Category Archives: Sabas

(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden

Today is Halloween, so I need to start this post off by wishing all of you a Happy Halloween.


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Happy Halloween!

May your Halloween be filled with candy, costumes, friends, pumpkins, horror movies, and even more candy! And may the real horror of the holiday be the AI Photoshop job I did on this grain-bin-o-lantern in Ogden.

BUT as you may recall on Halloween, I like to reveal my annual Candy Power Rankings. So… without further adieu…

CANDY POWER RANKINGS


10. Caramello
9. Clark
8. Baby Ruth
7. Pretzel M&M’s
6. Snickers
5. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
4. Twix Caramel
3. Peanut M&M’s
2. Take 5
1. Whatchamacallit

My word if final and is beyond contestation. I will take no questions at this time.

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I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometime

When you take, you gotta give
So live and let live or let go, whoa-whoa-whoa
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don’t find roses growin’ on stalks of clover
So you better think it over

Well, if sweet-talkin’ you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
But what would it matter

So smile for a while and let’s be jolly
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometime

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that’s what it takes to hold you
I’d just as soon let you go
But there’s one thing I want you to know

You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
And there won’t always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I’m talking about

So smile for a while and let’s be jolly
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometime

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
– Written by Stephanie Nicks
– Performed by Lynn Anderson

Unlike Lynn Anderson I will promise any of you a rose garden. Meaning I promise that I would take any of you on a trip to the State Center Rose Garden with me next year. The line forms to the left.

Time to share the balance of pictures I took on my trip to The State Center Rose Garden with Brandon, Elainie, and Sabas.


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Next Thursday’s flowertography session will involve flowers from my yard.

WPC – WEEK 476 – GLASS

REMINDER: THIS IS ONE OF TWO WEEKS WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THE THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY LEAVING A COMMENT ON THIS ENTRY ON THE WEBSITE. NO OTHER WAY. DON’T EMAIL THEM TO ME. DON’T TEXT THEM TO ME. LEAVE THEM IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST.

YOU DON’T NEED TO SUGGEST SOME STALWARTS, BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING ARE ALREADY BAKED IN TO THE CAKE:
+ BLACK & WHITE
+ STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
+ ROAD TRIP
+ ART
+ MUSIC
+ #INSTAGOOD
+ SLICE OF LIFE

Today is Nader’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday.


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Happy birthday Nader!

I hope your birthday is filled with all the movies you can handle!

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It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. These are:

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE

What skill level photographer can participate?

THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award winning photographers to professionals to the highly ranked amateurs to those that are just beginning to those who don’t even know how to focus a camera. All skill levels are encouraged and welcome. You can’t be too bad and you can’t be too good! Everyone has room to learn and be challenged!

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind.

Is this a competition?
NO. It is a challenge. There are no winners and losers. Well the people that don’t participate are losers.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

Yes. That limit is 2. If you send me more than 2, I will post the first 2 that you send. I’m not trying to harsh your photography buzz, but any more than that starts to overwhelm the other submissions and it takes me about 5 minutes to take a picture from my inbox to code it on the website. So I have to manage my workload.

If you are going to submit more than one picture, I strongly urge you to choose completely different subjects for each submission. If you are submitting multiple pictures of the same subject, make sure that each picture is saying something unique.

If I start to average like 45 participants a week, I will lower the limit to 1.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Meh. Only if I think somebody is clearly confusing this week’s theme with last week or next week’s theme. Otherwise, if the submission makes sense in your head, that is good enough for me. However, I would urge you to not try to fit your favorite subject into the theme every week. This isn’t a challenge to share a picture every week of your kid or your business or your pet. It is a challenge to take pictures of different things every week. Which isn’t to say subjects can’t be repeated, but you shouldn’t become reliant on the same ones.

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

I go to lunch at 11 AM. I leave my office. I’m not near a computer. At 11 AM I hit “Schedule” and then I go throw food down my throat. 167 hours is more than enough time to send a submission. Okay, 166 hours and 59 minutes. You got me.

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact (AND CAN’T EMPATHIZE THIS ENOUGH) I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

I won’t turn down submissions that are too small. I will probably ask you for a picture of greater resolution if it is really small. The typical 4 x 6 image posted to my website has a resolution of 1280 pixels x 853 pixels. While a 400 x 300 image might look okay on your phone, it looks like trash on a computer monitor. I prefer images that are at least 1000 pixels at their widest point, but don’t ban smaller pictures at this point. But don’t tempt me!

