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Incomplete thoughts

05 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Fragment poétique

Found this poetic fragment pasted onto (and partly torn from) some kind of utility box in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal area.

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Be true to your heart

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Los Angeles, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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True to your heart

Spotted this partial poster on a side street in Hollywood, back in the fall.

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Flippers

28 Tuesday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalking, Portland, Travel, urban

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Flippers

This seal sculpture hangs out in one of the many sidewalk pools and fountains in downtown Portland, Oregon.

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California’s history in brushstrokes

24 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, iPhone, photography, photowalking, Travel, urban

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Citrus

One of the exquisite murals depicting the history of California that adorn the walls of the ground floor at Coit Tower in San Francisco.

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Knitting granny

20 Monday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Knitting granny

Granny here is part of a larger piece of wall art that’s popped up in the last few weeks (maybe months?) in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood.

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Chinatown gate

18 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Quartier chinois

Reaching into the vault … this is one of the two gates welcoming people to Montreal’s Chinatown, as seen back in April 2012.

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Colourful felt

27 Friday Dec 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban

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Colours come and go with the seasons

An intriguing shop window display in downtown Portland, Oregon. Seen on my trip there this fall.

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Prevented from working

21 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Los Angeles, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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The machine will be prevented from working

Part of a larger piece of wall art in Los Angeles.

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Feeling koi

20 Friday Dec 2013

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Feeling koi

A lovely mural I found on the east side of Portland, Oregon.

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Strokes of realism

17 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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La Palma

This artist recreates a street scene in San Francisco’s Mission neighbourhood.

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