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WPC – WEEK 401 – HAPPY

I mailed out a postcard to the entrants of last years Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest last week. I hear they still haven’t arrived in people’s mailboxes. Thought I would share the postcard here, since many of you entered last year or have kids or grandkids that entered. Or hopefully many of you are thinking of entering this year for the first time. Monica designed the postcard. Have a look:



There are 6 Photo Classes this year:
+ Animals
+ Black & White
+ People
+ Places
+ Plants
+ Trains, Planes, & Automobiles

There are 3 Age Divisions:
+ Youth (7-12)
+ Teen (13-17)
+ Adult (18+)

Hopefully many of you enter again and many more of you are inspired to enter this year. Or inspired to have your kids or grandkids enter.

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REMINDER THAT NEXT MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY. WHILE YOUR BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT AND A BUNCH OF OTHER BUSINESSES TAKE THE DAY OFF, THERE IS NO REST FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 139. RISE AND GRIND EVERY SINGLE DAY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT MY PLANS ARE FOR MEMORIAL DAY (OTHER THAN MAYBE SLEEPING LATE AFTER WHAT I HOPE IS AN EPIC MOVIE NIGHT ON SUNDAY) BUT IT MIGHT INCLUDE A ROAD TRIP OR A BARBECUE OR A FEW OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT KEEP ME BUSY. LIKEWISE YOU MIGHT BE ENGAGED IN A SIMILAR ACTIVITY ON MONDAY MORNING. YOU MIGHT NOT GET A REMINDER AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE IN A POSITION TO SUBMIT. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

HAPPY! Many people claim to like to be HAPPY, but did many people actually get a picture of somebody that is HAPPY or of something that makes them HAPPY? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 15, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Nathanial Brown – 1 week
2-Tamara Peterson – 1 week
3-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks
4-Mike Vest – 3 weeks
5-Alexis Baugher – 6 weeks (3)
6-Jesse Howard – 6 weeks
7-Mindi Terrell – 13 weeks (2)
8-Monica Jennings – 18 weeks (2)
9-Brandon Kahler – 38 weeks (2)
10-Linda Bennett – 42 weeks
11-Sarah Toot – 43 weeks
12-Angie DeWaard – 47 weeks
13-Dawn Krause – 51 weeks (2)
14-Kim Barker – 57 weeks
15-Joe Duff – 58 weeks
16-Logan Kahler – 60 weeks
17-Teresa Kahler – 69 weeks (2)
18-Carla Stensland – 69 weeks (2)
19-Micky Augustin – 71 weeks
20-Andy Sharp – 72 weeks (3)
21-Bill Wentworth – 73 weeks
22-Cathie Morton – 77 weeks
23-Elizabeth Nordeen – 78 weeks
24-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 80 weeks
25-Kio Dettman – 82 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 401 - HAPPY - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 58 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - NADER PARSAEI
Nader Parasei (Orange City, Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 72 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 79 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Rural Boone County, Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - MELISSA DEGENEFFE
Melissa Degeneffe (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - MELISSA DEGENEFFE
Melissa Degeneffe (Erb Pond – Boone County, Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ALEXIS BAUGHER
Alexis Baugher (Iowa) – 7 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ALEXIS BAUGHER
Alexis Baugher (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ALEXIS BAUGHER
Alexis Baugher (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 74 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 70 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 83 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 43 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 44 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Living History Farms – Urbandale, Iowa) – 48 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Orange City, Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 59 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 73 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 70 weeks

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 401 - HAPPY - SHANNON  BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 81 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Ottumwa, Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Ottumwa, Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Ottumwa, Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 14 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 61 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (West Bend, Iowa) – 7 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 52 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 39 weeks


Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 78 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Roland, Iowa) – 19 weeks

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - STEPHANIE KIM
Stephanie Kim (Brooklyn, New York) – 1 week

WEEK 400 - HAPPY - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 4 weeks

34 participants! That is an amazing week! I know for sure it is the high for this calendar year and it might be the highest of all-time. I’ll have to check my records and get back to you.

Particularly exciting was first ever submissions from Nader and Melissa. I don’t expect Nader to be a regular contributor, but you never know. But with Melissa, there is some hope!

Also, Stephanie had her first submission this year. I don’t know if this will lead to regular or even irregular submissions or not. We will just wait and see.

There were no new states added to the map this week and at this point, I’m betting new states added will be an increasingly rare thing. Time will tell.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ New York
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Dakota
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

25 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over halfway there!

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

I took my picture about 175 miles from my front door, so I continue to not contribute.

There was one major milestone this week! Dawn joined the 52 Week Club! One straight year of weekly submissions. Congratulations Dawn!

There were no streaks snapped!

