The High Heeled Ruminations Of Melrose Plant

[Shyheels]

33 minutes ago, Puffer said:

Thigh boots with heels (but not perhaps stiletto) would be of benefit in such an environment.   Why not push the boat out?

I do wear OTK boots with heels (and without) and they are a benefit - especially on cold mornings, either inside or standing at the tiller. Stilettos though would not only be silly but dangerous)

[mlroseplant]

34 minutes ago, Shyheels said:

I do wear OTK boots with heels (and without) and they are a benefit - especially on cold mornings, either inside or standing at the tiller. Stilettos though would not only be silly but dangerous)

Yes, I quit wearing high heels in silly situations a long time ago. Some would argue that no, that's not the case, but you don't catch me mowing lawns or doing any sort of heavy lifting in heels anymore.  I seriously doubt that I'll ever visit Disney World or any of its iterations, but if I did, I'd probably wear heels. That is undoubtedly bordering on silliness, but silliness that I'm aware of and can deal with.

[Shyheels]

Yes that would just tire you out walking 20,000 steps - not the same kind of foolishness as heavy lifting, mowing lawns, or working locks on a canal (dangerous)

[Cali]

Walking on lawn's in stilettos also causes the stiletto to get very dirty.

[Shyheels]

Muddy towpaths wouldn’t do them any favours either 

[mlroseplant]

The 20,000 steps wouldn't bother me too much, as long as it was on pavement of some sort. I have proven that a number of times in the past few years, exploring the limits of my stamina in heels. However, I still don't like to walk more than a few steps on anything soft like dirt or grass.

Not that it has anything to do with anything, but my son and I noted last weekend that our two "big" lawns, and by "big" I mean about half an acre, require substantially more steps to mow than do our four "small" lawns combined.

[Shyheels]

Even in blocky 3.5” heels a lumpy towpath can easily cause you to miss for footing or turn an ankle. 

[Cali]

It's also thick padding under rugs in plush hotels. I had troble in my JS 4+" knee highs and had to switch to my impo 3.5" high calf boots the next day. Several women told me that they had trouble in heels at the convention and asked how I managed to over come the challenge.

[mlroseplant]

Yeah, squidgy carpet can be precarious! Our church used to have such carpet, and I have always thought it was very unfriendly to high heels. Not a big problem now, but it certainly must have been when the carpet was installed originally. By that I mean back in the day when women actually wore high heels. In fact, I once wrote a standup comedy routine which contained reference to the squidgy carpet. I never got to try it out because of our international health issue. The carpet is now gone, replaced with some sort of industrial grade carpet that seems to be installed with little or no padding. This benefits everyone in three ways: 1) Steadier footing, especially in heels. 2) The pipe organ now sounds noticeably more brilliant, due to more effective reverb. 3) No one will ever have to listen to my comedy routine. It was terrible!

[mlroseplant]

I find myself very short on time this week, but I'll make a quick post about last Sunday's outfit, with a teaser/promise of more to come. Shoes are Via Spiga, and I got along with them a lot better than I did the last time I wore them, comfort-wise. Pants are Loft, and shirt and tie are no-name Vietnamese. They are not actually unbranded, but they have some silly, so-very-Asian name like "Caring Known" or something like that.

[Jkrenzer]

Wow, leaving us with a teaser.

Smart look, sharp and clean. The overall lines from the soles and heels upwards is perfectly perportioned.

[HappyinHeels]

Mlroseplant,

Well-done on your whole-hearted JKrenzer endorsement! Practice over time makes just about anyone master a skill whether it’s walking in heels, learning electricity, or delving into amateur radio. Time spent in heels will also tone those calves. Keep it up! HinH

[mlroseplant]

And now, it is time to reveal the week's truly interesting event--my "new" motorbike, which broke down after only having owned it for one week, is now back in service.

Actually, that's not the news. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. I just wanted to see what it would look like. I don't hate it.

[Jkrenzer]

Haha!

The skirted you. Nice, comfortable and great look.

oh yah, don't let Tech get you.

if only I knew why the text underline is on.

Edited Wednesday at 10:38 AM by Jkrenzer

[Bubba136]

On 4/30/2024 at 5:47 AM, mlroseplant said:

I find myself very short on time this week, but I'll make a quick post about last Sunday's outfit, with a teaser/promise of more to come. Shoes are Via Spiga, and I got along with them a lot better than I did the last time I wore them, comfort-wise. Pants are Loft, and shirt and tie are no-name Vietnamese. They are not actually unbranded, but they have some silly, so-very-Asian name like "Caring Known" or something like that.

Great look.  Appearing in Church dressed like that must make more than one woman jealous because everything matches in good taste and, I would guess, not one female would be wearing higher heels than you do.

2 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

And now, it is time to reveal the week's truly interesting event--my "new" motorbike, which broke down after only having owned it for one week, is now back in service.

Actually, that's not the news. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. I just wanted to see what it would look like. I don't hate it.

WOW.  What a great look. Going anywhere wearing that outfit would take a ton of courage.  Especially to Church service .  But, then again, you have been wearing heels to church for a long while, I doubt the skirt would raise many eyebrows.  Any criticism given might be along the lines of the skirt is way to short for wearing at a religious service.  (You should submit the picture of you sitting on the motorbike to the Best Dressed contest.)

Edited Wednesday at 12:42 PM by Bubba136

[bluejay]

Nice look Melrose,

I like to wear skirts too!!!!

Happy Heeling,

bluejay

[Mr. X]

I don't hate it either.  It looks great!

