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Back to the Alberta badlands

06 Monday Aug 2018

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

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alberta, Badlands, canada, Dinosaur Provincial Park, geology, hiking, hoodoo, landscape, photography, photowalk, random, rural, Travel

Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

I hadn’t set foot in Alberta’s badlands for a few years, so it was nice to drop in for a day trip yesterday. This was snapped during a hike in Dinosaur Provincial Park, just north of Bassano, Alberta.

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On its last legs

05 Sunday Aug 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The city of Calgary says the 9 Ave. bridge connecting Inglewood and Ramsay to East Village has reached the end of its useful life and is due for replacement this year.

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Convergence of shapes

04 Saturday Aug 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A neat piece of street art in the alley between 9A and 10 St. N.W. in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood.

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McD, meet MGD

03 Friday Aug 2018

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

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Spotted this on my way to work a few weeks ago. Would it surprise to you learn that by the time I passed this spot on my way home, the coffee was still there but the beer was gone?

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Toil

02 Thursday Aug 2018

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

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Toil

Part of mural in Calgary’s Chinatown. I need to take a closer look at the rest of this piece and all the other random Chinatown street art one of these days …

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Sidewalk wanderer

01 Wednesday Aug 2018

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, cat, feline, photowalk, random, urban

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

You are more likely to see feral rabbits than domestic cats wandering outside in Calgary. Here’s a relatively rare feline sighting in Calgary’s Inglewood neighbourhood back in June. This fella was popping in and out (at will, it seemed) through the window of a ground-floor apartment.

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Party bear

31 Tuesday Jul 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Look who’s chillin’ under the Oak Tavern’s upper patio on 10 St. N.W.

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Survey marker

30 Monday Jul 2018

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

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Survey marker

Some stakes in the ground are more meaningful than others. This one, in southeast Calgary, is one of them.

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Woods in a side lane

29 Sunday Jul 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Some new art has popped up recently on an exterior wall in a very narrow space between two buildings on Kensington Road in Calgary, just west of 10 St. N.W.

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Colourful features

28 Saturday Jul 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, design, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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London, England, U.K.

Here’s an office tower with a very funky frontage, just around the corner from St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Spotted on my visit there a few months ago.

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