Happy Labor Day! A day to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of American works and the millionaires and billionaires that exploit them.
COLORFUL could prove to be a very popular theme. Despite it being a holiday today, I have a good feeling about the participation rates for COLORFUL. You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 29, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
+ Suzie Brannen – 1 week
+ Becky Parmelee – 1 week
+ Jesse Howard – 2 weeks
+ Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
+ Willy McAlpine – 2 weeks
+ Brandon Kahler – 3 weeks
+ Linda Bennett – 5 weeks (2)
+ Sarah Toot – 6 weeks (2)
+ Sabas Hernandez – 8 weeks
+ Monica Jennings – 8 weeks (3)
+ Mary Green – 10 weeks (3)
+ Angie DeWaard – 11 weeks (2)
+ Dawn Krause – 15 weeks
+ Kim Barker – 21 weeks
+ Joe Duff – 22 weeks
+ Logan Kahler – 24 weeks
+ Teresa Kahler – 32 weeks (3)
+ Tamara Peterson – 32 weeks
+ Carla Stensland – 32 weeks
+ Michelle Haupt – 33 weeks
+ Micky Augustin – 34 weeks
+ Andy Sharp – 35 weeks
+ Bill Wentworth – 36 weeks
+ Cathie Morton – 40 weeks
+ Elizabeth Nordeen – 41 weeks
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley – 43 weeks
+ Kio Dettman – 46 weeks (5)
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Derrick Gorshe – 1 week
Evie Gorshe – 1 week
Sarah Karber – 1 week
Steve Martin – 1 week
Steve Martin
Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks
Jesse Howard – 3 weeks
Willy McAlpine – 3 weeks
Brandon Kahler – 4 weeks
Linda Bennett – 6 weeks
Linda Bennett
Linda Bennett
Sarah Toot – 7 weeks
Sarah Toot
Sabas Hernandez – 9 weeks
Monica Jennings – 9 weeks
Mary Green – 11 weeks
Angie DeWaard – 12 weeks
Angie DeWaard
Dawn Krause – 16 weeks
Dawn Krause
Kim Barker – 22 weeks
Kim Barker
Joe Duff – 23 weeks
Logan Kahler – 25 weeks
Logan Kahler
Teresa Kahler – 33 weeks
Tamara Peterson – 33 weeks
Carla Stensland – 33 weeks
Carla Stensland
Michelle Haupt 34 weeks
Micky Augustin – 35 weeks
Micky Augustin
Andy Sharp – 36 weeks
Andy Sharp
Bill Wentworth – 37 weeks
Bill Wentworth
Cathie Morton – 41 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen – 42 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen
Shannon Bardole-Foley – 44 weeks
Kio Dettman – 47 weeks
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Christopher D. Bennett – 468 weeks
30 participants this week! That is a great week! Hopefully we can start averaging 30 participants for a bit!
This is just guess work, but I believe we got submissions from Pennsylvania, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and California this week. It is possible that people travelled away from their homes and I just don’t know it. My picture was taken about 15 miles from my front door.
Got the first every submission from Steve Martin! That is exciting! Plus Sarah Karber and Derrick and Evie both submitted for the first time in a bit!
It wasn’t all good news though. Becky couldn’t extend her streak to two weeks and Sara Lockner’s 2 week streak is history as well.
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
GREEN
GREEN! What a great theme for Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what is a GREEN image? Are you seriously asking that question? It is an image of something that is GREEN or GREEN plays a major part of the composition. There are at least a few pictures here that would also have been great submissions for GREEN. Sarah Karber’s and Monica’s come to mind.
Of course there is more than one definition of the word GREEN. Just find a Dave Matthews fan. They will help you out. (For the record marijuana should be legalized and taxed. And so should churches. Be taxed that is.)
While considering possible subjects for your GREEN image, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt something great will come to you.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight… the truly wise person is colorblind.
-Albert Schweitzer
I look forward to seeing your interpretation.
RULES
The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of GREEN in this place that is many types of green to me, just not the environmentalist type of green next Monday.