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:


WEEK 402 - PARK
PARK

PARK! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what in the John Culbertson is a PARK image? Simply put, it is a picture taken in a PARK. And there are all sorts of PARKs. There are city, state, national, baseball, softball, playgrounds, nature preserves, urban, pocket, sculpture gardens, cultural… just to name a few. Of course, there is more than one definition of PARK.

While considering a possible subject for your PARK submission, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with an inspiring image.

The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbol of the great human principle.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of PARK in this place that I believe brings a bit of respite for some next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 399 – SCHOOL

SCHOOL! It isn’t much fun, but it is the best shot at social mobility, so it has to exist. But did SCHOOL get people excited enough to take a picture and submit it? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Nathanial Brown – 1 week
2-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
4-Sara Lockner – 1 week
5-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
6-Mike Parmelee – 1 week
7-Mike Vest – 1 week
8-Alexis Baugher – 4 weeks (3)
9-Scott Degeneffe – 4 weeks (2)
10-Jesse Howard – 4 weeks (2)
11-Mindi Terrell – 10 weeks (3)
12-Monica Jennings – 16 weeks (2)
13-Tamara Peterson – 26 weeks
14-Brandon Kahler – 35 weeks (3)
15-Linda Bennett – 40 weeks (2)
16-Sarah Toot – 41 weeks (2)
17-Angie DeWaard – 44 weeks (2)
18-Dawn Krause – 49 weeks (2)
19-Kim Barker – 55 weeks
20-Joe Duff – 56 weeks
21-Logan Kahler – 58 weeks
22-Teresa Kahler – 67 weeks (2)
23-Carla Stensland – 67 weeks (3)
24-Micky Augustin – 69 weeks
25-Andy Sharp – 70 weeks
26-Bill Wentworth – 71 weeks
27-Cathie Morton – 75 weeks
28-Elizabeth Nordeen – 76 weeks
29-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 78 weeks
30-Kio Dettman – 80 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 45 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 56 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 77 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 70 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 68 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 81 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 41 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - ALEXIS BAUGHER
Alexis Baugher (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - ALEXIS BAUGHER
Alexis Baugher (Iowa)

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP -
Sarah Toot (Nevada) – 42 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 72 weeks

WEEK 398 - ROAD TRIP - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa)

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 11 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 59 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) 68 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Ohio) – 2 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - JEN ENSLEY-GORSHE
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (New York) – 2 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 57 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 36 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 76 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 17 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 71 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 79 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 50 weeks

WEEK 399 - SCHOOL - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 2 weeks

28 participants! That is a pretty good week! A slight dip from last week, but still definitely a good week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arkansas
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ Nevada
+ New York
+ Ohio
+ Texas

Thanks to Sabas’ work trip to Ohio, we were able to add a new state to the map! We actually now have more than half the states and districts. 26 out of 51! I have no belief that that I will get submissions from all 50 states, but I’m curious to see how close we get.

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Dakota
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming

25 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over halfway there!

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

I took my picture about 15 miles from my front door, so I continue to not contribute.

There were no major milestones this week, but there was a veritable bloodbath of streaks. Nathanial, Willy, and Mike couldn’t build on their contribution last week. Scott’s streak is over at 4. Most tragically, Tamara’s 26 week streak is over.

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:


WEEK 400 - RUINS
RUINS

RUINS! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what in the Ron Harris is a RUINS image? Simply put, it is a picture of something that is in the state of physical destruction or disintegration. Something that is in bad shape.

While considering possible subjects for your RUINS image, mediated on the following quote and I have no doubt you will create a fascinating image:

We moralize among ruins.
-Benjamin Disreali

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of RUINS in this place that will one day lay in digital destruction next Monday.

Viva Las Vegas Day 5C

After enjoying the rest of my personal fountain show, I made my way back to Planet Hollywood through the flooded Las Vegas Boulevard. I met up with Lowell and we had supper at Pinn-Up Pizza. It was one of those order by the slice places where they warm it up in the brick oven after you ordered it. It was perfectly okay.

We had a brief discussion of going to Fremont Street, but with the late night, the early shuttle call, and the bad weather, we decided to call it a night.

Here is the final Per Diem Tally.

I started the day with $223.

Breakfast: Free
Lunch: $30
Supper: $17

Final Per Diem Balance: $176.

What did I do with this extra $176? Nothing really. I put the Per Diem in savings when I got it and never really transferred any of it. It is sitting there earning next to no interest in my lousy bank. However, I have a to do list I want to get knocked out in the next couple of months and it includes a little money management. It goes something like this:

1. New tires on the Camry.
2. Get my Real ID.
3. Renew the registration on the Camry.
4. Move most of my money to a different bank/credit union. Both dollars.
5. Sign-up for TSA Precheck.
6. Oil change for the Camry.
7. Oil change for the RAV4.
8. A whole bunch of Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Stuff.
9. Pick out, order, and enter 4 pictures for the Iowa State Fair Photo Contest.

