LP I agree with you... especially when it comes to working with an archived photo that was shot previous to the challenge & one is now looking at it to use as a layer in a collage on the theme... or one is just looking at the image in a different light & trying out different manips on it... you would still be challenging yourself in being creative with the image But throwing up a thumb & link to something that's already in your gallery from months ago is not very challenging That's why changing the wording to "it is encouraged" may be better, so it's not written in stone & there's a little leeway there I really don't think we need to check the dates, LOL, I was being sarcastic, ...it's suppose to be fun, not so regimental