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works. You will notice, dear Apple Cultists, that .HEIC is not on the list.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that. In fact, I appreciate you letting me know where a picture was taken. If you don’t let me know, I will assume the picture was taken in the state you live in.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November. Hey, that’s today!

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GLASS! What a great theme! But did enough people crack out the glass on a camera to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA)
2-Mary Green – 3 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
3-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
4-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks (IA)
*5-Suzie Brannen – 4 weeks (IA, MD)
6-Sabas Hernandez – 6 weeks (IA, OH)
*7-Deb Powers – 8 weeks (MT, IA)
8-Monica Jennings – 11 weeks (IA)
9-Sara Lockner – 12 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
10-Willy McAlpine – 15 weeks (IA)
11-Deanna McClain – 19 weeks (IA, MN)
12-Mike Vest – 22 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
13-Lowell Davis – 42 weeks (IA, MO)
14-Brandon Kahler – 43 weeks (IA, MN)
*15-Scott Degeneffe – 61 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
*16-Sheri Fakhouri – 71 weeks (IA, NE)
17-Logan Kahler – 72 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
18-Nathanial Brown – 73 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI)
19-Tamara Peterson – 84 weeks (IA, MN)
*20-Mindi Terrell – 88 weeks (IA)
21-Linda Bennett – 117 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
*22-Sarah Toot – 118 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
23-Angie DeWaard – 121 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN)
*24-Dawn Krause – 126 weeks (IA, IL)
25-Kim Barker – 132 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
26-Joe Duff – 133 weeks (TX, NY)
*27-Teresa Kahler – 144 weeks (IA, NE)
28-Carla Stensland – 144 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
29-Micky Augustin – 146 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
30-Andy Sharp – 147 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
31-Bill Wentworth – 148 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
32-Cathie Morton – 151 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
*33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 153 weeks (IA, OH)
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 155 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
35-Kio Dettman – 157 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:


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Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 158 weeks

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Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

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Shannon Bardole-Foley (Honey Hollow – Summerset, Iowa) – 156 weeks

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Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa)- 154 weeks

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Cathie Morton (Epcot Center, Florida) – 152 weeks

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Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 149 weeks

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Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 148 weeks

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Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 147 weeks

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Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 145 weeks

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Teresa Kahler (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa)

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Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 145 weeks

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Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

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Joe Duff (Texas) – 134 weeks

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Joe Duff (Texas)

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Kim Barker (Iowa) – 133 weeks

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Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 127 weeks

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Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 122 weeks

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Andie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa)

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Sarah Toot (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 119 weeks

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Sarah Toot (Tannersville, Pennsylvania)

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Linda Bennett (New York City, New York) – 118 weeks

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Linda Bennett (New York City, New York)

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Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 89 weeks

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Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 476 - GLASS - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 85 weeks

WPC - WEEK 476 - GLASS - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (New York City, New York) – 74 weeks

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Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 73 weeks

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Sheri Fakhouri (Tybee Island, Georgia) – 72 weeks

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Sheri Fakhouri (Tybee Island, Georgia)

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Scott Degeneffe (Boone, Iowa) – 62 weeks

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Brandon Kahler (Sioux City, Iowa) – 44 weeks

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Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 43 weeks

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Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 23 weeks

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Deann McClain (Iowa) – 20 weeks

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Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 16 weeks

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Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 13 weeks

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Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 9 weeks

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Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

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Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 7 weeks

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Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 5 weeks

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Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

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Mary Green (Iowa) – 4 weeks

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Mary Green (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 476 - GLASS - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa) – 4 weeks

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Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa)

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Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 4 weeks

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Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

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Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa)

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Kyle Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week

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Kyle Sharp (Boone, Iowa)

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Johnathan Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week

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Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

37 participants! That is a pretty good week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Florida (1)
+ Georgia (2)
+ Iowa (42)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New York (3)
+ Pennsylvania (2)
+ Texas (2)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (12)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1535)
+ Kansas (59)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (51)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (4)
+ New York (21)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (36)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (64)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY) – 14
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial now has a commanding lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

The big… huge… milestone this week was Kio became the first ever member of the 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all warm fuzzies! Jen couldn’t build on her submission from last week and her streak is over before it began. Monica… oh Monica. Monica who even texted me on Saturday to verify the theme… Moncia’s streak is over at 11!

But 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:


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PLACES

PLACES! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

This is a theme that was added because it was a class for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. It ended up being by far the most popular theme in this year’s Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. So popular I think I’m going to split it into separate categories next year. Something like IOWA PLACES and NOT IOWA PLACES. Still thinking on it.

