SIGNS! 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, May 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week
2-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week
3-Logan Kahler – 1 week
4-Mary Green – 1 week
5-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
6-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
7-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks
8-Sara Lockner – 4 weeks
*9-Alexis Stensland – 5 weeks
*10-Monica Jennings – 8 weeks
11-Sarah Karber – 16 weeks
12-Deanna Peters – 20 weeks
13-Kio Dettman – 26 weeks
*14-Deb Powers – 89 weeks
15-Mike Vest – 103 weeks
*16-Lowell Davis – 123 weeks
*17-Scott Degeneffe – 142 weeks
*18-Sheri Fakhouri – 151 weeks
19-Nathanial Brown – 154 weeks
20-Tamara Peterson – 165 weeks
*21-Mindi Terrell – 169 weeks
22-Linda Bennett – 198 weeks
23-Sarah Toot – 199 weeks
24-Angie DeWaard – 202 weeks
25-Dawn Krause – 205 weeks
*26-Kim Barker – 213 weeks
27-Joe Duff – 214 weeks
*28-Teresa Kahler – 225 weeks
*29-Carla Stensland – 225 weeks
30-Micky Augustin – 227 weeks
31-Andy Sharp – 228 weeks
32-Bill Wentworth – 229 weeks
33-Cathie Morton – 232 weeks
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 234 weeks
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 236 weeks
Last Monday I forgot to share the map of all the states where people have submitted from in Year 13 heading into today.
25 States!
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 (Ames, Iowa) – 228 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 237 weeks
Kim Barker (Ames, Iowa) – 214 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Orange City, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Easton, Kansas) – 199 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Sulphur Springs, Iowa) – 155 weeks
Lowell Davis (Filling Station – Ames, Iowa) – 124 weeks
Lowell Davis (xBk Live – Des Moines, IA)
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 143 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 27 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 203 weeks
Joe Duff (Houston, Texas) – 215 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas)
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 152 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Pella, Iowa) – 1 week
Monica Jennings (Ames, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Logan Kahler (San Diego, California) – 2 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Lagomarcino Hall – Ames, Iowa) – 226 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Sarah Karber (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – 17 weeks
Dawn Krause (Humboldt County, Iowa) 206 weeks
Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Cathie Morton (Des Moines, Iowa) – 233 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Story County, Iowa) – 235 weeks
Deanna Peters (Iowa) – 21 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 166 weeks
Deb Powers (Des Moines, Iowa) – 90 weeks
Deb Powers (Des Moines, Iowa)
Andy Sharp (Council Bluffs, Iowa) – 229 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Reiman Gardens – Iowa) – 6 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Reiman Gardens – Iowa)
Carla Stensland (ISU SUV Laundromat – Ames, Iowa) – 226 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 170 weeks
Sarah Toot (Austin, Texas) – 200 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 230 weeks
Submissions from 31 participants this week. A very unpopular 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 557 Submission Geography
- California
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Texas
- Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
- Arizona (Sara L.)
- Arkansas (Scott)
- California (Sabas)
- Colorado (Nathanial)
- Florida (Cathie)
- Illinois (Nathanial)
- Indiana (Nathanial)
- Iowa (Tamara)
- Kansas (Linda)
- Kentucky (Scott)
- Michigan (Mary)
- Minnesota (Sarah K.)
- Montana (Joe)
- Missouri (Scott)
- Nebraska (Bill)
- Nevada (Nathanial)
- New Jersey (Sarah T.)
- New York (Sarah T.)
- Ohio (Nathanial)
- Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
- Texas (Joe)
- Utah (Nathanial)
- West Virginia (Nathanial)
- Wisconsin (Dawn)
- Wyoming (Nathanial)
- Dominican Republic (Scott)
- Japan (Sabas)
That is 25 states! 2 foreign countries!
I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Dallas, Linn, Polk, Pottawattamie, Story, and Sioux.
Sarah Toot reached a big milestone this week, joining the 200 Week Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! But there was a bloodbath of streaks ending. Brandon, Johnathan, and Mary couldn’t build on their submission from last week. Their streaks are over before the began. And Jesse’s streak is over after 2 weeks. If you are wondering about Vest… well he sent an email with a description of a picture without a picture. So his streak status is currently in limbo.
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:
ABANDONED – SUGGESTED BY DEB POWERS
ABANDONED! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! Just be sure to follow the rules!
Here are the Year 13 rules!
- 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.
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.
That could be a great Festivals fair contender!