This week’s Photo Challenge from WordPress is hands – a photo where hands are part of the composition or theme of the picture. So… I got thinking a little about what hands signify, and how we use them. Folded hands can signify prayer and raised fists, defiance. We use our hands…
to signify marital status, and participate in traditions…
to perform our work and create our crafts…
to direct or communicate….
We raise our hands in acknowledgement or celebration (or to spell YMCA!)
…and sometimes just to connect.
And just when I was getting a little too contemplative about this challenge…
I found….
A photo of a hand of bananas!
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wow, you covered all the amazing things that hands do with this one post! what a great job! 🙂
thanks for visiting my blog and for taking the time to leave a comment too. 🙂
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Thank you! and you’re welcome! 😉
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Very creative use of Hands 🙂
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Thanks, Son! 😉
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Great set off images of family, friends, & travel. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
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Thanks so much for this nice comment!
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Very nice collection of hand photos, and I enjoyed the creative addition of BANANA hands! 🙂
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Thank you, Lola Jane!! 😉
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Very interesting all of them and a hand of bananas 😀
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Thanks, Paula – and thanks for visiting my site today! 😉
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I like the way you incorporated some thoughtful words into the photos. Perfect!
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Thank you – glad you enjoyed it!
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Each of these beautiful images help us remember a wonderful moment or event in our lives. From the day we said “I do” and lived our dreams to the time we ventured into a place of fun and adventure with the people we care about . Priceless!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to make this lovely comment!
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Lovely pictures and I like your interpretation of a hand of bananas! 🙂
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Thank you, Inge! 😉
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I like the hugging. Nice hand photos.
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Thanks so much, Connie!
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Wonderful selection of photos! Love the hand of bananas! Thanks for the visit to my blog and the ping!
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Thank you – and you’re welcome!
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I love your header photo…simply beautiful dancers and in fact, all your photos for ‘hands’ are perfect! 🙂
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Thank you so much, sunshine 🙂
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beautiful take on this week’s challenge.
Our hands are central to our existence 🙂
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Thank you, Amira – and hands certainly are in so much of what we do!
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Hey thanks for popping onto my blog, I love your Hands photo’s how creative. I did not do mine if this is the new one…better get caught up. ☆ ♥●••´¯`•.☆.•´¯`•.☆.•´¯`•.☆ ♥●
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Thanks, Jackie! 😉
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What a wonderful, thoughtful post. I especially like the two wedding pictures at the top.
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Thanks so much! Two different weddings (my two youngest kids). Thanks for stopping by!
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Superb hand photos, including the bananas. 😉
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Well, thank you! 😉
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Great collection. I also like the bananas 🙂
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Thanks so much. Glad you stopped in! 😉
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Wondeful collection here :D, thanks for visiting, regards
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Thank you – I always enjoy your entries!
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These are all wonderful! The bananas are a clever idea 🙂
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Thank you! 😉
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Gorgeous selection of hand shots. 😉
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Thanks – since I didn’t have any just of hands, I decided to have fun with it and crop some others!
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I love this post! And what a lovely commentary to boot. Fabulous pictures and thoughtful reflections. 🙂
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Thanks so much! 😉
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Great selection here!
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Glad you enjoyed them!
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Great Collection !
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Thank you, SanVar!
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Nice collection. Especially the banana… lol
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Thanks! 😉
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great post!!!
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Thanks for that – and for visiting!
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