I’ve knocked out the first 3 on this list. The 4th one is my birthday present to myself. I’ve knocked out a good chunk of #8. But there is still a lot to do there.

Any ways, here is the final collection of pictures from my last night in Las Vegas:


Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

It was a pretty good trip to Las Vegas. Next up, I’ll share pictures from my trip to Chicago.

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This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is SCHOOL:


WEEK 399 - SCHOOL
SCHOOL

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.

Let me tell you about IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY!

Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1858 as Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, and it became the first land-grant institution in the United States in 1862, thanks to the Morrill Act.

Today, ISU is a comprehensive university with more than 35,000 students and offers over 100 undergraduate majors, 112 master’s degree programs, and 83 doctoral degree programs. The university is organized into eight colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business, Design, Engineering, Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and Graduate.

ISU is known for its strong programs in agriculture, engineering, and science, and it has a reputation for being one of the top public universities in the United States. The university is home to several research centers and institutes, including the Bioeconomy Institute, the Ames Laboratory, and the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC).

The university’s mascot is Cy the Cardinal, and the school colors are cardinal and gold. The Cyclones, ISU’s athletic teams, compete in the Big 12 Conference and they completely dominated the Cy-Hawk Series with Iowa Hawkeyes this year.

Overall, Iowa State University is a well-respected and prestigious institution of higher education, offering a wide range of programs and opportunities for students to excel both academically and professionally.

Wait. Wait. Sorry. I’ve just been told that there are more SCHOOL(s) in the world than just Iowa State. I’m not entirely sure why. But I guess you can take a picture of some other stupid school nobody cares about.

SCHOOL! So what in the Terrence Allen is a SCHOOL picture? Simply put it is any image that involves SCHOOL. From a building to a playground to schoolbooks (before they all get banned) to report cards to teachers to really anything related to a SCHOOL. There are all types of different SCHOOL(s). Pre, secondary, high, middle, junior, dance, Sunday, vocational, technical, and even sometimes I take people to SCHOOL on the basketball court. It does NOT have to be Iowa State, but I mean, why would you take a picture of some lesser school? But you do you bro.

This isn’t the first time that SCHOOL or something similar has been a theme. Here are some submissions from the ghosts of WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGEs past to inspire you:


WEEK 329 - EDUCATION - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen – Week 329

WEEK 329 - EDUCATION - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett – Week 329

WEEK 329 - EDUCATION - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard – Week 329

WEEK 329 - EDUCATION - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee – Week 329

WEEK 329 - EDUCATION - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff – Week 329

Happy photo harvesting!

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

I need to start the day off by wishing Andree a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andree!


Photo Journal - Page 56 Reject

I hope your birthday is filled with joy, or at least as much joy as one can feel when they are in Houston, Texas.

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Yesterday was the end of the college basketball season, which also means it is time to crown the winner for Year 18 of the Roundball Oracles.

The winner was Will Baier. Congratulations Will! Making it back to back championships for Baier brothers! It seems like almost everybody in the Baier family has won, except Jason. Hmmmm…

His name is now on the List of Immortals.

ROUNDBALL ORACLES CHAMPIONS
2023 – Will Baier
2022 – Ben Baier
2021 – Micky Augustin
2020 – Tournament Canceled
2019 – Becky Parmelee
2018 – Paul Golden
2017 – Paul Golden
2016 – Michelle Haupt
2015 – Derek Dohrman
2014 – Brandon Kahler
2013 – William McAlpine
2012 – Lowell Davis
2011 – Carrie Baier
2010 – Mark Wolfram
2009 – Mark Wolfram
2008 – Mark Wolfram
2007 – Tim Peterson
2006 – William McAlpine
2005 – William McAlpine

Also “congratulations” goes to “The Sara” winner… Ben Baier. It was a close one this year and came down to the tie-breaker. It was so close to going Shawn. Then he would have had a “The Sara” trophy and the actual The Sara living in his house. Maybe next year.

Ben Baier went from the penthouse to the outhouse in one year. Maybe next year he will be back in the penthouse and his brother will be in the outhouse. It will be interesting to watch.

THE SARA “WINNERS”

2023 – Ben Baier
2022 – Joey Randazzo
2021 – Rachel Gildersleeve
2020 – Tournament Canceled
2019 – Russell Kennerly
2018 – Robert Henning
2017 – Shannon Bardole
2016 – Laura Priest
2015 – Derrick Gorshe
2014 – Sara Lockner

Here are the final Roundball Oracles Standings:

