A big thank you to Tina for assigning the word “Path” as the photo challenge for the week. A Path can be many things – a trail, walkway or route or even the directions one chooses to take in life.
Decided to have some fun editing these interesting paths in nature; hope you enjoy viewing them! Topaz software filters, Simplify and Impression, were used on all these images except the last one showing Loggerhead turtle tracks.
“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.”
∼ Tim McGraw
Beautiful pathways in the garden around modern art which is intermingled among the colorful plants and trees. This was taken a few years ago at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Virginia.
“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” ∼ Erol Ozan
An old inviting path through the woods. Where does it lead? What sights can be seen along the way? How and who used it – wildlife, men, horses, farm animals, logging equipment? Wonder how old it is? Was it first used in the 1700’s by English colonial settlers and then during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1785) and Civil War (1861–1865)?
“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.” ∼ Buddha
Many paths going in different directions thread through the landscape around the various golf holes on this course. What is around the next curve? What challenging obstacles will be present for eager golfers? This was a wonderful morning as the fog slowly lifted off the beautiful Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort in Maine.
A lovely path among trees and streams early on a crisp morning in Maine.
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead with there is no path and leave a trail.” ∼ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A female Loggerhead sea turtle made this path as she came ashore to lay eggs in the sand dunes (right hand side). It is interesting to note the tide was higher when she came onshore plus it is obvious where her tail scraped the sand a couple of times during her journey. After digging the nest and laying her eggs she then returns to the ocean, making multiple stops along the way to rest. She could lay an average of 80 to 130 eggs and her body weight would be anywhere from 80 to 200 kg (180 to 440 lbs).
Over the years, Kiawah Island, SC continues to be recognized as having one of the more active volunteer Loggerhead sea turtle patrols on the southeastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean. This was taken a few years ago when serving as a volunteer. 
“There is not one path. There is not even the right path. There is only your path.” ∼ unknown