[mlroseplant]

On 4/30/2024 at 3:11 PM, HappyinHeels said:

Mlroseplant,

Well-done on your whole-hearted JKrenzer endorsement! Practice over time makes just about anyone master a skill whether it’s walking in heels, learning electricity, or delving into amateur radio. Time spent in heels will also tone those calves. Keep it up! HinH

I don't believe this should be phrased in the future tense. Haven't I done enough time already? 😆

20 hours ago, Bubba136 said:

Great look.  Appearing in Church dressed like that must make more than one woman jealous because everything matches in good taste and, I would guess, not one female would be wearing higher heels than you do.

WOW.  What a great look. Going anywhere wearing that outfit would take a ton of courage.  Especially to Church service .  But, then again, you have been wearing heels to church for a long while, I doubt the skirt would raise many eyebrows.  Any criticism given might be along the lines of the skirt is way too short for wearing at a religious service.  (You should submit the picture of you sitting on the motorbike to the Best Dressed contest.)

I think I told the story about when the 40-ish woman wanted to compare heel heights at church, and as it turns out, she severely underestimated the general height of my heels. As an aside, her kid is graduating high school this year, my kid is a freshman. It just tells you how old I am compared to most parents.

It is really unlikely that I will wear that skirt beyond the confines of my driveway. The main limiting factor is not the church, but rather the fact that my wife would probably kill me. I know at least one neighbor saw me out there with the tripod capturing the above images, but the wife was working. She has no idea. As far as the length, we are several inches from that being a concern. As a normal congregant, I could get by with wearing much shorter to church. Not that I would, but I could. As the public face of the church via livestream, however, I don't know what the limits would be, and I don't intend to find out.

[Bubba136]

2 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

I don't believe this should be phrased in the future tense. Haven't I done enough time already? 😆

I think I told the story about when the 40-ish woman wanted to compare heel heights at church, and as it turns out, she severely underestimated the general height of my heels. As an aside, her kid is graduating high school this year, my kid is a freshman. It just tells you how old I am compared to most parents.

It is really unlikely that I will wear that skirt beyond the confines of my driveway. The main limiting factor is not the church, but rather the fact that my wife would probably kill me. I know at least one neighbor saw me out there with the tripod capturing the above images, but the wife was working. She has no idea. As far as the length, we are several inches from that being a concern. As a normal congregant, I could get by with wearing much shorter to church. Not that I would, but I could. As the public face of the church via livestream, however, I don't know what the limits would be, and I don't intend to find out.

Over time, there have been several questions that keep popping into my mind concerning your situation as covered by your posts here that I have been hesitant to address.  The comments above present an opertunity to mention two that I have been curious about.  1) given the location where you usually take your pictures and the close proximity of your neighbors house to your driveway, I have often wondered if your neighbors are aware of this activity and give you any feedback?  And 2) while living with a reluctantly supportive spouse — but one that really would rather not have to deal with the situation— for over 36 years, I realize that there is a point where tolerance has been stretched almost to its limit, how do you deal with this situation? ( l learned early on where these limits were and vainly tried never to exceed them, which at times was extremely difficult.)

[mlroseplant]

21 hours ago, Bubba136 said:

Over time, there have been several questions that keep popping into my mind concerning your situation as covered by your posts here that I have been hesitant to address.  The comments above present an opertunity to mention two that I have been curious about.  1) given the location where you usually take your pictures and the close proximity of your neighbors house to your driveway, I have often wondered if your neighbors are aware of this activity and give you any feedback?  And 2) while living with a reluctantly supportive spouse — but one that really would rather not have to deal with the situation— for over 36 years, I realize that there is a point where tolerance has been stretched almost to its limit, how do you deal with this situation? ( l learned early on where these limits were and vainly tried never to exceed them, which at times was extremely difficult.)

Ok, fair enough. 1) The driveway has become a thing now, I guess. It has largely replaced the drainpipe that @Puffer has admired for so many years. I suppose I could turn 90º and have the background be the deck and the back yard, but that is often littered with cast-off motorcycle parts and other junk like used oil bottles. I probably wouldn't take any pictures at all, except for this group. The driveway is a compromise between decent photo quality and spending lots of time to grab a few snapshots. My wife used to make me go to the park almost every Sunday after church and take photos of her there, which she would then post on social media. For a number of reasons, this stopped after our public health issue reared its ugly head.

But I still haven't answered your question. Our neighborhood is fairly static. Typically, houses only come up for sale after a death. Therefore, my neighbors are long familiar with me, and don't question why I have a tripod set up in the driveway. They probably know. Frankly, it's still a little embarrassing to think about a 56 year old man taking selfies, but ah well.

2) As I alluded to earlier, my wife is a bit of a fashionista, or used to be. For reasons I won't get into, that is largely no longer the case. Sometime around 2018 or 2019, I got to a point I wanted to get to, as far as pushing my fashion limits, and have pretty much stayed there. Of course, the public health issue changed everything, and it seems since then, my fashion choices are not a subject of discussion anymore. I naturally know which situations require me to be invisible, and in which situations I can do what I want. The subject has not really come up for a long time. She doesn't even get mad when I occasionally get a new pair of shoes in the mail.

The skirt, on the other hand, that's a one-off. I'm not really being serious. It was truly an experiment, and my wife certainly doesn't need to know about it. It would be foolish to upset an equilibrium that largely works for us. She rightfully has other, more important things to criticize me about.

And now, a question for you. As I recall, one of the stipulations between you and your wife was that the kids never know about your fashion proclivities. How did you manage to wear heels at all during that couple of decades of child rearing?

[Puffer]

Melrose:  can you please clarify what the 'public health issue' refers to, and its impact   Is this to do with Covid?