1. Will Baier – 204
2. Toby Sebring – 200
3. Sarah Karber – 193
4. Tim Peterson – 189
5. Cathie Morton – 188
6. Elizabeth Nordeen- 185
7. Andy Sharp – 184
8. Russell Kennerly – 184
9. Linda Bennett – 183
10. Micky Augustin – 183
11. Carrie Baier – 180
12. Dawn Krause – 178
13. Corey Faust – 177
14. Jesse Howard – 176
15. Jason Baier – 173
16. Angie DeWaard – 171
17. Michelle Haupt – 170
18. Carla Stensland – 170
19. Jackson Faust – 168
20. Frank Meiners – 157
21. Lowell Davis – 155
22. Andree Jauhari – 154
23. Christopher D. Bennett – 154
24. Robert Henning – 154
25. Nader Parsaei – 147
26. Logan Kahler – 145
27. Rachel Gildersleeve – 145
28. Joey Randazzo – 144
29. Olivia Baier – 141
30. Jordan Toot – 141
31. JJ Baier – 141
32. Brandon Kahler – 136
33. Becky Parmelee – 131
34. Derek Dohrman – 122
35. Sara Lockner – 112
36. Shawn Lockner – 111
37. Ben Baier – 111

Congrats to everybody that did better than me this year. And there were a lot of them. Cherish the feeling, cause it won’t happen again. Okay, it probably will.

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A few weeks back I took Rodan139 out for a couple test flights. The second of those flights was a spin above the Pilot Mound State Forest. Here are a few pictures from that flight:


Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest

Next week I will share the pictures from the final flight I took on the battery test flight day.

WPC – WEEK 394 – BLUE

BLUE! A great theme! Everybody loves the color BLUE. But did a bunch of people love it enough to submit a photo? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 27, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
3-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
4-Mary Green – 2 weeks
5-Mindi Terrell – 6 weeks (3)
6-Suzie Brannen – 10 weeks
7-Jesse Howard – 10 weeks
8-Monica Jennings – 10 weeks
9-Nathanial Brown – 11 weeks (3)
10-Mike Vest – 11 weeks
11-Tamara Peterson – 21 weeks
12-Brandon Kahler – 31 weeks
13-Linda Bennett – 35 weeks
14-Sarah Toot – 36 weeks (3)
15-Angie DeWaard – 40 weeks
16-Dawn Krause – 44 weeks (2)
17-Kim Barker – 49 weeks
18-Joe Duff – 51 weeks
19-Logan Kahler – 52 weeks
20-Teresa Kahler – 62 weeks (2)
21-Carla Stensland – 62 weeks (2)
22-Micky Augustin – 64 weeks (2)
23-Andy Sharp – 65 weeks (3)
24-Bill Wentworth – 66 weeks
25-Cathie Morton – 70 weeks
26-Elizabeth Nordeen – 71 weeks
27-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 72 weeks
28-Kio Dettman – 75 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 394 - BLUE - PORTER DEGENEFFE
Porter Degeneffe (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 394 - BLUE - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week

WEEK 394 - BLUE - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - JEN ENSLEY-GORSHE
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 7 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 11 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 11 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 12 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 12 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 22 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 32 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 36 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Washington D.C.) – 36 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (New York)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (New Jersey)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 41 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 45 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 50 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 52 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 53 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 63 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 63 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 64 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 66 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 67 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Missouri) – 71 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 72 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 73 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 76 weeks

WEEK 394 - BLUE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 394 - BLUE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa) – 498 weeks

First, I have to say I find it interesting that Kio took a picture of grape juice for PURPLE and also one for BLUE. Makes me wonder what… what color does Kio think grape juice is?? Or maybe Kio is color blind. Or slightly color blind. I know a few people who are color blind in the blue range. But on the same side, I’ve never understood how you make red wine out of purple grapes. It is a mystery.

For example, yesterday Fran sent me a chat with a picture of a drink with the question, orange or yellow. It so happened that I was having a little post-church and pre-theater lunch with my sisters and so I showed them the picture. We all came back that the liquid in the glass was clearly yellow.

I sent that message back to Fran and she let me know that she thought it was orange.

Maybe I don’t sit and thing about color that much, but Monica sent me a message a couple weeks back about how she is “fascinated by how people interpret color… is it pink or is it purple!?!”. I hope Monica gets just as a big of a kick at seeing the interpretations of BLUE.

All this to say that if I use grape juice in my picture this week, it is because imitation is the highest form of flattery.

29 participants! Another great week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following states:

+ Arkansas
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ Missouri
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Texas
+ Washington D.C.

Technically, Washington D.C. isn’t a state, but let’s face it, it should be. Sarah’s picture crosses off another place on the map. I need to make that map someday. Today isn’t that day though.

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Missouri
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin

17 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive!

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ British Virgin Islands
+ Nassau Bahamas

I took my picture about a mile from my front door.

Porter had his first ever submission. I’m pretty pumped for that. He is the youngest to submit this year and I hope that he continues to submit in the future. Welcome aboard Porter!

The big accomplishment this week was Joe Duff joining the 1 Year Club. WooHoo! Congrats to Joe! Who isn’t too big time to work the night shift. Take notes Suzie.

