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WORK! A great theme! But did enough people put in the work to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
1- Suzie Brannen – 1 week (IA, MD)
2-Mike Vest – 1 week (IA, MO)
3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks (IA) <2>
4-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks (IA)
5-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks (IA, OH)
6-Deanna McClain – 9 weeks (IA)
7-Adam Gordon – 11 weeks (IA, MS, MO) <2>
8-Becky Parmelee – 12 weeks (AR, IA, OK)
9-Lowell Davis – 19 weeks (IA)
10-Michelle Haupt – 19 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA)
11-Brandon Kahler – 20 weeks (IA, MN)
12-Scott Degeneffe – 38 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN)
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 48 weeks (IA, NE)
14-Logan Kahler – 49 weeks (IA, MN)
15-Nathanial Brown – 50 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN)
16-Jesse Howard – 50 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW)
17-Tamara Peterson – 62 weeks (IA, MN)
18-Mindi Terrell – 65 weeks (IA) <2>
19-Linda Bennett – 94 weeks (KS) <2>
20-Sarah Toot – 95 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV)
21-Angie DeWaard – 99 weeks (IA, IL) <2>
22-Dawn Krause – 103 weeks (IA)
23-Kim Barker – 109 weeks (IA, CO, LA) <2>
24-Joe Duff – 110 weeks (TX)
25-Teresa Kahler – 121 weeks (IA, NE) <2>
26-Carla Stensland – 121 weeks (IA, MO) <2>
27-Micky Augustin – 123 weeks (IA, IL)
28-Andy Sharp – 124 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA)
29-Bill Wentworth – 125 weeks (NE)
30-Cathie Morton – 128 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 130 weeks (IA)
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 132 weeks (IA, CA, NV)
33-Kio Dettman – 134 weeks (IA)
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.
It is the third week of the month and on the third week of the month I like to share a map of all the states where people have submitted from heading into today. Here is that map:

29 states so far!
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:

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 124 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 133 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 110 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 95 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Des Moines, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Audubon County, Iowa) – 51 weeks
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 20 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 39 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 135 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 100 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 49 weeks
Adam Gordon (Boone First United Methodist Church – Boone, Iowa) – 12 weeks
Mary Green (Illinois) – 1 week
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 20 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa) – 51 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 21 weeks
Logan Kahler (Whistle Stop Cafe – Boone, Iowa) – 50 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 122 weeks
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 104 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 10 weeks
Cathie Morton (Decorah, Iowa) – 129 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ohio) – 131 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 13 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Boone, Iowa) – 63 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 125 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 4 weeks
Carla Stensland (UDCC – Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 122 weeks
Carla Stensland (UDCC – Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa)
Johnathan Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa) – 66 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa)
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 96 weeks
37 participants this week. An improvement of three on last week. Trending in the right direction?
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arkansas (1)
+ Illinois (1)
+ Iowa (43)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Ohio (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (2)
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Arkansas (12.5)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ California (3)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Colorado (5)
+ Florida (85)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (6)
+ Indiana (4)
+ Iowa (704)
+ Kansas (28)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (5)
+ Minnesota (6)
+ Mississippi (1.5)
+ Missouri (10.5)
+ Nebraska (28)
+ Nevada (2)
+ New York (12)
+ Ohio (2)
+ Oklahoma (1)
+ Pennsylvania (15)
+ South Dakota (3)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (30)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
29 states so far! 3 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL) – 8
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA) – 7
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY) – 6
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW) – 6
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA) – 4
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA) – 4
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV) – 4
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN) – 4
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV) – 3
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL) – 2
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO) -2
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA) – 2
Jen is now in the lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” Jesse and Andy and Scott are in striking distance though! Elizabeth and Linda joined the list of people to have submitted from multiple places!
There were plenty of big milestones this week!
Deanna joined the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! Angie joined the Triple Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! Dawn joined the 2 Year Streak Club! WooHoo!
As a bonus, no streaks were snapped this week! WooHoo!
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:

NOT YOUR HOMETOWN – SUGGESTED BY ANDY SHARP
NOT YOUR HOMETOWN! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
For the purposes of this theme, I don’t care how you define HOMETOWN. Is it the town you were born in? The town you grew up in? The town you currently live in? Doesn’t matter to me. Just whatever town you define as being your HOMETOWN, the picture can’t be taken there.
I look forward to seeing your interpretation.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of WORK in this place that hardly feels like work most days next Monday.