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2/18/2025 – Analog clock

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2/18/2025

While at a stop light, I saw this “Be Responsible!” sign next to the sidewalk, but could not make out the graphic clearly. As I got closer, LOL.

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Results for the week ending 2/15/2025

2/9 BONUS
1 Alison M – somebody gets a sweet ride on the tail-end covered cab!
1 CaseKane50 – Bonus Army in DC. Thanks for sharing some history.
1 Indiana – for including a junior rider in the quest and then, BOOM, seeing the bonus offered by DC police.
1 Fiona Grant – great sky and angle
It *is* a bonus to have great bicycle trails in the area:
1 karenbikes2 – trails in Reston
1 cvcalhoun – trails in Bethesda
1 Nadine – trails in Arlington

2/10 GOODY
2 DCAKen – BIG, nicely framed “GOOD Y”
1 consularrider – coffee and a croissant looked delicious
1 karenbikes2 – yum
1 bikingjenn – panorama of a clear trail, something we all like to see
1 Fiona Grant – we can relate to the happiness when finding a bike rack

2/11 SCORE
2 DCAKen – Lincoln!
1 Indiana – use of the word score in music
For pictures of scoreboards:
1 SophieCW
1 Serdar
1 CaseyKane50

2/12 RAPID
1 chili-dad – nice photo of “rapids”
1 serdar – great photo of rapid-response-snow-plow, in motion!
1 Indiana – showing several rapid ways to work in the snow – no sitting in a traffic jam
1 Sophie CW – rapid electric charger with an eerie glow!

2/13 RUMBA
2 sszibler – We laughed out loud: Rum Bar (are you from Boston “Rum-BAH”?)
For capturing people dancing:
1 cvalhoun
1 Serdar

2/14 DITTY
2 DCAKen – wheel on the bus (Yes, we LOL’d, hearing little kids singing it over and over!)
1 CaseyKane50 – the moon did hit our eye (and on Valentine’s Day)
1 Serdar – Now it will be hard seeing a patch of ice without thinking of “Ice, Ice Baby”.
1 KarenBikes2 – the dragon is great wall (column?) art
2 Indiana – The picture captured the lyrics of a Ditty Bops song. And the band did an album while on a cross country bike tour!

2/15 CROOK
2 Serdar – nicely framed crook with his bicycle, and a serendipitous find! (There is something very odd-looking about a pipe coming out of the ground with no apparent use.)
For various different uses of the word:
1 CaseyKane – crook in the road looked inviting for a ride
1 BikingJenn – crook in the tree
1 Indiana – crook in the arm
1 Fiona Grant – shepherd’s crook

Keep up the good work.
Kbikeva (Kelley) and bikesnick (Glenn)

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2/11/2025 Sign (county line)

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2/11/2025 baseball diamond

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2/6/2025 flowers

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2/4/2025 Shop (bubble tea)

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Results for the week ending 2/1/2025

1.26 SUNNY
cvcalhoun (ah, relaxing in the sunshine)
serdar (awesome photo of the sun peeking through a break in the clouds)
Fiona Grant (nice photo of a young basketball player enjoying the sun in the snow)
karenbikes2 (solar panels collecting the sun)
Indiana (last glimpse of sunny light)

1.27 SHUNT
CaseyKane50 (nice framing of the photo by peering through the fence)

1.28 FEVER
CaseyKane50 (great photo and poetry)
Indiana (yes, I thought of the song. good research on Shirley Horn)
Biking Jenn (we all experienced cabin fever somewhat with the really cold weather)

1.29 UDDER
cvcalhoun (we smiled at the sad cow)
Nadine (2 points) (upside down lamps, made us laugh out loud, great creativity!)

1.30 FALSE
cvcalhoun (great use of the word and photo of a false alarm)
karenbikes2 (one false move with the crazy horses was funny)

1.31 TOAST
cvcalhoun (“here’s to you”)
DCAKen (love the play on words!)
Fiona Grant (hic – also great public art)
karenbikes2 (yum, we can almost smell it)

2.1 RIVET
DCAKen (2 points for exactly hitting the rivet on the head, ahem, also great research)
Sophie (for getting as close as any of us can tell! and we like how the shadow of her bike wheel curves across the rail)

Keep up the good work.
Kelley and Glenn

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01/20/2025 analog clock

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01/19/2025 – flag (other)

Ohio State Universitry

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1/15/2025 – mosque

McLean Islamic Society (lower level, 1340 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA)
(identified as ‘mosque’ in Google Maps)

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Results for the week ending 1/12/2025:

1/6 CYBER
Alison M made us smile, that bikes will outlast Cybertrucks.
CVCalhoun’s photo was dramatic, especially the clouds and hill.
Serdar’s mention of contactless paying is a good example of cyber.

1/7 SPRIG
DCAKen’s Sprig Sprout phô store did look inviting and he got a somewhat synonym with ‘sprout’.
CVCalhoun’s holly was seasonally appropriate.
Serdar’s snow-covered sprig was very appropriate on a snow day.

1/8 ATLAS
CaseyKane50’s reference to Atlas Shrugged was good.
Serdar’s showed an eye for a nice photo that was right on point for a snowy day.
CVCalhoun’s Atlas bulldog made us laugh.

1/9 DRAFT
Alison M’s photo in front of Cinema N Drafthouse and the placement of the bicycle was great. The venue has hosted several bicycle themed movies and events.
consularrider’s nod to the first African-American chosen in an NFL draft was a good reminder of history.

1/10 WAFER
Fiona’s really captured the thin, flat nature of a wafer of ice. Also, she had to notice it while riding, stop and pick it up, and take the photo so it captures the serendipity of a scavenger hunt.

1/11 CRAWL
Alison’s ants photo was whimsical and colorful.

1/12 DINGY
Indiana’s dark, gloomy, dirty street (with a trash can, too) was great.

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Great job, everyone. You are making judging difficult.

Kelley and Glenn

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1/12/2025 – flower

Edgeworthia buds

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1/5/2025 Tree (deciduous)

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1/4/2025 Barn

Pimmit Barn (McLean, VA) constructed in 1937 and served as a dairy barn.

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