Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

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[rumipumi]

2/23 mosaic

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[historygeek]

2/23/21 Mosaic.
This time I did ride with Rumi. This is the skate park in Hyattsville

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[CaseyKane50]

2/23/2021 — mosaic

“Down Stream”, ceramic, glass and stone mosaic by Martha Jackson Jarvis. This is the first panel of Jarvis’ installation incorporated into a fountain. The piece is located in front of the Shirlington Library. Thanks to Komorebi for including this stop on her most excellent arts ride.

[Serdar]

@drevil 208453 wrote:

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

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Down Stream (mosaic) by artist Martha Jackson Jarvis at 4200 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA
https://www.strava.com/activities/4837085825

[camiller]

2/23/2021 Mosaic (likeness or word)

This is at the Manassas Museum Store near the Train Depot in Old Town Manassas.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 208453 wrote:

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

I didn’t have time during my lunch break to ride down to the Shirlington Library in Arlington where I knew there was a mosaic (glad to see that some folks got various iterations of that one), but there was a nice set of mosaic stepping stones in my neighborhood that were crafted by the home owner. Very nice! These are at a house on the corner of N. Garfield Street and 4th St. N., on the 4th St. Side in Lyon Park, Arlington.

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[AlanA]

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

This may not count, but such is life. I only saw this, since it was a church in Rockville at a T-intersection, and I had to stop. I was more focused on dodging the rivers and lakes on the roads.

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[LisaE]

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

Colored glass is my favorite material for mosaics. Since stained glass hanging in my own home probably wouldn’t count, I offer up some lovely glass seen in a nearby church.

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[Kbikeva]

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

Tough choices. I found a mosaic on a church while we rode in Manassas but it wasn’t very complex and the light wasn’t great. So when I got back to Reston I hopped back on my bike and rode to a local elementary school where there’s a mosaic bird bath. The mosaic was created by artist Valerie Theberge who does a lot of mosaics in the DMV (including several in Reston). This poor bird bath is in an alcove, rarely seen, and obviously no running water because it was a bird skating rink while I was there. The most surprising thing to me was that there were BUSES there today with their engines going, ready to take kids home. I’ve gotten so used to NOT seeing buses that I completely forgot what time it was when I sailed into the parking lot!

You can find out more about the piece (and other public art in Reston) here: https://publicartreston.org/project/mosaic-birdbath/

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[Kbikeva]

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

Tough choices. I found a mosaic on a church while we rode in Manassas but it wasn’t very complex and the light wasn’t great. So when I got back to Reston I hopped back on my bike and rode to a local elementary school where there’s a mosaic bird bath. The mosaic was created by artist Valerie Theberge who does a lot of mosaics in the DMV (including several in Reston). This poor bird bath is in an alcove, rarely seen, and obviously no running water because it was a bird skating rink while I was there. The most surprising thing to me was that there were BUSES there today with their engines going, ready to take kids home. I’ve gotten so used to NOT seeing buses that I completely forgot what time it was when I sailed into the parking lot!

You can find out more about the piece (and other public art in Reston) here: https://publicartreston.org/project/mosaic-birdbath/

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[DCAKen]

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

As I headed up 8th St NE on the MBT, thinking that I would find some good mosaics at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (the Catholics love artistry!), I stumbled across the ArtSpace Loft apartment building and its artistic front.

I skipped past the shrine and cycled on, but this must have displeased the higher powers, since my front derailleur cable snapped about a mile later.

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[AlanA]

@DCAKen 208488 wrote:

2/23/21 – Mosaic (likeness or word)

As I headed up 8th St NE on the MBT, thinking that I would find some good mosaics at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (the Catholics love artistry!), I stumbled across the ArtSpace Loft apartment building and its artistic front.

I skipped past the shrine and cycled on, but this must have displeased the higher powers, since my front derailleur cable snapped about a mile later.

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For what it’s worth, I stopped by a Church today and still got a flat tire!

[Nadine]

2/23/21 – mosaic

I found some maybe mosaics but [emoji848] naaahhhh…. On my way home from what turned out to be a misadventure ride despite a great riding buddy and great weather, I just couldn’t shake this feeling /memory of a mosaic at my daughter’s elementary school.

My daughter is 23 and lives in NYC, so I didn’t know whether or not to trust this memory. But it was fun to ride to the school again – I used to ride her to school when she was in 1st & some of 2nd grade, in a double burley. (It was mostly all hers by then – her brother was in 5th grade when she was in 1st – and while she’s always been on the small side, her brother is the opposite…. She’s just under 5’2 now and he’s just under 6’2″. He was almost my size by 5th grade. He used my size helmet when he was 5… now he uses that XL helmet size that only 2 companies make… She uses my helmet size. [emoji1744])

Anyhow I got to the school and saw that the mosaic had been put up during Em’s first year there! No wonder I remembered it.

I do hope it counts as a mosaic. It’s a li’l different w/its regular shaped tiles & design…

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[Mtansill]

2/23/2021 – Mosaic

It seems that mosaics are very popular at the local elementary schools. I captured a few in photos today, and decided to showcase this humongous one at University Park Elementary School. There is even a girl riding a bike in this one.
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[LeftyLaura]

2/23/21-Mosaics likeness or word.

Returned from the Manassas LOVE ride and rode to the birdhouse forest before flute tooting. I didn’t even realize I also capturing the mosaic wall in the distance. What a glorious day, think it’s the sun?

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