The old. The forgotten. The abandoned. The falling apart. The rusty. The dilapidated. I love that stuff, but were RUINS a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1+ Sara Lockner – 1 week
2+ Willy McAlpine – 1 week
3+ Suzie Brannen – 5 weeks
4+ Jesse Howard – 6 weeks
5+ Brandon Kahler – 6 weeks
6+ Linda Bennett – 9 weeks
7+ Sarah Toot – 10 weeks
8+ Sabas Hernandez – 12 weeks
9+ Monica Jennings – 12 weeks
10+ Angie DeWaard – 14 weeks
11+ Mary Green – 14 weeks (2)
12+ Dawn Krause – 18 weeks
13+ Kim Barker – 24 weeks
14+ Joe Duff – 26 weeks
15+ Logan Kahler – 27 weeks
16+ Teresa Kahler – 36 weeks (3)
17+ Tamara Peterson – 36 weeks
18+ Carla Stensland – 36 weeks (2)
19+ Michelle Haupt – 37 weeks
20+ Micky Augustin – 38 weeks
21+ Andy Sharp – 39 weeks
22+ Bill Wentworth – 40 weeks
23+ Cathie Morton – 44 weeks
24+ Elizabeth Nordeen – 45 weeks
25+ Shannon Bardole-Foley – 47 weeks
26+ Kio Dettman – 49 weeks (6)
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:
Becky Parmelee – 1 week
Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
Suzie Brannen – 6 weeks
Brandon Kahler – 7 weeks
Linda Bennett – 10 weeks
Linda Bennett
Sarah Toot – 11 weeks
Sarah Toot
Sabas Hernandez – 13 weeks
Monica Jennings – 13 weeks
Angie DeWaard – 15 weeks
Mary Green – 15 weeks
Mary Green
Mary Green
Mary Green
Dawn Krause – 19 weeks
Dawn Krause
Kim Barker – 25 weeks
Joe Duff 27 weeks
Logan Kahler – 28 weeks
Logan Kahler
Teresa Kahler – 37 weeks
Teresa Kahler
Tamara Peterson – 37 weeks
Carla Stensland – 37 weeks
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
Michelle Haupt – 38 weeks
Micky Augustin – 39 weeks
Andy Sharp – 40 weeks
Bill Wentworth – 41 weeks
Cathie Morton – 46 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen – 46 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley – 48 weeks
Kio Dettman – 50 weeks
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Christopher D. Bennett – 472 weeks
26 participants this week! A good, but not great week. But I’ll take it.
Submissions from (most of these are assumptions) Pennsylvania, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, California, and Iowa this week. My picture was taken about 30 miles from my front door.
Congrats to Linda who joined the double digit streak club!
It wasn’t all fun and games this week though. Willy couldn’t extend his streak to two weeks. Jesse’s 6 week streak is a pile of rubble. Ruins, one might say.
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:
VIOLET
VIOLET! What a great theme for year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what exactly is a VIOLET photo. It is simply any picture where the color VIOLET (or purple if you will) plays an important part of the composition. It can be a picture of something that is VIOLET. Or it can be surrounded by VIOLET. Heck, you can crack out a VIOLET filter and make everything VIOLET.
While considering possible subjects for your VIOLET submission, meditate on the following quote:
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.
-Alice Walker
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 VIOLET in this place that is very purple next Monday.