Tuesday, February 26, 2019

A Sojourn here, A Sojourn There


For LL in the UK

I suppose I could sit here in my shorts, in the sun and write long accounts of my encounters with each of the women below, but I think I will just comment where I think it is pertinent. I will just say that I 'docked' with nearly all of them LL. You can figure out where you overlap.....๐Ÿ˜‰.





Somewhere in the South of France 2008






Near Naples, Italy 2006


The lady who kept my bed warm in Sorrento back then. I moved on, she moved on. Good for both of us while it lasted. Very good in fact.





Near Souillac, France 2007


Walking back from the store across one of my fields, Nicole gradually shed her clothes in the heat of that summer LL. I was left to pick them up as I followed with my camera. She didn't remove her top, but the thong went next. It was not a chore to pick those up. My reward was watching that lovely butt as we headed for the shade of a big oak tree.

I said the top didn't come off, but it did get pulled up by me as I knelt between Nicole's legs. Her boobs matched her legs in attractiveness. Naughty Nicole, I called her. She was the daughter of a guy called Jacques who was quite unaware of his daughter's adventures with me. Jacques lived up the lane a way. He's passed on now but I still see Nicole. last time was last year. She's matured into a lovely woman in her forties.





Paris 2006

You had no idea of what i was doing ever, did you LL. I bet you thought I was largely in the UK during 2006 emailing you and winding you up. I still want the baubles back, I'm just biding my time.

No, I wasn't sitting pining over you, even if I purposely conveyed that impression. I was in fact having the time of my life with a succession of women. Women like Dominique above. She had quite a line in sexy lingerie as you can see. this is what greeted me when I arrived at her apartment in June 2006.

Not a bad welcome was it. We got down to it almost immediately then shared a bath together, face to face then with her sitting between my legs so I could massage her boobs, She mounted me in all those bubbles and had an enormous orgasm. That followed the one she had in bed earlier... and she could moan and scream too! Very arousing for me.






Paris 2006
Another bathroom the same week, but in a different part of town. I was still staying with Dominique but had this commission with Claudette the lady above. Dominique worked and so did I. But, my work often came with some rather nice benefits bestowed on me by the ladies I photographed.

Claudette bestowed her favors on me. Not in the bath this time, but in her bed. Down in the bush again for this one. I couldn't believe she hadn't been licked there before. She soon found out what a pleasure it was, courtesy of yours truly.





Near Bournemouth, Dorset 2006
This lady is Helen and she liked her lingerie too including suspender belts which were quite a turn on for me especially when her panties were off. I have known Helen for quite a long time. Before your time LL. She was just a friend until I lost my first wife.

She was separated and heading for a divorce when I met her again in 2006. Rather like you were. Friendship became relationship and on this visit she displayed her wares fully for my camera before we entered into something far more interesting. Her breasts as you can see are or were pretty damned attractive and a pleasure to pleasure  her (and me) with.

Imagine me mounting her LL, because that is where I have been many times, giving her what she wanted. She was a pretty good lover. Helen liked to thrust upward, or buck if you like, when I came down on her. Pretty lively lady.

There have been a few, but just a few, who hardly moved when I was fucking them. No fun at all when they are almost motionless. Thank goodness Helen was quite the opposite.









Norfolk 2005
One of my completed new builds. No not the lady, but where she is. I took her over at the weekend for a viewing and she gave me one....of her LL. The house was locked of course. We used a blanket from my car and some wrapping in the house for what she had in mind. Her name is Wendy by the way.

I remember the wrapping made all sorts of noises as we had sex. That was Wendy's idea to have sex there. I had intended just showing her the development (six houses). She thought it would be exciting - it was!

 Back to all those noises. What with paper and plastic piled high and covered by a blanket there were all sorts of sounds. At least they covered the sound of Wendy's moans in what was an empty house. Whenever I smell fresh paint and wood in my real estate developments,  it takes me back to that very satisfying morning.

How did we meet? She worked for the same financial institution I did before I met you. 





London Studio 2007








Bordeaux 2006

Bella from Bordeaux. As bella is a form of word for beauty, I think her parents got it right don't you LL. She was just someone I hooked up with along the way while touring this part of France. She is French by the way. We ended up sharing an hotel room in Bordeaux and I took this on our first afternoon there.

