Just a reminder, the we are now one month and one day from the deadline to enter your pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest.
Here are the rules and entry form:
Click on the link below to download the entry form:
Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Form
I hope a few to many of you decide to enter.
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PURPLE! A great theme and the favorite color of some of the best people I’ve ever known. But did the theme draw enough favor to make it a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 5, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
1-Sara Lockner – 1 week (IA, BHS, MN)
*2-Tim Panages – 1 week (IA)
3-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week (IA)
*4-Mary Green – 2 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
*5-Deb Powers – 2 weeks (MT)
*6-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
*7-Willy McAlpine – 4 weeks (IA)
8-Elainie Hernandez – 5 weeks (IA)
9-Deanna McClain – 8 weeks (IA, MN)
*10-Suzie Brannen – 13 weeks (IA, MD)
11-Mike Vest – 12 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
*12-Alexis Stensland – 15 weeks (IA)
13-Sabas Hernandez – 17 weeks (IA, OH)
*14-Adam Gordon – 23 weeks (IA, MS, MO, KS)
*15-Lowell Davis – 31 weeks (IA, MO)
16-Michelle Haupt – 31 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
17-Brandon Kahler – 32 weeks (IA, MN)
18-Scott Degeneffe – 50 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
19-Sheri Fakhouri – 60 weeks (IA, NE)
20-Logan Kahler – 61 weeks (IA, MN)
21-Nathanial Brown – 62 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS)
22-Tamara Peterson – 73 weeks (IA, MN)
*23-Mindi Terrell – 77 weeks (IA)
*24-Linda Bennett – 106 weeks (KS, IA)
25-Sarah Toot – 107 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
26-Angie DeWaard – 111 weeks (IA, IL)
27-Dawn Krause – 115 weeks (IA, IL)
*28-Kim Barker – 120 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*29-Joe Duff – 122 weeks (TX, NY)
*30-Teresa Kahler – 133 weeks (IA, NE)
31-Carla Stensland – 133 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
32-Micky Augustin – 135 weeks (IA, IL, FL)
33-Andy Sharp – 136 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
34-Bill Wentworth – 137 weeks (NE, MO)
35-Cathie Morton – 141 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
*36-Elizabeth Nordeen – 142 weeks (IA, OH)
37-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 144 weeks (IA, CA, NV)
*38-Kio Dettman – 146 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.
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 (Iowa) – 24 weeks
Adam Gordon (Iowa)
Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 16 weeks
Amy Peterson (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week
Andy Sharp (Ames, Iowa) – 137 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 112 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Arthur’s Seat – Cragmillar Castle – Edinburgh, Scotland)
Bill Wentworth (Destin, Florida) – 138 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 134 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (4-H Building – Iowa State Fair – Des Moines, Iowa)
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 33 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 142 weeks
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 116 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 9 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ohio) – 143 weeks
Evie Gorshe (Indiana) – 1 week
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Indiana Dunes National Park – Indiana) – 1 week
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 4 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 123 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas)
Kim Barker Des Moines, Iowa) – 121 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 147 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Ann Arbor, Michigan) – 107 weeks
Linda Bennett (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 62 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 32 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa) – 3 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa)
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 32 weeks
Micky Augustin (Wilton, Iowa) – 136 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 13 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 78 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week
Nathanial Brown (Jefferson, Iowa) – 63 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 18 weeks
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Sarah Toot (Greensboro, North Carolina) – 108 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 51 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 145 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 61 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 14 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 74 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 134 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Tim Panages (Grinnell, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Tim Panages (Ankeny, Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 5 weeks
40 participants! That is a great week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Florida (1)
+ Indiana (2)
+ Iowa (40)
+ Michigan (2)
+ North Carolina (1)
+ Ohio (1)
+ Scotland (1)
+ Texas (2)
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Arkansas (19.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (9)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (12)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1208)
+ Kansas (46)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (8)
+ Minnesota (12)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (16.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (39)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (1)
+ New York (17)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (3)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (23)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (4)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (47)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (4)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)
34 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 5 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS) – 9
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS) – 4
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL) – 3
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
Andy is still in the lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” Jen, Jesse, Scott, and Nathanial remain in striking distance though.
The big milestone this milestone this week was Mindi joining the 1.5 Year Streak Club! WooHoo!
But it wasn’t all good news. Johnathan couldn’t build on his submission from last week and his streak is over before it begins. Deb’s 2 week streak also came crumbling down. Worst of all Scarecrow, Elainie’s 5 week streak went up in smoke like a wicked witch being douse in water.
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:
SCIENCE – SUGGESTED BY JOE DUFF
SCIENCE! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! And a theme I freely confess, I never would have come up with on my own. Thanks Joe! It will be interesting to see where this goes.
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 SCIENCE in this place that wouldn’t exist without it next Monday.