Saturday, March 19

Ouch ...

... I'm sure it's well known that, despite my love of shoes, I'm pretty much a barefoot girl once I've walked in the front door.
I love naked foot freedom. I'm a foot nudist!
This love of perambulating sans shoes does lead to the odd "ouch" moment, inside and out.
Inside, Tigger is usually to blame.
Outside, it can be many things. A small stone, a stick, a bee. And now I've a new sharp thing to keep an eye peeled for.
Camellia seeds. Sprung, sharp pointed, from Camellia nuts. Leaving behind a little wooden flower. They are small, dark, hard to see and sharp. Isn't Nature grand?

7 comments:

S said...

Can you please collect me some? and any other wonderful pods you chance upon?

Ms Brown Mouse said...

The empty pods? Sure.

Zoomie said...

I am a devotée of flip flops, myself. Most of the barefoot freedom without most of the ouch. My friends laugh at me - I wear them even in the winter.

cookiecrumb said...

We have camellias here, too, but I've never seen a pod. Just gaudy blooms.
(Your sister is a Pod People!)

Ms Brown Mouse said...

Zoomie, I don't like thongs (flipflops) because I clench my toes to hold them on, and my feet end up hurting. Birkenstocks are as close as I can get :(
Cookie, I think she's going to do something gnome-culty with them ;)
The seeds come from the most gaudy of our camellias, the hot pink one!

Zoomie said...

You and My Beloved, both. He's a Birkenstock lover, too.

e said...

AHA! I have finally figured out what those little wooden flowers are. Thank you. And sorry about your foot! But thanks.