Yesterday’s Dispatch happened to have two barefoot photos in it.
As I’ve mentioned before, the Dispatch often has these “about town” photos that aren’t really news stories, but just show people out and about.
And every now and again those people are barefoot.
Here’s the first.
Cool moves | Dancing under the summer sun is more enjoyable when there’s also heat relief, and a water hose can supply it. These participants in a summer camp at Dodge Park are, from left, Sakiya Greene, 9; Leticia Badillo, 9; Cassie Moore, 8; and Madalynne Miranda, 9, all of Columbus.
(Photo credit: Brooke LaValley of the Dispatch)
Yeah, there really is nothing remarkable about it, or shouldn’t be. But these days it seems that all too often a summer camp might have an uber-cautious “no bare feet” rule and you’d see them in aquasox instead.
The second photo is related to my entry of a few days ago, At the Ohio State Fair. This is one of the attractions.
State fair fun | Margaret Owsiany, 9, along with friend Anna Leichtman, 10, obscured, both from Westerville, have fun in a “water wheel” at the Ohio State Fair. The attraction, which sits in a pool, allows children to tumble inside while music plays.
(Photo credit: Eric Albrecht of the Dispatch)
Again, there should be nothing remarkable about this, or the fact that the attendants who run the attraction are also barefoot (I saw that they were barefoot when I was there). There’s a lot of water around.
Except, of course, for the official Ohio State Fair rule:
All patrons, vendors, concessionaires and exhibitors must wear shirts and shoes on the fairgrounds.
There are no exceptions in the rule (or for me).
Except of course there are, but only when they choose to allow them.
