From the smallest town in the whole wide world- Hum. Seriously. It is in the Guinness Book of Records. Hum, Croatia. Population 17-23 depending which site you read. The towns medieval gates are from the 11th century. My friend Dorothy Holley loved this photo. I took it when I visited Matthew Summer 2008. I have a print of it framed in my bedroom and from my bed I can imagine myself walking up the path, the pile of logs ready for the winter. Path brings to my mind the words beaten or dirt, a clearing in the woods or the bicycle path by the river, but I like this stone path. Looked up the definition and I think this photo meets the weekly photo challenge: path. 
(from the freedictionary.com ) –
the definition of path
n. pl. paths (p
z, päz, pths, päths)
z, päz, pths, päths)
1. A trodden track or way.
2. A road, way, or track made for a particular purpose: a bicycle path.
3. The route or course along which something travels or moves: the path of a hurricane.
4. A course of action or conduct: the path of righteousness.
5. Computer Science
a. A sequence of commands or a link between points that is needed to reach a particular goal.
b. A pathname.
[Middle English, from Old English pæth; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]
Very nice photo with loads of texture! Such a mysterious, yet inviting path.
Thank you for looking and writing a nice comment on the blog today. It is a bit mysterious. Good adjective, thanks. Ruth
I like the story behind this photo. The smallest town in the world … cool!
Such a great photo! So easy to “get lost” while looking at it.
Nice photo – love the texture of the worn paving. Well done on getting a difficult exposure spot-on 🙂
wow, this is a wonderful composition. it definitely is a path, and if it could speak, what stories it could tell…
thanks for sharing.
i love the simplicity!
I think am gunna have something similar on
I love this picture also.
Great photo and path! Love to know about the “structure” in the clearing, looks as if it could be for pottery, even a store-selling-pottery????? Enjoy your non-school Monday!!! XOXOXO
You capture the spirit of ‘place’ so wonderfully. From an urban bike shop, to an artisan framing a piece, to a fireman on his way to an accident, to a child enjoying an ice cream – you somehow snap the true essence of the moment – but without adding anything more. It’s a masterful skill. Wonderful image here.
Gorgeous photo. Such tranquility.
Stef, you are very observant and extremly accurate. I ditto your words. Ruth, you know I hold this picture deep in my heart and in my home : ) Could look at it a million times in a day and go somewhere different evrytime. I am not sure how the whole weekly photo challenge thing works, but I say you win!
it looks so beautiful
I don’t know. I think some towns in Arkansas may be that small…. Great shot. So rustic and you’re right, makes you want to be there.
Amazing how much light reflects up from the floor.
I watched a tv show on PBS last night. There is a town in Nevada with a population of 12. Nice picture of a path.
Here is an even smaller town. Population 6. http://micah.typepad.com/dogears_wrinkles/2008/03/the-smallest-to.html
They need to contact the guiness people to get listed instead of Hum!
Yep – this photo is a winner! When we took a Rhine River cruise, I remember seeing either the smallest street or the most narrow street or some small path. Memory fails me. Small places with paths! Lots of claims to fame, I would imagine.
(H)um, where to begin – gorgeous photograph with, as other have mentioned, such great texture, the detail in the tiles. Lovely.
Great shot – there are so many layers to come back and look into. Each time you see something new. 🙂
i love this. where does it lead? so beautiful.
The open door at the end of the path is a tiny museum/gift shop, highlighting the town’s history and the Glagolitic wall writings, explaining how they came to be the Cyrillic alphabet.
There’s a beautiful warmth to the image, despite all the hard rock. Beautifully captured!
Beautiful Picture.
Just the sort of pathway that draws me in to have a nosey peep at other peoples worlds!