Sep
07
200913 Days in Michigan (Day Ten) Part II – The Great Shoe Tree
The shoe tree is a strange little happening. Someone threw their old shoes up into the tree and then someone else saw it and did the same and now everyone in the area has dubbed it “The Shoe Tree”. We took some time to take Bronwyn and Tom there. We found all the shoes that had been knocked out of the tree due to weather and put them all back. I also have to say that I tried several times to put a pair of shoes in the tree and failed every time. Everyone else had put a pair up already but I kept trying. Finally when I took a pair of six shoes that had been tied together, making it virtually impossible to land in the tree, and I did it. I’m just glad I didn’t give up.
Heather
I love that shoe tree! All the pictures of it are so beautiful. The video is great!
Dani
The shoe tree is totally awesome! I want to start something like that!
Bronwyn
Happy faces galore!
I think my pair was a boot tied to a flip flop. And it definitely took too many tries. Like I tried to do it when I thought no one was looking, haha.
Kim
I swear, I think every town/state/whatever must have its own “shoe tree.” I’ve seen so many of these anomalies while zipping by uncharted territory in a car! I’ve never taken the time to stop and join the fun, though. Congrats on making your mark
sara lynn
It’s nice to remember that sometimes we just need to do things because they’re fun.
I couldn’t agree more!
Brandi
How fascinating. I love that there are still unexpected places like this in the world. It’s nice to remember that sometimes we just need to do things because they’re fun.
sara lynn
I thought the same thing when I first heard about it. I though, “What on earth is the appeal in a bunch of old shoes hanging from a tree.” But I was definitely wrong. It is more like a collection- some shoes on the tree look brand new! But I think it’s to show that people are more than what we seem. It seems silly but I like to think that a bunch of strangers throwing shoes into a tree shows that there is a part of people that we sometimes forget is there.
Everyone still has an inner child and can believe in something different.
Catherine
The shoe tree has its own beauty about it… generally when I think of shoes hanging off of things I think of garbage or waste or stuff that someone doesn’t want anymore, but the shoe tree is different. It’s just a collection!
I love all of your Michigan photographs – everyone looks so happy.