On Thursday the Boone First United Methodist Church held its annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. I helped on Thursday, but I also helped on Wednesday. Wednesday there is tons of prep done. I was there for the turkey carving and the pie cutting and the roll bagging and the general setup.
Here are some pictures I took of the prep work on Wednesday:
I still have a TON of pictures from the actual dinner left to share. I’ll share those next Saturday!
Probably well past time I shared some pictures from the Howard Family Photo Shoot of 2023. As was traditional, the lighting conditions were super harsh. We went to McFarland Park to take picture near the lake and when we got there, the lake had been drained. So… everything went according to plan.
Here are a few pictures from the day:
As you know, I’m more of a candid portrait guy when it comes to my personal tastes. This is my favorite picture from the day. Sorry, not sorry.
Emberly was so over it.
Jeremy looks good in my hat. He should go as me next year for Halloween.
Stealing Aunty Taylan’s moves!!
A story in 3 pictures. Picture 1.
Picture 2.
Picture 3.
I believe this boyfriend has since been kicked to the curb. Sorry you blew it buddy.
In addition to fighting super harsh lighting, I also lost my flash, so was working 100% with available lighting. Before the 2024 Howard Photo Shoot, my flash broke. I have since replaced it. So I am ready for the 2025 Howard Family Photo Shoot. I promise I will share the 2024 Howard Family Photo Shoot before that happens.
Yesterday was Anela’s birthday. Since I am a horrible person I had her birthday mixed up and forgot to wish her a happy birthday. So I will do that now:
I hope your birthday WAS magnificent and I will see you at the party on Friday!
After Nader and I left Winterset City Park, we came back and went to the John Wayne Birthplace Museum. I have been to the outside of the museum several times, but I have never been inside. Going inside was somewhat unfinished business for me of a personal nature. So I was very glad that I finally got to do it.
Here are some pictures of the museum and some pictures when we went back to downtown Winterset before leaving for out next stop.
I need to point out that while I enjoyemany John Wayne movies, I freely point out that he was a garbage human being. John Wayne was a coward’s coward. A draft dodger that hid behind his wife and children to avoid fighting in WWII, all the while cheating on his wife with another woman. He was a notorious bigot and an informant to one of the biggest black eyes in American history… the House “Un-American” Activities Committee. One of the biggest black eyes in American history, so far.
I’m pretty good at separating art from artist. So on this occasion I would like to share my John Wayne Movie Power Rankings. I’ve probably seen only half his movies and even that is probably a generous assessment. So factor that in if you want to come at me that THE CONQUEROR is is his best movie, well, not that one. I’ve seen that one.
JOHN WAYNE POWER RANKINGS
10. Rooster Cogburn
9. Big Jake
8. The Searchers
7. Red River
6. The Quiet Man
5. Rio Bravo
4. McLintock
3. Sons of Katie Elder
2. True Grit
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
As always, my list is is final and beyond contestation. No questions at this time.
If you were wondering, the next stop on the road trip was to Creston to check out their sweet murals.
After visiting Cataract I went back to meet up with the Gorshe’s at Jen’s Aunt Linda’s house. After a bit there, we loaded up and went to Jen’s Aunt Linda’s son’s house (I think) for an Eclipse Party.
Today I want to share some pictures of people watching the eclipse.
Next time we check in on the Eclipse Road Trip I will actually share pictures of the eclipse! Woot! Woo!
After we left the Hogback Covered Bridge we made a quick stop at the bakery in Winterset. Then we went to Winterset City Park. One of the best city parks in Iowa. Here are some pictures from there:
After we left Winterset City Park, we headed to the John Wayne Museum, but that is a story for another day.
Today is Halloween, so I need to start this post off by wishing all of you a 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…
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.
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometimeWhen 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 gardenI could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don’t find roses growin’ on stalks of clover
So you better think it overWell, 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 matterSo smile for a while and let’s be jolly
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we canI beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometimeI beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose gardenI 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 knowYou 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 aboutSo smile for a while and let’s be jolly
Love shouldn’t be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we canI beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometimeI 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.
Next Thursday’s flowertography session will involve flowers from my yard.
Way back on April 27, I took a road trip with Nader. It was as close as I took to my traditional birthday road trip this year. Because as soon as I got home from New Orleans, Bokeh moved in and I never really felt like I should leave her at home for an extended period of time in that first month or so. Nader and I went to Winterset and Creston. At least those were the main stops.
Here is a collection of images from our first stop. The Hogback Covered Bridge.
Vandal!
I guess that makes it a birthday road trip!
Our next stop was downtown Winterset.
Logan purchased an infrared camera a few months back. He brought it over one afternoon and I took it for a little spin. It was a good time.
I’ll be borrowing that camera again in the future!
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:
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.
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:
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Boone, Iowa) – 152 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 150 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 148 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 145 weeks
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 144 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone County Courthouse – Boone, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 143 weeks
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa) – 141 weeks
Carla Stensland (Arnolds Park, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 141 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 130 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 129 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 123 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa)
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 119 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa)
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 115 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas ) – 114 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 85 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 81 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Custer State Park – South Dakota) – 70 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 69 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 68 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 58 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 40 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 39 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa)
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 39 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 19 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 16 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 12 weeks
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 9 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 8 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 3 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week
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:
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.
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:
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 68 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 118 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 2 weeks
“Bunny” (Jester Park – Iowa) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Jester Park – Iowa) – 8 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 57 weeks
Cathie Morton (Altoona, Iowa) – 147 weeks
Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa) – 28 weeks
Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 149 weeks
Jesse Howard (Hunziker Park – Ames, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 142 weeks
Michelle Haupt (Ankeny, Iowa) – 38 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 67 weeks
Andy Sharp (Bayliss Park – Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Deanna McClain (Eagle Point Park – Dubuque, Iowa) – 15 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Interurban Park – Camp Dodge – Johnston, Iowa) – 80 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Interurban Park – Camp Dodge – Johnston, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 140 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Linwood Cemetery – Boone, Iowa) – 11 weeks
Carla Stensland (Pufferbilly Days Parade – Boone, Iowa) – 140 weeks
Dawn Krause (Art in the Park – McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 122 weeks
Kio Dettman (McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 153 weeks
Kio Dettman (Opal Dubois Anderson Park)
Logan Kahler (McHose Park) – 68 weeks
Monica Jennings (Art in the Park – McHose Park – Boone, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest – McHose Park – Boone, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Edgewood Park – Madrid, Iowa) – 18 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 128 weeks
Deb Powers (Saylorville Lake – Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Saylorville Lake – Iowa) – 84 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Saylorville Lake – Iowa)
Brandon Kahler (South Park – Story City, Iowa) – 39 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Colby Park – Windsor Heights, Iowa) – 151 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 144 weeks
Sarah Toot (Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey) – 114 weeks
Sarah Toot (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Joe Duff (Texas) – 129 weeks
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:
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.
