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REFLECTION! What a great theme! But did enough people look at themselves to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
1-Sara Lockner – 1 week (IA, BHS, MN, FL)
2-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks (IA)
*3-Mary Green – 3 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
*4-Monica Jennings – 3 weeks (IA)
5-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks (IA, OH)
6-Jesse Howard – 10 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
7-Suzie Brannen – 11 weeks (IA, MD)
*8-Deb Powers – 15 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Willy McAlpine – 22 weeks (IA)
10-Deanna McClain – 26 weeks (IA, MN)
11-Mike Vest – 29 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
12-Lowell Davis – 49 weeks (IA, MO, KS)
13-Brandon Kahler – 50 weeks (IA, MN)
14-Scott Degeneffe – 68 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 78 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
*16-Logan Kahler – 79 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
17-Nathanial Brown – 80 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI, NY)
18-Tamara Peterson – 91 weeks (IA, MN)
*19-Mindi Terrell – 95 weeks (IA)
20-Linda Bennett – 124 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO)
21-Sarah Toot – 125 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD)
22-Angie DeWaard – 128 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
23-Dawn Krause – 133 weeks (IA, IL)
24-Kim Barker – 139 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
25-Joe Duff – 140 weeks (TX, NY)
26-Teresa Kahler – 151 weeks (IA, NE)
27-Carla Stensland – 151 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
28-Micky Augustin – 153 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
29-Andy Sharp – 154 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS)
*30-Bill Wentworth – 155 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
*31-Cathie Morton – 159 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT)
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 160 weeks (IA, OH)
*33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 162 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX)
*34-Kio Dettman – 164 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:
39 States!
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) – 154 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Farley (Promised Land Zoo – Branson, Missouri) – 163 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 140 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 125 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 12 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 81 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa)
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 69 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 165 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 129 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 141 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 79 weeks
Elainie Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 4 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 51 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 80 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 152 weeks
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 134 weeks
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 23 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 27 weeks
Cathie Morton (Downtown Des Moines, Iowa) – 160 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 161 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 92 weeks
Deb Powers (Iowa) – 16 weeks
Andy Sharp (Carlisle, Iowa) – 155 weeks
Carla Stensland (Urbandale, Iowa) – 152 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 96 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 126 weeks
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 30 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 156 weeks
33 participants this week! That is a decent week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Iowa (31)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New York (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (1)
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Alaska (1)
+ Arizona (1)
+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (11)
+ Florida (16)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (14)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1862)
+ Kansas (66)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (2)
+ Michigan (13)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (24.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (59)
+ Nevada (5)
+ New Jersey (5)
+ New Mexico (2)
+ New York (23)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (41)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (73)
+ Utah (2)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (4)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ Mexico (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)
39 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 1 District! 7 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY) – 14
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA) – 13
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS) – 11
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT) – 9
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD) – 8
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL) – 6
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO) – 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
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK, NY) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN, FL) – 4
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon 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
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2
+ Kyle Sharp (IA, MO) – 2
Nathanial is clinging lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”
The big milestone reached this week was Bill reaching the 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo!
But it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns! Alexis’ streak is over at 2 weeks. Mary’s streak is gone at 3. Worst of all, Jesse’s streak went kaput at 10!
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:
6:00 PM – Suggested by Sarah Toot
6:00 PM! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
The idea of this theme is to take a picture at 6:00 PM at some point this week. That is it!
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 see your idea of 6:00 PM in this place that is always here for you next Monday.