Esther's photos with the keyword: keys

Flying Fingers

10 Mar 2024 18 16 179
Sunday Challenge: Unsharp AP1000286

Tickling the ivories

18 Oct 2014 8 9 433
Taken for the Sunday Challenge: Grey Idiom: Tickling the ivories is a colloquial expression for playing the piano. This phrase references a light touch (tickling) to a piano's keys, which were traditionally made of ivory veneer. Nowadays, piano keys are made of plastic and most people believe that ivory looks out of place except on an elephant. AIMG 4435

Doorway topper 1

23 Nov 2011 284
The entrances to the various rooms filled with art at the Vatican Museum were often extraordinary works of art themselves. This one bears the the symbol of the papacy, which is the image of two crossed keys that represent the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. AIMG_2400

Doorway topper 2

23 Nov 2011 315
The entrances to the various rooms filled with art at the Vatican Museum were often extraordinary works of art themselves. This one bears the the symbol of the papacy, which is the image of two crossed keys that represent the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. AIMG_2407