Friday 5 August 2011

Shoe Tree


Ever seen a shoe tree?
Carving animal totems into dead trees is something you will see in these parts.
I can understand that.
But I used to pass this on the road to Haliburton back in Ontario.
Strange.
why?
I don't see any self respecting critter moving in.
Poooooeeee!

14 comments:

  1. That is a very strange sight!

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  2. I can think of better things to do with old shoes! Perhaps stitch on them...ha.

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  3. Bit strange... but interesting. My copy of 'Language of the Goddess' came today, sourced from your sidebar. What a fascinating read that's going to be!

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  4. perhaps votive offerings to the god of feet!

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  5. Very strange! Here in the southern states we have 'bottle trees' - perhaps they have them other places, but this is where I first encountered them. Dozens of glass bottles hung on a tree (or a handmade tree) in the yard. They catch the light and are really quite lovely.

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  6. here people throw a pair of tied shoes up on the telephone wires, they just hang there over the streets here & there...like you said, "Strange. why?"

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  7. I always heard the shoes over phone wires was a claim of territory by a particular gang.
    What gave me a chuckle was how nice & neat they are there in pairs! lol

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  8. Karen...so much to inspire in that book.

    Jude..Strange eh!

    Kat...If I thought it would help my poor old feet, I'd hang a pair of shoes up there!

    Penny ...Bottle trees! Wine or beer bottles?

    Cindy & Nancy... hanging overhead like flags to the wind!

    Don't you love the pair of gree wellies.

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  9. I live in Colorado, and there is a shoe tree near my old neighborhood. I thought it was started as a play on words for the shoe tree that you would keep in your closet. When my kids were very young, they were thrilled when they wore out a pair of shoes and we went to the shoe tree to nail them up!

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  10. Oh, yes, Karen, I can just imagine a child's delight at contributing to a shoe tree.

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  11. Here in central Texas, we have a "boot" fence--Old boots turned upside down over the fence posts. We also have bottle trees.

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  12. Saraz...I'd love to see a boot fence! Wonder what else people do with a worn out pair of shoes!

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