But unfortunately it was not all good news. Mary’s 2 week streak bit the dust. Jesse’s 10 week streak is only a distant memory now.

Hopefully they get back on that horse again this week.

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:


WEEK 395 - ODD CAMERA ANGLE
ODD CAMERA ANGLE

ODD CAMERA ANGLE! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is an ODD CAMERA ANGLE photo? Simply put, it a picture taken from an angle that is different than normal. The grand majority of pictures are taken from the eye level of the photographer. This theme challenges you to look down at your subject. Or look up at your subject. Or look at it from an angle where something small looks big and something big looks small. Or try out a Dutch angle. Put yourself on the ground or in a hole or in the air. Just don’t take your picture eye level. That’s all we’re asking here. The world is your oyster. You just have to look at it askew.

While considering possible subject for your submission, meditate on the following quote and you will no doubt come up with a great image:

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect – they are much more interesting.
-Marc Jacobs

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of ODD CAMERA ANGLE in this place that is more than a little different next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 392 – PURPLE

PUPRLE! An important color in my life, but did it inspire a ton of submissions? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Mindi Terrell – 4 weeks (3)
2-Suzie Brannen – 8 weeks (2)
3-Jesse Howard – 8 weeks
4-Monica Jennings – 8 weeks
5-Nathanial Brown – 9 weeks
6-Mike Vest – 9 weeks
7-Tamara Peterson – 19 weeks
8-Brandon Kahler – 29 weeks
9-Linda Bennett – 33 weeks (3)
10-Sarah Toot – 34 weeks (3)
11-Angie DeWaard – 38 weeks
12-Dawn Krause – 42 weeks
13-Kim Barker – 47 weeks
14-Joe Duff – 49 weeks
15-Logan Kahler – 50 weeks
16-Teresa Kahler – 60 weeks
17-Carla Stensland – 60 weeks
18-Micky Augustin – 62 weeks
19-Andy Sharp – 63 weeks
20-Bill Wentworth – 64 weeks
21-Cathie Morton – 68 weeks
22-Elizabeth Nordeen – 69 weeks
23-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 70 weeks
24-Kio Dettman – 73 weeks (3)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Florida) – 1 week

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SCOTT DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Florida)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 39 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Oklahoma) – 64 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 48 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Arizona) – 63 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Arizona)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 61 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 74 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 34 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Minnesota) – 10 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Minnesota)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MARY GREEN
Mary Green (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 20 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 65 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 50 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 71 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Nebraska) – 70 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 43 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 30 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 9 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Minnesota) – 9 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 61 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 9 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 51 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 69 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 35 weeks

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week

WEEK 392 - PURPLE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 10 weeks

29 participants! That is a great week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

While there a lot of states covered, there were no new states added to the map.

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Missouri
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
+ Wisconsin

17 states! That is pretty impressive!

The Outside of the United States map is currently:

+ British Virgin Islands
+ Nassau Bahamas

I took my picture in my basement. So, I didn’t add to the map, yet again.

The big milestone with week was Nathanial and Vest reaching the double digit steak club! WooHoo!

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:


WEEK 393 - COMPETITION
COMPETITION

COMPETITION! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a COMPETITION image? It is simply an image of beings engaged in some kind of contest. Or it can be a picture of something that is used in a COMPETITION. Like a bowling ball. Or it can be a picture of the result of a COMPETITION. Like a trophy. There are so many possibilities!

While thinking about a possible subject for you submission, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a great image:

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
-Bertrand Russell

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of COMPETITION in this place that tries not be competitive it next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 390 – STORE

STORE! Everybody goes to them. Maybe not as much as they did before the pandemic, but you still have to go to them, unless you get everything delivered. Which I don’t think any of you do. I don’t have any friends that are that rich. Or do I?

But many people make it to a STORE to take a picture? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 27, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Sara Lockner – 1 week
4-Sarah Karber – 2 weeks
5-Mindi Terrell – 2 weeks (2)
6-Willy McAlpine – 3 weeks
7-Suzie Brannen – 6 weeks
8-Jesse Howard – 6 weeks
9-Monica Jennings – 6 weeks (2)
10-Nathanial Brown – 7 weeks (2)
11-Mike Vest – 7 weeks
12-Tamara Peterson – 17 weeks
13-Brandon Kahler – 27 weeks
14-Linda Bennett – 31 weeks
15-Sarah Toot – 32 weeks (3)
16-Angie DeWaard – 36 weeks
17-Dawn Krause – 40 weeks
18-Kim Barker – 45 weeks (2)
19-Joe Duff – 47 weeks
20-Logan Kahler – 4 8weeks
21-Teresa Kahler – 58 weeks
22-Carla Stensland – 58 weeks (3)
23-Micky Augustin – 60 weeks
24-Andy Sharp – 61 weeks
25-Bill Wentworth – 62 weeks
26-Cathie Morton – 66 weeks
27-Elizabeth Nordeen – 67 weeks (2)
28-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 69 weeks
29-Kio Dettman – 71 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 390 - STORE - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week