Was I lucky or what? I was lucky, and I'm not sure what it is but I seem to be able, even now, to attract some gorgeous women into my life, either briefly or on an ongoing basis. Bella wanted sex that afternoon and who was I to refuse her, especially when endowed up top as she was/is.







California 2007

Like several of the above women, you have seen Lisa before. One of my conquests during my extended stay in the State. I guess you could say it was more mutual than a conquest.

Can you guess why she is in that position and why she is looking at me like she is? Well I was naked apart from my Nikon (camera that is) and already showing my 'interest'. That chair made a hell of a noise as it gradually moved across the floor! That is until it stopped against the table. That was the only noise in the room of course LL.







Hampshire 1970

My last girl friend before I met my first wife. I wonder where she is now and what she looks like. Not like she did back then. I was posted on destroyer that was based in Pompey (Portsmouth) back then. I do remember I made the most of my leave with Cathy during 1969 and 1970. I'll leave that to your imagination.






Edinburgh 2018
There's life in this fella yet, LL. 

This young lady entertained me, if that's the word in my hotel room in Edinburgh last year...and she was on the staff. Talk about room 'service'. Nice thoughts flowing now about two quite pleasurable days and nights spent there. That wasn't all that flowed of course!








Denmark 2018

Frida is an executive with the pharma company I have a majority shareholding in. I have known her but not 'known' her for over ten years. She was just a junior back then and I was married for nearly nine of those years.

I think she has matured beautifully and we did come to 'know' each other on my trips there last year. I stayed with her rather than at my usual hotel and shared her sauna, which is where I took this shot. Quite a body wouldn't you say. When I look at your photos from back in 2003 and 2004, there is no comparison whatsoever. You know which photos I'm talking about of course.

A week nearly with Frida can wear a man out, but I managed to keep my end up.





Austria 2008
This lady was a commission, arranged through a friend in Cannes. I flew to Vienna for this and was glad I did. Alina, above was beautiful, a classic Germanic beauty. The first day I took shots of her in fashion items and accessories at various locations including her parents place. I also included her parents in some of the set piece photos.

Before I left she slipped me a card with a telephone number and said something along the lines of tomorrow 10.30. After I left I checked the card. It was an address in the city and by it's numbering an apartment. The following day before the time Alina had mentioned I called the number she had given me.

Alina answered and I asked what it was all about. She said just more photos, just for her. I turned up at the apartment at the agreed time and straightaway I knew what she had in mind photographically, as she was wearing a gown. To me this hinted at the fact she was in her underwear but it soon became apparent that she certainly wasn't wearing a bra LL.

Turned out she wasn't wearing panties either, Basically she wanted lots of nude shots, just for her and I could see why when she took the gown off in readiness for my shoot. Coffee out of the way (Austrian coffee is great LL) and my tripod and cameras ready, I managed some superb shots of Alina - one appears above. Some a lot more personal than the one above, but those were taken after the main shoot was complete.

The apartment was fully furnished and beautifully appointed. After the main shoot Alina wandered around for a short while totally naked as you see her above. I asked whether she would like lunch. She agreed but suggested an hor d'oeuvre beforehand. That involved her bedroom, both our bodies and some fairly active exertion on both our parts. 

I'll tell you something LL, she was fantastic in bed, both under me and on top and her body was just perfect and gorgeous.






New Forest, England 2007

Sue lives right on the edge of the New Forest. I met her in London at some business event and she invited me down for a long weekend. We were both single at the time and so we both knew what a long weekend with just the two us meant. Of course that is the way it turned out too. Lots of eating out, wine and sex. We had a great weekend as I recall. I returned the favor, and favors (!),in London later that same year. The photo was taken in her pool.









Florida 2018


Guess where? Not WLC that was sold ages ago - think water.







Los Angeles 2019

Well LL, my recent stay in Los Angeles wasn't entirely without it's pleasures despite the fact I was viewing real estate.

This particular 'real estate' looked mighty good from any angle and I got to view it and enjoy it from most angles. No names, too recent.





Germany 2018

I was in Munich and Bavaria last year for a short while. This young lady accosted me for some photos. I say accosted but it was more like requested. It was her father that I was meeting in Munich partly on business. His name is Dieter.

