Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt
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@drevil 209673 wrote:
3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day – celebrated on March 13 since 2003 – was created in the hope to defy superstitions by having people doing just that and seeing that nothing bad will happen (hopefully!)
On your ride, find one of these three items/words that are associated with good/bad luck:
- Black cat – may have started during medieval times when animals with dark feathers or fur signaled death
- Ladder – walking under a ladder is considered bad luck because you are breaking up the holy Trinity (God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit)
- Umbrella – may have started in ancient Egypt because opening an umbrella where there is no sun would anger the sun god Ra because it was a defiance of natural order
Happy hunting!
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Painting above by Ryan Conners.Bike under a “ladder” at the Monoacy Aqueduct on the C&O Canal Towpath.
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3/13/21 – a ladder 🪜
And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line…
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@drevil 209673 wrote:
3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day – celebrated on March 13 since 2003 – was created in the hope to defy superstitions by having people doing just that and seeing that nothing bad will happen (hopefully!)
On your ride, find one of these three items/words that are associated with good/bad luck:
- Black cat – may have started during medieval times when animals with dark feathers or fur signaled death
- Ladder – walking under a ladder is considered bad luck because you are breaking up the holy Trinity (God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit)
- Umbrella – may have started in ancient Egypt because opening an umbrella where there is no sun would anger the sun god Ra because it was a defiance of natural order
Happy hunting!
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Painting above by Ryan Conners.3/13/21 Black Cat, Ladder or Umbrella
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@drevil 209673 wrote:
3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella
The other type of black cat. Hopefully they will reopen!
3/14/21 – Scientist (Name or Likeness)
I resisted the temptation just to go get breakfast at Einstein Bagels, and went for something that was actually named after Albert Einstein. Einstein, as we all know, came up with the equation E=MC2, which has something to do with time travel (except that it doesn’t).
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3/14 – Scientist
I went with the obvious choice and the giant Albert Einstein statue outside the National Academy of Science.
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is the backbone for one of my favorite “lesser known” Queen tracks from A Night at the Opera – ’39 (and what sort of time travel it allows).
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3/14/21–Scientist
United Therapeutics FTW on Celebrate Science Day (headquartered in downtown Silver Spring).
Great list of names on their Biowalk of Fame, but I’ll highlight Dr. Charles Drew; Arlington, VA, native, who discovered how to separate plasma from red blood cells, and from whom I now have 2 degrees of separation thanks to my FS teammate [mention]Catedrew [/mention]who is his great-niece! Thanks to Dr. Drew for his life work and highest regards to his whole family [emoji471]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
3/14 scientist
George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. (Wikipedia)
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3/14/21 – Scientist
Santiago Ramon y Cajal is known as the “Father of Modern Neuroscience” they named one of the largest hospitals in Madrid after him!
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