'7-8-9' photos and next photo theme: 'Orange'

A rare line-up of consecutive numbers occurred in the date of Wednesday, July 2009 or 07-08-09. The Tribune marked the occasion with a day-in-the-life photo theme. The following photos were all captured on 7-8-9.

The next photo theme is: "Orange."

We invite photographers of any age and skill level to submit entries for our photo themes.Please send submissions to web@powelltribune.com. Photos may be submitted as jpegs, tiffs or PSDs. Please include the first and last name of the photographer with entries. For more information about our photo themes, see our blog entry. We'll publish one or two shots in the print edition and post the others on our blog.

Willie Marcus captured a variety of shots on 7-8-9, from morning until night. In the afternoon, "Checking out the garden, I found that the potato plants are flowering."

That night, Willie took this image of the moon.

Children from the Learning Garden have a spin at Washington Park merry-go-round during the afternoon. Tribune photo by Ashley Stratton-Lauritzen

Ashley also joined the Learning Garden kids on an afternoon tour of Homesteader Museum in Powell.

An afternoon dog-walker captured the eye of Tribune News Editor Ilene Olson.

Ilene also captured this shot of the clouds that day.

Fred Burris took the "night-in-the-life" approach with his photographs and took this photo on Bent Street.

Streetlights glowing on Bent Street also provided inspiration for this 7-8-9 night photo. Tribune photo by Tessa Schweigert