I agreed to the photos with her father's blessing. We have known each other for nigh on twelve years. I was staying at the family home which includes a farm, so we the daughter and I headed down there for the photos. They were mainly innocent apart from this one and two others. That's it, nothing else happened, although I think daughter was thinking in that direction.







France 2006
To say nothing happened with this lady would be an outright lie. We had sex and lots of it. A very pleasurable long weekend spent with an old friend near Rouen.

I like this shot and so did Emile.







Italy 2007





France 2018


Someone I 'hook up' with occasionally when I am in Paris LL. Her name is Cecile and we just have these occasional meets to enjoy each others bodies. French women have none of the hang ups you English women seem to have. A bit of sex occasionally and most French women are quite happy with the arrangement. Some wining and dining is natural, of course.









Spain 2006

Lovely isn't she. Jane came on this short vacation with me back in 2006. A London 'friend', of which I still have quite a few.






 Cumbria 2005
I nearly sent you my shots of Julie when we parted, just to show you two could play your game. In the end I decided it wasn't fair to Julie to use her in your game. This was taken in Penrith right after that afternoon when I helped you clear your larder. The last time I stayed at your place. She was quite a bit younger than you and a whole lot sexier.

This was taken on the Monday just after we had sex and a shower together, Think on that LL!









Boston, USA 2006

Happy days LL. I really like Boston and all it has to offer. It's not a one way affair with my ladies - this is Hannah by the way - I lost another white shirt to her. What is it with you ladies that you like your lover's shirt next to your skin? I guess it is quite sexy.

It certainly is for me, seeing a women in just, and only just, in one of my shirts.


Boston 2018

I guess you could say this was one nice lay...over in May of last year. Breaks to journey up to the ranch and gets me ready for a little riding. Her and the horses that is. A friend and ex business associate that enjoys what I do to her and for her. No ties just two friends sharing benefits, you could say.





Poland 2007
This lady whose name is unpronounceable when read, really surprised me with the size of her boobs when I undertook this commission near Warsaw.

This shot was taken in a room in a large house. The room at the top of the building was, as you can see, unfurnished, not like the subject though. She was well furnished in all the appropriate places. Just after this shot she walked over to where I was fiddling with the tripod, flung her arms around my neck and kissed me.

I kissed her back. She headed for my belt and I took her boobs in hand as she shuffled her tights and panties down. Then she sat on the chair while I removed them entirely. I have to say that enabled a great view of her pussy. I did note her panties were damp and I then knew where from!

There was nowhere to lie down in that room, just the chair and an old trunk. We were both very horny, she because she was a me by the sight of her body. I lost my trousers as quickly as I could along with my boxers. She put her arms around my neck and I backed her against the wall. She opened her legs and I slid myself in along the line of her pussy. I could feel how wet she was immediately LL.

She wrapped one leg around mine which opened up her pussy. With a little hands on jiggling I was able to enter her. Those lovely breasts were hard against me and looking down the sight of them made me harder than ever. I thrust up, she gasped. Again and again against her clit. She placed my hands on her boobs and I squeezed them hard. For their size they were surprisingly firm, I recall.

Her moaning became more frequent and louder as she neared her climax. At that point I took hold of her buttocks, first squeezing them then as she headed over the precipice of her orgasm I lifted her up and both legs were wrapped around me.

I hadn't come. Within a few minutes I had her bent over that chair LL, entering her from behind. She was still wide open and very sensitive to my thrusts, bot she loved it. and said so while I was fucking her. I kept it slow to begin with but then my urge overtook me and I eventually shot my lot into her as she came a second time. Those boobs in my hands were like heaven to touch. Her nipples held between my fingers, I squeezed hard as we both came. A pole within a Pole, I guess you could say. She was well and truly shafted, boned or whatever and all to our mutual satisfaction LL.

I won't say how we cleaned ourselves up but we managed with a few tissues and after a little recovery on her art we made our way, innocently down through the house and off to lunch. 







London 2018

This lady wanted nude shots and that is what she got from me back in May last year during one of my visits to London. This was taken at my place. I'll leave this one right there and let your imagination fill in the gaps. Although I have to say some gaps were well filled.






London 2018

Interesting encounter, this one. I was lunching alone at a rather upmarket hotel in London when this lady approached my table. She told me she had seen me at a function on the arm of one of her acquaintances, who was taking a vacation in the south of France.

