Thanks Kiwi for the photo's and commentary.
Your wife is simply amasing and very attractive.
I love how black her soles were in the one barefoot shopping photo.
If she would endulge you, could you get some close ups of walking on sharp gravel?
I'd love to see how black she can get her soles.

I know I mention this before, but since she is so resistant to hot pavement, what
would she do if she encountered a lit cigarette on the ground? Could she step on it
barefoot?

Photo Jul 15, 11 29 50 PM by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

After months of resistance, my wife has started going barefoot in restaurants. She's more likely to do this in smaller, more low-brow establishments, or when she's wearing jeans rather than capris. Unfortunately, I couldn't get better shots on my iPhone. I didn't want to draw unwanted attention. She likes me taking photos, but doesn't necessarily want people to know what I'm doing!

Yesterday, we went to a nursery to buy herbs for an indoor garden. Two highlights to the trip. The first was that there is sharp gravel everywhere, and she didn't even flinch.

The second was that there was an older woman who got a weird look on her face and said "do you mind if I ask you something personal? Are you barefoot?" My wife was wearing her barefoot sandals, and lifted up her feet to show the lady, who then made a huge deal about how she liked to go barefoot herself, how neat it was, how she's going to get some for herself and her granddaughter, and how she's going to start wearing them to church. When we got to the car, my wife was beaming. She's used to people giving her dirty looks or making snide comments, and got a lot of mileage out of the woman's interest and kind words.

I'm not sure she'd even notice it. The asphalt around here has gotten extremely hot lately, and she's able to walk on it at a leisurely pace. She's stepped on some glass recently (we live in a college town, ahem...) and just picks it out and keeps going.

The nursery is the same of the photos you already published on flickr ?

Do you have some new photos of her soles,maybe after a long gravel walk ?

She started to develop very thick callous ?

I 2nd. Love to see some close ups of her walking on the gravel you mentioned.
And too bad you didn't have a camera ready when she conquered the broken
glass.
Would she be up for the cigarette test?
Hopefully she would endulg us. It is such a treat to see such an attractive with
natural passion for barefooting.

Yep. It's the same nursery.

I don't have any new photos of her soles, unfortunately. She's training for a couple of half-marathons this year, so possibly later on...

She's getting a thick, but supple callous. It isn't really rough at all.

She will run the marathons barefeet ? (so she is training barefeet ?)

What type of path are this marathons ?

But the callous is very hard ?

She's already run two half-marathons barefoot, and one in huaraches.

She trains barefoot. She considers her barefoot lifestyle part of her training. That's how it started, anyway. Now, she just prefers not to wear shoes.

The trail varies. One of them is in a beach town and many of the trails are littered with oyster shells.

Your wife is beautiful!

Barefoot in the Health Food Section by Kiwifeet, on Flickr


Barefoot in the Health Food Section by Kiwifeet, on Flickr


Barefoot in the Health Food Section by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

Nothing particularly special, just an average day out shopping.

Today was in the high 90s, and we crossed a freshly surfaced parking lot around 5pm, after it had been absorbing heat all day. She told me that she didn't think she could handle it. She managed to walk across it without flinching.

She said it was hot, but that her soles didn't hurt at all.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get some video of her crossing the pavement in front of one of those big bank signs that display the time and temperature.

It's been awhile since I posted here, but I thought I'd give some updates.


ihop by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

She hasn't worn shoes at all in the past week at all, and it if it weren't for a funeral and a visit to the doctor, she wouldn't have worn them in over a month. She's getting to the point where she can handle not only rough terrain, but also stares and comments from people in public.


Hanging Paintings by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

I think she's enjoying being the eccentric artist girl. We've been running into our friends and acquaintances in public places, and it doesn't seem to phase her at all. I think part of it is that we're both artists, and it's kind of expected, and part of it is that she's a New Zealander, and going barefoot in public is a cultural norm.


Hiking by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

She was barefoot the entire camping trip. I'm not sure, but I don't think she brought shoes along at all. A month ago, she'd put a pair of flip-flops in her bag, just in case, but lately, she's just been leaving them at home.

If I were to calculate the amount of time she's worn shoes in the past year, it would be well under ten hours, if even that.

Wonderful !

What about her sensation : she feel some pain ?

Her soles have been some damage from pinestraw and thorns ? Or have endured like leather ?

Nope. No pain at all. She seems to be able to handle most terrain and temperatures with no problem. This summer, she was walking over fresh blacktop in mid-afternoon when it was 100 F in bright sunlight. Not a flinch or a blister.

Exceptional !

No pain, no thorns are penetrated on her soles...

Do you have some more picture of her douring this path,or in general of her actual soles ?

Please share with us this digital part of your luck

Most of people stares will due to envy,of people that would be able to leave unconfortable shoes,especially women's high heels,but do not have the courage do it...

Right now in New Zeland there are a lot of barefooters ?

A few photos taken over the past couple of days. It's been relatively cold here; not freezing, but almost. Favorite quote from today: "I think I like being barefoot in the cold better because when people look at me you know they're thinking how tough I am. When it's warm out, they just think I'm weird!"

She's barely worn shoes at all this year. I think her record was 20 days barefoot, broken because of a trip to the dentist.


Barefoot outside at the bridge by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

Cold and rainy.


Barefoot at the art supply store by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

After being called out for being barefoot in the art supply store, she started wearing flip flops. This lasted a few months, but our last three or four visits, she hasn't worn shoes.


Barefoot in the cold by Kiwifeet, on Flickr

I think it was 37 F and windy. There's something particularly sexy about her wearing a coat and being barefoot.