I look forward to your GLASS interpretation.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of PLACES in this place that is a place next Monday.

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside

Was it something I said or something I did
Did my words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that’s why they say

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
Yeah it does

I listen to her favorite song
Playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and
Easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you’d be here right now
If I could have let you know somehow I guess

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

Though it’s been a while now
I could still feel so much pain
Like the knife that cuts you the wound heals
But the scar, that scar remains

I know I could have saved a love that night
If I’d known what to say
Instead of makin’ love
We both made our separate ways

And now I hear you found somebody new
And that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife I guess

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
-Written by: Bobby Dall / Bret Michaels / Bruce Anthony Johannesson / Rikki Rockett
Performed by Poison

This song is maybe a little on the noise for this collection of flower images. They were taken on a trip to the State Center Rose Garden with Brandon, Elainie, and Sabas.


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Still one more collection of images from State Center left to share!

WPC – WEEK 475 – ANIMAL

ANIMAL! What a great theme! But were enough people get wild enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 14, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week (IA)
2-Michelle Haupt – 1 week (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
3-Mary Green – 2 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
4-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
5-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks (IA)
6-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks (IA, MD)
7-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks (IA, OH)
*8-Deb Powers – 7 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Monica Jennings – 10 weeks (IA)
10-Sara Lockner – 11 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
11-Willy McAlpine – 14 weeks (IA)
12-Deanna McClain – 18 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Mike Vest – 21weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
14-Lowell Davis – 41 weeks (IA, MO)
15-Brandon Kahler – 42 weeks (IA, MN)
*16-Scott Degeneffe – 60 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
17-Sheri Fakhouri – 70 weeks (IA, NE)
18-Logan Kahler – 71 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
*19-Nathanial Brown – 72 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI)
20-Tamara Peterson – 83 weeks (IA, MN)
*21-Mindi Terrell – 87 weeks (IA)
22-Linda Bennett – 116 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
23-Sarah Toot – 117 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
*24-Angie DeWaard – 121 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN)
*25-Dawn Krause – 125 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 131 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*27-Joe Duff – 132 weeks (TX, NY)
*28-Teresa Kahler – 143 weeks (IA, NE)
*29-Carla Stensland – 143 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 145 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
31-Andy Sharp – 146 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
32-Bill Wentworth – 147 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
*33-Cathie Morton – 150 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 152 weeks (IA, OH)
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 154 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
36-Kio Dettman – 156 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

It is the third week of the month and on the third week of the month I like to share a map of all the states where people have submitted from heading into today. Here is that map:



36 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:


WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 146 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 155 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 132 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 117 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 73 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 42 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 61 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 157 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 122 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - JEN ENSLEY-GORSHE
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 71 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL -
Joe Duff (Texas) – 133 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 6 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Union Street Theater – Boone, Iowa) – 3 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 11 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 43 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 72 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 144 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 126 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 12 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 15 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - DEANNA MCCLAIN
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 19 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 151 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 153 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 84 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Iowa) – 8 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Bellevue, Iowa) – 144 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 147 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 88 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Hanover, New Jersey) – 118 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Hanover, New Jersey)

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 22 weeks

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 148 weeks

36 participants this week. It is hard to believe that STREET PHOTOGRAPHY was a more popular theme than ANIMAL. But here we are. I have to remind myself that not everybody loves animals. There are bad people out there.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (37)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ Texas (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1493)
+ Kansas (59)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (50)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (4)
+ New York (18)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (34)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (62)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI) – 13
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

There were no major milestones reached this week. AND Johnathan and Michelle couldn’t build on their submissions from last week and their streaks are over before they began.

But 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:


WPC - WEEK 476 - GLASS
GLASS

GLASS! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

The 2 week window for suggesting themes for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is nearly upon us. Suggestions have to be made in the Comments section of the last THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in October (will be October 28) and the first THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in November (will be November 4). That is the only way to make suggestions.

I look forward to your GLASS interpretation.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of GLASS in this place that has broken more than its fair share next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 474 – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Today is Sarah Toot’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday.


Random New York City Images
Happy birthday Sarah!

That picture of us after seeing a American Idiot on Broadway is almost 13 years old. Guess we should get an updated selfie at some point. Anyways I hope your birthday is amazing and filled with fantastic food, music and friends!