Looking the way she did in those rather sexy trousers, I invited her to join me for lunch. She was wearing more than you see in the shot above, at the time. We got into a long conversation about mutual friends, my photography which surprisingly she had heard about and, as she put it my 'reputation'. I told her I had no idea what she meant as I smiled. She just laughed and we continued talking through our light lunch and a bottle of Champagne.

We finished lunch and retired to the lounge area where we continued our chat. Then she (no names - too recent) suggested we finish the Champagne in her room and maybe I might take a few photos of her. I am never one to refuse shooting a lovely woman, so we headed up to her suite.

I ended up taking shots of more of her than I had bargained for, but she knew how to pose which was great so I took both color and B & W photos and let her have them all free of charge.

Why? Because she let me have her, free and very easy. We laughed as she removed those trousers, half naked, her top half, and the difficulty I had pulling them down. I managed of course. I had every incentive in doing so. When we were both naked she looked up at me half laying on the bed and said 'demonstrate your reputation'. I did.

I knelt before her LL, pulling her gently forward to the edge of the bed, parted her legs and buried my head right down as far as I could go in her pussy, my tongue flicking her clit until she 'opened' up and I was able to insert my tongue. She adored what I was doing, even to the point when I came up for a breather, she pushed me back down onto her opening and revelled in what my tongue was doing to her.

She came with a gush, and I mean a gush of liquid oozing from her pussy. I stood, spread her legs above her and apart and from my standing position and inserted my erection into her, smoothly. She was after all, wide open.

She came again LL. By now her clit was ultra sensitive and she screamed out when I ejaculated and she came that second time in unison with me. Strangely, I remained erect inside her even though I had, as the saying goes, shot my lot into her. We both collapsed on the bed in each others arms. 

There's more to this lady, but that can wait.







Italy 2008

Three rather sexy Italian girls who wanted their bodies and 'bushes' shot, so I obliged and spent some time with all three. Funnily enough the one with the smallest boobs on the left Anna was the most active. The other two middle Maria and right Valentina had their satisfaction ( and I had mine and then some!), but it was Anna that wanted me inside her more than once. I rather liked the sex I had with Valentina on the right, if truth be told.

All three worked on me to ensure Maria was satisfied, although our time together was most of one afternoon at a location that will remain anonymous, but is in the south of the country. Strangely, although I took color shots, this the only one with all three in a photo.




Rome 2018

Another staff member who found her way into a bedroom, LL. I have had a few women in the last year and Giovanna was one of the best. I was staying at this hotel on the edge of Rome en route to my place in Sorrento. She wanted her photo taken. She had seen me bring my equipment into the hotel when I checked in with her at reception.

rather attractive with a really sultry look when I photographed her in my room. 

Of course that wasn't the main reason for her visits - three in all - she just wanted sex, so I obliged. Giovanna was quite adept in bed, I was quite surprised at her, ummm...shall we say 'knowledge' of what a man likes, but then she is Italian.

She was a real delight and unlike the three girls above completely devoid of any hair where it mattered. Great boobs and nice slim legs completed a lovely package for me and she enjoyed the fact that as she said, I felt so thick inside her. Oh, and she loved me kissing her all the way down her back, ending up between her legs. The kissing, and some licking in the appropriate places, completed the journey on her very attractive front as I entered her.

The photograph and a few others just for her ...and me, were taken just before and a couple just after the 'event'

She returned for more on three other occasions. 




Berlin, Germany 2008

Hanna was a lovely girl staying at my hotel in Berlin on a two day stopover for me in the City. She was also passing through on her way south. We met at the bar one evening and shared a few drinks and then we shared her bed, followed the next night by her sharing mine. Then we went our separate  ways. I have kept in touch though and still get lovely emails and the odd rather intimate photos sent to me since I was widowed a second time.

The shot was taken post our having sex. I decided it would be good if we filled the bath again and I joined her in all those suds. Of course given the invitation there was quite a lot of touching, caressing and ultimately sex in the bath with her on top. I can still feel and imagine her lovely breasts sliding through my hands as she came down on me repeatedly.

Happy days LL..happy days, and ...they are not over yet.


