ROAD TRIP! One of my favorite ways to spend a day. Also one of my favorite themes! But did it inspire enough people to leave their house to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out?
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Mary Green – 2 weeks (2)
2-Stehanie Kim – 2 weeks
3-Becky Parmelee – 2 weeks
4-Willy McAlpine – 4 weeks
5-Sara Lockner – 6 weeks
6-Monica Jennings – 6 weeks
7-Suzie Brannen – 8 weeks (2)
8-Lowell Davis – 8 weeks
9-Michelle Haupt – 8 weeks
10-Alexis Stensland – 8 weeks (2)
11-Brandon Kahler – 9 weeks
12-Scott Degeneffe – 27 weeks (2)
13-Sabas Hernandez – 28 weeks
14-Mike Vest – 33 weeks
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 37 weeks (2)
16-Logan Kahler – 38 weeks (2)
17-Nathanial Brown – 39 weeks
18-Jesse Howard – 39 weeks
19-Tamara Peterson – 42 weeks
20-Mindi Terrell – 54 weeks (2)
21-Linda Bennett – 83 weeks
22-Sarah Toot – 84 weeks
23-Angie DeWaard – 88 weeks
24-Dawn Krause – 92 weeks (2)
25-Kim Barker – 98 weeks
26-Joe Duff – 99 weeks
27-Teresa Kahler – 110 weeks
28-Carla Stensland – 110 weeks (2)
29-Micky Augustin – 112 weeks
30-Andy Sharp – 113 weeks
31-Bill Wentworth – 114 weeks
32-Cathie Morton – 118 weeks
33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 119 weeks
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 121 weeks
35-Kio Dettman – 123 weeks
Reminder. Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
1. The picture must 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 and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.
3. Sometimes, for special people, for special circumstances, we can negotiate something.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Adam Gordon (Central BBQ – Southaven, Mississippi) – 1 week
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 1 weeks
Johnathan Stensland (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week
Mary Green (Indiana) – 3 weeks
Mary Green (Indiana)
Stephanie Kim (Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York) – 3 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 3 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Sara Lockner (Woodward, Iowa)- 7 weeks
Lowell Davis (Boone County, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Michelle Haupt (Des Moines, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 9 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)
Brandon Kahler (Saint Paul, Minnesota) – 10 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 28 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (35 South Near Ames, Iowa) – 29 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 34 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Red Lobster – West Des Moines, Iowa) – 38 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 39 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Des Moines, Iowa) – 40 weeks
Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa) – 40 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 43 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa) – 55 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 84 weeks
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 85 weeks
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 89 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 93 weeks
Kim Barker (Estes Park, Colorado) – 99 weeks
Kim Barker (Dacono, Colorado)
Joe Duff (Texas) – 100 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 111 weeks
Carla Stensland (Polk City, Iowa) – 111 weeks
Carla Stensland (Polk City, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Huxley, Iowa) – 113 weeks
Micky Augustin (Alleman, Iowa)
Andy Sharp (Omaha, Nebraska) – 114 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 115 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 119 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 120 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Norwalk, Iowa) – 122 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 124 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Ames, Iowa) – 546 weeks
37 participants! That is a great week! Up one from last week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arkansas (1)
+ Colorado (2)
+ Indiana (2)
+ Iowa (32)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Minnesota (1)
+ Mississippi (1)
+ Nebraska (2)
+ New York (1)
+ Pennsylvania (2)
+ Texas (1)
Thanks to the travels of Mary, we added Indiana to the list! Thanks to Adam’s travels, we’ve added Mississippi!
Here is the Year 11 list of states where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each state):
+ Arkansas (4)
+ California (1)
+ Colorado (4)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Indiana (2)
+ Iowa (339)
+ Kansas (13)
+ Michigan (4)
+ Minnesota (3)
+ Mississippi (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (12)
+ New York (6)
+ Pennsylvania (8)
+ South Dakota (3)
+ Texas (16)
+ Vermont (1)
17 states so far! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple states:
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX)
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT)
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN)
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO)
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN)
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD)
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE)
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS)
Mary has joined the list of people that have submitted from 3 states. Jen maintains her 1 state lead to be crowned the Queen of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Travel! I’ll keep workshopping that name. But I might buy a crown for the winner. Just another idea I’m spitballing.
There were a couple of big milestones reached this week. Brandon hit the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! But Joe Duff 10 upped him and reached the Triple Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo!
It wasn’t all fun and games though. Not all rainbows and unicorns. Monica’s streak ended at 6 weeks. Suzie’s is no more after 8 weeks!
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:
SENTIMENTAL (SUGGESTED BY JOE DUFF)
SENTIMENTAL! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! It will be interesting to see what people find gets them all filled up with sentiment!
I look forward to your interpretation!
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 SENTIMENTAL in this place in this place that is mostly purple because I am sentimental next Monday.