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY! What a great theme! But were enough people public enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 7, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Mary Green – 1 week (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
2-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week (IA)
3-Jesse Howard – 1 week (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
*4-Amy Peterson – 1 week (IA)
5-Alexis Stensland – 1 week (IA)
6-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks (IA, MD)
7-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks (IA, OH)
*8-Deb Powers – 6 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Monica Jennings – 9 weeks (IA)
10-Sara Lockner – 10 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
11-Willy McAlpine – 13 weeks (IA)
12-Deanna McClain – 17 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Mike Vest – 20 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
*14-Lowell Davis – 40 weeks (IA, MO)
15-Brandon Kahler – 41 weeks (IA, MN)
16-Scott Degeneffe – 59 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
17-Sheri Fakhouri – 69 weeks (IA, NE)
18-Logan Kahler – 70 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
*19-Nathanial Brown – 71 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI)
20-Tamara Peterson – 82 weeks (IA, MN)
*21-Mindi Terrell – 86 weeks (IA)
22-Linda Bennett – 115 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
*23-Sarah Toot – 116 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
*24-Angie DeWaard – 120 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN)
*25-Dawn Krause – 124 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 130 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*27-Joe Duff – 131 weeks (TX, NY)
28-Teresa Kahler – 142 weeks (IA, NE)
29-Carla Stensland – 142 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 144 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
*31-Andy Sharp – 145 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
32-Bill Wentworth – 146 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
33-Cathie Morton – 149 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 151 weeks (IA, OH)
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 153 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
*36-Kio Dettman – 155 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:


WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Ankeny, Iowa) – 2 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 146 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 121 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 147 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Story City, Iowa) – 42 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (west Ames, Iowa) – 143 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Hoyt Sherman – Des Moines, Iowa) – 150 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Hoyt Sherman – Des Moines, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Des Moines, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Near Pilot Mound, Iowa) – 125 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Gustafson’s Pumpkin Patch – Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY -DEANNA MCCLAIN
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 18 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 7 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 152 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 132 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - JOHNATHAN STENSLAND
Johnathan Stensland (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 131 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 156 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 116 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 71 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Ames, Iowa) – 41 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MICHELLE HAUPT
Michelle Haupt (Lebanon, Missouri) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Altoona, Iowa) – 145 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 21 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 87 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 10 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Paton, Iowa) – 72 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Yetter, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 11 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 117 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Adventureland – Altoona, Iowa) – 60 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Adventureland – Altoona, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Des Moines, Iowa) – 154 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 70 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 3 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 83 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Manning, Iowa) – 143 weeks

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Manning, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 14 weeks

37 participants this week! That is a pretty good week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (41)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (2)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1456)
+ Kansas (57)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (49)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ New York (18)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (34)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (61)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI) – 13
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial now has a commanding lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

There were a couple of big milestones this week. Monica joined the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! Kio joined the 3 YEAR STREAK CLUB!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! At some point, hopefully there will be “badges” for these accomplishments, but I have to get a new logo first. Priorities people!

But it wasn’t all glitter and rainbows! Elainie and Amy couldn’t build on last week’s submissions and their streaks are over before they began.

But 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:


WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL
ANIMAL (Suggested by Shannon Bardole-Foley)

ANIMAL! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! Thanks to Shannon for suggesting it. Technically she suggested PET, but I changed it to ANIMAL because I felt it was more fair to people that don’t have pets.

And speaking of suggesting themes… The 2 week window for suggesting themes for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. So suggestions have to be made in the Comments section of the last THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in October (will be October 28) and the first THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in November (will be November 4). That is the only way to make suggestions.

I look forward to your ANIMAL interpretations.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of ANIMAL in this place that loves almost all of them next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 473 – PATH

