Apologies for taking so long to get back to you.  I have been away, learning to tweet.

Thank you to everyone who supported ActionAid‘s Put your foot down campaign to end violence against women.  They have made an art gallery from the real shoes they were sent and there is some fun stuff there (as well as some serious information about the campaign).  ActionAid more than made their goal of one signature for each of the 2876 woman who contracts HIV/Aids every day.

I know a few people went from here to the petition, and I am grateful.  A few also joined in the fun and sent me a virtual shoe.  Here they are, with links to their blogs. 

Jan from the Sushi Bar  sent me her lovely pink crocs:

Janie from Midlife Slices sent me the boots she covets (I do too):

Inventing Liz had just kicked off her sensible, work shoes

But thought she would send me her party array too

Darryle who blogs every day at I Never Signed Up for This, not to mention her regular Cluttercasts sent me one she had made earlier

Pseudonymous High School Teacher lives in tropical paradise and never wears shoes when she is at home reading blogs, but she still wanted to put both her lovely feet down.

And here is the Duchess’s favourite shoe, which she admires more often than wears, though it only ornamented the mantel briefly for this photograph

Any comments?  Favourites? 

Or, if you’ve got a better one, send your shoe to duchess(at)duchessomnium(dot)com