Ciao



Photographs in this blog have been edited to preserve anonymity. All photos are copyright. ©


Thursday, February 21, 2019

The Old and the New


For LL in the UK

Bit of a mix here LL. Some from the past and some quite recent. Some, in fact most, you have seen before. 

I have had a wonderful life since we parted and, in some ways, I have you to thank for it. I would have been 'tied down' if you had stayed the course and married me , which is what I wished for. Instead you played away of course and in doing so 'released' me. I knew you wouldn't commit even before you told me and so I arranged for plan B to come into operation. You were an absolute fool in allowing me to slip through your fingers. Allowing a life you and your family will never know, to slip from your grasp.

I was fully committed to you 100%. I would have expected the same from you. Instead eventually, I found it with Ash.

During my single years I enjoyed myself immensely. Read on.



Liรจge 2004 

My first venture into 'foreign' territory outside the UK and USA , LL. Turned out very well given that I got to bed this lady. Thank goodness for Eurostar back then. I was there and back before you knew I had been over there.

She was rather nice 'territory' to venture into don't you think. I did venture in and got a nice butt to get hold of too.



Surrey 2005

Another bedroom another bed another woman LL This one was oriental in her physical form, but British born and bred. Rather tasty, wouldn't you say. We hooked up briefly via the good old Internet. As you now know you weren't the only one who could play those games. Rather a good lay in the event - her, not you.







Surrey 2005

One woman led to another on that Surrey trip. Another from my Internet site with a rather vicious shower. I turned it down before I got in and managed to get this shot of her in a bit of shock at the force. She should have known to check a strange shower (we hooked up in an hotel).






Surrey 2005

And...this was number three over the course of that week. Well you have to try before you 'buy', don't you. I tried all three unbeknown to each. Luckily they were all in different locations and only about 2 1/2 hours from my home in Norfolk and under an hour from my London apartment.

The  bra, of course I removed it and snuggled my groin right up to that lovely butt of Jane's. From there, well, there was only one place to go LL. I never ceased to be amazed, and am still quietly amazed, by the readiness that all these women were to be laid. All three of my Surrey encounters here were, for want of a better phrase, easy pickings and willing participants.





Berkshire 2006

Just over thirty, ready to photograph her and when I go back into the room this (above) was what I  greeted with. At least I had the presence of mind to take a shot of Karen, before she wrapped herself around me.

A commission, but one of the early ones that turned out to be anything but. I did get to shoot her. Two sets. One for her and her husband (yes husband) and one for her and I. We met in London a couple of times at my apartment and for one reason only...sex!


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I've not shown you a sequence of shots recently, so here is a few shots of another lay I enjoyed. To be more precise LL, I should say we enjoyed. The place is or rather was Sorrento, Italy. The lady is called Elena and the year 2006, when I bought my place in Sorrento and very charming it is LL, as was this rather hot blooded Neapolitan lady Elena.

The shots I took sort of tell their own story, a story that took place in 2007. Who would have thought, you least of all, of course, that the guy you messed about was getting laid with women such as Elena. As I said they tell their own tale so view onward and I'll fill in the gaps ...and I certainly did that, for sure!


Teasing me....







Enough there to take my breath away and she did...lovely breasts, great skin tone...and the promise of things to come (cum!) laying beneath those panties.










Nice butt too.....







Whoops, my finger got in the way!





A second later.





Time for business.....






Great two way view....





Something I said? No, something I suggested....




Take me...and so I did LL.

The panties fell to the floor, I embraced her from behind taking each breast in my hands, gently caressing, cupping and squeezing. Her nice firm butt nestled against my groin and my erection between her legs, finding her wet pussy

To put it politely LL, her love juices flowed more and more as I caressed her and rubbed her clit. Then....well take a look at her photo immediately above and tell me what you think happened next. I can confirm it did, twice that particular time and three times for her. I'm sure you can work that one out.















This was taken shortly 'after'...hence the clean panties



She was in great shape wasn't she. I certainly thought so...very 'fit' you could say.


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Reims 2005

This was taken in November of that year. We parted in the October.

It was easy travelling from my then London apartment to the Continent, and so I did fairly frequently. On this occasion it was to see an English friend who was just setting up in the City having secured a position at the university there lecturing in modern languages.