PATH! What a great theme! But were enough people on the right one to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week (IA, MD)
2-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks (IA, OH)
*3-Deb Powers – 5 weeks (MT, IA)
4-Monica Jennings – 8 weeks (IA)
5-Sara Lockner – 9 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
6-Willy McAlpine – 12 weeks (IA)
7-Deanna McClain – 16 weeks (IA, MN)
8-Mike Vest – 19 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
*9-Lowell Davis – 39 weeks (IA, MO)
10-Michelle Haupt – 39 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
11-Brandon Kahler – 40 weeks (IA, MN)
12-Scott Degeneffe – 58 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 68 weeks (IA, NE)
14-Logan Kahler – 69 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
15-Nathanial Brown – 70 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN)
16-Tamara Peterson – 81 weeks (IA, MN)
*17-Mindi Terrell – 85 weeks (IA)
18-Linda Bennett – 114 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
19-Sarah Toot – 115 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
*20-Angie DeWaard – 119 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG)
*21-Dawn Krause – 123 weeks (IA, IL)
22-Kim Barker – 129 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
23-Joe Duff – 130 weeks (TX, NY)
24-Teresa Kahler – 141 weeks (IA, NE)
*25-Carla Stensland – 141 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
26-Micky Augustin – 143 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
*27-Andy Sharp – 144 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
28-Bill Wentworth – 145 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
29-Cathie Morton – 148 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
*30-Elizabeth Nordeen – 150 weeks (IA, OH)
31-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 152 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
*32-Kio Dettman – 154 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:


WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ELAINIE HERNANDEZ
Elainie Hernandez (Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - AMY PETERSON
Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - AMY PETERSON
Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 2 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - DEB POWERSS
Deb Powers (Saylorville, Iowa) – 6 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - DEB POWERSS
Deb Powers (Saylorville, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 9 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 10 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 13 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - DEANNA MCCLAIN
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 17 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 20 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 41 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 59 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 70 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 69 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Logansport, Iowa) – 70 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Juneau, Wisconsin) – 71 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Butler, Pennsylvania)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Boone, Iowa) – 82 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 86 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 115 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York) – 116 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie Dewaard (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – 120 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Les’s Auto Repair – Boone, Iowa) – 124 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (White Oak, Iowa) – 130 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 131 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 142 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 142 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Story County, Iowa) – 144 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 145 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Salon 908 – Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 146 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 149 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 151 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 153 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 153 weeks

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 576 weeks

37 participants this week! That is more like it!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (38)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Minnesota (2)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New York (1)
+ Pennsylvania (2)
+ Texas (1)
+ Wisconsin (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1415)
+ Kansas (56)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (17.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (48)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ New York (18)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (33)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (6)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI) – 13
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial now has a commanding lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

The big milestone this week was Kim joining the 2.5 Year Streak Club. WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo!

But it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Michelle’s streak comes crumbling down at 39 weeks! The humanity!

But 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:


WPC - WEEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! In fact, STREET PHOTOGRAPHY is my 2nd favorite theme, right behind BLACK & WHITE.

I don’t like to define the themes, but to prevent me from looking at a bunch of pictures of streets next Monday and me crying myself to sleep that night, I will provide a definition from Brittanica:

“Street photography, a genre of photography that records everyday life in a public place.

If you are looking for excellent examples of STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, the following submissions from this week are textbook examples of STREET PHOTOGRAPHY:

+ Elainie Hernandez
+ Monica Jennings
+ Logan Kahler
+ Nathanial Brown (both submissions)
+ Jesse Howard
+ Sara Lockner
+ Sarah Toots (New York City) – Could be on a cover of a book about STREET PHOTOGRAPHY.
+ Teresa Kahler
+ Carla Stensland
+ Elizabeth Nordeen
+ Christopher D. Bennett

There were a few others as well.

The most important part of this definition is in a public place.

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of STREET PHOTOGRAPHY in this place that puts quite a bit of it out in this world next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 472 – OUT OF DATE

It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. These are:

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE

What skill level photographer can participate?

THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award winning photographers to professionals to the highly ranked amateurs to those that are just beginning to those who don’t even know how to focus a camera. All skill levels are encouraged and welcome. You can’t be too bad and you can’t be too good! Everyone has room to learn and be challenged!

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind. These are the people I can think of off the top of my head that I know have won a photography award at some point in their lives: Yours Truly, Jen, Logan, Teresa, Carla, Dawn, Monica, Shannon, Nathanial, Angie, Vest, and I’m sure I’m forgetting about somebody.

Is this a competition?
NO. It is a challenge. There are no winners and losers. Well the people that don’t participate are losers.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

Yes. That limit is 2. If you send me more than 2, I will post the first 2 that you send. I’m not trying to harsh your photography buzz, but any more than that starts to overwhelm the other submissions and it takes me about 5 minutes to take a picture from my inbox to code it on the website. So I have to manage my workload.

If you are going to submit more than one picture, I strongly urge you to choose completely different subjects for each submission. If you are submitting multiple pictures of the same subject, make sure that each picture is saying something unique.

