ENTER! Miscellaneous Avatar Contest: Walkways & Garden Paths

First of all, I would like to thank the voters in the previous contest for their participation in general, and their support for our Lovable Sun in particular.

This time around, we'll be coming back to Earth. It's finally spring (it comes later in the year in this part of the world ), and in spring, many peoples' fancies turn to... gardens, and getting out of the home for nice long walks.

Therefore the theme this time is Walkways & Garden Paths

So what we're looking for this time is pathways, whether they're in your back yard, a local or famous park or garden, or a path through the forest. Photos of bridges and stairs are fine as long as a pathway is visible. The idea is a pathway or walkway where people actually walk on foot, outdoors.


What is not okay:

- a porch or deck if no path is visible.

- vegetable gardens or farms (sorry, the space between the rows does not count as a path for the purpose of this contest)

- a road where motor vehicles are normally found. Bike trails are okay as long as they're not for motorbikes.

- For the purpose of this contest, sidewalks are not eligible. Yes, we walk on them. But what I hope to see here are avatars that incorporate pathways and nature, not any normal city street that we see all the time.

Normal rules apply as to size and content - no entries from TV shows, movies, or comics, please.


Entries will be accepted until midnight MDT, Tuesday, April 21. I look forward to seeing what people come up with.

 

A path through the California Tree at the Mariposa Grove in California.

 

Oh! Even with just a couple so far, I can tell this'll be hard to vote for......LOVE yours, Saga.

 

Great idea, and I have just the thing. I should be able to get to it tomorrow morning.

 

What about artwork?
[LEFT]A Pathway in Monet's Garden Giverny by Claude Monet[/LEFT]

 

Yes, that one is okay.

 

Brilliant theme!

I might be able to snap a shot or two this weekend... beach or woods, or maybe just garden.

 

Would this count as a "Walkway"?




I found it years ago, probably in a Google Images search. Here's the image in bigger uncropped size for those who want to see this beautiful picture:

http://s11.postimg.org/42ug6nwqb/beautiful_beach.png

 

thanks.

 

Yes, I'll accept that.

Are those motor vehicle tire tracks I see in that picture?

No roads, please.

 

Where I'm going, there are no roads.



Another shot from Moswetuset-- can you tell it's one of my favorite spots? Off to the right would be Quincy Bay and to the left a clearing where the sachem of the Massachusett Indians once held forth (and was visited by Miles Standish).

 

This one's fine.

 

Elevated walkway and bridge (so there's low impact on wildlife) over the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Ecological Preserve here in my hometown of Huntington Beach, California. There's a regular dirt trail around the perimeter of the bay and marshes after that.

 

This shot, from today, is one I think I could make into a decent path-avatar:

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It's nice, but it needs to be a little smaller.

 

Haven't done one of these in quite a while, but I like this theme. So:

 

Of course That image of mine isn't anavatr yet, can't do any decent editing (or typing) on this machine... I'll cix that when I get home later...