Comfortable Boots.

I pull the laces tight, looping them around the two pairs of ski-hooks, and then around the back of the boots and finally tying off with a bow. The laces may be too long for these boots but they do provide that feeling that no matter what you do or where you walk, the boots are not going to become loose.
These boots are, by modern standards, passed their best; one is stained with chainsaw oil and both are scuffed, faded and a little cracked in places, yet they are also the most comfortable articles of footwear that I possess.
They feel like an old friend and, as such, they give comfort and support but are prepared to remind me of my short-comings -  usually by leaking because I have been too idle to dubbin them.
Like a friend, good boots will support you on life's journeys, both short and long, easy and hard, up hills, down dales, along the plains and around the world.