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#FriFotos – Symbols From Around the World
This week’s #FriFotos theme on Twitter is symbols.
I thought I’d pull together a quick post with 10 photographs of symbols I’ve captured around the world.
Hugs – The Symbol of Love
Burning incense in Vietnam as a symbol to remember one’s ancestors at Tet – the Lunar New Year
Burning incense in Vietnam around Tet – the New Year
The Orca whale – a familiar symbol on Canada’s West Coast
Douglas Copeland’s ‘Digital Orca’ on the Vancouver waterfront
A pink woman is the symbol for breast cancer awareness in Kenya - a tough place to deal with the disease.
The pink woman are a visual reminder of just how many woman are affected
A Coke symbol – you decide what it means in a poor country like Malawi
Coke signs are everywhere in Malawi
A symbol for a woman’s washroom in Texas
A symbol for turtles crossing the road
Look out for turtles in Prince Edward County, Ontario
Ladybugs – a symbol of luck
Ladybugs – a symbol of luck and a sign of spring in Calgary
Wind turbines on Wolfe Island, Ontario – a symbol for clean energy
A wind turbine – a symbol for clean energy – or death if you’re a bird or a bat
A symbol of hope – elephants at the elephant orphanage near Nairobi
Baby elephants bring smiles of delight to visitors to the elephant orphanage
Do any of these symbols speak to you?
Leigh McAdam
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They’re all great but I love the hugging snowpeople and the Digital Orca. Had no idea that turtle crossings were an issue in Prince Edward County!
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@Lisa Thanks for your nice comment. Actually I should change the turtle crossing to Wolfe Island – close to PEC – but not quite there.
The first photo is so cute… But it’ll be so sad once the snow starts melting…
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@Jemma It’s probably gone now – one of those things like sand or ice art that you have to enjoy in the moment.
I like the first photo best too…where was it taken?
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What a fun series of photos. I saw the symbols theme and drew a blank. You obviously put some thought and time into this one – nice job!
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@Jackie I felt like you did initially – thinking only of petroglyphs but then I started going through my photos and Voila!
I saw the cute snowy people on my RSS reader and knew I had to check out the post. Love the other symbols too. The breast cancer one is especially moving for me.
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@Ayelet I went to the ceremony for breast cancer and heard the sad but uplifting at the same time story of a woman who had the disease and what she was doing to help others.
All great photos, Leigh. The Coke bottle made me sad and the ladybug made me smile.
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@Sophie I was also sad to see the Coke bottle so boldly displayed in Africa – nothing like trying to get the population onto drinks offering no nutritional value.
Love the elephants and the Pink Ladies…snow people too!!
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@June Thanks for stopping by. Will try and find out from other bloggers what to do/where to stay in Istanbul and will get back to you.
They all do, Leigh, though in different ways. Great collection!
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@Marcia I had fun pulling them together.
All of this photos is to good. And all symbols are perfect of photos. I like this page.
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@EWC Thank you.