WEEK 390 - STORE - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 7 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 7 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE -MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 7 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE -MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE -MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 8 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 8 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 18 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 28 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Iowa) – 32 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (New York) – 33 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (New Jersey)

WEEK 390 - STORE - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania)

WEEK 390 - STORE - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 37 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 41 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 46 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 48 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas)

WEEK 390 - STORE - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 49 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 59 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 59 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 61 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Illinois) – 62 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 63 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Nassau Bahamas) – 67 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 68 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 70 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 72 weeks

WEEK 390 - STORE - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 390 - STORE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa) – 494 weeks

27 participants this week. That is a great week. A slight dip from the last couple of weeks. Maybe there aren’t as many slaves to consumerism out there as I had thought. Which is a good thing… we’ll count it as a good thing.

The good news is that there were 3 new states added to the map this week! New York (Sarah Toot), New Jersey (Sarah Toot again), and Illinois (Andy). That means that all the states that surround Iowa have had a submission taken in them except for South Dakota. But I’m sure we’ll get there. I see you South Dakota.

Also, Cathie added our 2nd submission taken from outside the United States with Nassau Bahamas.

There were submission this week taken in the following locations:

+ Arkansas
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nebraska
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
+ Nassau Bahamas

Here is the current calendar year list for states:

+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ Missouri
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
+ Wisconsin

16 states! That is pretty impressive!

The Outside of the United States map is now:

+ British Virgin Islands
+ Nassau Bahamas

I took my picture about 2.5 miles from my front door. I know. Big time traveler this guy!

I think this map might grow again next week. A little birdie tells me that a certain regular contributor is going to Arizona this week and maybe Mexico, if they have the guts.

There were no big time milestones this week. Unfortunately there was a bit of a blood bath on the streaks front though. Jen and Mary couldn’t extend their submission last week into a streak. Sarah Karber’s streak went down in flames after 2 weeks. Willy’s 3 week is now as existent as his desire to show up for work.

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:


WEEK 391 - SUNRISE, SUNSE
SUNRISE, SUNSET

SUNRISE, SUNSET! What a great theme for year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.

It has been a few years since I’ve used SUNRISE, SUNSET for a theme. I was told it wasn’t a fair theme because people with children could not do it. I don’t know I bought it, but I don’t know. Maybe it is true. Either way, I put the theme on the sidelines.

I brought it back this year because it is the Special Theme Class for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Rather than writing up my own description, I thought I should just lift it straight from the Iowa State Fair.

“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.”
– Henry Ward Beecher

Next year’s theme is a bright one that our world literally revolves around. The Sun is something that we as photographers like to photograph quite often, because it offers a multitude of creativity. In fact, we call the sunset the golden hours because of opportunities it presents to capture the perfect photograph.

Your assignment, however, is to not just shoot the sun, but to shoot it in a way that we have never seen before. While the sun must be the main subject, it shouldn’t be the only subject of your photograph. Ask yourself, what is making the Sun so interesting in the moment? What can you do to photograph the Sun to tell a story of what is happening in that moment?

This assignment will also give you the opportunity to play with shadows and light and all the many colors that the sunrises or sunsets can provide. Look for the dramatic contrasts that can occur when the Sun is providing the light for your photographs.

I’ll just add a couple more things.

#1. Putting objects between you and the sunset can make or break a SUNRISE, SUNSET picture. Choose wisely.
#2. A SUNRISE, SUNSET picture doesn’t have to be of the sun. Maybe for the Iowa State Fair, but not for our purposes. You can also turn around take a picture that is lit by a SUNRISE or SUNSET. A reflection of a SUNRISE or SUNSET can make a fantastic picture.

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of SUNRISE, SUNSET in this place that is still in its sunrise phase next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 388 – FRAME

FRAME! Seemed like a good challenging theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! But was it popular? Did it fire up the creative juices of many people? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
2-Myriah Sharp – 1 week
3-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks
4-Becky Parmelee – 3 weeks
5-Suzie Brannen – 4 weeks
6-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks
7-Jesse Howard – 4 weeks
8-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks
9-Nathanial Brown – 5 weeks (3)
10-Mike Vest – 5 weeks
11-Tamara Peterson – 15 weeks
12-Brandon Kahler – 25 weeks
13-Linda Bennett – 29 weeks
14-Sarah Toot – 30 weeks
15-Angie DeWaard – 34 weeks
16-Dawn Krause – 38 weeks (2)
17-Kim Barker – 43 weeks
18-Joe Duff – 45 weeks (2)
19-Logan Kahler – 46 weeks (2)
20-Teresa Kahler – 56 weeks (2)
21-Carla Stensland – 56 weeks
22-Micky Augustin – 58 weeks
23-Andy Sharp – 59 weeks
24-Bill Wentworth – 60 weeks
25-Cathie Morton – 64 weeks
26-Elizabeth Nordeen – 65 weeks
27-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 66 weeks
28-Kio Dettman – 68 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 388 - FRAME - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 44 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME -  SCOTT  DEGENEFFE
Scott Degeneffe (Wisconsin) – 1 week

