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Entitled, “Pasajero” this work is a GIANT representation of people ascending the Sun Metro bus system. When I was in high school it was called “Sun City Area Transit” or “SCAT” . . . but you can imagine why they changed it!

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1/27/2022

A synonym for subway, and the very name of our own transit line in DMV, is “Metro”. Since I’m not in DMV and am in fact somewhere that has NO subway, I found this Metro instead. On a day when you’re short on time and short on subjects, you just check the box and pedal on!

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@Boomer2U 214777 wrote:

Oh my! This is a tough one for the faceless cabal to assess for “discernible” art. At first glance, it looks to be either a very high tree stump, or a hack of a pruning job!:-0 Keep an eye on this space for a plume of white or black smoke once the faceless cabal announces a ruling…

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Definitely art, but not very ‘public’ … why do people keep their art far from the masses? sigh

[Kbikeva]

Last game of frogger, I hope. This is called “Whirlwind” by Art Garcia and is on a traffic circle. I tried to take some “art-ish” shots like Boomer would but they’re not very good. Boomer, you’re still the boss. I see this all the time as I ride through this circle. Today was the first time I noticed the color changes as it goes up into the sky.

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Update at the conclusion of Week 3

Leading the pack OVER ALL for posting on time, with correct elements, and occasional extra points: Indiana
Leading the pack THIS WEEK for posting on time, with correct elements, and occasional extra points: Cathy M

The counts are VERY close though, so keep posting! I’m loving the variety of LFL’s you’re all finding. So sad when they’re inside a building or say for homeowners only. I don’t ding YOU though!

Here are the extra points this week:

CaseyKane – who doesn’t love bunnies?
Boomer – needs cookbooks? Lol
Biker Jenn – vernacular? Of course you get extra points!
Sophie – Curious George makes me smile
RobbieRob – such cute handles
CathyM – 5 books!
Red – 5 books!
Brownws – Kid cyclist!
BikeDavid – extra points for making me laugh at sand crawler identification

I do see a continuous them of “Needs More Kids Books”. So starting today (1/25) for the next week, if you donate a kids book that you identify and is in the photo, you’ll get extra points! If you don’t have an easy stash of kids books to draw from, try visiting your local thrift shop. Anyone who does that, picks up books, and posts the details will get a HUGE extra boost! Let’s get those kids some books! (And if you have to ‘borrow’ some adult books in order to make room for kids books, that’s quite all right – you can donate them back to that thrift shop).

Thank you everyone for being so positive about finding these little jewels. I’ve come to realize how RICH the DMV is in literary resources for sharing. Not much of that here in the desert southwest where I am.

Pedal On!

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Bonus day!

I keep finding myself drawn back to this fence. Someday I hope I see someone outside and can ask them who the artist is. The panels capture El Paso’s history – from the star on the mountain to the relationships between the Spanish and the local Indians. I think the churches represent the various missions that were established here in antiquity.

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1/25/2022 Roadway

I was trying to capture how pretty this highway is in terms of decorative elements being incorporated into the design. There are several around the city. Why can’t we have pretty highways? I did look up “Joe Battle” and it seems he’s some Texas highway administration guy.

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@DCAKen 214672 wrote:

1/25/2022 Roadway

My favorite stretch of road is currently devoid of cars. Let’s hope it stays that way!

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There needs to be a parenthesis under the hours that says (And any other damn time we feel like it!)

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I’ve been looking through the bridge photos and I want to say that I wouldn’t want to be the person who has to choose. This group of riders has captured AMAZING bridge photos! Almost all of them drew me in to the scene and made me want to see it in person. KUDOS everyone (no matter what Arbitrary and Capricious say)…

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@bikingjenn 214622 wrote:

1/24/22 bridge on the Rail Trail in Park City, UT

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I rode through there on my cross country ride back in 2016. What a beautiful area (although it was summer when we went through!) Lovely photo!

[Kbikeva]

1/24/2022

Here are some public art pieces along a busy road that goes down to I-10. They light up at night. I think they look like pink olives in cocktail glasses.

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And this lovely bird was on someone’s gates. Alas, I didn’t get my bike in the photo as the guy who lives there was glowering at me from the sidewalk to the right of me. I explained my non-threatening mission but he wasn’t convinced.

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1/24/2022 Bridge

I knew that none of the bridges here that I could get to in the time I had available today would be beautiful compared to the ones in the DMV. So I went with gritty, industrial, and life-saving. This pedestrian bridge links two sides of a very busy road (Montana Ave a/k/a Rt. 62). Sadly, it’s only for stairclimbers. Those of us who use wheels have to use a signalized cross walk which can feel like frogger.

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1/24/2022

I’ve not played this because monuments/memorials are few and far between out here. But this one is at the Wal-Mart where the shooting happened in 2019. It’s called “Grand Candle” and is lit up at night. It’s not a great place to ride at night, so here’s a link to someone else’s photo to see it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting#/media/File:El_Paso_Shooting_Monument.jpg

But here’s what it looks like in the daytime. The names of the 23 victims are listed distributed between the two sides.

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You can also see a flaring burn-off from a smokestack. That is fewer than 5 miles away, across the border in Mexico. Where I was standing to take this photo, I was within 3 miles of my mom’s house. The border is very real here.

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[Kbikeva]

There was no placard to name this sculpture, but ironically it was in front of the Adult Probation building for El Paso County.

As I’m married to a pilot, I do not much like this piece. Nevertheless, it’s “art”.

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1/23/2022 Waterway

When you’re in high desert in the southwest, waterways are hard to come by. Yes, the Rio Grande runs through here forming the southern US border, but in this area it is neither “Grande” or much of a “Rio”. Nonetheless water is essential, as this sculpture (Water by Ilan Averbuch) in front of the fire station and a new water tower depict.

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