Where did you go barefoot today?

March 24, 2011 - Playing with daisies...

Still no change on the sunny and warm spring weather. Temperatures went as high as 18°C (over 64F), with a cool morning around 5°C/40F. But even though the morning was quite cool, I saw some people wearing shorts and one teenage boy in khaki shorts even showing toes by wearing open sandals without socks... however, I was again the sole barefooter (pun intended), as no one else dared to fully bare his or her feet.

On our second break during our seminar session at 11 am (it's half-time in the training program for the new project I'm going to work in - two more weeks to go, before I am going live on answering customer inquiries by e-mail...), it was warm enough to go outside wearing a t-shirt, no jacket, and I went to the sunlit part of the paved parking lot to feel that warmth underfoot, too.

During the lunch break, I decided to tune it up a few notches, and went off the company premises to get to that strip of grass, which I walk through on my way to and from work to feel sun-warmed grass beneath my bare soles. I walked on that for about twenty minutes, listening to some chillout music and feeling my inner batteries charging up with some extra positive energy. Spring has prompted some daisies to stick out their heads and show their cute faces to the sun, and so I decided to play with them, making them a part of my foot decorations (I just love doing this!).

(pictures of this are in the pictures of your feet pt. 2 thread...)

Friday is forecast to be again quite nice, but with a little more clouds to arrive, marking a little cool spell over the weekend... the maximum temperatures are said to drop below 10°C/50F, but at least there's no frost imminent. Well, as we know about the weather, it just couldn't have gone on forever...

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

With sunny weather and temperatures around 15°C/60F the cool spell that was forecast for weekend seemed to be over. On going to the park, I saw that some trees were showing hues of green, where first new leaves were poking out from their buds. New blossoms were out as well, and in addition to more daisies in the grass, brightly yellow pilewort was growing, too...





The nice weather lured quite many people into the park, and my favourite big lawn area in the western corner of the park was crowded with people who used it as a field to play a game that is not quite common in Germany - cricket. Yes, indeed, it was cricket they were playing. Even though I do not know the fine points of the game, I recognized those sticks in the ground as a wicket and also the typical shape of the bats as well as the pitching technique. This means, of course, that my usual walk over that lawn was blocked by about two dozen people vacating that area, half of them playing, the other half sitting beneath a large chestnut tree.

But even though I was constricted to a shorter round in the park, I was able to feel soft grass and soil underfoot, enjoy the sights of blossoms near my toes and sit on park benches, soaking up the afternoon sun.

And though it was mild enough, as mentioned above, and even warmer in the sun, I was again the only person baring my feet to the sun and Earth.

With its sunny and bright weather, Sunday was the opposite of a cloudy, sometimes overcast and comparingly cool Saturday - temperatures were only as high as about 10°C/50F - which saw me barefoot in the city for a short weekend grocery shopping trip. I received two reactions, one at the tram stop, where a woman bummed me for some change and a cigarette and then commented on my toes amd toe rings, saying that they're beautiful. The second reaction was after shopping, when I waited outside the mall, having a cigarette (unhealhty habit, I know...) and an elderly man asked the C- question ("Isn't that too cold?"), to which I replied (loud enough for all within earshot to hear): "Absolutely not. I always walk barefoot as soon as temperatures are above 0°C (32F), and sometimes in snow, too..." which made him shake his head disbelievingly, and sent him off inside the mall. Other than that, there were no more reactions than "The Look"®

On Saturday evening I went to our usual roleplaying game session. On the way there, one reaction was a car passing by, honking the horn and yells from the inside - most likely not reacting to my bare feet, but to the fact that I was wearing my purple sarong instead of pants. Even though it was a cool evening, and by the time I returned home at around 1 am as cool as slightly below 5°C (40F), I did not feel too cold being barefoot to the waist. As far as the gaming is concerned, we were able to close another chapter on our fantasy adventures in a medieval-style world by successfully finishing off an evil demigod on a parallel plane of existence... everyday stuff for fantasy games. Next time, I will again assume the role of a Proximan starship pilot, getting ready to wreck another ship. I kind of have a reputation for landings comparable to the one Anakin Skywalker made in Star Wars, Episode 3 (where Obi-Wan observed "Nothing to worry, we're still flying half a ship...."). But that's largely the game master's fault, robbing me of options to bring the ship down in one piece... he most often uses a crash as a basis for the story to unwind.

Next week will be the third out of four weeks of my in-job training and according to the weather forecasts, it will be another flip-flop week, giving me again multiple opportunities to bare my feet in the seminar room as well as outdoors during the breaks - and of course do my barefooting before and after work, too.

Wiggling bare toes in spring,

~*Ganesha*~

 

i walked on the beach, I do that every day its fun and free.

 

i went outside

 

Two malls and an aviation museum, barefoot, crutches and shirtless. A really good day.

 

I'm Impressed.....:coffee:



Cheers Glen.

 

Spain

 

Barefoot at work, yesterday

 

K-Mart, and from the commons to my first class in school. Today was "One Day Without Shoes" so I had an easy canned excuse and the weather was very pleasant (50F and cloudy!).

 

At this point, I just kick my shoes off in the campus library. No one notices, so screw it.

 

Update: I've been hobbiting around campus today with my shoes in my backpack. I put them on to go into a building that sells food, and to cross streets (Broken glass is not my friend.). I feel all happy and free, and no one notices.

WHY did I wear shoes to class before?

 

I've stumbled on to an incredibly barefoot-friendly town on a business trip this week. Mason, OH, just outside if Cincy. Caught a movie tonight, and I'm now in the Mariott restaurant/bar for the 2nd night in a row without shoes. Super-friendly staff, and I'm certain that some of them noticed.

 

I went for a short walk from my car to a dining establishment barefoot yesterday. Unfortunately there is still a lot of sand on the sidewalk leftover from the winter and I find that to be most uncomfortable to walk on. FYI: I put my flip flops on before I entered the establishment. I've also been going for walks after dinner most nights to burn off calories. I find the ground is still a bit cold in spots for my liking.

 

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Barefooted more and more expansively today. But it seems that spending the last 3 years bundled up in combat boots has taken it's toll: the muscles on my lower legs and feet are very weak and I think I pulled a few things just wandering around. It kind of hurt. No matter, they'll strengthen up fast.

 

Haven't had a chance to do this because it is still a little too cold here BUT it is getting warm and fast!

 

to the movies. no one was in the row in front of me (or the row in front of that, or the row in front of that) so i used the arm rest in front om me for my feet

 

I played hooky and took the day off from work. Took my kids to get dounts, then went to Tractor Supply and bought a new lawnmower, then walmart for some garden plants - all while barefoot. Tonite we went to a local restaurant and I was barefoot for that too.

 

Went with a few friends to a local trail and hiked down to a river. Decided we wanted to go in but had to go home and change first. Went back and went swimming all while barefoot. Then went to my favorite sandwich shop (first time going barefoot). They didnt mind me being barefoot which only reaffirmed my great love for them. lol