FOOD! Everybody needs it! But did enough people photograph it to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
2-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week
3-Monica Jennings – 1 week
4-Sara Lockner – 1 week
5-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
6-Julie Sharp – 1 week
7-Mary Green – 4 weeks (2)
8-Alexis Stensland – 4 weeks
9-Scott Degeneffe – 11 weeks
10-Sabas Hernandez – 12 weeks
11-Willy McAlpine – 12 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 18 weeks
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 21 weeks (2)
14-Logan Kahler – 22 weeks
15-Nathanial Brown – 23 weeks
16-Jesse Howard – 23 weeks
17-Tamara Peterson – 26 weeks
18-Mindi Terrell – 38 weeks
19-Brandon Kahler – 62 weeks
20-Linda Bennett – 67 weeks (2)
21-Sarah Toot – 68 weeks
22-Angie DeWaard – 72 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 76 weeks
24-Kim Barker – 82 weeks
25-Joe Duff – 83 weeks
26-Teresa Kahler – 94 weeks
27-Carla Stensland – 94 weeks
28-Micky Augustin – 96 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 97 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 98 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 102 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 103 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 105 weeks
34-Kio Dettman – 107 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:

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 5 weeks

Andy Sharp (Omaha, Nebraska) – 98 weeks

Andy Sharp (Whistle Stop Cafe – Boone, Iowa)

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 73 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 99 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Story City, Iowa) – 63 weeks

Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 95 weeks

Carla Stensland (Iowa)

Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 103 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (The Feed Mill Restaurant – Audubon, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 77 weeks

Diane Sharp (Omaha, Nebraska) – 1 week

Elainie Hernandez (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa) – 104 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

Jesse Howard (The Feed Mill Restaurant – Audubon, Iowa) – 24 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 84 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas)

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 83 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa)

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 108 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 68 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 23 weeks

Micky Augstin (Iowa) – 97 weeks

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 19 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 39 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 24 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Smokey D’s BBQ – Des Moines, Iowa) – 13 weeks

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 69 weeks

Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)

Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 12 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Iowa)

Scott Degeneffe (Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 106 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 22 weeks

Susanna Funk (Iowa) – 1 week

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 27 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 95 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 13 weeks

34 participants! A pretty good week by current standards!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Kansas
+ Iowa
+ Nebraska
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Mississippi
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

40 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 75% of the way there! Every continental state west of the Mississippi is now accounted for.

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Canada
+ Peru
+ Puenta de la Reina, Spain
+ France
+ Austria
+ Germany
+ Italy
+ Slovenia

There were no major milestones this week. The first ever submission by Diane Sharp though!

It was a bloodbath of streaks though. Becky, and Julie couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Mary’s streak ends at 4.

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:

PORTRAIT

PORTRAIT! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a PORTRAIT? It is simply a picture of somebody. Can be one person. Can be several people. Can be you. It can be a posed picture. It can be a candid picture. The options are aplenty!

While thinking about possible subjects for your PORTRAIT, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt that you will come up with a fabulous image:

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.
-Helmut Newton

I look forward to 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 PORTRAIT in this place that is a self-portrait next Monday.