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MINDI TERRELL
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 35 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 61 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 69 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 46 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - SARAH KARBER
Sarah Karber (Minnesota) – 1 week

WEEK 388 - FRAME - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 30 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Florida) – 31 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 16 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 66 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 388 - FRAME - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 57 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 4 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 26 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 59 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 39 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 60 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 57 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 67 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 47 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 6 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Oklahoma)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Oklahoma)

WEEK 388 - FRAME - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 65 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 6 weeks

WEEK 388 - FRAME - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 5 weeks

30 participants! That is a great week! That is a high for this year! Including submissions from first time participants in Scott Degeneffe and Mindi Terrell. I expect Scott to be something off a one off, but I’m expecting big things in the future from Mindi! Plus we had our first submission this year from Sarah Karber! WooHoo!

This week we had our first submission this year taken in Wisconsin (Scott) and Oklahoma (Nathanial). Nathanial’s one of Nathanial’s pictures was taken in a place that became very famous when it was the site of a very popular Netflix show.

This week we has submissions from:

+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Oklahoma
+ Nebraska
+ Texas
+ Wisconsin

That is a lot of states!

The United States map now includes:

+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ Nevada
+ Missouri
+ Oklahoma
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas
+ Wisconsin

13 states. A good start!

The Outside of the United State map stays at:

+ British Virgin Islands

Once again, I didn’t contribute to expanding the map. I took my picture approximately 97 miles from my front door.

The big milestone this week was Brandon. Brandon reached the Half-A-Year Streak Club! Congrats Brandon!

But it wasn’t all good news. 3 streaks bit the dust. Myriah couldn’t extend her streak to 2. Sara Lockner couldn’t extender her streak to 3.
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:


WEEK 389 - MUSIC
MUSIC

MUSIC! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what exactly is a MUSIC photo? A MUSIC photo is simply a photo where a major compositional element involves MUSIC. It could be something that is used in the production of MUSIC. Like sheet MUSIC or a MUSICal instrument or a MUSICian or an 8 Track. Anything the aids in the producing of MUSIC is fair game. Might be a great weekend to make it to a concert.

While thinking on possible subjects for your MUSIC picture, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with an amazing MUSIC image:

Without music, life would be a mistake.
-Friedrich Nietszche

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of MUSIC in this place that is music to my eyes next Monday.

WPC – WEEK 387 – PLAY

PLAY! Seems like a great theme on the surface. But did PLAY trigger people to PLAY with their cameras? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Sara Lockner – 1 week
3-Becky Parmelee – 2 weeks
4-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks
5-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks
6-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks
7-Monica Jennings – 3 weeks
8-Nathanial Brown – 4 weeks (2)
9-Mike Vest – 4 weeks
10-Tamara Peterson – 14 weeks
11-Brandon Kahler – 24 weeks
12-Linda Bennett – 28 weeks (2)
13-Sarah Toot – 29 weeks
14-Angie DeWaard – 33 weeks (2)
15-Dawn Krause – 37 weeks (3)
16-Kim Barker – 42 weeks
17-Joe Duff – 44 weeks
18-Logan Kahler – 46 weeks (2)
19-Teresa Kahler – 55 weeks (3)
20-Carla Stensland – 55 weeks
21-Micky Augustin – 57 weeks
22-Andy Sharp – 58 weeks
23-Bill Wentworth – 59 weeks
24-Cathie Morton – 63 weeks
25-Elizabeth Nordeen – 64 weeks
26-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 66 weeks
27-Kio Dettman – 68 weeks (2)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 387 - PLAY - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 69 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 45 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 25 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 60 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 56 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 29 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 15 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 34 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 65 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Minnesota) – 58 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (British Virgin Islands) – 30 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (British Virgin Islands)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 43 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - SARA LOCKNER
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 38 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 3 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 57 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Kansas)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - WILLY MCALPINE
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 387 - PLAY - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 59 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 64 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 67 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 47 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 387 - PLAY - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 387 - PLAY - MYRIAH SHARP
Myriah Sharp (Iowa) – 1 week

29 participants! A great week!

This week we had our first submission this year taken in the state of Minnesota (Micky) and our first submission this year taken outside of the United States (Sarah)! The map is growing!

This week we had submissions from:

+Arkansas
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ Texas

The United States map now includes:

+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Minnesota
+ Nebraska
+ Nevada
+ Missouri
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

11 states. Not too bad!

