I was walking through Ridgewood Queens 

and saw these wedges lying at the base of a big ol’ tree. There was something about the composition; I usually post discarded kicks on Insta, but it wasn’t a good square. I wanted to use it as the Popdiatry twitter header image, but the image got cut too much. So here it is leading off this month’s collection of random thoughts and images.

LACES

Summer 2015 is in full effect here along the northeast corridor and most of our boots are hibernating in favor of something lighter (but not flip-flops or sandals!). Timberland, the boot, shoe, clothing and accessory giant that had their humble beginning in Massachusetts might not have boot-heads salivating as much as Chippewa, Broken Homme, Nicks, Thorogood, Oak Street, Red WIngs, Viberg, White’s, and Wesco,, but somebody is going to speed by us in a Benz bumping Biggie with a Timberland boot on the pedal, and in 2015, there is something they offer to the boot snob that may interest you.

Many of the Timberland brick and mortar stores, such as the one on Broadway in Manhattan, have a “lace bar” where they can custom cut you a pair of boot laces for a reasonable price.

Thanks to Funyagi for the Tim pictures.

A few days ago was another moon landing anniversary, and I totally slacked on posting this:

That being a piece of 3d art by Howard Fink title “One Small Step”

I’m always keeping an eye out for foot/shoe inspired art, like this foot from Mr. Chunkism:

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