Barefoot in the city. It was pretty cold that day, but that doesn't really bother her anymore.



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@DG2001 - She can walk on rocks and gravel without much problem. Rough pavement doesn't really slow her down at all.

Her soles are actually pretty smooth. More like nice leather than sandpaper. When she gets into a regular routine of running, they get pretty rough and calloused. When her feet are clean, you can't really tell how tough her feet are unless you touch them.

Barefoot at Starbucks!



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My God, where do you guys live that she can be BF outside 24/7??

Lovely pictures again

Obviously from her blog she likes to be barefoot to feel the ground beneath her feet, but a fair few of us who view the blog do so becuase we think that bare feet on a woman look good

It took my wife a while to understand the importance of her feet in this regard (you may have seen my piccies on this board) She doesn't like being barefoot for herself but understands how much it means to me

Can I ask, how has that journey been for you two, does she understand how good she looks barefoot? Does she enjoy the attention or is it something she feels uncomfortable with??

We live in the Southeast US. She regularly goes barefoot when it hovers around freezing, though. As long as she has a coat and scarf, she's fine.

My wife is from New Zealand, where it's really normal to go barefoot in public. There was even a group of American tourists who tried to start a ministry to collect shoes for the poor barefoot kiwis, assuming that they went barefoot out of poverty.

When she first moved to the States, 10 years ago, she went barefoot regularly, but started wearing shoes after nasty comments and glances. After that, she occasionally go barefoot to the grocery store or the gas station.

A few years ago, she decided to try barefoot running, and then decided to adopt a partially barefoot lifestyle in order to toughen her feet. Over time, she's gotten more and more comfortable barefooting in public.

I think any of her previous anxiety was over being seen barefoot in public by people we know, but at this point everyone knows her as the barefoot artist girl. At this point, there are certain places that she'd be embarrassed to be seen with shoes on.

I think she enjoys the attention. Anyone who makes a rude comment she usually brushes off as an asshole or an idiot. She's gotten a few compliments lately. She enjoys being known as a barefoot artist.

As you can see from her pictures, she's really fond of decorating her feet. I like it, too, but she mainly does that for herself.

You're a very lucky man!
My girlfriend once promised me she'd go to a restaurant barefooted with me. Mind you, I'd never force her to go through with it, but it would be wonderful if she did it!

Your wife looks great in her bare feet! And thank you for sharing it!

Notice the updates have dried up. Hope everything is ok

Everything is fine! Thanks for asking.

We've both been really busy with art projects and freelance work. We'll have some updates soon.

It's been awhile since we've updated, but we've both been busy. Me doing the day-to-day salaryman thing, and my lovely wife painting a piano for a local non-profit cafe and bookstore. Even though we've been absent for a few weeks, it's well documented.





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Also, until the dentist visit this morning, she'd gone 11 days without shoes at all, and those were huaraches that I made from really thin leather this morning so she wouldn't have to wear "real" shoes. They went on in the parking lot before going inside the office and came out on the steps as soon as she left.

When she breaks her streak of going barefoot, it's usually for something like this or going into a particularly nasty public restroom. She's really only worn shoes for a dozen hours or so in the past couple of years.