And there is now an Outside of the United States map that includes:

+ British Virgin Islands

For my part, I took my picture about 3 miles from my front door. I’m still not helping grow the map. Next week I am in Nevada for 5 days with layovers in Colorado. While Nevada is on the map already (and about 4 of the regular contributors will also be in Nevada), Colorado isn’t. So I could theoretically try to grow the map on my layover, but I’m sure I can find a better picture in Las Vegas than I can in the Denver airport. Unless I can find the secret room where the illuminati meet.*

There were no major milestones this week. The only blemish was Jen couldn’t extend her streak from 1 to 2.

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:


WEEK 388 - FRAME
FRAME

FRAME! What a great theme for year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! This is a theme that was suggested by Sarah Toot.

But what is a FRAME picture. It is simply an image where the main subject of your photo is FRAME(d) by something else. In the theme reveal, it is literally a FRAME, but in practice it would more likely be something else. Something else blocking in your main subject to draw attention to it. And your subject doesn’t have to be FRAME(d) on all 4 sides. 3 sides or 2 sides also works. Of course, there is more than one definition of FRAME.

While considering possible subjects for your FRAME submission, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will do great work!

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we’d see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.
-Conor Oberst

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

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

*Don’t worry, I don’t really believe that nonsense and I won’t be in the Story County Jail anytime soon.

WPC – WEEK 386 – BOOKS

It is time to determine whether or not BOOKS was a popular theme. I thought it might be, because I’m pretty sure the Photography 139 readership is highly literate. But you won’t know until you scroll down:

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

1-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
2-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks
3-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks
4-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks
5-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks
6-Nathanial Brown – 3 weeks
7-Mike Vest – 4 weeks
8-Tamara Peterson – 13 weeks
9-Brandon Kahler – 24 weeks
10-Linda Bennett – 27 weeks
11-Sarah Toot – 28 weeks
12-Angie DeWaard – 32 weeks
13-Dawn Krause – 36 weeks
14-Kim Barker – 42 weeks
15-Joe Duff – 43 weeks
16-Logan Kahler – 45 weeks (2)
17-Teresa Kahler – 54 weeks (2)
18-Carla Stensland – 54 weeks
19-Micky Augustin – 56 weeks
20-Andy Sharp – 57 weeks
21-Bill Wentworth – 58 weeks
22-Cathie Morton – 62 weeks (2)
23-Elizabeth Nordeen – 63 weeks
24-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 65 weeks
25-Kio Dettman – 67 weeks (3)

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:


WEEK 386 - BOOKS - JEN ENSLEY-GORSHE
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Texas) – 1 week


Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - BECKY PARMELEE
Becky Parmelee (Missouri) – 2 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - SUZIE BRANNEN
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - SABAS HERNANDEZ
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - JESSE HOWARD
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - MONICA JENNINGS
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 3 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 4 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - NATHANIAL BROWN
Nathanial Brown (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 5 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - TAMARA PETERSON
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 14 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - BRANDON KAHLER
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 25 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS -LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 28 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS -LINDA BENNETT
Linda Bennett (Kansas)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - SARAH TOOT
Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 29 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 33 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 37 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - DAWN KRAUSE
Dawn Krause (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 43 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - JOE DUFF
Joe Duff (Texas) – 44 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 46 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - LOGAN KAHLER
Logan Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 55 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - TERESA KAHLER
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 55 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - MICKY AUGUSTIN
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 57 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - ANDY SHARP
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 58 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - BILL WENTWORTH
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 59 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - CATHIE MORTON
Cathie Morton (Iowa) – 63 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - ELIZABETH NORDEEN
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 64 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 66 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 68 weeks

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - KIO DETTMAN
Kio Dettman (Iowa)

WEEK 386 - BOOKS - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett (Iowa) – 490 weeks

28 participants! That is a pretty great week!

This week we had submissions from:

+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Missouri
+ Nebraska
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

There were no new additions to the map. This year’s list is:

+ Arkansas
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Nebraska
+ Nevada
+ Missouri
+ Pennsylvania
+ Texas

10 states is still pretty good for this time of year though!

This week I took my picture about 2 miles from my front door. I’m still not helping to grow the map.

There were no major milestones reached this week, BUT there were also no streaks snapped either. So that is good news.

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:


WEEK 387 - PLAY
PLAY

PLAY! What a great theme for Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a PLAY image? It is simply a picture of something that is PLAYed with or somebody at PLAY. There are all sort of different things that can be PLAYed. A sport. A game. A musical instrument. A human being. Or even a PLAY is PLAYed. Remember, what some might consider WORK others consider PLAY.

While considering possible subjects for your PLAY submission, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a great picture:

It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
-Fred Rogers

I look forward to seeing your interpretation.

RULES

The picture has to 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 (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is it. Thems the rules!

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