Sunday, July 22, 2012

A ZIngertale's Curious Find...

photo by ana traina ~2012~
On route 295 in Cannan, NY, there is a most wondrous antique shop, and there my eyes fell upon these little wonders. They are very early children’s shoes made way back when shoemakers did not distinguish between the right and left foot. The madness behind this method was that eventually they would mold to the child’s foot...

Thanks to the kindness of Sandy Klempner, the wondrous shop's owner, I was able to photograph these shoes.
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  2. Great photo, although when purchasing things that old a thought about who owned something, when they owned them, and whatever happened to them always goes through my mind. Who is the child those shoes once belonged to? What was their live like?

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  3. Lol, I though the same exact thing! There is a whole life behind a simple pair of shoes! oxo

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  4. Ali, I thought my thank you posted. oxo Thank you!!

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  5. LOVE everything about this picture, but most especially — apart from the shoes, of course — the wooden plank on which they stand. The combination of the brown weathered leather and the beat-up scratched-up olive green of the bench makes me want to listen to Woody Guthrie songs!

    Your art makes me travel and dream and smile for so many numerous reasons. Thank You xoxo

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  6. Dearest Mudd,

    I am so grateful for all your kind and very supportive words! You rock!!

    oxoox,
    Ana

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