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The Foggy Bottom flowers. It’s in a neighborhood that is tucked between K St, I-66, and New Hampshire. You have to go through an alley called Hughes Mews and it’s on the back of a small house. With the little garden it seems like it would be lovely in the warmer months.
A portion of the bike lane on M St between 18th and 19th St was “expanded” last year. It’s to give pedestrians more space to walk on that crowded stretch of M St as they would often end up walking in the bike lane defeating the purpose of it. Not a problem right now with many people still working from home!
Volta Lab in Georgetown. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, founded this lab to study technologies for the hearing impaired and one of the people that broke ground on this building was none other than Helen Keller! Another fun fact was that it was paid for by the Volta Prize established by Napoleon III in honor of the Italian physicist Volta which Bell won. This prize is intended to award extraordinary discoveries in electricity. It’s a unique building when you are biking up or down 35th St and I had always wondered why there was a park there called Volta.
Spotted this frozen pond while wormholing from Wisconsin to Mass via the Whitehaven trail. I run by this all the time and had not noticed this before, probably because it’s usually hidden by the trees in the warmer months.
@drevil 207249 wrote:
2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)
There are occasionally owl sightings in Rock Creek. I think they would be difficult to find today so also went to Rooster and Owl to maximize the sighting!
The Einstein mural on 14th St. Instead of using chalk he is using graffiti to say E=mc^2. Einstein knows how to graffiti too!
The Einstein mural on 14th St. He is perhaps one of the most famous scientists with his theory of relativity.
Spotted more “love in six lines” in the wild! The same artist currently has some on the scaffolding at the Dupont Circle metro station north entrance including this one of a couple on a tandem.
@drevil 207169 wrote:
2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt
Instead of ice cream for breakfast, ice cream for dinner at Jubilee!
The Trader Joe on Wisconsin near the Naval Observatory has a mural in the style of their flyers. In addition to produce, wonder if they carry this bike. [emoji57]
The USNO master clock, which provides the standard time for the Department of Defense. Computers, cell phones, GPS, and many other devices rely on synchronizing their time to these clocks.
@drevil 207071 wrote:
2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device
The USNO clock. The actual clock is inside.
@tomacsh 207084 wrote:
Ah [mention]bikedavid [/mention], you beat me to the post! It’s really huge (and really cool). Here’s a pic collage from my ride a week ago:
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Oops sorry. Great collage–you were able to fit the whole mural to show how huge it is!
