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2/13/2023 Architecture

Ojo del Sol, also called The Fish House by local residents, is a home designed in 1993 by architect Eugene Tssui. The building was constructed between 1994 and 1995 in a residential neighborhood of Berkeley California. The home’s name “Ojo Del Sol”, Spanish for “Eye of the Sun”, originates from the fifteen foot diameter eye-like window that faces south. According to the architect, the structure is based upon the world’s most indestructible living creature, the tardigrade.

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2/12/23 Superb Owl

Searching for superb owls in Oakland and landed at this superbly awesome shop – Owl & Company Bookstore, they had an Owl reading a book in their logo, a huge owl sitting in the window display, a whole wall of books about owls and lots of owl figurines lining the shelves.

Check https://strava.app.link/apY1TOeJmxb for all the pics.

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2/11/23 – Kids on Bikes

I thought for sure we wouldn’t be able to find kids out riding bikes in the dessert on our early morning ride, but found a few playing around in a sports park parking lot!

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2/10/2023 – Wild card

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Benjamin Smith Barton was born Feb 10, 1766. He who wrote the first botanical textbook published in the U.S.- Elements of Botany (1803). He brought together 1,674 specimens of native plants between 1797 and 1807 to form a herbarium that was the largest of the time.

If he went on bike rides, he would probably know what all the plants and flowers are along the trails.

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2/9/23 – Simpsons replaced Flintstones

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Homer Simpson loved deep dish pizza.
Also, it’s National Pizza Day!

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2/8/23 Composer John Williams Movie

Desert Chase – Raiders of the Lost Ark
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2/7/23 The Beatles landed in New York City on February 7, 1964, for their first trip to the U.S. “Help!” us remember their sounds.

Hello, Goodbye
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You say, “Goodbye” and I say, “Hello, hello, hello”

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2/6/23 – The Battle of Fort Henry
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Riding around campus asking students if their name was Henry garnered lots of stares and disses.
A Henry was no where in sight, despite my well-wishes!
So here I present Union Drive!

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2/5/23 – NASA’s Apollo 14 mission landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971
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I thought for sure someone else would have snagged a photo of this bench off of the W&OD with a MOON. Lucky for me they haven’t posted yet!

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2/4/2023 Barbie

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LOL. I Zoomed in and the car really does say BARBIE! (I thought it was a knock-off!)

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2/2/2023 Ground Hog Day

Ground hogs can excavate a complex, multi-chambered burrow system of tunnels measuring up to 65 -100 feet. When groundhogs burrow, they use their powerful short front legs and claws to loosen soil and rocks. They then move the soil with their mouths to the surface.

If ground hogs could ride bikes, they would probably have more fun and look forward to 6 more weeks of winter.

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2/1/2023 National Texas Day

Regular golf ball on top of a Texas-sized golf ball.

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1/31/2023 – National Backwards Day

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1/30/2023 FDR

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On June 19, 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Public Law 73-432 establishing a National Archives of the United States Government.

The National Archives can be seen as a symbol of FDR’s commitment to history and learning, which he iterated at the dedication of his library. He said that a nation “must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.”

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1/29/2023 National Puzzle Day

Never heard of this Australian based-band Flash in the Pan, but their album cover is perfect for today’s #scavhunt: Headliners released in 1982.

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