LEADING LINES! 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, February 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Charlie DeWaard – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
4-Sarah Karber – 2 weeks
5-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
6-Deanna Peters – 6 weeks
7-Jesse Howard – 8 weeks
8-Kio Dettman – 12 weeks
9-Becky Parmelee – 16 weeks
10-Suzie Brannen – 21 weeks
11-Willy McAlpine – 23 weeks
12-Monica Jennings – 27 weeks
*13-Deb Powers – 75 weeks
14-Mike Vest – 89 weeks
15-Lowell Davis – 109 weeks
16-Scott Degeneffe – 128 weeks
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 138 weeks
*18-Logan Kahler – 139 weeks
19-Nathanial Brown – 140 weeks
20-Tamara Peterson – 151 weeks
21-Mindi Terrell – 155 weeks
*22-Linda Bennett – 184 weeks
23-Sarah Toot – 185 weeks
*24-Angie DeWaard – 188 weeks
25-Dawn Krause – 191 weeks
26-Kim Barker – 199 weeks
27-Joe Duff – 200 weeks
*28-Teresa Kahler – 211 weeks
*29-Carla Stensland – 211 weeks
30-Micky Augustin – 213 weeks
31-Andy Sharp – 214 weeks
32-Bill Wentworth – 215 weeks
*33-Cathie Morton – 218 weeks
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 220 weeks
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 222 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:
Andy Sharp (Southeast Polk High School – Iowa) – 215 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 189 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa)
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 17 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 216 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 212 weeks
Carla Stensland (Boone County, Iowa)
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 219 weeks
Charlie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Jefferson, Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 192 weeks
Deanna Peters (Iowa) – 7 weeks
Deb Powers (Granger, Iowa) – 76 weeks
Deb Powers (Granger, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 221 weeks
Jesse Howard (Van Meter, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa)
Joe Duff (Lulling, Texas) – 201 weeks
Joe Duff (Lulling, Texas)
Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 200 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 13 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 185 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 140 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ames, Iowa)
Lowell Davis (Clive, Iowa) – 110 weeks
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 214 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 90 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 156 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 28 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Omaha, Nebraska) – 141 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Omaha, Nebraska)
Sabas Hernandez (Orange, California) – 2 weeks
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Sarah Karber (Rosemount, Minnesota) – 3 weeks
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York) – 186 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Grand Island, Nebraska) – 129 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Indianola, Iowa) – 223 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 139 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 22 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 152 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 212 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 212 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 24 weeks
Submissions from 35 participants this week. I consider that to be a popular week!
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 542 Submission Geography
- Arkansas
- California (NEW)
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New York
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- California (Sabas)
- 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 14 states!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Story, and Warren.
The big milestone this week was Mindi joining the 3 Year Streak Club!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Plus Kim joined the 200 Week Streak Club!! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it was not all sweet dance moves and beautiful music. Mary couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Her streak is over before it 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:
NASTY – SUGGESTED BY ALEXIS STENSLAND
NASTY! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
It is a new year so 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 1st time that NASTY been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.
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.