I need to start today by wishing my sister Carla a happy birthday. Happy birthday Carla! I hope your birthday is as wonderful as you want it to be! +++++++ I also need to wish Monica a happy birthday. Happy birthday Monica! I hope your birthday is as amazing as… Read More »WPC – WEEK 287 – PICTURE IN PICTURE
75! 75 straight weeks of double digit submissions! That is 3/4 of the way to triple digits on the double digits! But it won’t be able to get to the triple-double. This week’s theme couldn’t be easier, but the week after that is the theme that killed the last double… Read More »WPC – WEEK 286 – PLAY
74 straight weeks of double digit submission and we did it before I even got out of bed on Monday morning! LINES seemed to be a popular theme! I mean, who doesn’t like LINES? But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You… Read More »WPC – WEEK 285 – LINES
We did it! Again! 73 straight weeks of double digit submissions. More than a few of the submissions this week were attached to emails with people pointing out that they also like art that is heavy in SYMMETRY & PATTERNS. I immediately crossed these people off my Christmas Card List.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 284 – SYMMETRY & PATTERNS
Well, we did it! Andy said it couldn’t be done, but we hit double digits with WIND like it ain’t no thing, but a chicken wing on a string. A phrase, that while I enjoy typing, don’t understand in the slightest. 72 weeks in a row of double digit submissions!… Read More »WPC – WEEK 283 – WIND
I have to confess, I had my doubts about USE OF SPACE. It is a little more technical theme and the technical themes scare many people away. But we did it! 71 weeks in a row of double digits! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all… Read More »WPC – WEEK 282 – USE OF SPACE
BLACK! Another theme. Another Monday. Another week of double digit submissions! 70 weeks in a row to be exact! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Jesse Howard Kim Barker Jesse Howard Kio Dettman Carla… Read More »WPC – WEEK 281 – BLACK
HOBBIES! People seem to love them and it is no surprise that HOBBIES was the 69th theme in a row to crack double digit submissions! It did it easy as well. In fact, this might be the record for most submissions ever in one week. The problem is, I don’t… Read More »WPC – WEEK 280 – HOBBIES
I need to start by noting that today is the day we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. I’d like to share a teaching on The Good Samaritan from the last speech that King ever gave as my small part of honoring his legacy today: Let us develop… Read More »WPC – WEEK 279 – COMMERCIAL
Here it is! The first week of Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I asked people to submit a picture that showed what they think, when they think of FAMILY. For the 67th week in a row, we had double digit submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 278 – FAMILY
This is the final week of the Hall of Fame THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes. TRANSPORTATION is a good way to end it, I suppose. 66! That is the number of weeks in a row we have hit double digit submissions! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 277 – TRANSPORTATION
The September image for the 2021 Photography 139 Calendar is a picture of an orange gazania that I sprayed down with a water bottle. This gazania was grown in the Photography 139 Flower Garden. It is one of the bucket flower pots that lives in the front yard next to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 276 – ROAD TRIP
The February image for the Photography 139 2021 Calendar is a macro photo of my favorite flower, the moonflower. It is taken with a flash ring. It was taken on July 28, 2020. Here are some details on the picture: DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M2 LENS: FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro FOCAL… Read More »WPC – WEEK 275 – COLORFUL
On Thanksgiving, my church (Boone First United Methodist) served nearly 800 free meals to the community. I could write about it, but why bother, when Kio has already done such a great job at that: Seven hundred seventy one meals were served at First United Methodist Church’s 23rd annual free… Read More »Community Thanksgiving – 2020
63! 63! 63 straight weeks of double digit submissions! I was a little worried about FACELESS PORTRAIT, but I had double digit submissions before I even rolled of the couch this morning. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 274 – FACELESS PORTRAIT
It is with a heavy heart that I want to start today’s post by honoring my cousin Alan, who suddenly passed away last Monday morning. He was a wonderful person and will definitely be missed. Here is his obituary, so you can get to know him a little bit as… Read More »WPC – WEEK 273 – FOOD
61 straight weeks! I had to rattle a couple of cages this morning, But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kio Dettman Cathie Raley Tamara Peterson Kio Dettman Aaron Barnett Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Elizabeth… Read More »WPC – WEEK 272 – RUINS
Let’s face it. 2020 has been a terrible year. I could spend hours and hours polishing this turd, but a turd is still a turd. I basically only see 2 other people on a regular basis right now. Willy and I haven’t held a Friday Night Supper Club since March… Read More »Blessings 2020
Over the weekend I finalized the list for the next 52 themes. I will release the new list sometime in early December with a small explanation of how I arrived at the new list. Thanks again to Andy for being the only person to suggest theme ideas. A few of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 271 – NIGHT
Yes! Yes! 59 times yes! ART was the 59th straight theme to illicit double digit submissions! But you didn’t come to hear me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Tamara Peterson Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Cathie Raley Kim Barker Elizabeth Nordeen Elizabeth Nordeen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 270 – ART
First, I want to give thanks to Andy for giving suggestions for the next 52 weeks of themes. He was the only person to make a suggestion, but he made some good suggestions: Music Water Wind(tough it would kill streak) Hero Sports Hobby Charity Love Funny Celebrating Teaching Family Sunrise… Read More »WPC – WEEK 269 – TREE