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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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Firmly in winter’s grip

04 Tuesday Feb 2014

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

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Westmount enneigé

This scene is seemingly typical of so many places in North America right now. As it happens the photo was shot in Westmount, one of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal.

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Catching your eye

02 Sunday Feb 2014

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

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Laurelhurst

The Laurelhurst Theater has what I consider to be one of Portland’s more extravagant examples of neon signage (of those I’ve seen so far, anyway). It’s on the northwest corner of E Burnside St. and 28 Ave.

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Happy Year of the Horse!

31 Friday Jan 2014

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

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Le rouge porte bonheur

To all those celebrating the lunar new year, I wish you a happy and healthy Year of the Horse!

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Chinese laundry

30 Thursday Jan 2014

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

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Wash and fold

Tucked away in a quieter part of San Francisco’s Mission district.

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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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Looking ahead to glimpse behind

27 Monday Jan 2014

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

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Finding my bearings

St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, seen by reflection in a piece of art across the street.

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Clouds not nearly as mean as you ever seen

26 Sunday Jan 2014

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

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Clouds not nearly as mean as you ever seen

You can return to a place over and over, gazing out upon a familiar skyline framed by a familiar landscape … but capture it under a partly cloudy sky and you’ve got a scene you will likely never see again.
This is San Francisco, with lovely clouds courtesy Mother Nature, seen from Torpedo Wharf on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in November.

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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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