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Interpretations of Love

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A few weeks ago, Sara published a Weekly Photo Challenge on love, and this week, I sifted through and selected some submissions to share for Valentine’s Day. I know some of us don’t celebrate this day, or find such holidays rather cheesy, but I was intrigued by the different perspectives and takes on love and enjoyed your interpretations of this theme, from the traditional to the abstract.

For many of you, love was not of the romantic nature, but rather the connection between parent and child, or the bond between animals, or the smiles of strangers. For the blogger at Fine Things, love is revealed in the imagination of her son; and for the photographer PJ Charles, love is felt in the presence of his mother, in her first year being cancer-free.

Click on any image below to open up the full-size carousel view, see more details about each photograph and the link to the original submission, and add comments to each if you’d like.

Have a lovely day!

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36 Comments
  1. Beautiful photos!

    February 14, 2013
  2. Thanks, love comes in so many forms. Loved reading all your posts, you inspired me. I had just come upstairs from making my cats a special breakfast, my significant other passed this year and instead of dwelling I treated the kitties. Then, I read this, affirmation of my own process.

    February 14, 2013
  3. Wonderful…perfect for the sweetest day!

    February 14, 2013
  4. SMM #

    Reblogged this on A New Day in San Francisco and commented:
    Love comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and ways. Be open to it always.

    February 14, 2013
  5. These are some great collections of photos. Definitely fitting for this day (thanks for including mine).

    February 14, 2013
    • That was a great shot! Thanks for participating in our challenges, Gracie.

      February 14, 2013
  6. A lot of fantastic photos that express LOVE, for whatever it may be.

    February 14, 2013
    • Loved your photograph — thanks!

      February 14, 2013
      • You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for sharing all the others, too. Lot’s of great photos and meanings behind the photos, too.

        February 14, 2013
  7. I love the images, my wife and I never celebrate St Valentines Day because we were married 13th February and yesterday we celebrated 31 years married. I was 18, my wife to be had just turned 17 on 10th November. We met 30th November 1981, we were married 13th February 1982 (no she wasn’t pregnant :-) . ) My parents refused to come to our wedding and gave us 3 months. So for those who don’t believe in love at first site or that there is no such a thing as a soul mate. Just have to look at the two of us and believe, its real. :-)

    Happy Valentines Day, may love find you how ever you try to hide from it. May Cupids arrow fly straight and true finds you someone who looks deep into your eyes and says “I Love You”

    February 14, 2013
    • Ouch, cupid’s arrows went zinging towards me. I believe you. My father and mother was a whirlwind romance. Happy Heart Day, Pete. And Happy Anniversary, belated.

      February 14, 2013
      • Thank you, I tried to dodge love so Cupid got a machine gun :)

        February 15, 2013
  8. Awesome!

    February 14, 2013
  9. beautiful :)
    have a wonderful valentine’s day,
    evi

    February 14, 2013
  10. What beautiful pictures! :)

    February 14, 2013
  11. Interpretations of love!
    These pictures really have a lot to say.
    Beautiful shots. :)

    February 14, 2013
  12. This post shows the amazing variety and energy of the WordPress Community. I had some thoughts about the day too, with more images – here: http://bluebrightly.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/a-valentine/

    February 14, 2013
  13. Awesome compilation of breathbraking photographes

    February 14, 2013
  14. Very nice shots! And it seems like love can be found at all kinds of places!

    February 14, 2013
  15. Beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing

    February 15, 2013
  16. Reblogged this on Prinsesa Aryana.

    February 15, 2013
  17. Touching. Poignant. Beautiful… :-)

    February 15, 2013
  18. To Cheri and Sara…. I want to thank you for your kind recognition of my mother’s journey and of my photo honoring her. I thought I would share with you a photo today of her feeling better and smiling. I took this at Thanksgiving this year.

    I was really excited to be recognized by your post and want to thank you again. I am having such a great time with WordPress (I converted from Tumblr in January) – and am inspired by some of the challenges the team throws out there. If you get a minute, pop by http://pjcharlescolors.com and http://stevewongcolors.wordpress.com. Steve is a collaborator that lives in Singapore and we are committed this year to presenting shots of colors by month. January was White… February Red….. and March will be Orange. We, like you, are always looking for ways to see things a bit differently.

    Thanks again. PJ

    February 15, 2013
    • Hi PJ! Thanks so much for sharing those links. And again, I loved your take on this theme — very touching.

      February 15, 2013
  19. Thanks Cheri for mentioning or highlighting my ‘love on the ground’. Aren’t kids just amazing? Happy Valentine’s Day!

    February 15, 2013
    • Loved your take on this theme — thanks for participating in our challenges!

      February 15, 2013
      • Interesting challenge, Cheri. I’m glad I participated.Thanks to you & Sara. The challenge allows me to look at blogging and wordpress from a new and different angle :) Thanks again for the mention, it’s a total surprise :) .

        February 15, 2013
  20. Hi Cheri. Thanks for the selection.

    February 17, 2013
  21. beautiful pictures n lovely post

    February 20, 2013
  22. Woah, I am late to this party, but a huge thanks to Cheri for including my Heartichoke! These are beautiful pictures everyone- great job!!

    February 21, 2013
  23. randasfans #

    What a beautiful collage; thank you for including our photo!

    February 21, 2013

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