If I start to average like 45 participants a week, I will lower the limit to 1.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Meh. Only if I think somebody is clearly confusing this week’s theme with last week or next week’s theme. Otherwise, if the submission makes sense in your head, that is good enough for me. However, I would urge you to not try to fit your favorite subject into the theme every week. This isn’t a challenge to share a picture every week of your kid or your business or your pet. It is a challenge to take pictures of different things every week. Which isn’t to say subjects can’t be repeated, but you shouldn’t become reliant on the same ones. I would say on the average week over 80% of participants seem to have understood the assignment.

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

I go to lunch at 11 AM. I leave my office. I’m not near a computer. At 11 AM I hit “Schedule” and then I go throw food down my throat. 167 hours is more than enough time to send a submission. Okay, 166 hours and 59 minutes. You got me.

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact (AND CAN’T EMPATHIZE THIS ENOUGH) I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

I won’t turn down submissions that are too small. I will probably ask you for a picture of greater resolution if it is really small. The typical 4 x 6 image posted to my website has a resolution of 1280 pixels x 853 pixels. While a 400 x 300 image might look okay on your phone, it looks like trash on a computer monitor. I prefer images that are at least 1000 pixels at their widest point, but don’t ban smaller pictures at this point. But don’t tempt me!

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that. In fact, I appreciate you letting me know where a picture was taken. If you don’t let me know, I will assume the picture was taken in the state you live in.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November.

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OUT OF DATE! What a great theme! But were enough people up with current times to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 23, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Bunny – 1 week (IA)
2-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks (IA, OH)
*3-Deb Powers – 4 weeks (MT, IA)
4-Jesse Howard – 5 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
5-Monica Jennings – 7 weeks (IA)
6-Sara Lockner – 8 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
7-Willy McAlpine – 11 weeks (IA)
8-Deanna McClain – 15 weeks (IA, MN)
9-Mike Vest – 18 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
10-Adam Gordon – 28 weeks (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN)
11-Lowell Davis – 38 weeks (IA, MO)
12-Michelle Haupt – 38 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
*13-Brandon Kahler – 39 weeks (IA, MN)
14-Scott Degeneffe – 57 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 67 weeks (IA, NE)
16-Logan Kahler – 68 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
17-Nathanial Brown – 69 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN)
*18-Tamara Peterson – 80 weeks (IA, MN)
*19-Mindi Terrell – 84 weeks (IA)
*20-Linda Bennett – 113 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
*21-Sarah Toot – 113 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
22-Angie DeWaard – 118 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG)
23-Dawn Krause – 122 weeks (IA, IL)
24-Kim Barker – 128 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*25-Joe Duff – 129 weeks (TX, NY)
26-Teresa Kahler – 140 weeks (IA, NE)
27-Carla Stensland – 140 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
28-Micky Augustin – 142 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
29-Andy Sharp – 143 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
30-Bill Wentworth – 144 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
31-Cathie Morton – 147 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 149 weeks (IA, OH)
*33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 151 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
*34-Kio Dettman – 153 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:


WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 154 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Boone, Iowa) – 152 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 150 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 148 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 145 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 144 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Boone County Courthouse – Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 143 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa) – 141 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 141 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 130 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 129 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 123 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 119 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 115 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas ) – 114 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 85 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 81 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - NATHANIAL BROW
Nathanial Brown (Custer State Park – South Dakota) – 70 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 69 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 68 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 58 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 40 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 39 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - MICHELLE HAUPT
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 39 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 19 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - DEANNA MCCLAIN
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 16 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 12 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 9 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 8 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 5 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT OF DATE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa)

Only 33 participants this week! A dismal number for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. One has to wonder, had THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE jumped the shark? Is it circling the drain? Will have to keep a close eye on it in the future.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (37)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ South Dakota (1)
+ Texas (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1414)
+ Kansas (55)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (13)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (17.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (47)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ New York (17)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (31)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (5)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (4)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN) – 11
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial has tied Jen for the top spot to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” However Andy and Scott are in striking distance.

The big milestone this week was Joe reaching the 2.5 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo!

But in what tracks with the extreme disdain most people had for this theme and the slipping popularity of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, there were a bunch of streaks that went kaput! Bunny couldn’t build on last week’s submission and her streak is over before it began. Jesse’s streak is gone after a 5 spot. Worst of all, Adam’s streak is gone after 28 weeks. The humanity!

