SCHOOL! It isn’t much fun, but it is the best shot at social mobility, so it has to exist. But did SCHOOL get people excited enough to take a picture and submit it? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Nathanial Brown – 1 week
2-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
4-Sara Lockner – 1 week
5-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
6-Mike Parmelee – 1 week
7-Mike Vest – 1 week
8-Alexis Baugher – 4 weeks (3)
9-Scott Degeneffe – 4 weeks (2)
10-Jesse Howard – 4 weeks (2)
11-Mindi Terrell – 10 weeks (3)
12-Monica Jennings – 16 weeks (2)
13-Tamara Peterson – 26 weeks
14-Brandon Kahler – 35 weeks (3)
15-Linda Bennett – 40 weeks (2)
16-Sarah Toot – 41 weeks (2)
17-Angie DeWaard – 44 weeks (2)
18-Dawn Krause – 49 weeks (2)
19-Kim Barker – 55 weeks
20-Joe Duff – 56 weeks
21-Logan Kahler – 58 weeks
22-Teresa Kahler – 67 weeks (2)
23-Carla Stensland – 67 weeks (3)
24-Micky Augustin – 69 weeks
25-Andy Sharp – 70 weeks
26-Bill Wentworth – 71 weeks
27-Cathie Morton – 75 weeks
28-Elizabeth Nordeen – 76 weeks
29-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 78 weeks
30-Kio Dettman – 80 weeks (2)
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:
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 45 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 56 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 77 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 70 weeks
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 68 weeks
Carla Stensland (Iowa)
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 81 weeks
Kio Dettman (Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 41 weeks
Alexis Baugher (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Alexis Baugher (Iowa)
Sarah Toot (Nevada) – 42 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 72 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 11 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 59 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) 68 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ohio) – 2 weeks
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (New York) – 2 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 57 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 1 week
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 36 weeks
Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 76 weeks
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 17 weeks
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 71 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 79 weeks
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 50 weeks
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 2 weeks
28 participants! That is a pretty good week! A slight dip from last week, but still definitely a good week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arkansas
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ Nevada
+ New York
+ Ohio
+ Texas
Thanks to Sabas’ work trip to Ohio, we were able to add a new state to the map! We actually now have more than half the states and districts. 26 out of 51! I have no belief that that I will get submissions from all 50 states, but I’m curious to see how close we get.
Here is the current calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Dakota
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
25 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over halfway there!
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I took my picture about 15 miles from my front door, so I continue to not contribute.
There were no major milestones this week, but there was a veritable bloodbath of streaks. Nathanial, Willy, and Mike couldn’t build on their contribution last week. Scott’s streak is over at 4. Most tragically, Tamara’s 26 week streak is over.
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:
RUINS
RUINS! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what in the Ron Harris is a RUINS image? Simply put, it is a picture of something that is in the state of physical destruction or disintegration. Something that is in bad shape.
While considering possible subjects for your RUINS image, mediated on the following quote and I have no doubt you will create a fascinating image:
We moralize among ruins.
-Benjamin Disreali
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. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is it. Thems the rules!
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 RUINS in this place that will one day lay in digital destruction next Monday.