The Duke's Gift This Month

This month the Duke turned a year older. :)  I spent two months trying to find the right pictures and the right phrases.  He loves John Wayne.  It's a lot of how he got his name.  I love him with Maureen O'Hara.  We love McLintock!, and really liked the Quiet Man. :)  Oh, who am I kidding, any time they were in a movie together, it was magic.

So I got a friend to print these out, and I put them in our room for his birthday.  Here they all are, put up.  I was so nervous.  My heart went into this gift.  What if he didn't like it?  What if he thought the spanking one was too risqué and told me to take it down?  I had had the word spanking, but put enforcer because I thought, he enforces in many ways, and so did the Duke. :)

My Duke did ask about the spanking photo, and I told him to just tell people I picked moments I liked from their movies, and that I just found that one funny.  :P  I mean, I don't think people will honestly think too much about it if they're not into a spanking relationship.  Well... maybe they will since our locked box of toys is underneath, but that is merely coincidental.  lol  But not many people go into our room, so I'm not too concerned. :)

So, I'm glad to say, he loves his gift!  He really seems to love it. :)  I am so thankful.  It was my heart going into this gift.  It meant a LOT to me, because it's a show of our dynamic in a safe way that others can see, but not understand its depth, but a reminder every time I see it of the wonderful man I married.  The Duke. :)  The blue around the border is because we have a blue wall in our room, but also because it's the colour of the Duke's words when he writes here. :)

Here is what they look like up, and I'll provide the larger one of each below. 

Happy Birthday this month, Duke.  I love you sooo much.

The Duke's Deductions: 
Thank you soooo much for this birthday gift Esmay. It really makes me feel special to know you spent so much time thinking of a good gift that means something instead of just buying something. It feels like it is full of meaning. The pictures in black and white look really classy, and love how you used the pictures and words to illustrate the concepts.  Thank you so much.  I love you too.

OH NO. They say you rub off on each other after years of marriage, the Duke just picked up one of my bad habits. I often put "soooo much". :P  He's picking up my bad habits! :P

PS I just asked the Duke if he'd rather the bottom pictures be closer together like the top ones are. He sat and stared at them on the wall and then said "No, I like them that way. If you squint, they kind of look like a woman bent over ready for her spanking." DUKE!!!! Take all the romanticism out of it... or I guess in our case, it adds to it. LOL Silly, wonderful, man. :)