Debbie's apartment was a bit of a mess when I arrived as she had only just moved in. At least the bedroom was straight and the bed in good order, mainly because it was well tested that weekend. The shot above is Debbie, post coital and after a shower, but before dinner. I was sitting on a cushion on the floor, LL. None of that these days.

Straight after your parting is was a nice break involving some first class sex, after all she did have a first from Oxford.




Nantucket, Massachusetts 2018

Use your imagination LL. I didn't need to !


New York 2018

Oh to be licked...and she was, all the way until....Ohhhhh...OMG!!





London 1971

Last girl friend before I met my first wife.








New Hampshire 2018








New Hampshire 2007

Guess why she is stripped down to her panties LL. Yep, you got it right. Sex and more sex.





 California 2007

Great kneecaps don't you think. At least I think they are kneecaps...hmmmm.

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The next few shots are of the same lady taken over two years - 2007 and 2008. A sort of casual affair you could say, in between the others I was having...or even alongside


 California 2007






 California 2007







 California 2007




These were on the revisit in the second year.....




 California 2008




 California 2008

She looked pretty good out of her clothes too, don't you think LL. Her name is Becky or Rebecca in full. Those strings were just made to pull and well....that's what happened, on more than one occasion.

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California 2008

 Her name is Sue.






London 2005


Back over there in Europe for this lady and a crossover with you LL. She had lovely wobbly boobs. You should have seen them moving as I came down on here. Very erotic for me and served to 'harden my resolve', so to speak. Her name is Julie.




Norfolk 2004

This lady lived in my village LL, back then. She's moved since. Mid thirties with a penchant for some weekend activities. I am sure you know what I mean by that. She had no hang-ups on me practising my photography on her. I was 'allowed to shoot any part of her as long as her face wasn't featured. This is one such shot. The rest you can imagine LL...remembering the date! Your fault entirely.

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Two for the price of one....




Barbados 2008

I told Mel (Melanie) to be careful of snakes. (There are no venomous snakes on the island). She said there was only one 'snake' she was interested in that afternoon, so we released him to find a home. Rather lovely the 'home' was too, along with other 'assets'.

Lucky fell, wasn't I and I only met her the day before!


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Near Marlow, Berkshire UK 2006

One of my early 'rich' lady shots. We had met in a well know hotel in London at a business gathering,. At least I was at the gathering. Camilla was at the hotel and had been stood up for dinner. We had both been sitting separately in the lounge for a while occasionally glancing at each other. My glances were for the obvious reason that she was and is an attractive woman. I wasn't in any hurry to get back to my apartment in Docklands and had been glancing through a paper while I waited for rush hour to abate.

Camilla eventually arose and came and sat nearer me. I said hello across several armchairs and she responded by asking if I was on my own. I said I was. She told me that she had been stood up for dinner. It was obvious to me that she was open to my suggesting she eat with me. I made the offer, she accepted and we went off to dinner, not in the hotel but to a French place I know nearby. It features good honest French cooking in a great atmosphere where all the staff are French, LL.

Camilla loved it. Afterward we walked back to the hotel, kissed each other on the cheek and said goodnight, after exchanging cell phone numbers.

A couple of days later she phoned and we chatted. She asked whether I would like to visit her at her place near Marlow and I agreed. Who wouldn't in my shoes!

The upshot was I stayed, I got lots of photos, I got to bed her much to her delight and satisfaction and as a bonus I saw how great a property she had. The shot above was taken there after my first morning of staying over. There were quite a few times I revisited and she has since come over to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She's only in her forties now LL.

Long slender legs, great boobs and a lovely pussy, who could ask for more.

From there I went off to visit Trish in Bristol, and then back to see Carole in Norfolk. Naughty boy wasn't I! None of them knew nor do they know to this day.







South Island, New Zealand 2007

Funny how it happens isn't LL. It's happened to me a few times in the past. There you are out walking and doing a little sightseeing with a woman when she lets you know she has gone 'commando'. She spends some time teasing you with the occasional flip of her dress before succumbing to what she really wants.

That was the situation here with this lady, Melissa. We ended  up or rather I did with her legs wrapped around me lying in long grass away from the 'madding crowd' while we fucked each other silly. Happy memories ...eh. Unlike the ones I have of you......



Ciao



Photographs in this blog have been edited to preserve anonymity. All photos are copyright. ©