Last year while on another of those great January hikes, Meghan and I came upon this set of boots strung up in a tree.  It was a bit of an odd scene – we were in a park not far away from the suburban houses of a Sacramento neighborhood.  The boots themselves had an older styling/appearance that added to the oddness of the sight.

There’s nothing particularly fascinating about the photo itself, this was more of a documentation of the scene.  I took this with my Canon G10 and did a little post-processing in Lightroom, adding a little vignetting to help focus the attention on the bulls-eyed boots.

While the photo itself may not be great, I do like the scene.  It can lead one to wonder, just how these boots ended up here..  Was it related to some New Year’s festivities?  Did the owner have another set of shoes with him or did he hike out barefoot from here?