WPC – WEEK 523 – STATUE

STATUE! What a great theme! But did enough people find something sedentary to make it a popular theme?

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 15, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:

1-Ben Baier – 1 week
2-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
3-Sarah Karber – 1 week
4-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2 weeks
5-Willy McAlpine – 3 weeks
6-Monica Jennings – 7 weeks
7-Becky Parmelee – 7 weeks
*8-Alexis Stensland – 23 weeks
*9-Deanna McClain – 36 weeks
*10-Deb Powers – 55 weeks
11-Mike Vest – 68 weeks
12-Lowell Davis – 89 weeks
13-Scott Degeneffe – 107 weeks
14-Sheri Fakhouri – 116 weeks
15-Logan Kahler – 119 weeks
16-Nathanial Brown – 120 weeks
17-Tamara Peterson – 131 weeks
18-Mindi Terrell – 135 weeks
19-Linda Bennett – 164 weeks
20-Sarah Toot – 165 weeks
*21-Angie DeWaard – 168 weeks
22-Dawn Krause – 171 weeks
23-Kim Barker – 178 weeks
*24-Joe Duff – 180 weeks
*25-Teresa Kahler – 191 weeks
26-Carla Stensland – 191 weeks
27-Micky Augustin – 193 weeks
28-Andy Sharp – 194 weeks
29-Bill Wentworth – 195 weeks
30-Cathie Morton – 198 weeks
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 200 weeks
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 202 weeks
33-Kio Dettman – 204 weeks

Here is the list of rules for Year 12 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. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM Central Time the following Monday. But that is a deadline. Pictures can be submitted as soon as you take them.
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.
6. Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.

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:

Christopher D. Bennett (Jester Park – Polk County, Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 24 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Papajohn Sculpture Park – Des Moines, Iowa)

Deanna McClain (Perry, Iowa) – 37 weeks

Ben Baier (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 56 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, IA) – 108 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 205 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Norwalk, Iowa) – 203 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 117 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 132 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 90 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 169 weeks

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 69 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 192 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

Logan Kahler (Ida Grove, Iowa) – 120 weeks

Logan Kahler (Ida Grove, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 172 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 201 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 192 weeks

Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 8 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 121 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 136 weeks

Andy Sharp (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 195 weeks

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 179 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 194 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 199 weeks

Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 1 week

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 196 weeks

Sarah Karber (Minnesota) – 2 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 165 weeks

Mary Green (Luce County, Michigan) – 1 week

Mary Green (Luce County, Michigan)

Becky Parmelee (Bentonville, Arkansas) – 8 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 166 weeks

Joe Duff (Webster, Texas) – 181 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Poo, Spain) – 4 weeks

Submissions from 36 participants this week. A popular week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

• Arkansas
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Nebraska
• Pennsylvania
• Spain
• Texas

Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken:

• Alaska
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington
• Washington D.C.
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
• Argentina
• Chile
• Dominican Republic
• England
• Ireland
• Northern Ireland
• Spain

That is 36 states, 1 district, and 7 foreign countries!

There were no big milestones reached this week. But 1 streak came crashing down. Jen’s streak came to a crashing halt after 2 weeks.

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:

WET

WET! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to seeing your interpretation! And maybe we will finally get the answer to the question of whether or not water is wet?

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 WET in this place that isn’t afraid of a little moisture next week.