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11 Saturday Jan 2020

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Entrée alternative, St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada

A bit of a trippy print mounted outside a residential building on Victoria Avenue in St. Lambert, Quebec. Spotted on a quick walk down the street last month.

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Lots to reading to do

10 Friday Jan 2020

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

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Lots of reading to do, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A neat sculpture doubling as a door stop outside a Calgary book store.

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Leading somewhere

08 Wednesday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Leading somewhere, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A visually intriguing staircase in downtown Calgary, spotted the other day.

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Follow the lanterns

07 Tuesday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Follow the lanterns, Calgary Alberta, Canada

The Calgary Tower looms large over a string of lanterns in Calgary’s Chinatown neighbourhood.

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Patterns and colours

06 Monday Jan 2020

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Patterns and colours, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This office-supplies store near Chinook CTrain station in Calgary has one of the most colourful exteriors in the immediate area.

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Happy New Year!

01 Wednesday Jan 2020

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, urban

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Bring on 2020! Calgary, Alberta, Canada

One among the thousands of Calgarians who flocked to Olympic Plaza on New Year’s Eve, this little boy was sitting on his father’s shoulders for a better view of the Calgary Tower fireworks display.

Happy new year to you and yours!

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Merry Christmas!

25 Wednesday Dec 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, Christmas, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Ourson, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Wishing the best of the holiday season to one and all! This toy polar bear was all set for the festivities at a Christmas market at Montreal’s conventions centre at the end of November.

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This decoration felt right

24 Tuesday Dec 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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This decoration felt right, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This unique Christmas wreath was spotted the other day on the door of a business in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood.

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Golden sphere

23 Monday Dec 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Golden sphere, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A snow-covered ornament on the giant Christmas tree outside the Brookfield Place office tower in downtown Calgary.

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Christmas cheer in the park

22 Sunday Dec 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, Christmas, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, urban

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Aux allures de Noël, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Let the season be bright! Christmas additions light up a small park in Old Montreal.

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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