I made this image last fall on Boston’s Beacon Hill. How often do we see a discarded shoe heel in the age of new materials, let alone a heel on a brick sidewalk? It seemed almost incongruous and worth capturing.
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Milford Street 
Yep! Definitely something you don’t see often.
It probably fell off! Was planning on taking a trip up to Boston this year, but I cancelled it. Reason was too much of not knowing where I’m going, the traffic is terrible, where a good cheap place is to stay, and just plain expensive to do. You are lucky to have Boston close. Cheers! Les
I agree about it falling off. Their day was not going so well at that point. I feel very fortunate to be so close to Boston and all that it has to offer. Cheers!
Very good. It is just the case where I ask, where is the shoe?
Funny! As the snow melts, I’m seeing a lot of single gloves and mittens but no heels so far.
You just don’t see heels like that as much anymore. We all have rubber like soles.
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Good eye, Milford Street!
Thank you. Have a Happy St Patrick’s Day.
I wonder how someone managed to lose a heel and just keep right on walking?
I’m not sure. I don’t think I’ve ever had this problem. Cheers
Me either, but then again, I always wear flats.
This looked more like a men’s shoe heel. I am with you on wearing flats.
Your photographer´s eye always catches those intriguing things, Chris! 🙂 Makes one want to add a story to it… 😉
Thank you, Sarah. Yes, I wonder what happened here. Who was the person? What kind of shoes were they? How did they manage afterwards?
I sympathize especially with your last question! 😉 I had my share of malfunctioning foot wear when you need it at least 😂
I liked the way this turned out as well as the interesting conversation your responders gave, Chris. Everyone was polite but since you are like me, want to do a good post, I will tell you that when you wrote “heel” it transposed into “hell.” It happens to me all the time but my friends tell me so I may fix mistakes. 🙂
Ooops..Error corrected. Thank you, Robin. That was a rather embarrassing error. Cheers!
No big deal, Chris. I had an embarrassing situation when I was in middle school doing a report on the Titanic (history class) and instead of explaining why it went so fast down under the water with the correct word, “suction,” I accidentally used an “f” in the beginning of the word, two times in a matter of minutes. Giggling and kids covering their mouths. I thought they didn’t appreciate my poster or something else. Later, my friend told me my real mistake! 😀
Oh dear. That must have been embarrassing…but it makes a great story now. Cheers
When I was a child we repaired shoes, rarely ever bought new…so your image made me pause and reflect; no, you don’t see shoe repair parts laying around like this as one did ‘in the olden days’ of the sixties. Now we throw the old out.
I agree. I’ve brought shoes to cobblers but today’s shoes are not as easily repaired and repair shops are more difficult to find. One aspect of my time in El Salvador last year that I really liked was the fact that people used and repaired things until they were really used up. There was no waste. Cheers!