Oct
2010
Queen of the Stone Age
“I die!”
(Shoe Challenge # 51, for Shoeperwoman.com)
Remember those sheep I became friends with this summer? Well, they weren’t the only surprise this town had in store for me. In fact, just a few days later, I was out running again, and I ran all the way back to the Stone Age:
(Note the bit of graffiti, for extra historical accuracy.)
“Terry,” I said when I got home, “You’ll never believe this, but there’s an ancient stone circle just down the road!”
“No there isn’t,” said Terry, barely bothering to look up from what he was doing. “You’ve been drinking too much coffee again. Stop it.”
So, a couple of days later, Terry, Rubin and I all piled into the car, and off we went to my stone circle, which I was very proud of myself for having discovered.
“I can has ancient stone circle?”
“Amber?” said Terry. “That’s a picnic area. The council built it.”
“Not the… druids?” I asked.
Nope. Just the council. Still, it’s pretty cool, and almost always deserted so I go back and visit it fairly regularly. I call it “Fake-henge”. There’s another, smaller version of it about five minutes away, too. I call that one “Mini-henge”. It’s not as good.
Anyway, here are some photos of my shoes, which Terry took for my Shoe Challenge:
An experiment in wearing tights with peep toes. I wouldn’t do it normally, but I’d run out of time to wear these shoes during the warmer months, so it was my only option.
Probably not the recommended outfit for dancing around stone circles. Or whatever it is you do with stone circles. I did once visit the actual Stonehenge, but they wouldn’t let us anywhere near it, unfortunately, and I was 11 at the time, so I’m none the wiser.
Another one of my many, many – OK, seven – trenchcoats. I wonder if there’s a 12-step program for this kind of thing? There should be.
I wonder what I’ll discover next? Small ruined castle, perhaps? The Holy Grail? Shergar? Nothing would surprise me about this town any more…
@Krsjn
October 8, 2010 at 10:49 am (956 days ago)foreveramber – haha, awesome. Great photos on that post, btw – what do you guys shoot with?
Amber
October 8, 2010 at 11:14 am (956 days ago)Thanks! We have a Nikon D5000.
Erin Le Clerc
October 8, 2010 at 10:55 am (956 days ago)SUCH fantastic photos! (And shoes! Drool.) Love the tights with peep-toes – it actually looks gorgeous. Definitely one to continue into winter
Amber
October 8, 2010 at 11:00 am (956 days ago)For some reason these are the only shoes I ever do it with – I think because I managed to find the perfect shade of tights for them, and because the rosette covers the toe when I stand up! I'll have to experiment with some more, though – it would be great not to have to forget about peep toes altogether in the winter, espeically seing as I have so many of them!
Nina
October 8, 2010 at 11:17 am (956 days ago)How cool is that! And lovely outfit! In the first photo, your coat looks kinda mint-y, while on the other three pics it seems to have an off-white kind of colour. Both gorgeous! The gold detail on the sole of the shoe is so cool, good you captured it, Terry
Amber
October 8, 2010 at 11:29 am (956 days ago)I think it's just the colour levels on the first photo: the coat is a beige colour, although I think I'd love it even more if it was mint coloured – that would be fantastic!
WendyB
October 8, 2010 at 2:40 pm (956 days ago)“Not the Druids?” = hilarious!
Amber
October 8, 2010 at 6:09 pm (956 days ago)I’m sure the druids would’ve approved, nevertheless
aunt fiona
October 8, 2010 at 6:25 pm (956 days ago)great pics. i have the same shoes except in a different colour too weird.
Amber
October 14, 2010 at 6:28 pm (950 days ago)Really? That's fantastic
Ioana Liliana
October 10, 2010 at 12:43 pm (954 days ago)You’re talking about model photos, you always look like a model and the phtots look like they’re from a magazine! I’m officially in love with you blog
xx
Amber
October 14, 2010 at 6:28 pm (950 days ago)That's a huge, huge compliment, especially coming from you: thank you, and the blog love is mutual
Hilary
October 11, 2010 at 10:56 pm (953 days ago)Lovely! The tights are perfect, too. Thought of you last week when I bought my first pair of Hunter Wellie boots, they were near some AMAZING Dior shoes that cost more than my mortgage. Oh, how I love shoes!
Amber
October 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm (950 days ago)I was so pleased when I found tights in almost the same colour as the shoes! I really want a pair of Hunters, too, but I dug my old rubber riding boots out of the shed a couple of weeks ago, and I figure they'll have to suffice for now. I'm telling myself it's just part of the whole equestrian look
Leanne
October 12, 2010 at 9:09 am (953 days ago)Those peep-toes look fabulous with tights!
Amber
October 14, 2010 at 6:31 pm (950 days ago)Thanks! I grew up believing that tights with open shoes is a horrendous fashion faux pas, and it's taken me a long time to get past that. Now that I have, though, I think I like it!
joann, sidewalk chalk
October 13, 2010 at 4:38 pm (951 days ago)I stumbled on you through IFB. I love how magical your photos look — almost like a dark fairytale or something. I love discovering new places around my town — it’s my favorite thing to do!
Amber
October 14, 2010 at 6:32 pm (950 days ago)That's exactly the look we were going for with these photos, so I'm so happy to know it came across! And totally with you on the discovering new places: I've lived here for years, but it's only really been this summer that I've started to explore the place on foot, rather than by car. I've been really pleasantly surprised by some of the things I've found!
Andrea
October 15, 2010 at 3:50 am (950 days ago)I love discovering new places in my hometown too! Your photos are wonderful
LoveBrownSugar
October 15, 2010 at 7:16 pm (949 days ago)Love the way you pulled off your red lip with that red hair – it’s gorgeous! I just followed you so I’m looking forward to seeing what new and exciting places you visit next
Cece from LoveBrownSugar
Amber
October 18, 2010 at 8:06 pm (946 days ago)Thanks, I've followed you back!
daisymay
October 18, 2010 at 12:18 pm (946 days ago)What a great place to have found! And your photos/shoes are so nice. Love the purple shoes most, and they look good with the tights because of the colour I think.
Amber
October 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm (946 days ago)Thanks – the location was one of my best finds ever, I think!
Debbie Baker Burns
May 15, 2011 at 9:13 pm (737 days ago)Beautiful photos and so creative.