Today marks the 40th anniversary of my Dad’s passing. Without him, I probably wouldn’t be into photography. This website wouldn’t exist. None of the pictures on it would exist. I need to start this website by sharing some pictures of him.
I couldn’t find a picture of Dad with Carla right away, so here is a picture he took of Carla.
I read this quote once about grief. I’ve read too many quotes about grief. It isn’t the best quote about grief, but it has a lot of truth in it:
“Losing a parent is something like driving through a plate-glass window. You didn’t know it was there until it shattered, and then for years to come you’re picking up the pieces”
40 years later. Still picking up pieces, but another quote about grief that I like better.
“Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people”.
The fact that you are here. Submitting pictures in this quirky little photo challenge is what I feel is an incredible testament to his legacy. And not just his kids. His grandkids. His sister. His niece. All of you.
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6:00 PM! What a great theme! But did enough people do something interesting at 6:00 PM just one time last week to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 16, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
1-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week (IA)
2-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks (IA, BHS, MN, FL)
3-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks (IA)
4-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks (IA, OH)
5-Suzie Brannen – 12 weeks (IA, MD)
6-Deb Powers – 16 weeks (MT, IA)
7-Willy McAlpine – 23 weeks (IA)
8-Deanna McClain – 27 weeks (IA, MN)
9-Mike Vest – 30 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
10-Lowell Davis – 50 weeks (IA, MO, KS)
11-Brandon Kahler – 51 weeks (IA, MN)
12-Scott Degeneffe – 69 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 79 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
14-Logan Kahler – 80 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
15-Nathanial Brown – 81 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI, NY)
16-Tamara Peterson – 92 weeks (IA, MN)
*17-Mindi Terrell – 96 weeks (IA)
*18-Linda Bennett – 125 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO)
*19-Sarah Toot – 126 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD)
20-Angie DeWaard – 129 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
21-Dawn Krause – 134 weeks (IA, IL)
22-Kim Barker – 140 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
23-Joe Duff – 141 weeks (TX, NY)
24-Teresa Kahler – 152 weeks (IA, NE)
25-Carla Stensland – 152 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
26-Micky Augustin – 154 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
27-Andy Sharp – 1545weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS)
28-Bill Wentworth – 156 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
29-Cathie Morton – 160 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT)
30-Elizabeth Nordeen – 161 weeks (IA, OH)
31-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 163 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX, MO)
*32-Kio Dettman – 165 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:
Micky Augustin (Phoenix, Arizona) – 155 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa)- 28 weeks
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 106 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 51 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week
Mary Green (Iowa)
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 130 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 80 weeks
Deb Powers (Iowa) – 17 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 93 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 70 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 97 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 141 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 162 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 52 weeks
Elainie Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 81 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 135 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 24 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 153 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Seven Oaks – Boone County, Iowa) – 82 weeks
Andy Sharp (Pizza King – Council Bluffs, Iowa) – 156 weeks
Mike Vest (Des Moines, Iowa) – 31 weeks
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 161 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 153 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 164 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 126 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Sarah Toot (Easton, Kansas)- 127 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 157 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 142 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas)
Sabas Hernandez (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – 6 weeks
34 participants this week. That is a fair week.
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arizona (1)
+ Iowa (32)
+ Kansas (3)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Texas (2)
+ Wisconsin (1)
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Alaska (1)
+ Arizona (2)
+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (11)
+ Florida (16)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (14)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1894)
+ Kansas (69)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (2)
+ Michigan (13)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (24.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (60)
+ 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 (75)
+ Utah (2)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (6)
+ 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, KS) – 9
+ 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
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK, AZ) – 5
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK, NY) – 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
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH, WI) – 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
+ 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!”
Their were a couple of big milestones reached this week. Brandon joined the 1 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! Angie joined the 2 and Half Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo! Anndy joined the 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Plus no streaks were snapped this week!
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:
HOLIDAYS
HOLIDAYS! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
Just don’t get so wrapped up in the HOLIDAYS that you don’t forget to submit a HOLIDAYS photo next Monday.
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 HOLIDAYS in this place that doesn’t take many next Monday.
Thank you so much for bringing us together in honor of your dad. He had an incredible sense of style, and is very talented!
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