Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Blackened areas defines the indiscriminate path of a wildfire that destroyed some homes and left others untouched in one neighborhood in the densely wooded Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 13, 2013. More than 350 homes have been lost in what is now the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, surpassing last year’s Waldo Canyon fire, which burned 347 homes, killed two people and led to $353 million in insurance claims. (AP Photo/John Wark) Every time Colorado goes up in flames, a part of my heart breaks. This is only one area of Colorado currently burning.

Blackened areas defines the indiscriminate path of a wildfire that destroyed some homes and left others untouched in one neighborhood in the densely wooded Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, June 13, 2013. More than 350 homes have been lost in what is now the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history, surpassing last year’s Waldo Canyon fire, which burned 347 homes, killed two people and led to $353 million in insurance claims. (AP Photo/John Wark)

Every time Colorado goes up in flames, a part of my heart breaks. This is only one area of Colorado currently burning.

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Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum

c.1820-40

 My heart bleeds for women and their poor feet. I don’t know how I would ever have survived without a left and a right shoe. After an evening of dancing in straight lasts Regency slippers I feel hobbled, I can’t imagine a lifetime of that.

Can you imagine how one’s feet must have hurt, too, with so little support and cushioning? Jeez. 

Filed under shoes early 19th century Regency period dancing slippers