REMINDER THAT THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING WHEN YOU CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE YEAR 13 THEMES FOR THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY AND ONLY BY LEAVING A COMMENT IN THE LAST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLNEGE POST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE FIRST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE IN NOVEMBER. NO TEXTS. NO EMAILS. NO SNAPS. NO HAND WRITTEN LETTERS. ONLY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THOSE TWO POSTS!
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Which is a reminder of 2 things:
Today, we honor and celebrate the history, cultures, and enduring contributions of Indigenous peoples across the Americas and around the world. This day reminds us to recognize the deep connection Indigenous communities have to the land, their resilience in the face of adversity, and their invaluable role in shaping our shared story.
Let’s take this opportunity to listen, learn, and stand in solidarity with Indigenous voices—past, present, and future.
THREE! What a great theme! But did enough people find the magic in it to make it a popular theme?
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Jesse Howard – 1 week
4-Sara Lockner – 1 week
5-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
6-Suzie Brannen – 4 weeks
7-Willy McAlpine – 6 weeks
8-Monica Jennings – 10 weeks
*9-Alexis Stensland – 26 weeks
10-Deanna McClain – 39 weeks
*11-Deb Powers – 58 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 71 weeks
13-Lowell Davis – 92 weeks
14-Scott Degeneffe – 110 weeks
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 119 weeks
*16-Logan Kahler – 122 weeks
17-Nathanial Brown – 123 weeks
18-Tamara Peterson – 134 weeks
19-Mindi Terrell – 138 weeks
*20-Linda Bennett – 167 weeks
21-Sarah Toot – 168 weeks
*22-Angie DeWaard – 171 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 174 weeks
24-Kim Barker – 181 weeks
*25-Joe Duff – 183 weeks
*26-Teresa Kahler – 194 weeks
*27-Carla Stensland – 194 weeks
*28-Micky Augustin – 196 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 197 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 198 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 201 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 203 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 205 weeks
34-Kio Dettman – 207 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
- Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- 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:
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 27 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Ledges State Park – Iowa)
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 198 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa)
Angie DeWaard (Stephens Auditorium – Ames, Iowa) – 172 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa)
Becky Parmelee (Amarillo, Texas) – 2 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 199 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Ellsworth, Iowa) – 1 week
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 195 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ledges State Park – Iowa)
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 202 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (1868 Farmhouse – Boone County Iowa)
Dawn Krause (McGregor, Iowa) – 175 weeks
Dawn Krause (McGregor, Iowa)
Deanna McClain (Sportsman Park – Iowa) – 40 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 59 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 204 weeks
Joe Duff (Webster, Iowa) – 184 weeks
Kim Barker (Boone, Iowa) – 182 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 208 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 168 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Logan Kahler (Conrad, Iowa) – 123 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 93 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 197 weeks
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 72 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 139 weeks
Monica Jennings (Don Williams Park – Iowa) – 11 weeks
Monica Jennings (Don Williams Park – Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 124 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Center Grove Orchard – Iowa) – 1 week
Sarah Toot (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) – 169 weeks
Sarah Toot (Grayson, Kentucky)
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 111 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Cozumel, Mexico) – 206 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 120 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Ogden, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 135 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 195 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Spain) – 7 weeks
Submissions from 34 participants this week. A popular week! Lots of pictures from Ames Homecoming! Sometimes I wonder if my friends kids that are around the same age and go to the same school are friends at all. I don’t want the mystery solved, but I am curious.
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
- Florida
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Mexico
- Nebraska
- Spain
- Texas
Thanks to Shannon’s travels, we’ve added Mexico to the Year 12 Photography Submission Map! 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
- Mexico
- Northern Ireland
- Spain
That is 36 states, 1 district, and 8 foreign countries!
The big milestones this week was Kim joining the 3.5 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo! And Kio joining the 4 Year Streak Club!!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all fun and games. Jen, Jesse, and Sara couldn’t build on their submissions from last week and their streaks are over before they began!
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:
DREAM (SUGGESTED BY ANDY SHARP)
DREAM! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! This is maybe more of an obtuse theme that may require more abstract thinking. But I have faith in you that you will be able to come up with a picture that depicts a DREAM or maybe even a nightmare. We are nearing Halloween after all.
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 all be sharing your idea of DREAM in this place that is mine next Monday.