Vest came through with some late submissions this week for CALM:
Mike Vest A
Mike Vest B
Next week’s theme is as easy as it gets:
A look back at last year’s submissions:
Good luck, for what it is worth.
Here are the submissions for SMOKE:
Christopher D. Bennett
Only 14 weeks left to put your mark on this project. Why not start with next week’s theme:
You may have noticed that I have fallen a little behind in blogging. I have been even more busy than usual lately and Naima does require quite a bit of attention. But rest assured, that I will catch up at some point.
Only two pictures for SPIRITUAL this week:
Christopher D. Bennett
I took my picture with my phone last week.
This week’s theme:
This is a slight modification of a theme from last year, so no reason to take a look back.
Good luck!
Here are the submissions for USE OF SPACE:
Carla Stensland
Mike Vest
A look back at last year’s submissions for SPIRITUAL:
Good luck!
Here are this week’s submissions for SYMMETRY AND PATTERNS:
Christopher Bennett
Monica Kewer
This week’s theme:
This was the first theme in the history of the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. Here is a look back:
I have returned from a successful vacation in Minnesota and with all the new puppy duties, I’m finally getting around to publishing the submissions. Only there weren’t any. Not a single one. So here is my picture of STRENGTH:
Hopefully SYMMETRY & PATTERNS is getting more love this week.
The submissions for FEET:
Cathie Raley A
Cathie Raley B
Cathie Raley C
Christopher D. Bennett
Mike Vest A
Mike Vest B
Julie Johnson
The theme for next week is:
This is a twist on a theme from last year, so there isn’t a need for a look back.
I don’t want to get arrogant, (since my last attempt was a complete and utter failure) but I will hopefully be on vacation in Minnesota at this time next week. Therefore I will probably not be near a computer and able to publish your submissions. So what will publish at this time next week will just be the theme for the following week. I will publish any submissions later in the week when I return.
The submissions for NOISE:
Christopher D. Bennett
Next week’s theme:
A look back at last year’s submissions for FEET.
Good luck!
The best laid plans of mice and men…
I had written this journal entry several days ahead of schedule because I was planning to be in Minnesota right now. I made all the appropriate plans, but fate took a hand and forced me to cancel my vacation.
At about 3:35 last Friday, I clocked out of work and left the building fully expecting not to see it again for 9 days or so. I spent most of Saturday morning mowing my lawn and packing and running errands and doing everything necessary to leave my humble abode for 5 or 6 days.
I pulled out of my driveway at about 3:15 and headed north to Oakdale, hoping to knock on Jill’s apartment door* at about 6:30.
But a funny thing happened on the way to Oakdale. My wheel flew off my car. That’s right. It flew the heck off.
It was a surreal experience and one that words will fail to describe adequately. I’m cruising along at about 75 MPH when suddenly the front passenger side of my car is clearly on the ground. My first thought was that I had very badly blown out the tire. I have done that before and this is kind of what it felt like. So I took a gander out the passenger side window and I saw my wheel flying through the air.
I immediately thought, “that is my tire flying through the air.. it isn’t supposed to be doing that… it is amazing I haven’t lost control of this car… I’m not going to be eating chicken wings tonight… this is garbage.”
About 10 miles north of Mason City my car came to a stop on the I-35 shoulder. There I sat for four hours roughly… pondering the questions of life.
As much as this incident has sucked (and continues to suck as my car has yet to be repaired and the towing bill from north of Mason City to Boone, well folks, it isn’t cheap!) I should be thankful for having such wonderful friends and family.
I had a pretty sweet vacation planned. Among other things, I was going to go to a chicken wing place that serves over 60 different types of wings. I was going to go to the Uptown Art Fair. I was going to watch the Minnesota Vikings practice. I was going to get to hang out with Jill, Bethany, Becca, Nate, Dae Hee, Faust, and Jackson.
Instead, I hung out with mile mark number 200.40.
But this isn’t about spilled milk, or in my case, uneaten chicken wings, this is about amazing friends and family, after all I will still be able to eat those chicken wings in about 3 weeks or so. Teresa and Ernie offered to come get me. As did Lowell, Jesse, and Sara. Faust and Jay called to make sure I was okay. Derrick even took my call while he was at a wedding reception. Becca and Bethany offered whatever assistance they could provide. After towing arrangements and picking me up arrangements were made (Thanks Mom and Jason!) and I was able to find my wheel after combing the ditch for an hour, Jill kept me company on the phone for the last 90 minutes while I sat in a ditch.
Before we get into this week’s RWPE, here are a few pictures from my time in the ditch:
You may notice from looking at the pictures, the bolts were sheered off clean. Jason has been working on cars for his entire life. He has never seen anything like this before.
Also, because of my cancelled vacation, I did get to go to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon Reception. So now I know if I won an award besides the Superintendent’s Merit Award. Hint: I did!
Here are the submissions for LEADING LINES:
Mike Vest
Next week’s theme:
That is a new theme for this year, so there is no looking back. Only looking forward. Good luck!
*This is hyperbole. Jill lives in a secured building.
I’ll just confess that my picture this week was not the intended picture. But I did what I could after I had some kind of memory card failure where I lost my original picture.
Here are the submissions for NIGHT:
IMAGE LOST
Dawn Krause
Mike Vest A
Mike Vest B
Next week’s theme will be:
A look back at last year’s submissions.
I am going on vacation next week, so next Monday at noon the theme for next week will publish, but none of the pictures will be published until I return from my sabbatical. Unless you get your picture in by Friday.
