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> To make sidewalks more interesting, but no more slippery, could you 
> press low-relief things into them, like leaves and stuff?  Like we did 
> with clay things we did in first grade.
>  
> Pennies?  Paper clips? 
>  
> Impractically yours,   Christopher
Yes. Foot impressions are common enough.

There was this really bizarre lady that we got hooked up with that 
wanted her 20' by 3' area of sidewalk shot blasted, along with a whole 
bunch of other stuff. She was calling the whole world for a solution to 
her obsession... which meant for her combing through the NY Times then 
calling whomever was mentioned in an article and asking them questions. 
She was even onto the Portland Cement Association. A materials sales rep 
sent her to me... which earned the rep my continued vigilance in 
avoiding him. Anyways, she claimed that her neighbor had made a defect 
in her sidewalk that on examination I realized was a bare footprint. I 
tried to answer her with what she could do about it and ended off by 
telling her that the best solution would be for her to start a story 
about the mysterious stranger that had visited her house. Not too 
different than the Angel Gabriel stepping on a piece of limestone in 
Missouri. She did not get it. I ended up asking her if I could take her 
picture with her standing on her sidewalk. She delightedly exclaimed, 
"Oh, am I going to be famous now?"

There may be code issues that one has to deal with in some areas but it 
is not inconceivable that if one had a mind to do it to scatter and roll 
autumnal leaves into the surface of the concrete. They would rot away 
and leave their impressions behind. You could do it with dead frogs too 
I suppose.

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