and powder room.

Very nice. Looks like a custom made counter.

In this bedroom is an en-suite, built-in closet and a stripper pole that conveys.

The shower room is very well done.

The pretty windows on the exterior look beautiful inside.

Bedroom #2 is an office with standard 3 piece bath. Like the gray subway tile.

There's also a 3rd level.

The finished attic has a beautiful family room.

It's even got a small wet bar.

The bath up here has a vintage tub.

Plus a nice big shower.

The primary bedroom is up here. It's quite large and has access to the rec room, so it's like a suite.

The yard is big enough to have a pretty garden.

Plus, there's a new garage.

The home is on a 4,721 sq. ft lot.

[mrs-stans]

G Flip to Host Star-Studded G’Day USA Arts Gala Event Honoring Samara Weaving, More (Exclusive)

The G'Day USA Arts Gala is making its return in February to celebrate some of the best in Australian achievement — from actress Samara Weaving to director Craig Gillespie.

Taking place Feb. 1 in Los Angeles, the event will be hosted by recording artist G Flip. "For the past 21 years, the G'Day USA program has fostered deeper ties between the United States and Australia and promoted Australian achievement, creativity and talent, with the support of the Australian government," the press release noted.

Honorees include bestselling author and recording artist Delta Goodrem, who will be awarded the Excellence in the Arts Award by Kelly Rowland. Weaving, who starred in Nine Perfect Strangers, Babylon and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, is set to take home the Rising Star Award.

Gillespie, whose directing credits include I, Tonya and Dumb Money, will be presented with the Excellence in Film & Television Award by actor Sebastian Stan.

It will be an evening of music as well, with performances from Morgan Evans, Kita Alexander and Mi-kaisha. All money raised will go to the American Australian Association and its Arts Fund, which supports American and Australian emerging artists studying in each other's respective countries.

Last year's event pulled in a number of high-profile attendees, including Katy Perry, who presented her husband Orlando Bloom's ex-wife, Miranda Kerr, with the Excellence in the Arts award.

"Many of you may be confused as to why I'm presenting Miranda with this award," Perry said at the time. "It doesn't fit the ex-wife, new wife narrative. Many in the media would like to see us mud wrestle…but this is about love, and Miranda is love."

[champion-of-light]

Hooves pounded into the moist dirt below. Soft rain pelted both rider and mount as they rode down the worn down trail. The rider kept his hat on tight and lowered his head to a tilt so the hat would keep rain out of his face as he rode. It helped a little but not as much as he would have liked. Since it was raining, the rider made sure to keep his books, pens and important papers dry and safe within his saddle bags. This book would help (surely) get his career back on track. Three years of writer’s block took a small toll on his self esteem, self confidence and his career as a famous author.

No more! This book will save his career once and for all! Once the book club gets a read of this? They will print it off as fast as possible and push out as many copies as they possibly can. He was confident in that; or too cocky in that matter. He clicks his tongue and lightly taps his steed’s sides with his heels. The powerful horses speeds up now to a fast gallop as he races down the moist dirt path.

“Almost there boy.. then we’ll be able to rest up for good after this.”

The horse doesn’t reply back other than lets out a short snort. The black and white Missouri Fox Trotter keeps at the current pace with ease and no mind to what Alan is truly saying. If the horse didn’t hear “carrot”, “treat” or any common phrase of praise or command the horse didn’t understand. The rain picks up a bit but not too harshly both rider and horse don’t care about the weather nor the journey. It was always just them two. It was always them two traveling to and fro from place to place.

As they thunder down the rainy, wet path something spooks the horse. Suddenly, the stallion rears whinnying loudly almost deafening. The horses strong front legs kick out into the air in a ferocious fit.

“Whoa! Librorum settle! It’s okay!”

Alan attempts to tame his mount. He tries soothing with both his voice and by petting the Librorum’s neck. Panic rises in his chest but he tries to keep it down as best as he can. It’s no use however as the horse succeeds in bucking him off. Alan hits the wet sloppy ground on his side with a thud. Clean, fresh clothes now all muddy but that didn’t matter to him right now. His side ached fiercely. All the breath, all the air in his body disappeared as he struggle to stand but did slowly. His eyes scan around feverishly. What was it? What scared his horse that bad? Pulling out his gun he swallows still panting in pain as he surveys the land. There’s nothing… all expect a snake.

Alan blinks. That was it? That’s what he almost died from? A fucking snake? Alan groans from both pain and frustration as he trudges past the snake. The snake slithers away into the near by brush. The writer whistles for his horse and the mount comes immediately when called, the stallion was already calm once it returned to him. Alan was still frustrated and hurt but he’d never take it out on Librorum… he was an animal after all. They would definitely have to work on this though when they had time. As Alan goes to mount his horse; his heart drops into his feet. Panic fills him up instantly and the ache in his side seems to worsen. Then despair fills him.

His papers, his new found book. All scattered about in the rainy, muddy water. They were soaked, they were ruined. All his hard work? Gone. Alan leans on his horse for support as his cries internally. All his hard work. Months of hard writing. All gone. Just like that. Alan brings up both hands to his face as he tries to rub away the pain, the hurt and the despair away. It doesn’t work. Librorum nudges his owner with his soft snort as if to apology for his mistake. Alan, still staring at the “carnage” in front of him, all his work dissolving in mud and rain he pets him without looking at him. He was too distraught to look at him right now, he was somber now. His once good mood, gone with the wind. Gone like his papers. He mounts back up slowly, spurring his horse lightly along with the click of his tongue to get him going. He takes him the other way away from the snake so they don’t have the issue happen again.

“.. Let’s..— Let’s go boy…”

Despite the great pain in his side from getting bucked off; the pain from loosing his work hurt much, much harder and much, much worse.