Hey you! Are you looking for a Thanksgiving meal that is absolutely free! Have I got news for you! Check out the flyer below:
On Thanksgiving Day the Boone First United Methodist Church is providing FREE Thanksgiving meals to absolutely anybody that wants one! And as an added bonus, you can see me!
And maybe you are a person that is blessed and you already have a Thanksgiving meal waiting for you somewhere. If you haven’t noticed, food insecurity is a problem that is only getting worse as the affordability crisis gets worse and food prices are continuing to grow out of control, so if you know somebody that could use a Thanksgiving meal for any reason at all, please forward this information to them. You might be God’s messenger that they need on that day.
ODD CAMERA ANGLE! A great theme! But did enough people get in contact with their inner weirdo to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 17, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Kio Dettman – 1 week
2-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
3-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks
4-Becky Parmelee – 7 weeks
5-Suzie Brannen – 10 weeks
6-Willy McAlpine – 12 weeks
7-Monica Jennings – 16 weeks
*8-Alexis Stensland – 32 weeks
9-Deanna McClain – 46 weeks
*10-Deb Powers – 64 weeks
11-Mike Vest – 78 weeks
*12-Lowell Davis – 98 weeks
13-Scott Degeneffe – 117 weeks
14-Sheri Fakhouri – 127 weeks
15-Logan Kahler – 128 weeks
16-Nathanial Brown – 129 weeks
17-Tamara Peterson – 140 weeks
18-Mindi Terrell – 144 weeks
19-Linda Bennett – 173 weeks
*20-Sarah Toot – 174 weeks
21-Angie DeWaard – 177 weeks
22-Dawn Krause – 180 weeks
23-Kim Barker – 188 weeks
*24-Joe Duff – 189 weeks
*25-Teresa Kahler – 200 weeks
26-Carla Stensland – 200 weeks
27-Micky Augustin – 202 weeks
28-Andy Sharp – 203 weeks
29-Bill Wentworth – 204 weeks
30-Cathie Morton – 208 weeks
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 209 weeks
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 211 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:
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa)
Becky Parmelee (Corpus Christi, Texas) – 8 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Ogden, Iowa) – 11 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 13 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 17 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Jack Trice Stadium – Iowa) – 33 weeks
Deanna McClain (Boone, Iowa) – 47 weeks
Deb Powers (Granger, Iowa) – 65 weeks
Deb Powers (Granger, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 79 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 99 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 118 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 128 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 129 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) -130 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 141 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 145 weeks
Linda Bennett (Iowa) – 174 weeks
Linda Bennett (Iowa)
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York) – 175 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Chicago, Illinois) – 178 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 181 weeks
Kim Barker (Overland Park, Kansas) – 189 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 190 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 201 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 201 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 203 weeks
Andy Sharp (Council Bluffs, Iowa) – 204 weeks
Andy Sharp (Omaha, Nebraska)
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 205 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 209 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 210 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 212 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Ledges State Park – Iowa) – 636 weeks
Submissions from 33 participants this week. A moderately liked theme.
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
- Canada
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Texas
Thanks to Angie’s travels we added Canada to the Year 13 Photography 139 Submission Map! Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- 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
- Canada
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
- England
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Northern Ireland
- Spain
That is 37 states, 1 district, and 9 foreign countries!
There was one milestone this week. Nathanial joined the 2.5 Year Streak Club. WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo! But it wasn’t all good news. Sara’s streak is but a memory 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:
FRIENDS
FRIENDS! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
This is the fifth time FRIENDS has been a theme. Here are some of my favorites from the Ghost of FRIENDS Past:
Andy Sharp – Week 172
Angie DeWaard – Week 246
Sara Lockner – Week 311
Sarah Toot – Week 397
To look at the entire FRIENDS 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.