A long, long time ago when I revealed the towns signs of Monroe County I pointed out that the town of Melrose, Iowa had a memorial up in their town park to honor the 1936-37 Melrose Shamrocks boys basketball team. A team that the Des Moines Register honored as the… Read More »Monroe and Mahaska County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
WARNING: THE THEME FOR NEXT WEEK IS THE OTHER WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE THAT DOES HAVE A SECOND RULE. READ THE DIRECTIONS CLOSELY. Square has proven to be a pretty popular theme. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Jen Ensley-Gorshe… Read More »WPC – WEEK 347 – SQUARE
#INSTAGOOD proved to be a pretty popular theme. Which is good, because there literally isn’t an easier theme on the Year 9 Calendar. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Angie DeWaard – 1 week + Jesse Howard – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 346 – #INSTAGOOD
WARNING: READ THE RULES FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME CARFEULLY. THERE IS ONE CHANGE FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME! LETTERS OR NUMBERS has proven to be a fairly popular theme. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 18, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Evie Gorshe – 1 week… Read More »WPC – WEEK 345 – LETTERS OR NUMBERS
Orange has proven to be a pretty popular theme. Orange you glad? As of 11:00 AM on Monday, April 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Kim Barker – 1 week + Sara Lockner – 1 week + Becky Parmelee – 1 week + Joe Duff –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 344 – ORANGE
I’m proud to report that many people have found something in their live to give thanks for in photographic form. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, April 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Joe Duff – 1 week + Dawn Krause – 1 week + Mike… Read More »WPC – WEEK 343 – GRATITUDE
FRAMED has proven to be a theme that is fair in popularity. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, April 4, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Kim Barker – 1 week + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Suzie Brannen – 1 week + Evie Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 342 – FRAMED
SHADOW seems to be a pretty popular theme. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Harrison Gorshe – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Stephanie Kim – 1 week + Becky… Read More »WPC – WEEK 341 – SHADOW
I want to start today by giving congratulations to Rebecca Peterson. She has become the latest person to show extreme good taste, class, and sophistication by becoming the latest Photography 139 email subscriber! Thank you Rebecca! If you want to become such a subscriber you can either fill out the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 340 – ABSTRACT
The theme of GOVERNMENT was not nearly as popular as HOBBIES. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 14, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Becky Parmelee – 1 week + Kim Barker – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Evie Gorshe – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 339 – GOVERNMENT
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. The winner gets a trophy. The… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 17
As many of you know, I was having difficulties with the email subscription service last week. In particular, it wasn’t working with Gmail email accounts. That should be fixed, but another question I get, is how do I prevent the emails from going to “Promotions” instead of my primary Inbox… Read More »WPC – WEEK 338 – HOBBIES
For a somewhat abstract concept, quite a few people have found HARMONY in their lives somewhere. In fact, it was a record breaking week! As of 10:59 AM on Monday, February 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Suzie Brannen –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 337 – HARMONY
STILL LIFE has proven to be a moderately successful theme. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, February 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Evie Gorshe – 1 week + Joe Duff – 4 weeks + Teresa Kahler – 4 weeks + Tamara Peterson – 4 weeks… Read More »WPC – WEEK 336 – STILL LIFE
I’m back in the Cyclone State from a whirlwind Computer Mine trip to Pittsburgh. I mostly sat on my couch on Friday night petting Naima, not wanting to move, and catching up on THE PEACEMAKER and THE GILDED AGE. I also watched the new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. That is an… Read More »WPC – WEEK 335 – BELIEVE
JUNK has not proved to be a fairly popular theme. Heading into the 5th week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, the following streaks were active: + Mike Vest – 1 week + Dawn Krause – 1 week + Joe Duff – 2 weeks + Layla Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 334 – JUNK
#LOVE has proven to be a popular theme. Which is good, I’m glad so many people have #LOVE in their lives. Heading into the 4th week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Layla Gorshe – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 333 – #LOVE
So far TRIANGLE has been a fairly popular theme. In fact, it was a record setting theme! More on that later. Heading into the third week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: * Mike Vest – 1 week * Michelle Haupt – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 332 – TRIANGLE
It appears that ROCK was a fairly popular theme. There were a decent amount of submissions. Heading in to the second week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: * Micky Augustin – 1 week * Linda Bennett – 1 week * Monica Henning… Read More »WPC – WEEK 331 – ROCK
As we are about to kickoff the 9th Year of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (birthed into this world kicking and screaming as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) I thought we could look at what we accomplished as a community in Year 8. + There were 866 total submissions by 35… Read More »WPC – WEEK 330 – BLACK + WHITE
Here we are. The end of Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. There were 866 images submitted this year. Smashing the record set by Year 7, 807. Hopefully we break the record again in Year 9. To have a look at them, click on the link below: WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 329 – EDUCATION