Week 131 Photo Challenge: Shoe(s)

It's been a while since our last photo challenge post.  At first we struggled with the photos for this one. 

 

We drew this card the Friday before Thanksgiving. With all the prep for the trip to Texas and Thanksgiving dinner, none of us really took the time to focus on getting a photo.  Since then we've had deaths in the family, business trips, end of the semester.  It's just been a busy time.  

I had a hard time getting creative with this particular challenge. When I reviewed my photos, I decided this one was the most interesting. 

Kate: Closet Jumble

I don't have the best shoe storage system in my closet, they are mostly just jumbled up pairs.  So I won't win any awards for organization. But when I look at what's in various layers, it does tell a story. My loafers that were worn pretty much daily are buried, but my gym shoes are on top.  Speaks a lot to how my life has changed the last couple of years.  The texture and stark whiteness of the athletic shoes made this photo the most interesting of the bunch I took. 

My Guy is the odd one out this week. He went in a completely different direction. 

My Guy: Hot Shoe 4

His portfolio for this week also included brake shoes, but I agreed that the camera hot shoe was the best pick for this week.  This is My Guy's first SLR, an Olympus OM-1.  It's a film camera that he used a lot for his astronomy classes in college. He bought it used, but it was his primary camera for years. He didn't switch to digital until a couple of years after I did.  Now, it would be hard to find a place to process the film.  

Grad Girl's subject is more typical, but she was definitely more creative with the setting. 

Grad Girl: My Just Chilling Boots

Grad Girl likes to wear boots when the weather gets cooler.  In Texas, that didn't happen till the week of Thanksgiving. One of the many reasons she's not a fan of fall in Texas. We were hanging out in a coffee shop in Brenham when she took this photo. That's pretty much standard operating procedure on any trip, find a coffee shop, take the books and chill for a bit. 

I had the honor of drawing this week's challenge card.

My Guy asked "What does that mean?" I'm not sure, I guess it's whatever we decide it means. That's how we seem to roll each week with these photo challenges.