Tuesday Challenge: the Path

I haven’t posted in a few weeks (life has become challenging in other areas and lack of time has made posting scarce).  But I do have some time for a post for the Tuesday challenge from Frank at Dutch goes the Photo!

This week it is: the Path.

I’d like you to photograph whichever path(s) appeal to you.  In the theme of path, I’d like you to think about where the path might lead you; is this a place that you want to get to, or is it one that you want to avoid?  Is this a path that everyone is going to take, or is it just your path?

I thought about the various meanings of the word.  The obvious meaning of a physical thing that leads you somewhere. A footpath, a road, country lane, a grassy path….and so many others in this category. I also thought of the way that certain elements in photos can draw our eyes in a certain direction –> like a path. So my photos are a mix of both ideas.  The last one is from many years ago when I was living in the USA — and whilst not such a good photo, you can clearly see me trying to dig a path out.  🙂

A favourite road…adorned with beautiful jacaranda trees.

Alpacas heading down a long grassy path to who knows where.

Country road.

A favourite path — at Picnic Point, Toowoomba — the path affords brilliant views of the valley below.

Wander along the path and under the archway to a farmhouse.

I love how this road winds through the countryside. It’s a pleasure to drive on.

A road to nowhere it seems.

A road takes you further into the outback; this one from the mining town of Mt Isa in Queensland.

The light across the water acts like a path for the eyes.

The light across the water acts like a path for the eyes.

The light across the water acts like a path for the eyes, to a point behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

This path skirts the foreshore of a sleepy little seaside town in Queensland.

From 2003, yours truly trying to dig down to the path, buried under feet of snow. A great memory from my years in the USA.