But 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:


WPC - WEEK 473 - PATH
PATH

PATH! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of PATH in this place that cuts one through this world next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 471 – PARK

PARK! What a great theme! But did enough people get in gear to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 16, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week (IA, OH)
2-Alexis Stensland – 1 week (IA)
*3-Mary Green – 2 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
*4-Deb Powers – 3 weeks (MT, IA)
5-Jesse Howard – 4 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
6-Suzie Brannen – 4 weeks (IA, MD)
7-Monica Jennings – 6 weeks (IA)
8-Sara Lockner – 7 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
9-Willy McAlpine – 10 weeks (IA)
10-Deanna McClain – 14 weeks (IA, MN)
11-Mike Vest – 17 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
12-Adam Gordon – 27 weeks (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN)
13-Lowell Davis – 37 weeks (IA, MO)
14-Michelle Haupt – 37 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
*15-Brandon Kahler – 38 weeks (IA, MN)
16-Scott Degeneffe – 56 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 66 weeks (IA, NE)
18-Logan Kahler – 67 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
19-Nathanial Brown – 68 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN)
20-Tamara Peterson – 79 weeks (IA, MN)
*21-Mindi Terrell – 83 weeks (IA)
22-Linda Bennett – 112 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
23-Sarah Toot – 113 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
24-Angie DeWaard – 117 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG)
25-Dawn Krause – 121 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 127 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
27-Joe Duff – 128 weeks (TX, NY)
28-Teresa Kahler – 139 weeks (IA, NE)
*29-Carla Stensland – 1389 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 141 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
31-Andy Sharp – 142 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
32-Bill Wentworth – 143 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
33-Cathie Morton – 146 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 148 weeks (IA, OH)
*35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 150 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
36-Kio Dettman – 152 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:


WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 38 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 68 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 118 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SARA LOCKNER
“Bunny” (Jester Park – Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Jester Park – Iowa) – 8 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 57 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Altoona, Iowa) – 147 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - ADAM GORDON
Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa) – 28 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - ADAM GORDON
Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 149 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Hunziker Park – Ames, Iowa) – 5 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 142 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - MICHELLE HAUPT
Michelle Haupt (Ankeny, Iowa) – 38 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 67 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Bayliss Park – Council Bluffs, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - DEANNA MCCLAIN
Deanna McClain (Eagle Point Park – Dubuque, Iowa) – 15 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Interurban Park – Camp Dodge – Johnston, Iowa) – 80 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Interurban Park – Camp Dodge – Johnston, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 140 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - WILLIAM MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Linwood Cemetery – Boone, Iowa) – 11 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Pufferbilly Days Parade – Boone, Iowa) – 140 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Art in the Park – McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 122 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 153 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Opal Dubois Anderson Park)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (McHose Park) – 68 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Art in the Park – McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 7 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest – McHose Park – Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Edgewood Park – Madrid, Iowa) – 18 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 128 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Saylorville Lake – Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Saylorville Lake – Iowa) – 84 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Saylorville Lake – Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (South Park – Story City, Iowa) – 39 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Colby Park – Windsor Heights, Iowa) – 151 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 144 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey) – 114 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 129 weeks

WPC - WEEK 471 - PARK - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas)

35 participants this week. Not a great week. But not bad. Not a lot of people like nature all that much.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (35)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New Jersey (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (2)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1377)
+ Kansas (54)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (13)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (17.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (46)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ New York (17)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (30)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (4)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (56)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (4)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN) – 11
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial has tied Jen for the top spot to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” However Andy and Scott are in striking distance.

There were no major milestones reached this week. But a few streaks went kaput. Alexis couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Her streak is over before it began. Mary’s streak is gone after 2 weeks. Suzie’s streak is gone after 4!

But 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:


WPC - WEEK 472 - OUT-OF-DATE
OUT-OF-DATE (Suggested by Angie DeWaard)

OUT-OF-DATE! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

What is an OUT-OF-DATE picture? A picture of something that is no longer necessary in these times.

I look forward to your interpretation.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of OUT-OF-DATE in this place that that is timeless next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 470 – MUSIC

MUSIC! A great theme! But did enough people hear it to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! Am I silently judging anybody’s taste in MUSIC? You don’t have to scroll down. I am. I definitely in.

