Beautiful sunny skies, but what's that in the Sycamore tree?
Shoes!
This Shoe Tree is alongside Highway 72 near Cherokee, Alabama, USA. No one seems to be sure of how it started, but it has been 'growing' for several years. It is more noticable now than it will be later in the year when the tree leafs out. Keep looking up - there's no telling what you might see!
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What a unique tradition, never heard anything like it! I had to Google it and it turns out there are many shoe trees around the world :-)
ReplyDeleteI haven’t heard of any here in Britain, but you never know, might catch on here too, interesting story, thanks for sharing.
Thats a tree with lots of soul!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Can't help wondering how they got some of them up there. I've never seen anything quite like that.
ReplyDeleteAwesome tree! reminds me of a similar one in Odessa, TX when we lived there but this one has a bigger collection.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot;
ReplyDeleteI've seen those shoes up on wires; nobody ever seems to know why.
Shoe trees are one of those mysterious things. There is one of route 66 here in Oklahoma that supposedly has been around for decades. It is full of shoes in the tree, on the ground around it and the surrounding trees.
ReplyDeleteThat one has more shoes than most. I have also seen a shoe barbed wire fence.
ReplyDeleteWeird!
ReplyDeleteThose sycamores...we just cut one out of the yard because of the huge leaves, seed balls and breaking limbs.
Have one more to get rid of.
Cool tradition. Happy Easter and Happy sky watching.
ReplyDeleteInviting you to see my sky and hope you'd also join us at Orange You Glad.
Wow! That may be one of the weirdest things I have ever seen!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend.
I wonder if birds make nests in any of those shoes.
ReplyDeleteWow..I haven't seen like that before. Great shots.Love the blue sky too.
ReplyDeleteBrowsing through some of your shots and this one caught my eye. That's a very unusual tree!
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