These pictures show the Coles County Community Garden on Saturday, August 2. (Begin with Part 1: Right Side, Part 2: Left Side.)

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there's a pond with lots of frogs at my job and on my breaks I walk the perimeter and every couple steps I hear a croak and a sploosh and see one swim away. not this guy though, he wasn't scared of me at all :)

Our next travel stop was the Newport area and our hotel at Agate Beach. There was some fog the day we arrived but the next day dawned completely clear, giving us great views of the nearby lighthouse.

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Fandom: One Piece
Author/Artist: Mekachu04
Title: July Punk Aibou Sketches
Pairing: Eustass Kidd & Killer
Rating: teen? it varies from gen/all audience to teen
Word Count: art
Highlight for Warnings: *some implied death/violence but nothing graphic. all are unfinished sketches so clothes might not all be there. *
Disclaimer: Kidd, Killer, the Kidd Pirates and other characters belong to the world of One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. I'm just playing in the sandbox. this is my first time sharing here - i hope this is okay?
AN: I'm trying to draw something everyday. So most of these are drawn at about 3-5am in about an hour or two at work during the down time.

( thumbnails linking to each day under cut )

Title: Peacock Pride
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Arbitro/Akira
Summary: Akira has had the bad fortune of getting captured by Arbitro.
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, kidnapping, non-con...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 400+ words. Written for the prompt them's the breaks, but this is what it turned into. Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me, as well as cheering me on! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Title: Super Moisture Milk
Fandom/Pairing: Sasaki to Miyano - Sasaki/Miyano
Summary: When Miyano gets a sunburn, it's Sasaki's time to shine.
Rating: PG
Content: Fluff, teenage boy romance, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: I did not create these characters, they belong to Harusono Shô. I'm just borrowing them to act out my fantasies, while not earning any money whatsoever from it.
Notes: 550+ words. Written for the prompt sunburn. I've had great help from zabimitsuki with beta and suggestions. :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Title: Alone At Last
Fandom/Pairing: Super Lovers - Haru/Ren
Summary: There are worse things than being stuck together during a typhoon...
Rating: PG-13
Content: Adopted sibling incest, age gap, caught in the act, making out
Disclaimer: スーパーラヴァーズ is the property of Abe Miyuki, I'm just borrowing the characters to play with them. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt or abused in the writing of this story.
Notes: 650+ words. Written for the prompt bad weather. Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

So I finished watching Castlevania Nocturne and while not as good as the first series it had its moments and characters were good for the most part. I'm fine giving it its own universe apart from the games canon since the story works well in all honesty. I have my nitpickings about it but they're very small to even announce on my post.

Overall I had a good time watching and I hope there will be another new series sometime

I will end this post with Richter giving the clothesline from hell meanwhile.

Title: 'Tis But A Flesh Wound
Fandom/Pairing: Bleach - implied Renji/Byakuya
Summary: Even when he's injured, Renji wants to be by Byakuya's side...
Rating: G
Content: Unrequited crush, hurt/comfort
Disclaimer: The world and characters of Bleach are not mine, they all belong to Kubo Tite. I just play with them, using them as paper dolls.
Notes: 300+ words. Written for the prompt denial. Just a little something I wrote to try to break through a spot of writer's block. It somehow turned out to be a sequel to "Hero Complex". Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Malleable (1,930 words) by tropicsbear
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sk8 the Infinity (Anime)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nanjo Kojirou | Joe/Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom, Sakurayashiki Kaoru | Cherry Blossom & Shindo Ainosuke | Adam, Background Kikuchi Tadashi/Shindo Ainosuke | Adam
Additional Tags: Pectorals, Groping, Humor, Read Author's Notes
Summary: Kaoru’s figured out a very efficient way to manage his stress. Kojirou will just have to deal with it.

Why can’t he knead Kojirou’s pecs until all the stress is gone from his system? They’re right there!"

Our last waterfall of the trip, Starvation Falls. Smaller than the others with a little creek running down near the parking lot.

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Let us abandon then our gardens and go home
And sit in the sitting-room
Shall the larkspur blossom or the corn grow under this cloud?
Sour to the fruitful seed
Is the cold earth under this cloud,
Fostering quack and weed, we have marched upon but cannot
conquer;
We have bent the blades of our hoes against the stalks of them.

Let us go home, and sit in the sitting room.
Not in our day
Shall the cloud go over and the sun rise as before,
Beneficent upon us
Out of the glittering bay,
And the warm winds be blown inward from the sea
Moving the blades of corn
With a peaceful sound.

Forlorn, forlorn,
Stands the blue hay-rack by the empty mow.
And the petals drop to the ground,
Leaving the tree unfruited.
The sun that warmed our stooping backs and withered the weed
uprooted—
We shall not feel it again.
We shall die in darkness, and be buried in the rain.

What from the splendid dead
We have inherited —
Furrows sweet to the grain, and the weed subdued —
See now the slug and the mildew plunder.
Evil does overwhelm
The larkspur and the corn;
We have seen them go under.

Let us sit here, sit still,
Here in the sitting-room until we die;
At the step of Death on the walk, rise and go;
Leaving to our children's children the beautiful doorway,
And this elm,
And a blighted earth to till
With a broken hoe.

Title: Hero Complex
Fandom/Pairing: Bleach - Renji + Byakuya
Summary: Sometimes Renji rushes into things a little carelessly...
Rating: PG
Content: Injury
Disclaimer: The world and characters of Bleach are not mine, they all belong to Kubo Tite. I just play with them, using them as paper dolls. No people, either real or fictional were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 350+ words. Written for the prompt protection. Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3

Title: Pet Toy
Fandom/Pairing: Togainu no Chi - Kau/Akira
Summary: Arbitro enjoys drugging his guests, and Akira is no exception...
Rating: R
Content: Canon-compliant awfulness, loss of consciousness, non-con, hurt/comfort...
Disclaimer: Togainu no Chi and all the characters in it are owned by Nitro+CHiRAL. I'm only borrowing them. No disrespect intended and I'm not earning any money from writing this. No people, either real or fictional, were hurt in the writing of this story.
Notes: 300+ words. Written for the prompt unconsciousness. It's a little something I wrote during a drabbling session on my birthday together with my friend. Many thanks to zabimitsuki for beta-reading this for me! :)

Read it here: DW | AO3