On a sad note, I learned today that my favorite record store and the place where I get many of the records for my NEW-TO-ME-VINYL FRIDAY stories on Snapchat closed down recently. Wax Xtatic in Marshalltown was awesome! And now it is gone. So I’ll be looking for a new independent record store to frequent. I’m open to suggestions.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Mary Green – 1 week (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
2-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week (IA)
*3-Deb Powers – 2 weeks (MT, IA)
4-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
5-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks (IA, MD)
*6-Amy Peterson – 3 weeks (IA)
7-Monica Jennings – 5 weeks (IA)
8-Sara Lockner – 6 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
9-Willy McAlpine – 9 weeks (IA)
10-Deanna McClain – 13 weeks (IA, MN)
11-Mike Vest – 16 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
12-Adam Gordon – 26 weeks (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN)
13-Lowell Davis – 36 weeks (IA, MO)
14-Michelle Haupt – 36 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
*15-Brandon Kahler – 37 weeks (IA, MN)
16-Scott Degeneffe – 55 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 65 weeks (IA, NE)
18-Logan Kahler – 65 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
19-Nathanial Brown – 67 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS)
20-Tamara Peterson – 78 weeks (IA, MN)
21-Mindi Terrell – 82 weeks (IA)
22-Linda Bennett – 111 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
23-Sarah Toot – 112 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
24-Angie DeWaard – 116 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG)
25-Dawn Krause – 120 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 126 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
27-Joe Duff – 127 weeks (TX, NY)
*28-Teresa Kahler – 138 weeks (IA, NE)
29-Carla Stensland – 138 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 140 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
*31-Andy Sharp – 141 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
32-Bill Wentworth – 142 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
33-Cathie Morton – 146 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 147 weeks (IA, OH)
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 149 weeks (IA, CA, NV)
36-Kio Dettman – 151 weeks (IA)

It is the third week of the month and on the third week of the month I like to share a map of all the states where people have submitted from heading into today. Here is that map:



36 states!

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 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!
2. 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.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. 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.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. 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:


WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa)- 141 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Farmer’s Market – Bentonville, Arkansas) – 150 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Outside of Jane, Missouri)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 127 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - CHRISTOHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone Theater – Boone, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 4 weeks suzi

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - NATANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Albert Lea, Minnesota) – 68 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Pierce, Nebraska)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - LOWELL DAVIS
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 37 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 152 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 117 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 56 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 128 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 66 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SHERI FAKHOURI
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - ADAM GORDON
Adam Gordon (Iowa) – 27 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Michigan) – 2 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Michigan)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MICHELLE HAUPT
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 37 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Homecoming – Boone, Iowa) – 4 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 6 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 38 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 67 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC -TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 139 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Fraser, Iowa) – 121 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Pork Tornados – Adventureland – Altoona, Iowa) – 7 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 10 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - DEANNA MCCLAIN
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 14 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Des Moines, Iowa) – 147 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - ELZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 148 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 79 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - DEB POWERS
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 3 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - DEB POWERS
Debb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Boone First United Methodist Church – Boone, Iowa) – 142 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - ALEXIS STENSLAND
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Springbrook State Park – Guthrie Center, Iowa) – 139 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Springbrook State Park – Guthrie Center, Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - PENNSYLVANIA
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 113 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 83 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 17 weeks

WPC - WEEK 470 - MUSIC - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 143 weeks

37 participants! That is a pretty solid week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arkansas (1)
+ Iowa (34)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Michigan (2)
+ Minnesota (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (2)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1377)
+ Kansas (52)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (13)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (17.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (45)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (1)
+ New York (17)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (29)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (4)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (54)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (4)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN) – 11
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial has tied Jen for the top spot to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” However Andy and Scott are in striking distance.

The big milestone this week was Willy reaching the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all unicorns and rainbows. Elainie couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Her streak is over before it began. Amy’s streak also came to a halting crash after 3 weeks! The humanity!

But 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:



PARK

PARK! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to your interpretation.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of PARK in this place that that is a bit of a respite from the world next Monday.

Mexican I Scream: Marshalltown Field Work

Back in early June I loaded up the RAV4 with Brandon, Elainie, and Sabas and we went to Marshalltown to visit my favorite record store, eat at Flying Elbow and try a Mexican Ice Cream joint. It was a short little trip. I highly recommend road trips with Brandon, Elainie, and Sabas.

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Wax Xtatic. My favorite record store. Instrumental for New to Me Vinyl Fridays on Snapchat.

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The review?

You know I have the Ted Lasso philosophy on ice cream:

Ice cream is the best. It’s kinda like seeing Billy Joel perform live. Never disappoints

But my Churro Split was fantastic! I will definitely be going back next time I go to Marshalltown for some new to me vinyl.

Next Sunday’s food adventure will involve Michelle’s family!