ARCHITECTURE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, January 19, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week
2-Charlie DeWaard – 3 weeks
3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks
4-Deanna Peters – 4 weeks
5-Jesse Howard – 6 weeks
*6-Kio Dettman – 10 weeks
7-Becky Parmelee – 14 weeks
8-Suzie Brannen – 19 weeks
9-Willy McAlpine – 21 weeks
10-Monica Jennings – 25 weeks
*11-Deb Powers – 73 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 87 weeks
13-Lowell Davis – 107 weeks
14-Scott Degeneffe – 126 weeks
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 136 weeks
*16-Logan Kahler – 137 weeks
*17-Nathanial Brown – 138 weeks
*18-Tamara Peterson – 149 weeks
*19-Mindi Terrell – 153 weeks
20-Linda Bennett – 182 weeks
21-Sarah Toot – 183 weeks
22-Angie DeWaard – 186 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 189 weeks
24-Kim Barker – 197 weeks
25-Joe Duff – 198 weeks
*26-Teresa Kahler – 209 weeks
*27-Carla Stensland – 209 weeks
28-Micky Augustin – 211 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 212 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 213 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 215 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 218 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 220 weeks
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:
Sarah Karber (Apple Valley, Minnesota) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 1 week
Alexis Stensland (Des Moines, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Des Moines, Iowa)
Deanna Peters (Grand Junction, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 11 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 15 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 20 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 22 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 26 weeks
Deb Powers (Granger, Iowa) – 74 weeks
Deb Powers (Polk City, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 88 weeks
Lowell Davis (Ames, Iowa) – 108 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 127 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 137 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 138 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Des Moines, Iowa) – 139 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 154 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Ogden, Iowa) – 150 weeks
Linda Bennett (Circle T Farm – Easton, Kansas) – 183 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 184 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 187 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 190 weeks
Kim Barker (Ames, Iowa) – 198 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas City, Texas) – 199 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas City, Texas)
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 210 weeks
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa) – 210 weeks
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 212 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 213 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 214 weeks
Cathie Morton (Disney Hollywood Studios – Orlando, Florida) – 216 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 219 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 221 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 645 weeks
Submissions from 34 participants this week. I wouldn’t call it a popular week. Somewhere Frank Lloyd Wright is crying into his Cheerios, but not sobbing. Cause while not popular, also not unpopular.
A huge thanks to everyone that included the location of their picture with their submission! And a huge thanks to everyone that submitted before Monday morning! Makes my job so much easier!
- Week 539 Submission Geography
- Arkansas
- Florida (New)
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- Florida (Cathie)
- Iowa (Tamara)
- Kansas (Linda)
- Michigan (Mary)
- Minnesota (Sarah K.)
- Missouri (Scott)
- Nebraska (Bill)
- New York (Sarah T.)
- Ohio (Nathanial)
- Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
- Texas (Joe)
- West Virginia (Nathanial)
That is 13 states! That is a great start to Year 13!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Dallas, Dickinson, Greene, Story, Polk, and Warren. Which is actually an identical county list to last week. However, a different person submitted from Warren County and a different person submitted from Greene County.
The big milestones this week was Monica joining the Half Year Streak Club! Woo! But it wasn’t all deep dish pizza and Hilton Magic. Brandon couldn’t build on his submission from last week. His streak is over before it began. But worst of all Scarecrow, Charlie’s streak is over at 3.
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:
PLACES – POTENTIAL PUFFERBILLY DAYS PHOTO CONTEST CLASS
PLACES! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! This will probably be a Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, but Pufferbilly Days is under new leadership and so at this time I don’t know what that means for the Photo Contest. I’m sure I’ll find out some day.
It is a new year so the there is a new set of rules. Don’t just gloss by them!
- YEAR 13 – THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE RULES
- 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. In fact, pictures being submitted by Sunday night are GREATLY APPRECIATED!
- 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. PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME ASK YOU!
- Please submit images that are OVER 1000 pixels at their largest side. DON’T OVERCROP! Look at this page on a computer, if your images are considerably smaller than everyone else’s pictures, then you are sending too small of images!
- ABSOLUTELY NO USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!!
- How to Submit
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro. I’m not putting my phone # here. If you know, you know.
This is the 2nd time that PLACES has been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.
Here are a couple of my favorites from the Ghosts of PLACES Past for inspiration:
Monica Jennings – Week 477
Willy McAlpine – Week 477
Cathie Morton – Week 477
To peruse all of the more than 50 submissions in the PLACES archive, click on the link below:
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
Until next Monday, may you run and not be weary. May your heart be filled with song. And may the love of God continue to give you hope and keep you strong.