WARNING: Next Monday I’ll be in a few airports or flying through the friendly skies (or whatever Delta’s slogan is) so don’t expect to anything resembling a reminder on Monday. You are going to have to be your own man or woman or person.
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Mary Green – 1 week
2-Sara Lockner – 1 week
*3-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks
4-Brandon Kahler – 3 weeks
5-Becky Parmelee – 3 weeks
6-Monica Jennings – 5 weeks
7-Sabas Hernandez – 6 weeks
8-Willy McAlpine – 7 weeks
9-Sarah Karber – 13 weeks
10-Deanna Peters – 17 weeks
11-Kio Dettman – 23 weeks
*12-Deb Powers – 86 weeks
13-Mike Vest – 100 weeks
14-Lowell Davis – 120 weeks
15-Scott Degeneffe – 139 weeks
*16-Sheri Fakhouri – 149 weeks
17-Logan Kahler – 150 weeks
18-Nathanial Brown – 151 weeks
19-Tamara Peterson – 162 weeks
*20-Mindi Terrell – 166 weeks
*21-Linda Bennett – 195 weeks
*22-Sarah Toot – 196 weeks
23-Angie DeWaard – 199 weeks
24-Dawn Krause – 202 weeks
25-Kim Barker – 210 weeks
26-Joe Duff – 211 weeks
*27-Teresa Kahler – 222 weeks
*28-Carla Stensland – 222 weeks
29-Micky Augustin – 224 weeks
30-Andy Sharp – 225 weeks
31-Bill Wentworth – 226 weeks
32-Cathie Morton – 229 weeks
33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 231 weeks
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 233 weeks
Last Monday I forgot to share the map of all the states where people have submitted from in Year 13 heading into today. A pox upon me for a clumsy lout! Here is that map:
24 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:
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Arizona) – 2 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 4 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Ledges State Park – Iowa) – 8 weeks
Sarah Karber (New Brighton, Minnesota) – 14 weeks
Deanna Peters (Boone, Iowa) – 18 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 24 weeks
Deb Powers (Pella, Iowa) – 87 weeks
Deb Powers (Pella, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 101 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 121 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 140 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Clive, Iowa) – 150 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Clive, Iowa)
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 151 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Boone, Iowa) – 152 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 163 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 167 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Circle T Farm – Kansas) – 196 weeks
Linda Bennett (Circle T Farm – Kansas)
Sarah Toot (Elmhurst Queens, New York) – 197 weeks
Sarah Toot (Tannersville, Pennsylvania)
Angie DeWaard (Center Grove Orchard – Iowa) – 200 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Center Grover Orchard – Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Pella, Iowa) – 203 weeks
Dawn Krause (Pella, Iowa)
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 211 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa)
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 212 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas)
Teresa Kahler (Alumni Center – Iowa State University – Iowa) – 223 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 223 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Woodward, Iowa) – 225 weeks
Andy Sharp (Maple River, Iowa) – 226 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 227 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 230 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 232 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 234 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Pella, Iowa) – 658 weeks
FLOWER! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
Submissions from 34 participants this week. A mostly 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 554 Submission Geography
- Arizona
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- 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 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 24 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, Marion, Polk, Story and Warren.
The major milestone this week was Shannon joining the 4.5 Year Streak Club. WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo! But it wasn’t all fun and games. Mary’s couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Her streak is over before it began. Brandon’s streak also flamed out after 3 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:
ART – SUGGESTED BY ALEXIS STENSLAND
ART! 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.
This is the 10th time that ART has been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are some of my favorites from the Ghosts of ABSTRACT Past:
Shannon Bardole – Week 46
Micky Augustin – Week 70
Becky Parmelee – Week 108
Stephanie Kim – Week 174
Teresa Kahler – Week 239
Kio Dettman – Week 270
Linda Bennett – Week 372
Sarah Toot – Week 414
Jen Ensley-Gorshe – Week 480
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.